Yes. He was not “official” candidate at that time, and certainly would not have gotten Dem establishment backing without serious arm twisting. He likely would have won as an Independent, imo.
However, a fair amount of evidence that he was lining up financial backers and seriously exploring a bid for the NY Senate seat in 2000. His non-establishment status and name recognition made him a serious threat to all NY Senate contenders.
However, a fair amount of evidence that he was lining up financial backers and seriously exploring a bid for the NY Senate seat in 2000.
There's not. I lived in NYC at the time he was seems as a lightweight.
He had a prestigious job in the district attorney's office but he failed his bar exam at least twice. He almost lost his job because he couldn't pass the bar exam.
He was seen as coasting on his name. He also explicitly shot down. Any idea that he was running for office and said he wanted to focus on his magazine?
He likely would have won as an Independent, imo.
I'm not sure any third party candidate has ever won an election in New York state, so it seems kind of like a rough way to go.
If a strong Democratic leading candidate ran as a third party, all I think that would do is would allow the Republican candidate to win.
I don't even know what the ideology/ circumstances of a strong third party candidate in New York would look like
Based on my limited review off the history, it appears that JFK Jr.'s "exploration" was a feint, and he was focusing on his magazine among other things as you say. However, it appears to have been an intentional feint just like Trump's feints in 1988, 2000, and 2008 Presidential campaigns. Unclear the exact purpose of doing this beyond the obvious raising of public profile.
I don't remember any exploration at all, but if he did it might have been a trial run to see if he had any chance of actually getting close to a nomination. Then when he found he had no support he didn't run.
I do remember basically other people asking him and him saying he was going to focus on the magazine. He had no interest in a political career right now
Yes. He was not “official” candidate at that time, and certainly would not have gotten Dem establishment backing without serious arm twisting. He likely would have won as an Independent, imo.
However, a fair amount of evidence that he was lining up financial backers and seriously exploring a bid for the NY Senate seat in 2000. His non-establishment status and name recognition made him a serious threat to all NY Senate contenders.
There's not. I lived in NYC at the time he was seems as a lightweight.
He had a prestigious job in the district attorney's office but he failed his bar exam at least twice. He almost lost his job because he couldn't pass the bar exam.
He was seen as coasting on his name. He also explicitly shot down. Any idea that he was running for office and said he wanted to focus on his magazine?
I'm not sure any third party candidate has ever won an election in New York state, so it seems kind of like a rough way to go.
If a strong Democratic leading candidate ran as a third party, all I think that would do is would allow the Republican candidate to win.
I don't even know what the ideology/ circumstances of a strong third party candidate in New York would look like
Based on my limited review off the history, it appears that JFK Jr.'s "exploration" was a feint, and he was focusing on his magazine among other things as you say. However, it appears to have been an intentional feint just like Trump's feints in 1988, 2000, and 2008 Presidential campaigns. Unclear the exact purpose of doing this beyond the obvious raising of public profile.
I don't remember any exploration at all, but if he did it might have been a trial run to see if he had any chance of actually getting close to a nomination. Then when he found he had no support he didn't run.
I do remember basically other people asking him and him saying he was going to focus on the magazine. He had no interest in a political career right now