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Pete Buttigieg

November 26, 2023

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Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg (/ˈbuːtədʒədʒ/ BOOT-ə-jəj;[a][1][2] born January 19, 1982) is an American politician and former naval officer who is currently serving as the 19th United States Secretary of Transportation. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the 32nd mayor of South Bend, Indiana, from 2012 to 2020, which earned him the nickname "Mayor Pete".

Pete Buttigieg
Official portrait, 2022
19th United States Secretary of Transportation
Assumed office
February 3, 2021
PresidentJoe Biden
DeputyPolly Trottenberg
Preceded byElaine Chao
32nd Mayor of South Bend
In office
January 1, 2012 – January 1, 2020
Preceded bySteve Luecke
Succeeded byJames Mueller
Personal details
Born
Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg

(1982-01-19) January 19, 1982 (age 41)
South Bend, Indiana, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
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(m. 2018)​
Children2
Parent(s)Joseph Buttigieg
Anne Montgomery
EducationHarvard University (BA)
Pembroke College, Oxford (BA)
Signature
Websitepeteforamerica.com
Military service
Branch/serviceUnited States Navy
Service years2009–2017
RankLieutenant
UnitUnited States Navy Reserve
Battles/warsWar in Afghanistan
AwardsJoint Service Commendation Medal
Pete Buttigieg's voice
Pete Buttigieg's opening statement on his nomination to be U.S. Secretary of Transportation
Recorded January 21, 2021

Buttigieg is a graduate of Harvard College and the University of Oxford, attending the latter on a Rhodes Scholarship. From 2009 to 2017, he was an intelligence officer in the United States Navy Reserve, attaining the rank of lieutenant. He was mobilized and deployed to the War in Afghanistan for seven months in 2014. Before being elected as mayor of South Bend in 2011, Buttigieg worked on the political campaigns of Democrats Jill Long Thompson, Joe Donnelly, and John Kerry, and ran unsuccessfully as the Democratic nominee for Indiana state treasurer in 2010. While serving as South Bend's mayor, Buttigieg came out as gay in 2015. He married Chasten Glezman, a schoolteacher and writer, in June 2018. Buttigieg declined to seek a third term as mayor.

Buttigieg ran as a candidate for president in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries, launching his campaign for the 2020 United States presidential election on April 14, 2019. He became one of the first openly gay men to launch a major party presidential campaign.[b] Despite initially low expectations, he gained significant momentum in mid-2019 when he participated in several town hall meetings and television debates. Buttigieg narrowly won the Iowa caucuses and placed a close second in the New Hampshire primary.[4][5][6] By winning Iowa, he became the first openly gay candidate to win a presidential primary or caucus. Buttigieg dropped out of the race on March 1, 2020, and endorsed Joe Biden the following day.

President-elect Biden named Buttigieg as his nominee for Secretary of Transportation in December 2020. His nomination was confirmed on February 2, 2021, by a vote of 86–13, making him the first openly gay Cabinet secretary in U.S. history.[c] Nominated at age 38, he is also the youngest Cabinet member in the Biden administration and the youngest person ever to serve as Secretary of Transportation.

Early life and career

Pete Buttigieg, the only child of Jennifer Anne (Montgomery) and Joseph Anthony Buttigieg II, was born on January 19, 1982, in South Bend, Indiana. His mother uses the name Anne Montgomery.[8][9][10][11] His parents met and married while employed as faculty at New Mexico State University.[12] His father was born in Hamrun, Malta, and emigrated to the United States to pursue his doctorate.[13][14] Buttigieg's father embarked on a career as a professor of English at the University of Notre Dame near South Bend.[14][15] Buttigieg's mother also taught at the University of Notre Dame for 29 years.[16] His father was a translator and editor of the three-volume English edition of Marxist philosopher Antonio Gramsci's Prison Notebooks and influenced his pursuit of literature in college.[17]

Education

Buttigieg was valedictorian of the class of 2000 at St. Joseph High School in South Bend.[18][19] That year, he won first prize in the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum's Profiles in Courage essay contest. He traveled to Boston to accept the award and met Caroline Kennedy and other members of President Kennedy's family. The subject of his winning essay was the integrity and political courage of then U.S. representative Bernie Sanders of Vermont, one of only two independent politicians in Congress.[20][21][d] In 2000, Buttigieg was also chosen as one of two student delegates from Indiana to the United States Senate Youth Program,[23] an annual scholarship competition sponsored jointly by the U.S. Senate and the Hearst Foundations.[24]

After graduating from St. Joseph High School, Buttigieg attended Harvard University, where he majored in history and literature.[25] He became president of the Student Advisory Committee of the Harvard Institute of Politics and worked on the institute's annual study of youth attitudes on politics.[26][27] He wrote his undergraduate thesis, titled The Quiet American's Errand into the Wilderness, on the influence of Puritanism on U.S. foreign policy as reflected in Graham Greene's novel The Quiet American.[28][29] He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard in 2004, and was elected a member of Phi Beta Kappa.[30][31]

Buttigieg was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to study at the University of Oxford.[30][32] In 2007, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree with first-class honours in philosophy, politics, and economics after studying at Pembroke College, Oxford.[33][34][35][36] At Oxford, he was an editor of the Oxford International Review,[37] and was a co-founder[37] and member of the Democratic Renaissance Project, an informal debate and discussion group of approximately a dozen Oxford students.[38][39]

Professional career

Before graduating from college, Buttigieg was an investigative intern at WMAQ-TV, Chicago's NBC News affiliate.[40] He also interned for Democrat Jill Long Thompson during her unsuccessful 2002 congressional bid.[41]

After college, Buttigieg worked on John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign as a policy and research specialist for several months in Arizona and New Mexico.[42][43] From 2004 to 2005, Buttigieg was conference director of the Cohen Group.[44] In 2006, he lent assistance to Joe Donnelly's successful congressional campaign.[45]

After earning his Oxford degree, in 2007 Buttigieg became a consultant at the Chicago office of McKinsey & Company,[46][47] where he worked on energy, retail, economic development, and logistics for three years.[48][49] His clients at McKinsey included the health insurer Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, electronics retailer Best Buy, Canadian supermarket chain Loblaws, two nonprofit environmentalist groups, the Natural Resources Defense Council and Energy Foundation, and several U.S. government agencies, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Energy Department, Defense Department, and Postal Service.[50][51] He took a leave of absence from McKinsey in 2008 to become research director for Jill Long Thompson's unsuccessful campaign for Indiana governor.[52][53][54] His work at McKinsey included trips to Iraq and Afghanistan, which he rarely discusses.[55] Buttigieg left McKinsey in 2010 in order to focus full-time on his campaign for Indiana state treasurer.[46]

Buttigieg has been involved with the Truman National Security Project since 2005 and serves as a fellow with expertise in Afghanistan and Pakistan.[48] He was named to the organization's board of advisors in 2014.[56][26]

Military service

Buttigieg joined the U.S. Navy Reserve through the direct commission officer (DCO) program and was sworn in as an ensign in naval intelligence in September 2009.[57] He took a seven-month leave during his mayoral term to deploy to Afghanistan in 2014.[58][59][60][61] While there, Buttigieg was part of a unit assigned to identify and disrupt terrorist finance networks. Part of this was done at Bagram Air Base, but he was also an armed driver for his commander on more than 100 trips into Kabul. Buttigieg has jokingly referred to his role as an armed driver as "military Uber", because he had to watch out for ambushes and explosive devices along the roads and ensure that the vehicle was guarded.[62] Also, while deployed in Afghanistan, Buttigieg was assigned to the Afghan Threat Finance Cell, a counterterrorism unit that targeted Taliban insurgency financing.[63][64] Buttigieg was awarded the Joint Service Commendation Medal,[65] and he left the U.S. Navy Reserve in 2017.[66][67][68]

