Bloomberg opts not to mount third-party bid for White House

NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire former three-term mayor of New York City, has opted against mounting a third-party White House bid that could have further roiled this year’s already extraordinarily unpredictable presidential campaign.
Bloomberg, who has spent months mulling an independent campaign, made his decision official through an editorial posted by the Bloomberg View.
“There is a good chance that my candidacy could lead to the election of Donald Trump