De Blasio, newly departed from office, eyeing congressional run

[brooklynite]

Politico

NEW YORK — Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is eyeing a congressional run, now that his Park Slope, Brooklyn address has been redistricted, two people familiar with his thinking confirmed.

De Blasio, a lifelong Democrat, would challenge former Rep. Max Rose in a June primary if he decides to jump into the race. The victor will likely face incumbent Nicole Malliotakis, whose advantage in a district that supported Donald Trump in 2020 was diminished by new district lines released this week that swap out swing areas in Southern Brooklyn with more progressive neighborhoods.

Malliotakis, who beat Rose in 2020, called the redistricting “a blatant attempt by the Democrat leadership in Albany to steal this seat, even after New Yorkers voted twice by ballot referendum for non-partisan maps.”

The statement, provided by her campaign, said she’d run for her seat again despite the new lines.

[ColinC]

1. He would probably make a far better congressman than he did a mayor.

[brooklynite]

3. Twice nothing is nothing

[ColinC]

6. What do you mean?

[brooklynite]

8. There was nothing in his performance as Mayor that suggests...

...that he would offer any greater substance as a Congressperson.

[ColinC]

11. Ah.

Thanks for the clarification. I tend to see executive offices as starkly different roles as legislative ones. In an executive role, you are navigating all sides in order to try to accomplish something. It's hard to do if you are a polarizing figure. I imagine it is easier in a legislative setting.

[brooklynite]

12. It IS easier, but nothing in De Blasio's skill set suggests....

...that he'd be anything more inspiring than a safe D vote on policies someone else developed.

[Celerity]

2. Rose and de Blasio hate each other with a burning passion of 1000 suns, that'll be a wild AF primary

[brooklynite]

4. No it won't

Max has a progressive opponent from Staten Island. De Blasio wouldn't get much traction at all.

[Celerity]

5. None of that would negate a lot of bombs thrown each way, de Blasio is a national figure &

it's NYC so the press will have a field day.

Link to tweet

[brooklynite]

7. De Blasio ISN'T a national figure...

He WANTED to be, but his "performance" in the 2020 Primary pretty much doomed any opportunity. Go 50 miles out of NYC and i'd wager nobody could remember who the former Mayor was.

[Celerity]

9. Of course he is, regardless of whether you like him or not (I do not if you do or not, tbh)

He was the 2 term Mayor of New York City (the most famous mayorship in the Western world), and ran for POTUS. He has been a fixture on US national telly for ages. He has been on UK telly many times as well.

[brooklynite]

13. "He has been a fixture on US national telly for ages"

No he hasn't been. Gigs on MSNBC (which has extremely limited audiences in comparison to broadcast TV) doesn't make him known to most people in America. They'd know Giuliani and (if old enough) Koch; they might no Bloomberg, but I repeat, not many would remember De Blasio.

[Celerity]

14. disagree and again, nothing you have said remotely has countered any of my main claims

[George II]

10. "now that his Park Slope, Brooklyn address has been redistricted.." Doesn't he realize that....

....a candidate for Congress doesn't have to actually live in the District, just the state?