Indiana state treasurer election

Main article: 2010 Indiana State Treasurer election
 
Buttigieg campaign photo for Indiana State Treasurer in March 2010

Buttigieg was the Democratic nominee for state treasurer of Indiana in 2010. He received 37.5 percent of the vote, losing to Republican incumbent Richard Mourdock.[69][70] Much of Buttigieg's campaign had focused on criticizing Mourdock for investing state pension funds in Chrysler junk bonds, and for having subsequently filed a lawsuit against Chrysler's bankruptcy restructuring, which Buttigieg argued imperiled Chrysler jobs in the state of Indiana.[71][72][73]

Mayor of South Bend

Main article: Mayoralty of Pete Buttigieg

First term

Shortly after losing the 2010 Indiana State Treasurer election, Buttigieg ran for the Democratic nomination for mayor of South Bend in 2011. In a PBS Michiana – WNIT broadcast, he expressed his desire to reinvigorate South Bend, especially with respect to job creation and education.[74] Buttigieg campaigned on other issues, such as pursuing international investment,[75] increasing presence of police and other safety professionals,[76] and improving city services.[77] Buttigieg won his primary election against four opponents on May 3, 2011,[78] receiving 7,663 votes.[78] Buttigieg was elected mayor of South Bend in the November 2011 general election with 10,991 of the 14,883 votes cast, or 74 percent of all votes.[79] He defeated Republican nominee Norris W. Curry Jr. and Libertarian nominee Patrick M. Farrell.[80] Buttigieg took office in January 2012 at the age of 29, becoming the second-youngest mayor in South Bend history[e] and the youngest incumbent mayor, at the time, of a U.S. city with at least 100,000 residents.[79]

Before Buttigieg took office, Jiha'd Vasquez, a 16-year-old black boy, was found hanging from an electrical tower on April 14, 2011.[82][83] Vasquez's backpack, on the ground near his body, had several items missing, according to Vasquez's mother Stephanie Jones.[82] The coroner, Chuck Hurley, who had no medical experience, claimed Vasquez's death was a suicide; Buttigieg later appointed Hurley to serve as interim police chief.[82] Vasquez's body was cremated without an autopsy being conducted.[82] Jones attempted to get Buttigieg to investigate her son's death.[82] According to Jones, Buttigieg told her to call his office, but she never got a response.[82] Jones and South Bend NAACP legal redress chairman Tom Bush claimed the event was a cover-up, with Bush saying he suspected the Ku Klux Klan may be involved and hoped for a federal investigation, but did not expect it, saying "the only reason this will get done is if you're on a microphone yelling and screaming."[84] When Buttigieg's presidential campaign was asked about the incident by a reporter in 2019, they did not give a response.[82] In 2019, Jones and St. Joseph County coroner Mike McGann argued that the case should be reopened; however, sheriff William Redman said he would not consider reopening the case unless further evidence came to light.[84]

After a federal investigation ruled that South Bend police had illegally recorded telephone calls of several officers, Buttigieg demoted police chief Darryl Boykins in 2012.[85][f] Buttigieg also dismissed the department's communications director, who had discovered the recordings but continued to record the line at Boykins's command.[85] The police communications director alleged that the recordings captured four senior police officers making racist remarks and discussing illegal acts.[85][87]

Buttigieg has written that his "first serious mistake as mayor" came shortly after taking office in 2012, when he decided to ask for Boykins's resignation. Backed by supporters and legal counsel, Boykins requested reinstatement. When Buttigieg denied his request, Boykins, as the city's first African American police chief, sued the city for racial discrimination,[88] arguing that the taping policy had existed under previous police chiefs, who were white.[89] Buttigieg settled the lawsuits brought by Boykins and the four officers out of court for over $800,000.[85][90] A federal judge ruled in 2015 that Boykins's recordings violated the Federal Wiretap Act.[87] Buttigieg came under pressure from political opponents to release the eight tapes, but he said that it was not possible to release seven of them, citing the Federal Wiretap Act.[85][87] It was unclear if releasing the eighth tape would violate any laws.[87] St. Joseph County Superior Court Judge Steve Hostetler heard a case for the release of five cassette tapes.[89] Judge Hostetler ruled that the cassette tapes must be released to the South Bend City Council in May 2021.[91]

As mayor, Buttigieg promoted a number of development and redevelopment projects.[92] Buttigieg was a leading figure behind the creation of a nightly laser-light display along downtown South Bend's St. Joseph River trail as public art. The project cost $700,000, which was raised from private funds.[93] The "River Lights" installation was unveiled in May 2015 as part of the city's 150th anniversary celebrations.[85] He also oversaw the city's launching of a 3-1-1 system in 2013.[94][95] Buttigieg's administration oversaw the sale of numerous city-owned properties.[96][97][98][99] One of Buttigieg's signature programs was the "Vacant and Abandoned Properties Initiative". Known locally as 1,000 Properties in 1,000 Days, it was a project to repair or demolish blighted properties across South Bend.[100][101] The program reached its goal two months before its scheduled end date in November 2015.[102] By the thousandth day of the program, before Buttigieg's first term ended, nearly 40 percent of the targeted houses were repaired, and 679 were demolished or under contract for demolition.[103] Buttigieg took note of the fact that many homes within communities of color were the ones demolished, leading to early distrust between the city and these communities.[104]

While mayor, Buttigieg served for seven months in Afghanistan as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy Reserve, returning to the United States on September 23, 2014.[105] In his absence, Deputy Mayor Mark Neal, South Bend's city comptroller, served as executive from February 2014 until Buttigieg returned to his role as mayor in October 2014.[79][105][106]

In 2015, during the controversy over Indiana Senate Bill 101 – the original version of which was widely criticized for allowing discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people – Buttigieg emerged as a leading opponent of the legislation. Amid his reelection campaign, he came out as gay and expressed his solidarity with the LGBTQ community.[107][108]

Second term

Buttigieg announced in 2014 that he would seek a second term in 2015.[109] He won the Democratic primary with approximately 78 percent of the vote, defeating Henry Davis Jr., the city councilman from the second district.[110] In November 2015, he was elected to his second term as mayor with over 80 percent of the vote, defeating Republican Kelly Jones by a margin of 8,515 to 2,074 votes.[111] After winning reelection, Buttigieg signed an executive order helping to establish a recognized city identification card in 2016.[112][113]

To improve South Bend's downtown area, Buttigieg proposed a Smart Streets urban development program in 2013.[85] In early 2015 – after traffic studies and public hearings – he secured a bond issue for the program backed by tax increment financing.[114][115] Smart Streets was a complete streets implementation program[116] aimed at improving economic development and urban vibrancy as well as road safety.[117] Elements of the project were finished in 2016,[85] and was officially completed in 2017.[117] The project was credited with spurring private development in the city.[115]

In a new phase of the Vacant and Abandoned Properties Initiative, South Bend partnered with the Notre Dame Clinical Law Center to provide free legal assistance to qualifying applicants wishing to acquire vacant lots and, with local nonprofits, to repair or construct homes and provide low-income home ownership assistance using South Bend Housing and Urban Development funds.[118][119]

