Pete Buttigieg Moves Toward White House Bid

Pete Buttigieg (D) announced that he will not seek a third term as mayor of South Bend, Indiana, a move that is expected to presage his attempt to vault from local to presidential politics, the South Bend Tribune reports.

Washington Post: “Buttigieg would not be the first mayor to attempt such a jump — nor, likely, even the sole mayor in the 2020 Democratic presidential field. But he would put forth a distinct profile, as a 36-year-old former Rhodes scholar and Afghanistan veteran who is gay and married.”