Independent U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders is up for re-election in Vermont this year. The Progressive Party has always been closely associated with Sanders, but Sanders has never run for office under its label. The only labels he has run under have been Liberty Union (decades ago) and independent.
Vermont allows write-ins in party primaries. If the Progressive Party primary is used to nominate Sanders this year via write-ins, it seems plausible he would accept the party’s nomination for the first time. The primaries in Vermont are August 14.
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Does he have to agree to their nomination?
yes.
According to Ourcampaigns.com Bernie Sanders entered and won the Progressive primary for Congress in 2004 – https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=126904. He then appeared on the November ballot as an Independent
He apparently did this because in 2002 Jane Newton, a member of the Liberty Union Party, ran in the Progressive primary and won the nomination; Bernie wanted to keep her from getting the Progressive nomination in 2004. 2002 Progressive primary results@ https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=690822
In the past he been nominated by the Democratic Party, and has then rejected the nomination.
Vermont Progressive Party Asks Party Members to Cast a Write-in Vote for Bernie Sanders in Progressive Primary
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