Image: US Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks at a rally on July 18, 2026 in Detroit, Michigan.  (Photo by Sarah Rice/Getty Images)

Jake Johnson of Common Dreams reports: “US Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday urged national Democratic leaders to impose a total ban on super PAC spending in primary contests, a change that the progressive senator said is necessary to prevent corporate interests from heavily influencing the party’s electoral outcomes.

In a letter addressed to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), and Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin, Sanders (I-Vt.) wrote that “what is particularly obscene is not only the outrageous amount of money coming into Democratic primaries from billionaire-funded super PACs, but the reality that these special interests have no particular desire to see Democrats win.”

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