Editing Michael Bloomberg (section)

==== 2005 election ====
{{Main|2005 New York City mayoral election}}

Bloomberg was re-elected mayor in November 2005 by a margin of 20 percent, the widest margin ever for a Republican mayor of New York City.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/story/363961p-309955c.html |title=Bloomberg wins by a KO: Crushes Ferrer by nearly 20-point margin |work=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]] |location=New York |date=November 9, 2005 |access-date=November 12, 2008 |archive-date=November 26, 2005 |first1=Lisa L. |last1=Colangelo |first2=David |last2=Saltonstall |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051126142753/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/story/363961p-309955c.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> He spent almost $78&nbsp;million on his campaign, exceeding the record of $74&nbsp;million he spent on the previous election. In late 2004 or early 2005, Bloomberg gave the [[Independence Party of New York]] $250,000 to fund a phone bank seeking to recruit volunteers for his re-election campaign.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Haberman, Maggie |author2=Saltonstall, David |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/268291p-229740c.html |title=Mayor Hires Indys To Hunt volunteers |work=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]] |location=New York |date=January 5, 2005 |archive-date=January 5, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050105171254/http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/268291p-229740c.html |access-date=July 12, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Former Bronx Borough President [[Fernando Ferrer]] won the Democratic nomination to oppose Bloomberg in the general election. [[Thomas Ognibene]] sought to run against Bloomberg in the Republican Party's primary election.<ref name=schulman>{{cite news |last=Schulman |first=Robin |date=August 4, 2005 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/04/nyregion/metrocampaigns/04ognibene.html |title=Ognibene Loses Bid for Line on Ballot Against Bloomberg |work=[[The New York Times]] |url-access=limited}}</ref> The Bloomberg campaign successfully challenged the signatures Ognibene submitted to the Board of Elections to prevent Ognibene from appearing on ballots for the Republican primary.<ref name=schulman /> Instead, Ognibene ran on only the [[Conservative Party of New York State|Conservative Party]] ticket.<ref>{{cite news |last=Clyne |first=Meghan |url=https://www.nysun.com/new-york/ognibene-will-fight-bloomberg-all-the-way/12873/ |title=Ognibene Will Fight Bloomberg All the Way to November Election |work=[[The New York Sun]] |date=April 27, 2005 }}</ref> Ognibene accused Bloomberg of betraying Republican Party ideals, a feeling echoed by others.<ref>{{cite news |last=Levy |first=Julia |url=https://www.nysun.com/new-york/bloombergs-republican-problem/20193/ |title=Bloomberg's 'Republican' Problem |work=[[The New York Sun]] |date=September 19, 2005 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Lagorio |first=Christine |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gop-mayors-reign-over-liberal-nyc/ |title=GOP Mayors Reign Over Liberal NYC |work=[[CBS News]] |date=October 22, 2005 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Baker |first=Gerald |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article1081546.ece |url-status=dead |title=Democrats Celebrate as Voters Pile Woe Upon Woe for Bush |work=[[The Times]] |date=November 10, 2005 |access-date=October 3, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614213156/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article1081546.ece |archive-date=June 14, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Rudin |first=Ken |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11221628 |title=Bloomberg News: A 'Subway Series' for President? |work=NPR |date=June 20, 2007 }}</ref>

Bloomberg opposed the confirmation of [[John Roberts]] as [[Chief Justice of the United States]].<ref name="PR- 354-05">{{cite web |title=Statement By Mayor Bloomberg On Supreme Court Chief Justice Nominee John Roberts |url=https://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/354-05/statement-mayor-bloomberg-supreme-court-chief-justice-nominee-john-roberts |first1=Edward |last1=Skyler |first2=Jordan |last2=Barowitz |publisher=The City of New York |access-date=January 20, 2011 |date=September 16, 2005 |archive-date=February 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219132110/https://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/354-05/statement-mayor-bloomberg-supreme-court-chief-justice-nominee-john-roberts |url-status=dead }}</ref> Bloomberg is a staunch supporter of [[abortion rights]] and did not believe that Roberts was committed to maintaining ''[[Roe v. Wade]]''.<ref name="PR- 354-05" /> In addition to Republican support, Bloomberg obtained the endorsements of several prominent Democrats: former Democratic mayor [[Ed Koch]]; former Democratic governor [[Hugh Carey]]; former Democratic City Council Speaker [[Peter Vallone]], and his son, Councilman [[Peter Vallone Jr.]]; former Democratic Congressman [[Floyd Flake]] (who had previously endorsed Bloomberg in 2001), and [[Brooklyn]] [[Borough President]] [[Marty Markowitz]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/story/353944p-301791c.html |title=Mike Soaks Up 2 Big Nods: Vallones Cross Party Line for Mayor |work=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]] |location=New York |date=October 9, 2005 |access-date=November 12, 2008 |archive-date=January 4, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060104155720/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/story/353944p-301791c.html |first=Celeste |last=Katz |url-status=dead}}</ref>