 
Studebaker Building 84 in 2014

The City of South Bend partnered with the State of Indiana and private developers to break ground on a $165 million renovation of the former Studebaker complex in 2016, hoping that the redevelopment would facilitate industrial and housing units.[120] This development is in the Renaissance District, which includes nearby Ignition Park.[121][122] In 2017, it was announced that the long-abandoned Studebaker Building 84, also known as Ivy Tower, would have its exterior renovated with $3.5 million in Regional Cities funds from the State of Indiana and another $3.5 million from South Bend tax increment financing, with plans for the building and other structures in its complex to serve as a technology hub.[123] The website Best Cities later ranked South Bend number 39 on its 2020 list of the 100 best small cities in the United States, citing Buttigieg's efforts to revitalize the Studebaker factory and Downtown South Bend.[124]

Under Buttigieg, the city also began a smart sewer program, the first phase of which was finished in 2017 at a cost of $150 million.[121] The effort used federal funds[125] and by 2019 had reduced the combined sewer overflow by 75 percent.[121] The impetus for the effort was a fine that the EPA had levied against the city in 2011 for Clean Water Act violations.[121] In 2019, Buttigieg asked for the city to be released from an agreement with the EPA brokered under his mayoral predecessor Steve Luecke, in which South Bend had agreed to make hundreds of millions dollars in further improvements to its sewer system by 2031.[126]

The Common Council approved Buttigieg's request to enable his administration to develop a city climate plan in April 2019; Buttigieg signed a contract with the Chicago firm Delta Institute to help develop it.[127] In late November 2019, the city's Common Council voted 7–0 to approve the resultant Carbon Neutral 2050 plan, setting the goal of meeting the Paris Agreement's 26 percent emission reduction by 2025, and aiming for a further reductions of 45 percent by 2035.[128]

Supporting private development in South Bend was another initiative Buttigieg continued during his second term.[129][130][131][132][133] By 2019, the city had seen $374 million in private investment for mixed-use developments since Buttigieg had taken office, by one estimate.[134][93] By another account, Downtown South Bend saw roughly $200 million in private investment during Buttigieg's tenure.[135]

 
In 2018, Buttigieg proposed moving the city's South Shore Line station, from the airport to downtown

With respect to infrastructure, Buttigieg promoted the idea of moving the city's South Shore Line station from South Bend International Airport to the city's downtown in August 2018.[136] He made it a goal to have the city complete this project by 2025.[137] Also, South Bend launched Commuters Trust, a new transportation benefit program created in collaboration with local employers and transportation providers, including South Bend Transpo and Lyft, in 2019. The program was made possible by a $1 million three-year grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies Mayors Challenge.[138][139] Furthermore, under Buttigieg, South Bend invested $50 million in the city's parks, many of which had been neglected during the preceding decades.[93]

 
Protestors marching in response to the death of Eric Logan

After a white South Bend police officer shot and killed Eric Logan, an African American man, in June 2019, Buttigieg was drawn from his presidential campaign to focus on the emerging public reaction. Police body cameras were not turned on during Logan's death.[140] Soon after Logan's death, Buttigieg presided over a town hall meeting attended by disaffected activists from the African American community as well as relatives of the deceased man. The local police union accused Buttigieg of making decisions for political gain.[141][142] Buttigieg secured $180,000 in November 2019 to commission a review of South Bend's police department policies and practices, to be conducted by Chicago-based consulting firm 21CP Solutions.[143]

Many African Americans have accused Buttigieg of racism for his response to this and other incidents. Former South Bend councilman Henry Davis Jr. alleged that Buttigieg "perpetuated and tolerated" systemic racism in the city. Michael Harriot, senior writer at The Root, accused Buttigieg of "racist paternalism" for saying that children of color lack role models that promote the value of education. Many African Americans also point to Buttigieg's firing of Darryl Boykins, South Bend's first black chief of police. Boykins claimed that Buttigieg used a scandal—involving secret tapes of white police officers making racist comments—as a pretext for firing him.[144][145][146]

Increased national profile

In the 2016 U.S. Senate election in Indiana, he campaigned on behalf of Democratic Senate nominee Evan Bayh[147] and criticized Bayh's opponent, Todd Young, for having voiced support in 2010 for retaining the military's don't ask, don't tell policy, which Bayh had voted to repeal.[148] In the 2016 Democratic presidential primaries, Buttigieg endorsed Hillary Clinton.[149] He also endorsed Democratic nominee Lynn Coleman in that year's election for Indiana's 2nd congressional district, which included South Bend.[150]

Frank Bruni of The New York Times published a 2016 column praising Buttigieg's work as mayor, with a headline asking if he might be "the first gay president".[151] Barack Obama cited him as one of the Democratic Party's talents in a November 2016 profile on the outgoing president conducted by The New Yorker.[152] As Buttigieg's national profile grew following his run in the 2017 Democratic National Committee chairmanship election, Buttigieg increased his out-of-city travel.[153] By early 2018, there was speculation that Buttigieg would run for either governor or president in 2020.[154][155]

For the 2018 midterms, Buttigieg founded the political action committee (PAC) Hitting Home PAC.[156] That October, Buttigieg personally endorsed 21 congressional candidates.[157] He also later endorsed Mel Hall, Democratic nominee in the 2018 election for Indiana's 2nd congressional district.[158] Buttigieg campaigned for Joe Donnelly's reelection campaign in the United States Senate election in Indiana.[159] Buttigieg campaigned for candidates in more than a dozen states, including early presidential primary states such as Iowa and South Carolina, a move indicating potential interest in running for president.[157] He officially announced his run on January 23, 2019.[160]

Succession as mayor

Buttigieg announced that he would not seek a third term as mayor of South Bend in December 2018.[161] Buttigieg endorsed James Mueller in the 2019 South Bend mayoral election.[162][163] Mueller was a high-school classmate of Buttigieg's and his mayoral chief of staff, and later executive director of the South Bend Department of Community Investment.[162] Mueller's campaign promised to continue the progress that had been made under Buttigieg's mayoralty.[164] Buttigieg appeared in campaign advertisements for Mueller and donated to Mueller's campaign.[165] Mueller won the May 2019 Democratic primary with 37 percent of the vote in a crowded field.[166][162][167] In the November 2019 general election, Mueller defeated Republican nominee Sean M. Haas with 63 percent of the vote.[168][169] Mueller took office on New Year's Day 2020.[10]

DNC chairmanship campaign

See also: 2017 Democratic National Committee chairmanship election
 
Buttigieg campaigning for DNC chairman in 2017

In January 2017, Buttigieg announced his candidacy for chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) in its 2017 chairmanship election.[170] He built a national profile as an emerging dark horse in the race for the chairmanship with the backing of former DNC chairman Howard Dean, former Maryland governor Martin O'Malley, Indiana senator Joe Donnelly, and North Dakota senator Heidi Heitkamp.[171][172] Buttigieg campaigned on the need for the Democratic Party to empower its millennial members.[171]

Former U.S. Secretary of Labor Tom Perez and U.S. representative Keith Ellison quickly emerged as the favored candidates of a majority of DNC members. Buttigieg withdrew from the race on the day of the election without endorsing a candidate, and Perez was elected chairman after two rounds of voting.[171]

2020 presidential campaign

Main article: Pete Buttigieg 2020 presidential campaign
Further information: 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries
 
