Zachary Ro and former Mayor Pete Buttigieg — Photo: @pete.buttigieg / Instagram
06.02.2020 - 02:01 / starobserver.com.au
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.
After technical problems delayed official results, with 86 percent of the vote counted Thursday morning in the Iowa caucuses the 38-year-old Buttigieg’s campaign is leading with 26.7 percent of the vote. Bernie Sanders is behind him with 25.4 percent of the vote. Elizabeth Warren is in a distant third with
Zachary Ro and former Mayor Pete Buttigieg — Photo: @pete.buttigieg / Instagram
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg addressed his lack of support from minorities when he stopped by The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Friday. "I think it's got to begin with humility.
Rush Limbaugh‘s homophobia can’t bring down Mayor Pete Buttigieg and his handsome husband, Chasten Buttigieg. The 2020 presidential hopeful, 38, responded on The Ellen Show to the radio host’s recent offensive comments about his marriage, and denied that kissing his husband on the debate stage would keep him from defeating President Donald Trump in the 2020 election.
By Ted Johnson
Rush Limbaugh, who recently was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, days later turned around and made nasty, homophobic comments about Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg and his marriage to his husband Chasten.
Mayor Pete Buttigieg –Photo: Gage Skidmore / Flickr
(CNN) — Actor and comedian Keegan-Michael Key is set to announce his support for Pete Buttigieg in Nevada on Saturday. Key is expected to appear at early voting locations Saturday before joining a canvass kick off in Las Vegas, according to the campaign.
Rush Limbaugh and Pete Buttigieg — Photos: The White House (L), LGBTQ Victory Fund (R)
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.
By Mike Hitch
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.
In addition to making his guitar sound like a divebombing attack plane, Rage Against the Machine strummer Tom Morello has some legit knowledge of how politics works. That might explain why the former aide to California Sen.
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.