On Thursday, after the Nevada Democrat debate in Las Vegas where former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg was pummeled by his rivals, he received three endorsements from congressional Democrats.
The Democrats included Reps. Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey, Nita Lowey of New York and Pete Aguilar of California, all key in helping him lock up the delegate-heavy states. It will also help him with self-proclaimed “moderates,” such as Rep. Gottheimer, who is a member of the bipartisan “Problem Solvers Caucus.”
According to the Associated Press, Bloomberg campaigned for Gottheimer in his district in 2018, and the Congressman is brother-in-law to Bloomberg’s campaign manager, Bradley Tusk. Lowey’s former chief of staff, Howard Wolfson, is a longtime Bloomberg aide and now serves as a top adviser to his campaign.
“Aguilar, who flipped his district in a tough race in 2014, got support from one of Bloomberg’s political groups that year, Independence USA PAC, through which he funneled millions of his own money to air ads defending centrists of both parties in the midterms,” reports the AP.