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Daily News' Zuckerman May Run For Senate

Mortimer B. Zuckerman, the real estate tycoon and publisher of The Daily News, is considering a run for the New York Senate seat now held by Kirsten E. Gillibrand. He would be the latest boldface name to weigh a run for the seat this fall; former Tennessee congressman, Harold E. Ford Jr., is mulling a primary run against Gillibrand.

Though not currently enrolled in a party, he is known as a Democrat. But if he ran for the Senate, it would likely be as a Republican or independent to avoid a costly primary. That move would mimic fellow media executive, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, who switched his party affiliation from Democratic to Republican to run for office.

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