I was a Buttigieg skeptic – but the former South Bend mayor has risen to be a serious contender
Three former mayors will stand behind dueling lecterns in Las Vegas during Wednesday night’s Democratic debate.
Had three-term Vermont senator Bernie Sanders remained the socialist mayor of tiny Burlington (population: 42,899), he almost certainly wouldn’t be running for president. Debate newcomer Mike Bloomberg is, of course, the former three-term mayor of New York. And the political resume of Indiana’s Pete Buttigieg – currently the delegate leader in the Democratic race – is built around two terms as mayor of South Bend (population: 101,860), which is about one-80th of Bloomberg’s former domain.
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Source: US Politics - theguardian.com