Buttigieg announcing his candidacy for president in 2020 on April 14, 2019

On January 23, 2019, Buttigieg announced that he was forming an exploratory committee to run for President of the United States in the upcoming 2020 election.[173] Buttigieg sought the Democratic Party nomination for president.[174][175] If he had been elected, he would have been the youngest and first openly gay American president.[173] Amid the start of Buttigieg's presidential effort, on February 12, 2019, he published his debut book, autobiography Shortest Way Home.[176] Two months later, Buttigieg officially launched his campaign on April 14, 2019, in South Bend.[177][178]

Buttigieg described himself as a progressive and a supporter of democratic capitalism.[179] Historian David Mislin identifies Buttigieg as a pragmatic progressive in the tradition of the Social Gospel movement once strong in the Midwest.[180] Buttigieg identifies regulatory capture as a significant problem in American society.[179]

Initially regarded as a long-shot candidate,[181][182][183] Buttigieg rose into the top-tier of candidates in the primary by December 2019.[184] In early February 2020, Buttigieg led the 2020 Iowa Democratic caucuses results with 26.2 percent to Bernie Sanders' 26.1 percent, winning 14 delegates to Sanders's 12.[185][186] The LGBTQ Victory Fund, Buttigieg's first national endorsement,[g] noted the historical first of an openly gay candidate winning a state presidential primary.[187] Buttigieg finished second behind Sanders in the New Hampshire primary.[5] After placing a fourth in the South Carolina primary with 8.2 percent of the vote, behind Joe Biden (48.7 percent), Bernie Sanders (19.8 percent), and Tom Steyer (11.3 percent), Buttigieg dropped out of the race on March 1, 2020, and endorsed Biden.[188][189]

Post-presidential campaign

In April 2020, Buttigieg launched Win The Era PAC, a new super PAC to raise money and distribute it to down-ballot Democrats.[190] The PAC focused on local elected positions, and its list of endorsements included candidates such as Jaime Harrison, Cal Cunningham, Gina Ortiz Jones, Christine Hunschofsky, and Levar Stoney.[191] On June 8, 2020, the University of Notre Dame announced that it had hired Buttigieg as a teacher and researcher for the 2020–21 academic year.[192] Also, in October 2020, Buttigieg released his second book, Trust: America's Best Chance.[193]

Buttigieg acted as a surrogate for Biden's campaign in the general election.[194][195] He delivered a speech on the closing night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention,[196] and also announced Indiana's votes during the convention's roll call.[197] On September 5, 2020, Buttigieg was announced to be a member of the advisory council of the Biden-Harris Transition Team, which was planning the presidential transition of Joe Biden.[198][199] Ahead of the vice presidential debate, Buttigieg played the role as a stand-in for Republican vice president Mike Pence in Democratic to prepare vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris. Buttigieg was selected to perform this role because of his experience working with Pence during their simultaneous tenures as mayor of South Bend and governor of Indiana, respectively.[200]

Secretary of Transportation

 
Vice President Kamala Harris swears in Buttigieg as Transportation secretary on February 3, 2021

Following the end of his presidential campaign, Buttigieg was considered a possible Cabinet appointee in Joe Biden's administration.[201][202] After Biden was declared the winner of the election on November 7, 2020, Buttigieg was again mentioned as a possible nominee for Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Ambassador to the United Nations, Ambassador to China or Secretary of Transportation.[203] On December 15, 2020, Biden announced that he would nominate Buttigieg as his Secretary of Transportation.[204][205][206] The Senate Commerce Committee advanced Buttigieg's nomination to the full Senate with a vote of 21–3.[207] Buttigieg was confirmed on February 2, 2021, with a vote of 86–13;[208] and was sworn in the next morning.[209]

 
Buttigieg visits Washington Union Station on his first full day as Secretary of Transportation

As Secretary of Transportation, Buttigieg has worked on re-organizing the department's internal policy structure, including carrying out a thorough review process of rules enacted under the Trump administration.[210][211] For example, Buttigieg reinstated an Obama-era pilot program which ensures local hiring for public works projects on May 19, 2021, with the goal of helping minorities and disadvantaged individuals. This program had been revoked in 2017 during the Trump administration, when the Department of Transportation returned to rules established during the Reagan administration, which banned geographic-based hiring preferences.[212]

Buttigieg addressed the African American Mayors Association in late February 2021 to discuss systemic racism. He argued that misguided investments in the federal transport and infrastructure policy had contributed to racial inequity.[213] In early March 2021, Politico noted that Buttigieg had mentioned racial equity in almost every interview he gave to the press as it related to his work at the department.[214] In late June 2022, Buttigieg launched a $1 billion Reconnecting Communities pilot program to establish racial equity in roads.[215] Using money from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the program aims to reconnect cities and neighborhoods divided by roads through projects such as rapid bus lines, pedestrian walkways, and planning studies.[216]

Early into his tenure, Buttigieg noted that the United States's actions surrounding road traffic safety is lacking and suggested improving the design of roads. Also, while acknowledging how the United States fell behind other developed countries with respect to bicycle and pedestrian safety, Buttigieg encouraged greater focus on human behavior in infrastructure policy.[217][218] Likewise, in March 2021, Buttigieg indicated he was open to tolls on Interstate 80, but not the tollage of bridges, suggesting "big picture solutions" instead, like a mileage tax.[219][220] However, the Biden administration did not include a gas tax or mileage tax in the infrastructure plan it released that month.[221]

Buttigieg informed Congress in late March 2021 that the Biden administration was planning to prioritize the construction of the Gateway Rail Tunnel Project due to its economic significance.[222] The progress of the project, which was stalled by President Trump,[223] was said to be moving faster, according to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. Buttigieg announced the environmental impact assessment of the project—which was largely seen as a sign of major progress on the project.[224] Also, Buttigieg has served as a promoter of the American Jobs Plan[225] and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.[226]

 
Buttigieg and Barack Obama at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow on November 9, 2021

In June 2021, the White House created a task force to address supply chain disruptions, with Buttigieg as one of its leaders.[227] By October 2021, global supply bottlenecks had resulted in record shortages of household goods for American consumers. Buttigieg cited high demand and the pandemic as some of the causes for the disruptions, while predicting that the disruptions would "continue into next year".[228][229]

After the 2021 birth of his twins, Buttigieg took a parental leave. This became a point of prominent criticism and ridicule from conservative and Republican figures. Some political analysts have noted homophobic tones to the attacks on Buttigieg's decision to take a parental leave.[230] After conservatives criticized him for taking a paternity leave, Buttigieg declared that he would not apologize for "taking care of my premature newborn infant twins. The work that we are doing is joyful, fulfilling, wonderful work."[231] According to his department, Buttigieg had been on paid leave since mid-August 2021, where for a month he was "mostly offline except for major agency decisions and matters that could not be delegated", and he "has been ramping up activities since then", making many media appearances in early October 2021.[232] The White House had approved Buttigieg's leave.[231]

After passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Insider called Buttigieg "the most powerful transportation secretary ever", as the department now has $210 billion of discretionary grants to award.[233]

By early 2023, Buttigieg faced criticisms regarding several instances of serious issues that had occurred in United States passenger aviation during his time as Secretary of Transportation.[234]

