South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg is enjoying a “boomlet” among 2020 Democratic presidential candidates. After announcing his intention to run for president just last week, the virtually unknown Buttigieg has soared to a third place showing among Democrats in the key early caucus state of Iowa.
Buttigieg’s home paper, the South Bend Tribune, reports that Buttigieg “leap-frogged” a handful of well-known Democratic contenders, including Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) to take third place behind former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who have 25% and 24% respectively. Buttigieg is at 11%.
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