Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Sandler akaberekwa muna 1953 muBaltimore MD, akapedza kudzidza summa cum laude paHarvard College muna 1975 uye cum laude paHarvard Law School muna 1978. Akashanda segweta nokuda kwe 1996, 2000,
2004 uye 2008 Democratic National Conventions; yeDemocratic Governors Association; uye kuburikidza nekambani yake yemutemo, yemakomiti mazhinji eDemocratic state party uye maDemocratic uye anofambira mberi ekudzivirira mapoka, maPAC uye vavhoterwa. Munguva yaSandler's tenure kuDNC, akatsigira maDemocrat akati wandei uye mapoka eDemocratic panguva yekukakavadzana pamusoro pekusafanira kunonzi mukuunganidza mari nekudyidzana nemapoka 527.