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Politics
Chris Sommerfeldt

De Blasio ‘seriously considering’ run for Congress in light of NYC’s new district map, sources say

NEW YORK — Bill de Blasio may have found his new calling.

The former mayor has in recent days told political allies and labor leaders that he’s mulling a run for Congress in light of the state legislature approving a new House district map that could prove politically advantageous for him, according to two people familiar with the matter.

De Blasio, who announced a couple of weeks ago that he would not run for governor despite teasing a campaign for months, made his potential congressional aspirations clear in one call Wednesday afternoon to a prominent city union leader, one of the sources said.

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