Former South Bend, Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg is ending his campaign for the Democratic nomination for president. The 38-year old made history as the first openly-gay major presidential candidate.
He won the Iowa Caucuses but was unable to build a broad coalition. The New York Times reports Buttigieg, a Rhodes Scholar who graduated Harvard College and Oxford University, and a U.S.
Navy Lieutenant who served two tours in Afghanistan, “decided to quit the Democratic race, a person briefed on Mr. Buttigieg’s plans said on Sunday.” Whoever you supported in this primary, Pete Buttigieg showed kids that there’s no reason to hide who you are.
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