Pete Buttigieg, center, the mayor of South Bend, Indianai, speaks to reporters at a Democratic National Committee meeting in February 2017. Buttigieg would not be the first mayor to attempt such a jump — nor, likely, even the sole mayor in the 2020 Democratic presidential field. He’s been recognized by GovFresh, an organization that highlights “public servant innovators” and voted him as mayor of the year in 2013 along with then-New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg. Bloomberg is also mulling a bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, as is Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. “South Bend is a powerful answer for how you could do it differently and have a focus on the future.”Buttigieg joined the U.S.

Source: Washington Post December 17, 2018 15:45 UTC