<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is reportedly backing out of a potential run for the U.S. Senate to set himself in a better position to compete for the White House in 2028.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Buttigieg bought a house in the Traverse City, Michigan, area in 2020 and went to live there after four years serving in former President Joe Biden’s cabinet.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The former transportation chief considered a run for Michigan’s open Senate seat being vacated by retiring Democratic Sen. Gary Peters. Buttigieg met with Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer about a potential bid. Democrats are anxious to keep control of the seat in 2026.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Buttigieg decided to pass on a Senate run as he eyes a renewed attempt at the Oval Office, according to </span><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/13/pete-buttigieg-michigan-senate-run-00227583" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">POLITICO</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Running back-to-back campaigns in 2026 and 2028 would be difficult and could hurt his chances at the White House.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The hardest decision in politics is to pass on a race you have a very good chance to win,” David Axelrod, a veteran Democratic strategist who has mentored Buttigieg, told POLITICO. “Pete was an A-list recruit and would have been a formidable candidate for the Senate had he chosen to run. But had he won in ’26, it would almost certainly have taken him out of the conversation for ’28.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“This certainly keeps that option open. Beyond that, I have a sense that he wanted to spend more time with his family, and with people in communities like his, where the conversations and concerns are so different than the ones you hear in the echo chamber of Washington,” Axelrod said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Before being Transportation secretary, Buttigieg’s most notable role was as mayor of South Bend, Indiana, the fifth most populous city in the state with just over 100,000 residents. He ran for president in 2020, losing to Biden in the Democratic primary.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As Transportation Secretary, Buttigieg had a mixed rating from voters. In a Rasmussen </span><a href="https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/biden_administration/democrats_like_buttigieg_others_not_so_much" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">poll</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> released in April 2024, 41% of likely voters reported having a favorable impression of Buttigieg, while 40% reported an unfavorable impression, a marked decline in popularity from the year prior.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Most of his support came from Democrats, 63% of whom reported a favorable opinion. Thirty-eight percent of unaffiliated voters and just 18% of Republicans reported a favorable view of Buttigieg as Transportation secretary.</span></p>

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