South Bend Mayor Seeks 2020 Democratic Presidential Nomination
April 25, 2020 | News | No Comments
SOUTH BEND, IN — Democrat South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg announced Wednesday morning he’s launched an exploratory committee for a 2020 presidential bid. The 37-year-old is currently serving his eighth and final year as Mayor of South Bend, the role he was first elected to back in 2011 at just 29 years old, and re-elected in 2015, according to his website.
During his mayoral term, Buttigieg took an unpaid seven months leave to deploy to Afghanistan and served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy Reserve, earning the Joint Service Commendation Medal for his counter terrorism work.
According to his website, the Harvard graduate and Rhoades Scholar at Oxford lives with his husband, Chasten, in the same South Bend neighborhood where he grew up. The two were married back in June.
If Buttigieg were to win the Democratic nomination, he’d be the first openly gay presidential nominee from a major political party.
South Bend Mayor Marries Partner In Same-Sex Ceremony
“Under his leadership, South Bend has reimagined its role in the global economy with job growth and major investment in advanced industries, with a focus on data and technology,” a statement on the mayor’s website reads.
Buttigieg ran for Democratic National Committee chair in 2017, and now serves as the chair of the “Automation and the Impacts on America’s Cities” task force at the United States Conference of Mayors.
I launched a presidential exploratory committee because it is a season for boldness and it is time to focus on the future. Are you ready to walk away from the politics of the past?
Join the team at https://t.co/Xlqn10brgH. pic.twitter.com/K6aeOeVrO7
— Pete Buttigieg (@PeteButtigieg) January 23, 2019
Mayor Pete Buttigieg talks with an AP reporter at his office in South Bend, Ind., Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019. Few people know Pete Buttigieg’s name outside the Indiana town where he’s mayor, but none of that has deterred him from contemplating a 2020 Democratic presidential bid. He’s among the potential candidates who believe 2016 and 2018 showed voters are looking for fresh faces. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Click Here: collingwood magpies 2019 training guernsey
