Democratic New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is being rumored as a potential 2020 presidential election candidate.
According to Democratic operatives, de Blasio believes he will easily win reelection later in 2017 and this has him prompting to look at what he could run for afterwards, Page Six reports.
An issue that could arise for de Blasio are other top New York Democratic politicians, including Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, all who have been making moves that could lead to their own run for the White House.
De Blasio recently received $2.57 million in city funds for matching for his reelection campaign. What he doesn't use in his mayoral run, he can use in a presidential run.
One political watcher said that the 2020 election is already de Blasio's primary focus.
"De Blasio is putting all his chips on the 2020 race," the watcher said. "That’s why, instead of staying in the city to comfort the children of assassinated police officer Miosotis Familia, he jetted to Germany to join the anti-Trump rioters who were smashing store windows."