Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon, the only senator to endorse Mr. Sanders, told CNN on Friday that he now supports Mrs. Clinton. He has a loyal base of more than 10 million voters and an enormous donor list that Mrs. Clinton will want to tap into. While Mrs. Clinton has been hiring campaign workers, Mr. Sanders began laying off at least half of his campaign staff members last week. While he is effectively no longer a threat, Mrs. Clinton and the Democrats are counting on Mr. Sanders to eventually get behind her candidacy. In recent days, it had been unclear whether Mr. Sanders intended to fight on.

Source: New York Times June 12, 2016 22:28 UTC