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BUTTIGIEG ENDS PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN

East County News Service

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March 1, 2020 (San Diego) – Pete Buttigieg will be announcing plans tonight to suspend his presidential campaign, a senior campaign aid has informed National Public Radio. The New York Times and Fox News confirm the reports.

The former mayor of South Bend, Indiana is a veteran of the war I Afghanistan and first openly gay presidential candidate. A graduate of Harvard and Oxford Universities, he also the youngest of the major contenders, at age 38 and had been likened to Kennedy for his youthful charisma. 


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