Democratic Party presidential primary contender and South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg will be in the Queen City on Friday, Nov. 22 for a fundraiser, hosted by Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley and Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley.
Mayor @nanwhaley and I are thrilled to announce that Mayor @PeteButtigieg is coming to Cincinnati next Friday (Nov 22) for a fundraiser. To attend, DM @JaredKamrass. Let’s pass the torch to a new generation. Pete can, should, and will win! @Chas10Buttigieg @Lis_Smith pic.twitter.com/jUQ2Q8StsL
— John Cranley (@JohnCranley) November 13, 2019
Both Cranley and Whaley have endorsed Buttigieg in his bid to get the Democratic Party’s nomination for president.
“Mayor Pete’s life embodies the best American values of service to others, family, and building a better community,” Cranley said in a statement announcing his endorsement last month. “As President, he will fight for the vision of freedom he has so eloquently discussed in his campaign that involves the freedom that comes with quality health care and education, and the personal freedom to live and love as God made us to do.”
Buttigieg is one of four primary contenders who have pulled away from the rest of the crowded field of Democrats in recent polling.
While he has trailed one-time front runner former Vice President Joe Biden, and U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, that seems to be changing. A poll by The Des Moines Register, CNN and Mediacom showed Buttigieg leading in Iowa with 25 percent of those likely to vote in the state party’s caucus saying they’ll back him. That’s higher than Warren (16 percent) and Sanders and Biden (both at 15 percent). However, only about 30 percent of voters in that poll said they were set on a single candidate — almost two-thirds said they were still open to changing their minds in favor of another.
Though its demographics are not representative of the nation’s, Iowa is a pivotal primary battleground because it’s the first state to vote on the parties’ presidential nominees on Feb. 3, 2020.
Generally considered a moderate, Buttigieg has pushed back at Warren’s and Sanders’ calls for Medicare for All and other left-leaning policies.
Cranley and Whaley were among 50 mayors from across the country to endorse Buttigieg last month. Those endorsements generally don’t help a candidate’s national stature, but they can open up local fundraising and volunteer networks that can prove vital as states’ primaries approach. Ohio’s primary is March 17, 2020.
This article appears in Nov 13-26, 2019.
