Buttigieg isn’t viewed as a direct threat to Harris. But his rapid rise, appeal to millennial voters and newfound popularity among Hollywood and Silicon Valley donors stands to hinder her ability to lock down her backyard
LOS ANGELES — California Democrats, especially those with ties to the influential LGBTQ and Hollywood communities, are finding themselves torn between a home-state senator they love, Kamala Harris, and an out-of-state suitor who has suddenly captured their attention, Pete Buttigieg.
By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time. “I love Kamala Harris, she’s a dear friend,’’ he says of the former state attorney general, who has scheduled a dizzying round of fundraisers in the state next week.Garcetti will appear at a Thursday event with Buttigieg that will bring together union activists from the teachers, carpenters and Service Employees International Union — all bastions of Democratic support in California.
poster="http://v.politico.com/images/1155968404/201904/2344/1155968404_6021220071001_6020982892001-vs.jpg?pubId=1155968404"“I think Kamala Harris is in danger of losing ground to a number of people [in her home state],” says veteran L.A. politics watcher and attorney Jessica Levinson, the former president of the Los Angeles Ethics Commission.
“[Buttigieg] does interest me, because he’s so multifaceted,’’ says Melissa Rivers — the former star of the cult favorite show “Fashion Police” and Donald Trump’s “The Apprentice” with her mother, the late Joan Rivers. Nowhere has the competition between Harris and Buttigieg been more startling than in emails to major donors from Susie Tompkins Buell, one of the party’s most influential donors and a longtime friend and backer of Hillary Clinton.
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