Michael Bloomberg, former GOP mayor of NYC, announces he's changing his voter registration to Democrat

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October 10, 2018 12:23 PM

Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been a political independent since 2007, but said he has now registered as a Democrat on Wednesday. He has toyed with running for US president as an independent, and said on September 17 he could not run for president as a Republican.

Former New York Mayor and America's 10th richest man Michael Bloomberg says he has registered as a Democrat — 11 years after leaving the Republican party in 2007.

In an Instagram post on Wednesday morning he said he re-registered to the party he had supported for most of his early life because

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On September 17 he said he would only run for president as a Democrat, Time Magazine reported.

He won the city's 2001 mayoral election running as a Republican, and was re-elected in 2005. But in 2007 he changed his registration to be an independent, and won the next election in 2009 with no party affiliation.

Bloomberg founded Bloomberg LP in 1981 and is the majority owner.

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