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Buttigieg dropped out of the race on March 1, 2020, and endorsed Joe Biden the following day. President-elect Biden named Buttigieg as his nominee for Secretary of Transportation in December 2020. His nomination was confirmed on February 2, 2021, by a vote of 86–13, making him the first openly gay Cabinet secretary in U.S. history.
The 2020 presidential campaign of Pete Buttigieg was an election campaign by the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana. It was formally announced on April 14, 2019, in South Bend. [3] [4] Buttigieg was the first openly gay candidate to seek the Democratic nomination for president. [5] At 38, he was the youngest candidate in the 2020 primary race. [6]
In May 2019, Buttigieg warned that President Donald Trump and his administration were using white identity politics, which he identified as the most divisive form of identity politics. [ 69 ] [ 70 ] In July 2019, he shared his "Douglass Plan", named after abolitionist Frederick Douglass , to address systemic racism in America. [ 71 ]
Pete Buttigieg is once again in the running for high office, jostling with other vice presidential contenders to join Kamala Harris on the Democratic ticket. How Pete Buttigieg’s 2020 campaign ...
The US Secretary of Transportation typically carries one of the lowest profiles of anyone in the president's cabinet. But for Pete Buttigieg, who cemented his status as a Democratic rising star ...
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Friday lamented President Biden’s debate performance but defended his continued candidacy in the 2024 race. “It wasn’t the debate I would have ...
Pete Buttigieg has served as the secretary of transportation since February 3, 2021. He was confirmed by the United States Senate by a vote of 86–13 on February 2, 2021. [5] Buttigieg is the first openly gay man to hold the position, the first openly gay Cabinet secretary and the youngest person to serve as secretary of transportation. [6]
Four years ago, he was the millennial mayor of one of the smallest cities in America, and now Pete Buttigieg is being eyed as a possible running mate for Vice President Kamala Harris. Buttigieg ...