--- title: Hillary Clinton Says Bloomberg Won't Have to Run description: Hillary Clinton dismissed speculation that former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is seeking an independent bid for the White House canonical: https://time.com/4191887/hillary-clinton-michael-bloomberg-presidential-run/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-24T18:07:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:41:57.144Z article:section: Politics og:title: Hillary Clinton Says Michael Bloomberg Won't Have to Run for President og:description: As she faces a tough challenge from Bernie Sanders og:url: https://time.com/4191887/hillary-clinton-michael-bloomberg-presidential-run/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt46d89928a8d7d7ed/69887a5fcf40a8bc6ac419d4/diptych-hillary-clinton-michael-bloomberg.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Diptych-hillary-clinton-michael-bloomberg og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hillary Clinton Says Michael Bloomberg Won't Have to Run for President twitter:description: As she faces a tough challenge from Bernie Sanders twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt46d89928a8d7d7ed/69887a5fcf40a8bc6ac419d4/diptych-hillary-clinton-michael-bloomberg.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hillary Clinton Says Michael Bloomberg Won't Have to Run for President > Sponsored content. 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In early voting states like New Hampshire, the hard work of winning elections is often decided by volunteers on the ground._ by [Monica Alba / NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## Monica Alba / NBC News Jan 24, 2016 6:07 PM UTC  Left Hillary Clinton speaking during a campaign stop at the Rochester Opera House in Rochester, NH on January 22, 2016\. Right Michael Bloomberg attends Jazz at Lincoln Center's Ertegun Atrium and Ertegun Hall of Fame grand reopening at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City on Dec. 17, 2015. Left Hillary Clinton speaking during a campaign stop at the Rochester Opera House in Rochester, NH on January 22, 2016\. Right Michael Bloomberg attends Jazz at Lincoln Center's Ertegun Atrium and Ertegun Hall of Fame grand reopening at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City on Dec. 17, 2015. Rick Friedman—Corbis; Andrew Toth—FilmMagic/Getty Images by [Monica Alba / NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## Monica Alba / NBC News Jan 24, 2016 6:07 PM UTC Despite a tightening race, Hillary Clinton said Sunday she’s confident she’ll secure the Democratic nomination, dismissing speculation that [former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is seeking an independent bid for the White House](http://time.com/4191502/michael-bloomberg-presidential-run). “He’s a good friend of mine,” Clinton said. “The way I read what he said is if I didn’t get the nomination, he might consider it. Well, I’m going to relieve him of that and get the nomination so he doesn’t have to.” With only 8 days until the Iowa caucuses, Clinton said she feels “great” about her ground game in the state, which is working to ensure enthusiasm is “not just here today, gone tomorrow.” [Read more from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/hillary-clinton-bloomberg-presidential-run-will-be-unnecessary-n503271?cid=par-time%5F20160124) ## Transcript [ BLANK_AUDIO ] 30 days to the primary, every second counts. We're hoping that this will prove our tenacity and we're willing to not only go out here and knock on doors, but knock on doors in awful weather because That's how strongly we feel about this campaign. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] Three weeks to go now until the first votes are cast in the 2016 presidential race. But the bigger surprise right here, Sanders is closing in on Hillary Clinton. Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders deadlocked. Sanders is out for And that has her campaign admitting they are nervous. [ APPLAUSE ] People hearing the message directly from the senator is wonderful, but we can't have a rally every day. The conversations that matter to me are the ones that are happening between individuals. Because at the end of the day, that's what wins an election. If they're home. [ SOUND ] I think the best I ever did was 61 houses. And I think I got 7 commit cards. Which was pretty good. We've had a big push in the past 60 days. My job is not to convince people to change their vote, I'm just there to give them information. Hi. Hi. Mr. Thorner? And also, it's to inform people what day the Primary is on. Should be, here. [ SOUND ] I remember, I think it was about six years ago now, there was one. Disheveled crazy looking guy on floor of the Senate who gave a 10 and a half hour filibuster about how stupid the Bush tax cuts were. And I remember seeing that, being like, this dude is the only dude in the Senate with guts and this is exactly what I believe in. And I started following a little bit more about who is he was and everything I heard him say, I agreed with and loved. Like everything. Well, we're just out here for Bernie, because we believe that he's one of the most different candidates. That can really revolutionize- This is the grind, yes, this is where it's won. Those are the most effective and persuasive ways of talking to voters. All right, whose next? Yesterday alone we knocked on 17, 000 doors. Watch the ice. One day, 17, 000 doors. We're from the Bernie Sanders campaign and we were just wondering if you were planning on voting in the primary on February 9th. [ INAUDIBLE ] Hilary in the primary. Definitely. Wonderful. Be voting for both of you. Great. Leaning strongly in her favor? I'm still not sure. I love Bernie Sanders. Most of us do Who are in this part of the country. But there's some drawbacks, too. I'm torn- She's a woman with very strong convictions just like Bernie- That I admire. And she's stuck to them, but now she's moderated them to say well, I can meet the Republicans halfway. And I don't know what will happen if Bernie can't meet them halfway. I'm not sure that he would Even have a chance of [ CROSSTALK ] Yes, yeah. That's what I'm really worried. The worries that people have about his electability should have really disappeared by now. All these people that no other candidate would get should come out and vote for them Bernie's got those people. And people that haven't voted in 20 years. And I've seen them in the office making calls. I've seen them stepping up and doing stuff. And I think Bernie talks the talk and walks the walk. One of the reasons that I'm really For Hilary is because of the Affordable Care Act and I think she will not only keep it, but improve on it. I've had breast cancer, my husband's had prostate cancer, my son has treatable epilepsy. She's just right on for people from birth to death. If we get that win by three points or five points or whatever, it's gonna be us on On the ground making that difference, creating that margin, and that's what it's about. Doing it three times this week, because we're getting close to the wire. I definitely will do it the remainder of the Saturdays and possibly some of the Sundays. Then I have said that I'll come in two nights a week to make calls Bye. [ LAUGH ] See if we could get the dogs to vote, we'd be doing really just right. 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