Pete Buttigieg

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It could be a Hoosier battle royale, one that pits the gay Episcopalian war-veteran mayor against the evangelical former governor.

The South Bend mayor’s surging candidacy has gone largely unchecked

“I am a proud son of South Bend, Indiana. And I am running for President of the United States.”

What’s happening—and what’s next—at the intersection of Indiana politics and business?

The Buttigieg campaign may be more of a movement than a moment.

South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg racked up a stunning $7 million in the first quarter of his presidential exploratory committee his campaign announced Monday, defying expectations for a candidacy that began with an email list of just 20,000.

Can South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg work the angles to become a dark-horse presidential contender for the Democrats in 2020?

“The Democratic Party is more than a party of coastal elites.”

The Democrats’ rising star talks about serving in a war zone, coming out of the closet, and how serving as mayor of South Bend sometimes feels as if it were ripped from the script of “The Wire.”