Pete Buttigieg's upstart campaign expands its footprint in early states:
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg has been quickly growing his upstart campaign, expanding its footprint in early states, adding veterans of previous presidential bids and now taking over a Chicago office previously occupied by an offshoot of President Barack Obama's campaigns.
The campaign will soon move for a second time to a larger headquarters in downtown South Bend, Indiana, where Buttigieg is finishing his second term as mayor. This week his Chicago-based staff moved from a shared workspace to its own office in the former home of Organizing for Action, which formed out of Obama's 2008 and 2012 campaigns. Outgoing OFA staffers welcomed the Buttigieg campaign with a box of doughnuts.
He's been aided by stronger-than-expected fundraising , bringing in millions more than some U.S. senators in the first quarter of this year. The haul for the quarter that ends this month is expected to exceed his first $7 million total, thanks to support from big-dollar donors as well as popular"grassroots fundraisers" attended by crowds that can exceed 1,000 people, each paying around $25.
Many of the new hires will be working in early voting states such as Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina. Campaign spokesman Chris Meagher says it's a diverse staff, 55% of whom are women.
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