Gillibrand Still Trying to Win Over Bloomberg

He gripes about her in private conversations with his aides and her colleagues on Capitol Hill. He has yet to take up her invitation to sit down for dinner. And his political team is constantly shopping for potential candidates to oust her.

The mayor met with Republican opponent, the billionaire Mortimer B. Zuckerman, Democrat Harold E. Ford Jr. to discuss running, and his top political strategist sat down with another, Dan Senor, to talk about his potential campaign.

After Mr. Ford and Mr. Zuckerman decided not to run, Mr. Bloomberg — as if to taunt Ms. Gillibrand — declared that they both could probably have beaten her.

And in a development sure to rankle Ms. Gillibrand, Mr. Bloomberg’s longtime companion, Diana L. Taylor, a banking regulator, is said to have spoken to Republicans about running for Senate herself. On Saturday morning, Ms. Taylor said in a statement that she was flattered by the speculation, "but I have no intention of running for the U.S. Senate."

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Michael H. Drucker
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