Bloomberg bash to raise money for Manchin

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the gun control movement’s most active and affluent advocate, will host a $1,000 a plate July 22 fund-raiser at his Manhattan home later this month for Sen. Joe Manchin, a Democrat from Republican-leaning West Virginia.

Manchin led the Senate’s unsuccessful push for a bill to expand background checks on private gun sales.  

Manchin, once an ally of the National Rifle Association, isn’t up for reelection for another five years, but will likely be one of the gun lobby’s biggest targets come 2018.