Pete Buttigieg 2020 presidential campaign

Pete for America
Campaign2020 United States presidential election (Democratic primaries)
Candidate
AffiliationDemocratic Party
EC formedJanuary 23, 2019
AnnouncedApril 14, 2019
SuspendedMarch 1, 2020
HeadquartersSouth Bend, Indiana
Key people
ReceiptsUS$76,778,634.72[2] (December 31, 2019)
Slogan
  • Win The Era
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Pete Buttigieg

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] Although considered a lower-tier candidate at launch, his campaign later gained prominence, winning the most delegates in the Iowa caucuses and tying with Bernie Sanders for the most delegates in the New Hampshire primary.

Buttigieg's major political positions included abolition of the United States Electoral College, support for a public health insurance option with an individual mandate,[7] labor unions, universal background checks for gun purchases, protecting the environment by addressing climate change, a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, overturning the Citizens United ruling, and a federal law prohibiting discrimination against LGBTQ people.[8]

After placing fourth in the South Carolina primary—and not seeing a path to gain the DNC nomination—Buttigieg dropped out of the race on March 1, 2020, having earned 26 delegates and almost 17% of the popular vote.[9][10][11][12] On March 2, Buttigieg endorsed Joe Biden for president.

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  7. ^ Stein, Jeff; Janes, Chelsea. "Buttigieg health plan hinges on 'supercharged' version of unpopular Obamacare mandate". Washington Post.
  8. ^ Yarvin, Jessica (February 15, 2019). "What does Pete Buttigieg believe? Where the candidate stands on 7 issues". PBS NewsHour. Archived from the original on March 20, 2019. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  9. ^ Epstein, Reid J.; Gabriel, Trip (March 1, 2020). "Pete Buttigieg to Quit Democratic Presidential Race". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  10. ^ Wang, Chelsea JanesAmy B. "Pete Buttigieg is ending his presidential bid". Washington Post. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  11. ^ Beauchamp, Zack (March 1, 2020). "Pete Buttigieg drops out". Vox. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  12. ^ Goodwin, Liz (March 1, 2020). "Pete Buttigieg drops out of Democratic race after South Carolina propels Joe Biden into Super Tuesday". The Boston Globe. Retrieved March 1, 2020.