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Buttigieg highlights importance of local officials in first post-campaign endorsements
CNNPete Buttigieg announced his newly minted leadership political action committee's first slate of endorsements on Wednesday, highlighting the importance of both established candidates in key battle ground races and younger Democrats running in local contests.
Buttigieg officially made the announcement on a call with staffers who worked for his campaign on Wednesday afternoon. The former South Bend, Indiana, mayor argued that the endorsements represent the ideals he brought to his presidential campaign and that he hopes to carry on through his PAC, including backing candidates in areas not traditionally favorable to Democrats.
Buttigieg, in an interview with CNN before he officially announced the endorsements, said the coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the importance of local officials, which is why he backed people like Jevin Hodge, a candidate for the Board of Supervisors in Maricopa County, Arizona, and Sandra Jauregui, a candidate for a Nevada House seat, on Wednesday.
"Especially in the era of the pandemic, we're seeing just how important leadership is at every level, certainly in Congress, but also in the state and local offices," Buttigieg said. "And yet, ironically there's also less attention available to these races than ever just because of everything that's going on."
Buttigieg officially made the announcement on a call with staffers who worked for his campaign on Wednesday afternoon. The former South Bend, Indiana, mayor argued that the endorsements represent the ideals he brought to his presidential campaign and that he hopes to carry on through his PAC, including backing candidates in areas not traditionally favorable to Democrats.
Buttigieg, in an interview with CNN before he officially announced the endorsements, said the coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the importance of local officials, which is why he backed people like Jevin Hodge, a candidate for the Board of Supervisors in Maricopa County, Arizona, and Sandra Jauregui, a candidate for a Nevada House seat, on Wednesday.
"Especially in the era of the pandemic, we're seeing just how important leadership is at every level, certainly in Congress, but also in the state and local offices," Buttigieg said. "And yet, ironically there's also less attention available to these races than ever just because of everything that's going on."
Gina Ortiz Jones
US House TX-23
Michelle De La Isla
US House KS-2
JA Moore
SC House-15
Sharice Davids
US House KS-3
Jaime Harrison
US Senate, SC
Christine Hunschofsky
FL House-96
Cal Cunningham
US Senate, NC
Kate Schroder
US House OH-1
Josh Shapiro
PA Attorney General
Levar Stoney
Mayor of Richmond, VA
Lamont Robinson
IL House-5
Lauren Underwood
US House IL-14
Jevin Hodge
Maricopa County AZ Board of Supervisors
Roy Cooper
NC Governor
Lucy McBath
US House GA-6
Anthony Brown
US House MD-4
Sandra Jauregui
NV House-41
Annie Kuster
US House NH-2
Malcolm Kenyatta
PA House-181
Yvonne Lewis Holley
NC Lieutenant Governor
Don Beyer
US House VA-8
Sydney Batch
NC House-37
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