Pete Buttigieg Drops Out of 2020 Race After History-Making Iowa Win — Then String of Disappointments

Pete Buttigieg — a history maker within the 2020 presidential race in a number of methods — is dropping out after a collection of disappointing finishes curdled his early successes, PEOPLE confirms.

An aide says Buttigieg, a 38-year-old former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and Navy veteran, will announce his choice on Sunday at eight:30 p.m. ET.

The first major openly gay presidential candidate and the first brazenly homosexual candidate to win a presidential nominating contest, Buttigieg was the campaign cycle’s breakout: an unknown 12 months ago who triumphed at the Iowa caucus (albeit by a razor-thin and controversial margin) and got here in an in depth second place in the New Hampshire main.

But that power didn't carry him ahead.

Buttigieg positioned third on the Nevada caucus and then got here in a more distant fourth in Saturday’s South Carolina main, failing even to earn delegates within the latter vote.

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His exit narrows the sector even further and, to many observers, leaves the race primarily to Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who gained in New Hampshire and Nevada (and came in second in Iowa), and former Vice President Joe Biden, whose double-digit victory in South Carolina revived his campaign.

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar continue to press their case, with somewhat robust showings in choose states to date. But neither has gained a main or caucus.

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Former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg will first be on the poll on so-called “Tremendous Tuesday,” in two days, after unusually choosing to bypass the early voting states.

Billionaire Tom Steyer also left the race this weekend, within the hours after South Carolina’s main outcomes got here in displaying him in third.

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