Pete Buttigieg, the 37-year-old mayor of South Bend, Ind., who has become the buzziest candidate of late in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, offered his own take Tuesday on his rapid rise. “I think I’ve gone from being viewed as, you know, adorable six weeks ago to now plausible,” Buttigieg said during a wide-ranging interview on CNN. [Pete Buttigieg says he can beat Donald Trump in 2020]“I’m still very different than what most people picture when they picture a president,” he said. In recent weeks, Buttigieg has seen a rapid rise in his poll numbers and has drawn notice for a $7 million fund­raising haul in the first quarter of the year. In national polls and early nominating-state polls, Buttigieg still trails former vice president Joe Biden, who has yet to announce a White House bid, and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who has officially entered the Democratic race.

Source: Washington Post April 16, 2019 12:33 UTC