 
Buttigieg in East Palestine, Ohio on February 23, 2023

On February 3, 2023, a freight train carrying vinyl chloride, butyl acrylate, ethylhexyl acrylate and ethylene glycol monobutyl ether derailed along the Norfolk Southern Railway in East Palestine, Ohio. Emergency crews conducted a controlled burn of the spill at the request of state officials, which released hydrogen chloride and phosgene into the air. As a result, residents within a 1 mi (1.6 km) radius were evacuated. Buttigieg tweeted on February 13 the Department would "use all relevant authorities to ensure accountability and continue to support safety."[235] On February 23, 2023, NTSB released a preliminary report stating that the wheel bearings overheated, with temperatures as high as 253 °F (123 °C) above the ambient temperature.[236] In the weeks following the derailment, the Transportation Department, under Buttigieg, did not move to reinstate the 2015 rail safety rule aimed at expanding the use of better braking technology. Buttigieg's Transportation Department was contemplating stripping down brake safety rules even further.[237] Buttigieg has faced criticism from figures on different ends of the political spectrum for his response to the derailment, receiving criticism from Democrats such as Nina Turner and Ilhan Omar and Republicans such as J. D. Vance and Anna Paulina Luna.[238] Republican senator Marco Rubio called for Buttigieg to resign, and criticized him for not having yet visiting the disaster site at the time.[239] Former president Donald Trump also criticized Buttigieg for not having yet visited the site while conducting a visit of his own.[240] In March 2023, Buttigieg appeared on CNN, telling the cable news network that he had failed to anticipated the fallout from the derailment and erred in not visiting East Palestine sooner.[241][242]

On May 8, 2023, President Biden and Secretary Buttigieg announced an expansion of flightsright.gov, a website which informs airline customers of the compensation they are entitled to after flight cancellations or delays.[243] Buttigieg supports The Junk Fee Prevention Act. If enacted on the federal level it would lower fees relating to spending money on some forms of entertainment, hotel rooms, airport related services, and travel.[244]

Political positions

Main article: Political positions of Pete Buttigieg

Infrastructure

During his 2020 campaign for the Democratic nomination, Buttigieg proposed spending $1 trillion on U.S. infrastructure projects over the next ten years, estimating that the plan would create at least six million jobs. The plan focused on green energy, protecting tap water from lead, fixing roads and bridges, improving public transportation, repairing schools, guaranteeing broadband internet access, and preparing communities for floods and other natural disasters.[245][246][247]

Social issues

Buttigieg supports abortion rights[248][249] and the repeal of the Hyde Amendment, which blocks federal funding for abortion services except in cases of rape, incest, or the life of the mother is in danger.[250] He favors amending civil rights legislation, including the Federal Equality Act so that LGBT Americans receive federal non-discrimination protections.[251]

Buttigieg supports expanding opportunities for national service, including a voluntary year of national service for those turning 18 years old.[252][253][254]

In July 2019, Buttigieg shared his "Douglass Plan", named after abolitionist Frederick Douglass, to address systemic racism in America.[255] The initiative would allocate $10 billion to African American entrepreneurship over five years, grant $25 billion to historically black colleges, legalize marijuana, expunge drug convictions, halve the federal prison population, and propose a federal New Voting Rights Act designed to increase voting access.[256][255]

Buttigieg supports abolishing the death penalty,[257] moving toward reversing criminal sentences for minor drug-related offenses,[258] and eliminating incarceration for drug possession offenses.[259]

In 2019, Buttigieg called for the United States to decriminalize mental illness and addiction via initiatives such as re-entry programs.[260] Also, he aspired to decrease incarceration rates because of mental illnesses or substance use by 75 percent during his first term as President of the United States.[261][260]

Voting rights

Buttigieg favors the abolition of the Electoral College[262] and has also called for restoring voting rights to felons who have completed their prison sentences.[258][263]

Campaign finance reform

Buttigieg supports a constitutional amendment on campaign finance to reduce the undue influence of money in politics.[264] During his 2020 presidential run, in response to accusation of campaign finance concerns, Buttigieg's campaign told Newsweek that he did not accept contributions from individuals and organizations such as corporate political action committees.[265] In addition, Buttigieg's campaign emphasized that Buttigieg had included critical campaign finance reforms as part of his campaign platform, including pushing to overturn Citizens United and Buckley v. Valeo.[265]

Statehood advocacy

Buttigieg supports statehood for the District of Columbia, and said that he would support Puerto Rico statehood if desired by the Puerto Rican people.[262]

Climate change

 
Buttigieg at a town hall meeting in Des Moines on October 12, 2019, with supporters holding signs saying "Climate is a Crisis"

During his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, Buttigieg stated that, if elected, he would restore the United States' commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement and double its pledge to the Green Climate Fund. He also supports the Green New Deal proposed by House Democrats,[266][267] solar panel subsidies, and a carbon tax and dividend policy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.[268][269]

Economic beliefs

 
Buttigieg speaking at the 2019 Iowa Federation of Labor Convention

Buttigieg identifies as a democratic capitalist and has decried crony capitalism.[270] He has entertained the possibility of antitrust actions against large technology companies on the basis of privacy and data security concerns.[271] During the Democratic primary, he supported deficit and debt reduction, arguing that large debt makes it harder to invest in infrastructure, health and safety.[272]

Workers' rights

In July 2019, he released a plan to strengthen union bargaining power, to raise the minimum wage to $15, and to offer national paid family leave.[273]

Education

 
Buttigieg speaking to the Iowa State Education Association in 2020

Buttigieg's education plan includes a $700 billion investment in universal full-day child care and pre-kindergarten for all children from infancy to age five.[274] Buttigieg has also proposed tripling Title I funding for schools serving students predominately from lower socioeconomic backgrounds.[275] Other goals include doubling the amount of new teachers of color in the next 10 years, addressing school segregation with a $500 million fund, paying teachers more, expanding mental health services in schools, and creating more after-school programs and summer learning opportunities.[274]

His plan for debt-free college has called for expanding Pell Grants for low-income students, as well as other investments and reversing Trump's tax cuts for the wealthy.[276] Under Buttigieg's college plan, the bottom 80 percent of students with respect to income would have received free education, while the top 20 percent would have paid for at least some portion of their tuition.[277] Buttigieg has opposed free college tuition for all students because he has believed universally free tuition unfairly subsidizes higher-income families at the expense of lower-income individuals who do not attend college.[278] This position distinguished Buttigieg from his competitors in the 2020 presidential election.[278]

Foreign policy

 
Buttigieg speaking with VoteVets.org in 2019

Buttigieg called for modifying the structure of defense spending,[279] while suggesting that he might favor an overall increase in defense spending.[280]

Buttigieg has said that he believes the 2001 U.S. invasion of Afghanistan following the September 11 attacks was justified[271] but supported the planned withdrawal of American troops from the region with a maintained intelligence presence.[281] He is a committed supporter of Israel,[282][283] favors a two-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict,[283][284] opposes proposals for Israel to annex the Israeli-occupied West Bank,[283] and disapproves of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's comments in support of applying Israeli law in Jewish settlements in the West Bank.[285]

In 2008, Buttigieg wrote an op-ed in The New York Times calling on the United States to support the de facto independent Republic of Somaliland.[286]

In June 2019, Buttigieg said: "We will remain open to working with a regime like the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the benefit of the American people. But we can no longer sell out our deepest values for the sake of fossil fuel access and lucrative business deals."[287] He supports ending U.S. support for Saudi Arabia in Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen.[288]

Buttigieg has condemned China for its mass detention of ethnic Uyghurs in Xinjiang.[289] He criticized Trump's decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria, which critics say gave Turkey the green light to launch its military offensive against Syrian Kurds.[290]

Health care

Buttigieg opposed Republican efforts to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.[120]

