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The Draft Bloomberg movement is a political draft movement in the United States that launched in 2007[1] as an effort to convince New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to run for President of the United States as an independent candidate in the 2008 election.[2][3] The movement ended for that election cycle on February 28, 2008, when Bloomberg formally announced that he would not run for president.[4]
The movement relaunched in late 2010 as an effort to persuade Bloomberg to make a presidential bid and/or lead in the formation of a viable third party in 2012.[5][6][7] Eight years later, he eventually entered the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries and lost, after winning only the territory of American Samoa, while missing the 15% threshold for proportional delegates in several states.
- ^ Gardiner, Jill (September 25, 2007). "Draft Bloomberg Group Sees Many Signs of Growth". New York Sun. Archived from the original on June 11, 2011. Retrieved October 14, 2010.
- ^ Molla, Rani (Jan 14, 2008) "Draft Bloomberg Movement Launched", Time. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
- ^ DeSio, John (January 31, 2008). "Draft Bloomberg Web Site Draws Little Support". Runnin' Scared. The Village Voice. Archived from the original on October 10, 2008. Retrieved October 14, 2010.
- ^ Bloomberg, Michael R. (Feb 28, 2008) "I'm Not Running for President, but...", The New York Times Retrieved Oct 14, 2010.
- ^ Fermino, Jennifer (October 9, 2010). "Dispatches from the campaign trail". New York Post. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved October 12, 2010.
- ^ Saul, Michael Howard (Oct 14, 2010) "Bloomberg Supporters Plot Draft", The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved Oct 14, 2010.
- ^ (Oct 13, 2010) "Green Party Candidates Race to Join the Committee to Draft Michael Bloomberg Press Conference This Thursday", PR Newswire. Retrieved Oct 18, 2010.