--- title: Bernie Sanders Continues Nomination Fight: Speech Transcript description: Here's what Bernie Sanders said to supporters in California on Tuesday, vowing to continue to "fight for every vote and every delegate" canonical: https://time.com/4361146/bernie-sanders-democratic-primary-speech-transcript/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-08T14:10:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:46:05.132Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read Bernie Sanders' Speech Vowing to Continue His Nomination Fight og:description: Here's what Sanders had to say og:url: https://time.com/4361146/bernie-sanders-democratic-primary-speech-transcript/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4aa81d7076ca9474/698896e9fb4eac556988dd54/bernie-sanders-california-speech.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3500 og:image:height: 1969 og:image:alt: Sanders-US-Vote-Democrats og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read Bernie Sanders' Speech Vowing to Continue His Nomination Fight twitter:description: Here's what Sanders had to say twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4aa81d7076ca9474/698896e9fb4eac556988dd54/bernie-sanders-california-speech.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read Bernie Sanders' Speech Vowing to Continue His Nomination Fight > Sponsored content. 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Jonathan Alcorn—AFP/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Jun 8, 2016 2:10 PM UTC Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders spoke to a crowd of supporters at a rally in California on Tuesday night, vowing to continue to “fight for every vote and every delegate,” shortly after [Hillary Clinton declared victory](http://time.com/4360888/hillary-clinton-nomination-brooklyn-speech-win/) in the Democratic primary during a [speech in New York](http://time.com/4361099/hillary-clinton-nominee-speech-transcript/). “We are going to fight hard to win the primary in Washington, D.C.,” Sanders said. “I am pretty good at arithmetic, and I know that the fight in front of us is a very, very steep fight. But we will continue to fight for every vote and every delegate we can get.” **Read more:** [Bernie Sanders Will Alone Decide What Happens Next. Here’s What He’s Thinking.](http://time.com/4360931/bernie-sanders-campaign-end-california/?xid=homepage) Clinton [won voting contests](http://www.nytimes.com/elections/results) in California, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota on Tuesday. Sanders won contests in Montana and North Dakota. 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