Former Mayor Karl Dean backs Bloomberg primary bid

Former Nashville Mayor Karl Dean has endorsed former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.

"Mike and I overlapped during our tenures as mayors of New York and Nashville and many of his focuses — domestic violence reduction, healthy cities and financial empowerment zones — were also part of the fabric of our city,” Dean said in a release. “I worked with Mike when Nashville received a Bloomberg Philanthropies grant to help our low-income residents get out of debt and build assets. I was proud to work with him then and I’m proud to support him for president.”