Bloomberg campaigned to change the city 's term limits law , and was elected to his third term in 2009 as an Independent candidate on the Republican ballot line .
He won a second term in 2005 , and left the Republican Party two years later .
Bloomberg campaigned to change the city 's term limits law , and was elected to his third term in 2009 as an Independent candidate on the Republican Party ballot line .
He won a second term in 2005 , and left the Republican Party two years later .