Pete Buttigieg Drops Out of the Democratic Presidential Race
- The mayor of a mid-size city became a major player in campaign
- He was first openly gay candidate to earn Democratic delegates
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Pete Buttigieg ended his presidential campaign Sunday after failing to secure the diverse coalition needed to win the Democratic nomination.
“Tonight I am making the difficult decision to suspend my campaign for the presidency,” he told a hometown crowd in South Bend, Indiana, adding, “I will do everything in my power to ensure we that have a new Democratic president come January.”