Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno says he has spoken to Donald Trump about running for New York governor in 2006.

The Republican told an Albany television station that Trump, the real estate developer turned television personality, is considering running.

Trump has not commented on the gubernatorial suggestion.

Reports indicate that Trump considered running for president in 2000 on the Reform Party ticket, according to the Associated Press. In state races, Trump has donated money to both the Republican and Democratic parties.

State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer is the only Democratic candidate, and Republicans are looking for someone with name recognition to challenge him, reports the AP. Several Republicans have entered the race, but none with a name comparable to Trump’s.

Trump bounced back from bankruptcy to be a billionaire business mogul. He stars in NBC’s hit The Apprentice.






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