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Defend America on Friday, February 12, 2010 9:38:03 PM
Zuckerman Is Said to Be Weighing Bid for Senate
Published: February 12, 2010
Could another media mogul be looking to make a splash in New York politics?
Mortimer B. Zuckerman, the real estate tycoon and publisher of The Daily News, is considering a bid for the Senate seat now held by
Kirsten E. Gillibrand, according to two people told of the discussions.
Mr. Zuckerman regards Ms. Gillibrand as vulnerable to a challenge and
is hoping that, at a time of economic tumult and political unrest, his
background as an outsider to government, and his record as a business
executive, will appeal to the state’s electorate, these people said.
He would be the latest boldface name to weigh a run for the seat this fall; a former Tennessee congressman, Harold E. Ford Jr., is mulling a primary run against Ms. Gillibrand, a fellow Democrat, and will make a decision in the next few weeks.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/13/nyregion/13mort.html?hp