THE DRIVING FORCE in the Democratic presidential contest is the near-obsession of many voters with choosing a candidate who can beat Donald Trump. Nearly two-thirds of voters (63 percent) in this week’s New Hampshire Democratic primary said voting for a candidate who can beat Trump is more important than voting for a candidate they agreed […]
Pete Buttigieg
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Buttigieg, Warren debate money, influence
Wine caves don’t win purity tests, but can they win an election? Perhaps the reference to the wine cave wasn’t the best look for Mayor Pete, but he bounced back from it pretty well. It was the slugfest everyone was waiting for, between Sen. Elizabeth Warren and South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, at the sixth […]
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Buttigieg, Warren debate money, influence
WINE CAVES don’t win purity tests, but can they win an election? Perhaps the reference to the wine cave wasn’t the best look for Mayor Pete, but he bounced back from it pretty well. It was the slugfest everyone was waiting for, between Sen. Elizabeth Warren and South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, at the sixth Democratic […]
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Buttigieg brings buzz to Boston
PETE BUTTIGIEG brought his wonky, faith-flavored brand of Midwestern progressive politics to Boston on Wednesday afternoon, and was met with an enthusiastic reception. More than 1,000 people packed a Northeastern University auditorium to hear the 37-year-old openly gay mayor of South Bend, Indiana, whose exploratory campaign for president has taken off over the past month. […]