Pete Buttigieg – Photo: Gage Skidmore
06.02.2020 - 23:21 / thegavoice.com
With 96 percent of the results from Monday’s caucus in Iowa in, Pete Buttigieg is neck and neck with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders for the top spot.
Buttigieg, who made history as the first openly LGBTQ Democratic candidate, currently has 26.2 percent of the state delegate equivalents, a narrow lead over Sanders’ 26 percent.
This lead accounts for four out of 2,093 counted state delegate equivalents. However, Sanders has maintained a 2,000 vote lead in the final alignment popular vote, according
Pete Buttigieg – Photo: Gage Skidmore
Republicans on an Iowa House panel Monday advanced an anti-LGBTQ bill that is so extreme it would require teachers to notify parents if they plan on even mentioning Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, because he is gay. The bill, sponsored by 13 Republican lawmakers, would force educators to allow parents to opt-out of any instruction that relates to sexual orientation or gender identity.
After taking home a narrow victory over Sen. Bernie Sanders in the Iowa caucuses, former mayor Pete Buttigieg has come in second behind Sanders in the New Hampshire primaries on Tuesday (February 11).
Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Mayor Pete Buttigieg — Photos: Gage Skidmore
American rock band The Strokes is making its voice heard.
Democratic presidential front-runners Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg beat back a barrage of attacks during a Friday night debate as rivals raised persistent questions about their ideology and experience, hoping to sow doubts about whether they could defeat President Donald Trump.Reeling from a weak finish in this week's Iowa caucuses, former Vice President Joe Biden was a chief aggressor throughout the night.
Pete Buttigieg made history as the first openly LGBTQ person to win the Iowa caucus in a slim lead over Sen. Bernie Sanders—however, Sanders’ campaign has also claimed a victory, revealing the confusing nature of the caucus format.
Pete Buttigieg, the most successful openly gay candidate in U.S. history, is clinging to a lead in the bungled counting process in the first electoral test in the 2020 presidential campaign.
Pete Buttigieg – Photo: PBS.
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The Iowa Democratic Party released partial results of its kickoff presidential caucus after a daylong delay late Tuesday showing former Midwestern Mayor Pete Buttigieg and progressive Vermont Sen.
Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Bernie Sanders held a lead in the Iowa caucus results, with about 62% of precincts reported late on Tuesday afternoon.
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Pete Buttigieg – Photo: LGBTQ Victory Fund.
Vampire Weekend performed a set at Bernie Sanders’ rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa tonight (February 1). They played “2021,” “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa,” “Holiday,” “This Life,” and a cover of Thin Lizzy’s “The Boys are Back in Town.” Check out video of the performance below.
Justin Vernon joined the Democrat candidate's Iowa rally yesterday (February 1).