by Jim Heath | Feb 2, 2021 | Headlines
Pete Buttigieg is America’s new Transportation secretary, bringing his political celebrity and legion of super fans to a mammoth agency that’s not used to headlines — unless they’re jokes about “Infrastructure Week.” Politico: After four...
by Jim Heath | Dec 15, 2020 | Headlines, Inauguration, Joe Biden
President-elect Joe Biden will nominate Pete Buttigieg to be his secretary of transportation, elevating the onetime rival to a key role in the incoming administration’s push to rebuild American infrastructure and the economy, according to three people familiar with...
by Jim Heath | Mar 2, 2020 | 2020, Bernie Sanders, Beto O'Rourke, Delegates, Headlines, Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg
With no Democratic presidential primary candidate yet claiming an overwhelming lead in the delegate race in the nation’s first primary battles, Super Tuesday is poised to play a huge role in the 2020 presidential nomination contest. And with both California and Texas...
by Jim Heath | Mar 1, 2020 | 2020, Democrats, Headlines, Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg, the 38-year-old former mayor of South Bend, Ind., who saw a meteoric rise from virtual unknown to top-tier contender and became the first gay candidate to make a high-profile presidential run, is ending his campaign. The development marks an abrupt end...
by Jim Heath | Feb 25, 2020 | 2020, Bernie Sanders, Bloomberg, Debates, Democrats, Elizabeth Warren, Headlines, Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg
The Democratic presidential candidates delivered a barrage of criticism against their party’s emerging front-runner, Senator Bernie Sanders, at a debate tonight, casting him as a divisive figure with unrealistic ideas, even as they continued to batter Michael...