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Article snippet: New York gave the country not one, but two presidential nominees in 2016. The next contest may bring more of the same. Five prominent Democrats from the greater New York area are eyeing bids for the White House in the next presidential cycle, which would again put the nation’s top media market at the center of national politics. Sen. MORE have all been mentioned as potential candidates in 2020. It’s a surprise to New Yorkers, who saw Republican MORE (D) in the general election. “We haven’t really seen this,” said New York-based Democratic strategist Jon Selib when asked about the crop of budding candidates in the Empire State area. “It’s pretty unusual.” At this point it’s not clear if any of the Democrats with ties to the New York area will run for the White House in 2020, though Trump is expected to run for reelection and expressed confidence to The New York Times in a Thursday interview that he will win another four-year term. Whether he faces another New Yorker in the general election is an open question. Gillibrand is widely seen as a possible contender. She recently made national headlines by calling for Sen. MORE should have stepped down during the Monica Lewinsky scandal. That led Trump to call her out in a tweet that said she used to come to him begging for money and would do “anything” for it, a remark Democrats blasted as sexist innuendo. Booker has been seen as a future White House contender since he first reached the national stage. In December, h... Link to the full article to read more