Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Sandler akaberekwa muna 1953 muBaltimore MD, akapedza kudzidza summa cum laude paHarvard College muna 1975 uye cum laude paHarvard Law School muna 1978. Akashanda somurayiridzi wegore ra1996, 2000, 2004
uye 2008 Democratic National Conventions; nokuda kweDemocratic Governors Association; uye kuburikidza nekambani yake yemutemo, nokuda kwemakomiti akawanda emapato eDemocratic state uye mapoka eDemocratic and progressive advocacy, PACs uye vavhoterwa. Munguva yaSandler's tenure kuDNC, akatsigira maDemocrat akati wandei uye mapoka eDemocratic panguva yekukakavadzana pamusoro pekusafanira kunonzi mukuunganidza mari nekudyidzana nemapoka 527.