Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, an independent, considered running for president in previous election cycles. | Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo Bloomberg to headline Pennsylvania Democratic fundraiser

Michael Bloomberg will headline a Democratic Party fundraiser in Pennsylvania in October, as the billionaire mulls a run for president in 2020.

Bloomberg, a former New York mayor, will speak at the Montgomery County Democratic Committee’s annual fall dinner on Oct. 21, a county committee official confirmed Tuesday.


Two Pennsylvania Democratic operatives said Bloomberg was also in talks to appear at an event in neighboring Delaware County. Colleen Guiney, chairwoman of the Delaware County Democratic Committee, did not respond to a request for comment. Nor did Bloomberg advisers.

Bloomberg, an independent, considered running for president in previous election cycles, assembling a preliminary campaign operation in 2016 before opting not to run.

The former mayor is spending heavily for Democrats this year, pledging in June to spend at least $80 million in an effort to help Democrats retake the House.

Montgomery and Delaware counties, both key suburban counties that border Philadelphia, voted overwhelmingly for Hillary Clinton in a swing state that voted for Donald Trump in 2016.

Bloomberg was a forceful critic of Trump during the 2016 election, and Trump’s former campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, told reporters this month that Bloomberg would be the strongest potential Democratic nominee against Trump in 2020.

