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Mayor Bloomberg petitions for new party

July 13, 2009 By The Associated Press,  The Associated Press

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is petitioning to create another party.

The billionaire mayor is a Democrat-turned-Republican-turned-independent. He has alreadysecured two ballot lines for this year's election -- the Republican line and the IndependenceParty line.

But his campaign is collecting signatures for something called the Jobs and Education Party. It's essentially a marketing...

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