Mayor Pete Buttigieg makes a star turn in the town hall spotlight
Austin, Texas Pete Buttigieg's sharp attacks on a former home-state political rival temporarily shifted the spotlight away from better-known candidates in the 2020 Democratic presidential field and onto one of its least-known contenders.
Buttigieg entered Sunday's CNN town hall as a longshot -- sitting at 1% in Iowa and New Hampshire, recent polls have shown. He's such an unknown that how to say his Maltese last name is still a common question. When moderator Jake Tapper asked Buttigieg which of two options was the correct pronunciation , Buttigieg said either option worked and that at home, he just goes by"Mayor Pete.
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