March 10, 2007: Vol. 30, No. 10
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del.icio.usState Sen. Marty Golden is apparently running for mayor.
But like his fellow Marty — Borough President Markowitz — the Bay Ridge Republican is being a bit coy about it.
“If doors open, I usually tend to go through them,” he told the Albany Times-Union this week. “I’m not closing the door. … I like challenges in life.”
So if he won’t close the door, and he tends to go through open doors, that means he’s running, right?
“We’d be foolish not to look at it, given how much interest we’ve heard,” Golden told The Brooklyn Paper.
Officially, Golden is running for re-election to his Senate district next year. But should the former cop make the run, he’s already sitting on a campaign war chest of $425,000 — and won’t have to spend much of it to win re-election.
His current bank account puts him roughly in the middle of the pack of known and undeclared mayoral candidates.
Golden has another thing going for him: There are roughly 1,400 Democrats running to succeed Republican Mayor Mike Bloomberg. But to date, no Republican has declared for the race — though Golden was quick to say “other Republicans will certainly come out to play.”
Thanks to public financing, Golden would have to raise about $9 million to make a serious run.
Golden started his political career with his election to the City Council in 1998. He traded jobs with then-state Sen. Vince Gentile in 2002.
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