The first openly gay major printial ndidate, Mr. Buttigieg rose to the primary’s top tier, but was unable to build a broad aln of voters, and lost badly South Carola Saturday.
Contents:
- MEET PETE BUTTIGIEG: A GAY MAYOR, AFGHAN WAR VET AND LENNIAL WHO'S NNG FOR PRINT
- FIRST OPENLY GAY PRINTIAL NDIDATE LNCH ‘TTH SQUAD 2020’ MPAIGN
MEET PETE BUTTIGIEG: A GAY MAYOR, AFGHAN WAR VET AND LENNIAL WHO'S NNG FOR PRINT
Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana — the first ndidate who is a lennial, openly gay and an Afghan War veteran, jos the 2020 printial race, sayg, "our untry needs a h start." * 2020 gay presidential candidate *
— Pete Buttigieg, the 37-year-old mayor of South Bend, Indiana, officially announced his printial bid Sunday afternoon, hopg to make history as the youngt-ever, and the first-ever openly gay, manr chief.
FIRST OPENLY GAY PRINTIAL NDIDATE LNCH ‘TTH SQUAD 2020’ MPAIGN
* 2020 gay presidential candidate *
; was elected as the mayor of South Bend at the age of 29; took a leave of absence durg his first term to serve Afghanistan as a naval telligence officer; me out as gay a lumn his lol newspaper a few months before his re-electn; was re-elected wh nearly 80 percent of the vote; married his partner Chasten a church ceremony that was live-streamed on the Inter; and wrote a bt-sellg Sunday, Buttigieg ma equent mentn of each of the parts of his résumé, but spent particular time addrsg his ary service and his g out a bluntly personal way — and at tim meld stori om each part of his life together pellg yarns that prompted loud applse. ”Mayor Pete Buttigieg announc his printial bid Sunday South Bend, Grs / RtersButtigieg spent the months after his exploratory mtee lnch crisscrossg the untry, troducg himself to crowds the early-votg stat of Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carola and Nevada, liverg a highly personal speech about how he wrtled wh his sexual orientatn, and takg shots at Vice Print Mike Pence over his stanc on gay marriage and LGBTQ jos an exceptnally crowd field of ndidat vyg for his party's nomatn.