Pete Buttigieg urges supporters continue 'working to win the absolutely critical down-ballot races playing out across the country.' 'There is simply too much at stake to retreat to the sidelines at a time like this.'
Saying that"the path has narrowed to a close," former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor"At this point in the race, the best way to keep faith with those goals and ideals is to step aside and help bring our party and our country together," Buttigieg told supporters is his hometown of South Bend."So tonight I am making the difficult decision to suspend my campaign for the presidency.
Buttigieg, who was once a long-shot in a crowded field of candidates, became a household name during the Democratic primary and would eventually go one to fare well in the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary before his momentum was slowed during contests in the more diverse states of Nevada and South Carolina.
He’d begin his town halls asking voters to visualize the day the sun comes up over America and Trump was no longer president. Buttigieg, as the first major openly gay candidate to mount a significant run for president, campaigned alongside his husband, Chasten, who developed his own fan base along the way. In one of Buttigeig’s most powerful moments, he also became the first person from the LGBTQ community to talk openly on a presidential debate stage about his coming out.
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