Is Rudolph Giuliani running for NY Senate or the Governorship next year?”
After months of playing it coy and flirting with a bid for statewide office, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Tuesday that he won’t return to the campaign trail next year, leaving a wide-open field for New York Republicans interested in the gubernatorial and Senate races. Giuliani, viewed by many New York Republicans as a savior for the struggling party, said his “significant commitments” to his lucrative law and consulting businesses made it impossible for him to run for office in 2010. At a news conference to endorse ex-congressman Rick Lazio for governor, Giuliani said he had considered running against incumbent Democrat Gov. David Paterson and in the U.S. Senate race next year against freshman Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand. Unwilling to bow to speculation that this might be the end of his political career, the 65-year-old said he wouldn’t rule out running for office in the future. “It’s a decision purely about 2010,” he said.
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, viewed by many New York Republicans as a savior for the struggling party, said Tuesday that he won’t run for political office next year and instead would concentrate on his lucrative law and consulting businesses. “We have some pretty significant commitments next year that will really make it impossible for me to run full-time for office,” Giuliani said Tuesday at a news conference to endorse ex-congressman Rick Lazio for governor. Giuliani said he thought about running for governor against Democratic Gov. David Paterson and in the U.S. Senate race next year against freshman Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand. Story continues below ↓advertisement | your ad here Click Here! “At different times, I thought I might do it,” he said, but “it just isn’t the right time.” He said he wouldn’t rule out running for office in the future. “It’s a decision purely about 2010,” he said. “I have no idea whether I’ll run for something else.” Giuliani, whose most recent