In 2018, Buttigieg said he favored Medicare for All.[291] During his presidential campaign, Buttigieg has promoted Medicare for All Who Want It, which includes a public option for health insurance.[292][293][294] He has spoken favorably of Maryland's all-payer rate setting.[295] Buttigieg has described Medicare for All Who Want It as inclusive, more efficient than the current system, and a possible precursor or "glide path" to single-payer health insurance.[295][294] He also favors a partial expansion of Medicare that would allow Americans ages 50 to 64 to buy into Medicare, and supports proposed legislation, the Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act, that would "create a fund to guarantee up to 12 weeks of partial income for workers to care for newborn children or family members with serious illnesses."[296]

In August 2019, Buttigieg released a $300 billion plan to expand mental health care services and fight addiction.[297][260]

Immigration

Buttigieg supports Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and has drawn attention to the Trump administration's aggressive deportation policies. He defended a resident of Granger, Indiana, who was deported after living in the U.S. for 17 years despite regularly checking in with ICE and applying for a green card.[298]

Buttigieg has said Trump has been reckless in sending American troops to the southern border, and that it is a measure of last resort.[299]

Personal life

 
The Cathedral of St. James, which Buttigieg has attended

Buttigieg is a Christian,[300][301] and he has said his faith has had a strong influence in his life.[252][302][151] He was baptized in the Catholic Church as an infant and he attended Catholic schools.[301] While at the University of Oxford, Buttigieg began to attend Christ Church Cathedral and said he felt "more-or-less Anglican" by the time he returned to South Bend.[301] St. Augustine, James Martin, and Garry Wills are among his religious influences.[302] A member of the Episcopal Church, Buttigieg is a congregant at the Cathedral of St. James in downtown South Bend.[252]

Through his mother, he is the 4th Great-Grandson of 19th Century U.S. Congressman William Marshall Inge, who represented Tennessee's 10th District.

Besides his native English, Buttigieg has some knowledge of Norwegian, Spanish, Italian, Maltese, Arabic, Dari Persian, and French.[303][33] Buttigieg plays guitar and piano,[304][305] and in 2013 performed with the South Bend Symphony Orchestra as a guest piano soloist with Ben Folds.[306][307] Buttigieg was a 2014 Aspen Institute Rodel Fellow.[308]

Buttigieg came out as gay in a June 2015 piece in the South Bend Tribune,[107] becoming Indiana's first openly gay elected executive.[309][310][311] He was the first elected official in Indiana to come out while in office[312] and the highest elected official in Indiana to come out.[311]

 
Pete and Chasten Buttigieg in 2019

Buttigieg announced his engagement to Chasten Glezman, a junior high school teacher, in a December 14, 2017 Facebook post.[313][314] They had been dating since August 2015 after meeting on the dating app Hinge.[15][315] They were married on June 16, 2018, in a private ceremony at the Cathedral of St. James.[316][301] This made Buttigieg the first mayor of South Bend to get married while in office.[317] Chasten uses the surname Buttigieg.[318]

Buttigieg announced that he and his husband had become parents on August 17, 2021.[319][320] Buttigieg announced that they had adopted two newborn fraternal twins on September 4, 2021.[321][322][323]

In July 2022, Buttigieg established his permanent residence in Traverse City, Michigan, which is Chasten's hometown, and registered to vote in Michigan.[324]

Awards and honors

Buttigieg was a 2015 recipient of the Fenn Award, given by the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in recognition of his work as mayor.[325] To mark the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots in June 2019, Queerty named him one of its "Pride50" people—"trailblazing individuals who actively ensure society remains moving towards equality, acceptance and dignity for all queer people".[326] At the Golden Heart Awards, run by God's Love We Deliver, Buttigieg was awarded the "Golden Heart Award for Outstanding Leadership and Public Service" in October 2019.[327] Equality California, an LGBT-rights organization, gave Buttigieg and his husband Chasten their Equality Trailblazer Award in August 2020.[328] Attitude, a British gay lifestyle magazine, named Buttigieg their 2020 Person of the Year to recognize his groundbreaking run for the presidency.[329]

Books

  • Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future. New York: Liveright. 2019. ISBN 978-1-63149-437-6.
  • Trust: America's Best Chance. New York: Liveright. 2020. ISBN 978-1-63149-877-0.

Electoral history

Indiana State Treasurer election, 2010[330]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Richard Mourdock (incumbent) 1,053,527 62.46
Democratic Pete Buttigieg 633,243 37.54
Total votes 1,686,770
South Bend mayoral election, 2011 Democratic primary[331]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Pete Buttigieg 7,663 54.90
Democratic Michael J. Hamann 2,798 20.05
Democratic Ryan Dvorak 2,041 14.62
Democratic Barrett Berry 1,424 10.20
Democratic Felipe N. Merino 32 0.23
Total votes 13,958
South Bend mayoral election, 2011[331]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Pete Buttigieg 10,991 73.85
Republican Norris W. Curry Jr. 2,884 19.38
Libertarian Patrick M. Farrell 1,008 6.77
Total votes 14,883
South Bend mayoral election, 2015 Democratic primary[332][333]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Pete Buttigieg (incumbent) 8,369 77.68
Democratic Henry L. Davis, Jr. 2,405 22.32
Total votes 10,774
South Bend mayoral election, 2015[332]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Pete Buttigieg (incumbent) 8,515 80.41
Republican Kelly S. Jones 2,074 19.59
Total votes 10,589
Results of the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries[334]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joe Biden 18,448,092 51.5
Democratic Bernie Sanders 9,536,123 26.6
Democratic Elizabeth Warren 2,781,720 7.8
Democratic Michael Bloomberg 2,475,323 6.9
Democratic Pete Buttigieg 913,023 2.6
Democratic Amy Klobuchar 524,559 1.5
Democratic Tulsi Gabbard 270,792 0.8
Democratic Tom Steyer 258,907 0.7
Democratic Andrew Yang 160,416 0.5
Democratic Others 458,477 1.3
Total votes 35,827,432 100.00
2021 United States Senate confirmation to be Secretary of Transportation
February 2, 2021
[335]		 Party Total
Democratic Republican Independent
Yes 48 36 2 86
No 0 13 0 13
Simple majority (51 of 99 votes) required – Nomination confirmed

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Maltese: Buttiġieġ [bʊtːɪd͡ʒɪːt͡ʃ]; Sometimes pronounced /-dʒɛdʒ/ -⁠jej or /-dʒʌdʒ/ -⁠juj, but not by Buttigieg himself.[citation needed]
  2. ^ Prior to Buttigieg's 2020 presidential candidacy, Fred Karger, who is also openly gay, sought the Republican Party nomination in 2012.[3]
  3. ^ Richard Grenell, who is also gay, was appointed Acting Director of National Intelligence by President Donald Trump in 2020; however, the director of national intelligence is not a Cabinet secretary position, but rather a Cabinet-level official.[7] For more information, see Cabinet of the United States and United States presidential line of succession.
  4. ^ When Buttigieg wrote his Profiles in Courage essay in 2000, Virgil Goode was also an independent politician in the U.S. House of Representatives.[22]
  5. ^ Schuyler Colfax III had become mayor in 1898 at age 28.[81]
  6. ^ Boykins had first been appointed in 2008 by Mayor Steve Luecke, and he was reappointed by Buttigieg earlier in 2012.[86]
  7. ^ Buttigieg was endorsed in June 2019 on the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising.

