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P ete Buttigieg, the U.S. Transportation Secretary and former mayor of South Bend, has become one of the Democratic Party’s most relied upon messengers on cable news and late-night television ...
Frank Bruni of The New York Times published a 2016 column praising Buttigieg's work as mayor, with a headline asking if he might be "the first gay president". [153] Barack Obama cited him as one of the Democratic Party's talents in a November 2016 profile on the outgoing president conducted by The New Yorker . [ 154 ]
Buttigieg opposes free college tuition because he believes it unfairly subsidizes higher-income families at the expense of lower-income people who do not attend college. This position distinguishes him from other progressives who support free college tuition for all. [38] Buttigieg supports initiatives to make college more affordable. [39]
Pete Buttigieg served as mayor of South Bend, Indiana from 2012 to 2020. Elected in 2011 as a Democrat, he took office in January 2012 at the age of 29, becoming the second-youngest mayor in South Bend history, and the youngest incumbent mayor, at the time, of a U.S. city with at least 100,000 residents.
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg spoke on the third night of the DNC
Pete Buttigieg rose to prominence ahead of the 2020 presidential election, when he was mayor of his native South Bend, Indiana. On Thursday, the fourth and final day of the Democratic National ...
(The Center Square) – Below is the text of Gov. J.B. Pritzker's State of the State and Budget Address. *Remarks as Prepared for Delivery* Speaker Welch, President Harmon, Minority Leader ...
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]