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Voight endorsed former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani for the 2008 Republican Party nomination.

He contacted Giuliani's California finance chairperson and asked to work on the campaign.

According to The New York Times, his role in Giuliani's group " brought some high-wattage celebrity to a campaign that was in distress.

" He worked a variety of supporting side roles in the Florida primary, such as warming up crowds.

He stated on that trail that New York City had become a much safer city in the 1990s, once remarking, " God sent an angel ; his name was Rudy Giuliani.

" In another interview in Miami with AventuraUSA. com, Voight said he first met Giuliani " years ago " at a movie premiere in New York City and the main reason for his support was Giuliani's public poise in the wake of the September 11 attacks.