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Mayor Pete redirects here For the documentary film see Mayor Pete film Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg ˈ b uː t e dʒ e dʒ BOOT e jej a 1 2 born January 19 1982 is an American politician and former naval officer who is currently serving as the 19th United States Secretary of Transportation A member of the Democratic Party he was the 32nd mayor of South Bend Indiana from 2012 to 2020 which earned him the nickname Mayor Pete Pete ButtigiegOfficial portrait 202219th United States Secretary of TransportationIncumbentAssumed office February 3 2021PresidentJoe BidenDeputyPolly TrottenbergPreceded byElaine Chao32nd Mayor of South BendIn office January 1 2012 January 1 2020Preceded bySteve LueckeSucceeded byJames MuellerPersonal detailsBornPeter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg 1982 01 19 January 19 1982 age 41 South Bend Indiana U S Political partyDemocraticSpouseChasten Glezman m 2018 wbr Children2Parent s Joseph Buttigieg Anne MontgomeryEducationHarvard University BA Pembroke College Oxford BA SignatureWebsitepeteforamerica wbr comMilitary serviceBranch serviceUnited States NavyService years2009 2017RankLieutenantUnitUnited States Navy ReserveBattles warsWar in AfghanistanAwardsJoint Service Commendation MedalPete Buttigieg s voice source source Pete Buttigieg s opening statement on his nomination to be U S Secretary of TransportationRecorded January 21 2021Buttigieg is a graduate of Harvard College and the University of Oxford attending the latter on a Rhodes Scholarship From 2009 to 2017 he was an intelligence officer in the United States Navy Reserve attaining the rank of lieutenant He was mobilized and deployed to the War in Afghanistan for seven months in 2014 Before being elected as mayor of South Bend in 2011 Buttigieg worked on the political campaigns of Democrats Jill Long Thompson Joe Donnelly and John Kerry and ran unsuccessfully as the Democratic nominee for Indiana state treasurer in 2010 While serving as South Bend s mayor Buttigieg came out as gay in 2015 He married Chasten Glezman a schoolteacher and writer in June 2018 Buttigieg declined to seek a third term as mayor Buttigieg ran as a candidate for president in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries launching his campaign for the 2020 United States presidential election on April 14 2019 He became one of the first openly gay men to launch a major party presidential campaign b Despite initially low expectations he gained significant momentum in mid 2019 when he participated in several town hall meetings and television debates Buttigieg narrowly won the Iowa caucuses and placed a close second in the New Hampshire primary 4 5 6 By winning Iowa he became the first openly gay candidate to win a presidential primary or caucus Buttigieg dropped out of the race on March 1 2020 and endorsed Joe Biden the following day President elect Biden named Buttigieg as his nominee for Secretary of Transportation in December 2020 His nomination was confirmed on February 2 2021 by a vote of 86 13 making him the first openly gay Cabinet secretary in U S history c Nominated at age 38 he is also the youngest Cabinet member in the Biden administration and the youngest person ever to serve as Secretary of Transportation Contents 1 Early life and career 1 1 Education 1 2 Professional career 1 3 Military service 1 4 Indiana state treasurer election 2 Mayor of South Bend 2 1 First term 2 2 Second term 2 2 1 Increased national profile 2 2 2 Succession as mayor 3 DNC chairmanship campaign 4 2020 presidential campaign 4 1 Post presidential campaign 5 Secretary of Transportation 6 Political positions 6 1 Infrastructure 6 2 Social issues 6 3 Voting rights 6 4 Campaign finance reform 6 5 Statehood advocacy 6 6 Climate change 6 7 Economic beliefs 6 8 Workers rights 6 9 Education 6 10 Foreign policy 6 11 Health care 6 12 Immigration 7 Personal life 8 Awards and honors 9 Books 10 Electoral history 11 See also 12 Notes 13 References 14 External linksEarly life and careerPete Buttigieg the only child of Jennifer Anne Montgomery and Joseph Anthony Buttigieg II was born on January 19 1982 in South Bend Indiana His mother uses the name Anne Montgomery 8 9 10 11 His parents met and married while employed as faculty at New Mexico State University 12 His father was born in Hamrun Malta and emigrated to the United States to pursue his doctorate 13 14 Buttigieg s father embarked on a career as a professor of English at the University of Notre Dame near South Bend 14 15 Buttigieg s mother also taught at the University of Notre Dame for 29 years 16 His father was a translator and editor of the three volume English edition of Marxist philosopher Antonio Gramsci s Prison Notebooks and influenced his pursuit of literature in college 17 Education Buttigieg was valedictorian of the class of 2000 at St Joseph High School in South Bend 18 19 That year he won first prize in the John F Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum s Profiles in Courage essay contest He traveled to Boston to accept the award and met Caroline Kennedy and other members of President Kennedy s family The subject of his winning essay was the integrity and political courage of then U S representative Bernie Sanders of Vermont one of only two independent politicians in Congress 20 21 d In 2000 Buttigieg was also chosen as one of two student delegates from Indiana to the United States Senate Youth Program 23 an annual scholarship competition sponsored jointly by the U S Senate and the Hearst Foundations 24 After graduating from St Joseph High School Buttigieg attended Harvard University where he majored in history and literature 25 He became president of the Student Advisory Committee of the Harvard Institute of Politics and worked on the institute s annual study of youth attitudes on politics 26 27 He wrote his undergraduate thesis titled The Quiet American s Errand into the Wilderness on the influence of Puritanism on U S foreign policy as reflected in Graham Greene s novel The Quiet American 28 29 He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard in 2004 and was elected a member of Phi Beta Kappa 30 31 Buttigieg was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to study at the University of Oxford 30 32 In 2007 he received a Bachelor of Arts degree with first class honours in philosophy politics and economics after studying at Pembroke College Oxford 33 34 35 36 At Oxford he was an editor of the Oxford International Review 37 and was a co founder 37 and member of the Democratic Renaissance Project an informal debate and discussion group of approximately a dozen Oxford students 38 39 Professional career Before graduating from college Buttigieg was an investigative intern at WMAQ TV Chicago s NBC News affiliate 40 He also interned for Democrat Jill Long Thompson during her unsuccessful 2002 congressional bid 41 After college Buttigieg worked on John Kerry s 2004 presidential campaign as a policy and research specialist for several months in Arizona and New Mexico 42 43 From 2004 to 2005 Buttigieg was conference director of the Cohen Group 44 In 2006 he lent assistance to Joe Donnelly s successful congressional campaign 45 After earning his Oxford degree in 2007 Buttigieg became a consultant at the Chicago office of McKinsey amp Company 46 47 where he worked on energy retail economic development and logistics for three years 48 49 His clients at McKinsey included the health insurer Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan electronics retailer Best Buy Canadian supermarket chain Loblaws two nonprofit environmentalist groups the Natural Resources Defense Council and Energy Foundation and several U S government agencies the Environmental Protection Agency EPA Energy Department Defense Department and Postal Service 50 51 He took a leave of absence from McKinsey in 2008 to become research director for Jill Long Thompson s unsuccessful campaign for Indiana governor 52 53 54 His work at McKinsey included trips to Iraq and Afghanistan which he rarely discusses 55 Buttigieg left McKinsey in 2010 in order to focus full time on his campaign for Indiana state treasurer 46 Buttigieg has been involved with the Truman National Security Project since 2005 and serves as a fellow with expertise in Afghanistan and Pakistan 48 He was named to the organization s board of advisors in 2014 56 26 Military service Buttigieg joined the U S Navy Reserve through the direct commission officer DCO program and was sworn in as an ensign in naval intelligence in September 2009 57 He took a seven month leave during his mayoral term to deploy to Afghanistan in 2014 58 59 60 61 While there Buttigieg was part of a unit