Politics & Government

Weiner Considering Citywide Run: Report

Former congressman could run for citywide office next year.

Former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner could be thinking about making a political comeback, according to the New York Post.

In a report Sunday morning, the paper wrote that Weiner, who has over $4 million dollars in contributions toward a possible campaign, is considering running for citywide office again. 

Why so soon? The city's political matching funds on Weiner's impressive war chest is set to expire at the end of 2013, the Post reported.

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Weiner has coveted the city's highest office for years and was considered a Democratic front-runner for the post before

Since leaving office, Weiner has kept a low profile, moving out of his Forest Hills apartment and into Manhattan and

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