assigned to identify and disrupt terrorist finance networks Part of this was done at Bagram Air Base but he was also an armed driver for his commander on more than 100 trips into Kabul Buttigieg has jokingly referred to his role as an armed driver as military Uber because he had to watch out for ambushes and explosive devices along the roads and ensure that the vehicle was guarded 62 Also while deployed in Afghanistan Buttigieg was assigned to the Afghan Threat Finance Cell a counterterrorism unit that targeted Taliban insurgency financing 63 64 Buttigieg was awarded the Joint Service Commendation Medal 65 and he left the U S Navy Reserve in 2017 66 67 68 Indiana state treasurer election Main article 2010 Indiana State Treasurer election nbsp Buttigieg campaign photo for Indiana State Treasurer in March 2010Buttigieg was the Democratic nominee for state treasurer of Indiana in 2010 He received 37 5 percent of the vote losing to Republican incumbent Richard Mourdock 69 70 Much of Buttigieg s campaign had focused on criticizing Mourdock for investing state pension funds in Chrysler junk bonds and for having subsequently filed a lawsuit against Chrysler s bankruptcy restructuring which Buttigieg argued imperiled Chrysler jobs in the state of Indiana 71 72 73 Mayor of South BendMain article Mayoralty of Pete Buttigieg First term Shortly after losing the 2010 Indiana State Treasurer election Buttigieg ran for the Democratic nomination for mayor of South Bend in 2011 In a PBS Michiana WNIT broadcast he expressed his desire to reinvigorate South Bend especially with respect to job creation and education 74 Buttigieg campaigned on other issues such as pursuing international investment 75 increasing presence of police and other safety professionals 76 and improving city services 77 Buttigieg won his primary election against four opponents on May 3 2011 78 receiving 7 663 votes 78 Buttigieg was elected mayor of South Bend in the November 2011 general election with 10 991 of the 14 883 votes cast or 74 percent of all votes 79 He defeated Republican nominee Norris W Curry Jr and Libertarian nominee Patrick M Farrell 80 Buttigieg took office in January 2012 at the age of 29 becoming the second youngest mayor in South Bend history e and the youngest incumbent mayor at the time of a U S city with at least 100 000 residents 79 Before Buttigieg took office Jiha d Vasquez a 16 year old black boy was found hanging from an electrical tower on April 14 2011 82 83 Vasquez s backpack on the ground near his body had several items missing according to Vasquez s mother Stephanie Jones 82 The coroner Chuck Hurley who had no medical experience claimed Vasquez s death was a suicide Buttigieg later appointed Hurley to serve as interim police chief 82 Vasquez s body was cremated without an autopsy being conducted 82 Jones attempted to get Buttigieg to investigate her son s death 82 According to Jones Buttigieg told her to call his office but she never got a response 82 Jones and South Bend NAACP legal redress chairman Tom Bush claimed the event was a cover up with Bush saying he suspected the Ku Klux Klan may be involved and hoped for a federal investigation but did not expect it saying the only reason this will get done is if you re on a microphone yelling and screaming 84 When Buttigieg s presidential campaign was asked about the incident by a reporter in 2019 they did not give a response 82 In 2019 Jones and St Joseph County coroner Mike McGann argued that the case should be reopened however sheriff William Redman said he would not consider reopening the case unless further evidence came to light 84 After a federal investigation ruled that South Bend police had illegally recorded telephone calls of several officers Buttigieg demoted police chief Darryl Boykins in 2012 85 f Buttigieg also dismissed the department s communications director who had discovered the recordings but continued to record the line at Boykins s command 85 The police communications director alleged that the recordings captured four senior police officers making racist remarks and discussing illegal acts 85 87 Buttigieg has written that his first serious mistake as mayor came shortly after taking office in 2012 when he decided to ask for Boykins s resignation Backed by supporters and legal counsel Boykins requested reinstatement When Buttigieg denied his request Boykins as the city s first African American police chief sued the city for racial discrimination 88 arguing that the taping policy had existed under previous police chiefs who were white 89 Buttigieg settled the lawsuits brought by Boykins and the four officers out of court for over 800 000 85 90 A federal judge ruled in 2015 that Boykins s recordings violated the Federal Wiretap Act 87 Buttigieg came under pressure from political opponents to release the eight tapes but he said that it was not possible to release seven of them citing the Federal Wiretap Act 85 87 It was unclear if releasing the eighth tape would violate any laws 87 St Joseph County Superior Court Judge Steve Hostetler heard a case for the release of five cassette tapes 89 Judge Hostetler ruled that the cassette tapes must be released to the South Bend City Council in May 2021 91 As mayor Buttigieg promoted a number of development and redevelopment projects 92 Buttigieg was a leading figure behind the creation of a nightly laser light display along downtown South Bend s St Joseph River trail as public art The project cost 700 000 which was raised from private funds 93 The River Lights installation was unveiled in May 2015 as part of the city s 150th anniversary celebrations 85 He also oversaw the city s launching of a 3 1 1 system in 2013 94 95 Buttigieg s administration oversaw the sale of numerous city owned properties 96 97 98 99 One of Buttigieg s signature programs was the Vacant and Abandoned Properties Initiative Known locally as 1 000 Properties in 1 000 Days it was a project to repair or demolish blighted properties across South Bend 100 101 The program reached its goal two months before its scheduled end date in November 2015 102 By the thousandth day of the program before Buttigieg s first term ended nearly 40 percent of the targeted houses were repaired and 679 were demolished or under contract for demolition 103 Buttigieg took note of the fact that many homes within communities of color were the ones demolished leading to early distrust between the city and these communities 104 While mayor Buttigieg served for seven months in Afghanistan as a lieutenant in the U S Navy Reserve returning to the United States on September 23 2014 105 In his absence Deputy Mayor Mark Neal South Bend s city comptroller served as executive from February 2014 until Buttigieg returned to his role as mayor in October 2014 79 105 106 In 2015 during the controversy over Indiana Senate Bill 101 the original version of which was widely criticized for allowing discrimination against lesbian gay bisexual and transgender people Buttigieg emerged as a leading opponent of the legislation Amid his reelection campaign he came out as gay and expressed his solidarity with the LGBTQ community 107 108 Second term Buttigieg announced in 2014 that he would seek a second term in 2015 109 He won the Democratic primary with approximately 78 percent of the vote defeating Henry Davis Jr the city councilman from the second district 110 In November 2015 he was elected to his second term as mayor with over 80 percent of the vote defeating Republican Kelly Jones by a margin of 8 515 to 2 074 votes 111 After winning reelection Buttigieg signed an executive order helping to establish a recognized city identification card in 2016 112 113 To improve South Bend s downtown area Buttigieg proposed a Smart Streets urban development program in 2013 85 In early 2015 after traffic studies and public hearings he secured a bond issue for the program backed by tax increment financing 114 115 Smart Streets was a complete streets implementation program 116 aimed at improving economic development and urban vibrancy as well as road safety 117 Elements of the project were finished in 2016 85 and was officially completed in 2017 117 The project was credited with spurring private development in the city 115 In a new phase of the Vacant and Abandoned Properties Initiative South Bend partnered with the Notre Dame Clinical Law Center to provide free legal assistance to qualifying applicants wishing to acquire vacant lots and with local nonprofits to repair or construct homes and provide low income home ownership assistance using South Bend Housing and Urban Development funds 118 119 nbsp Studebaker Building 84 in 2014The City of South Bend partnered with the State of Indiana and private developers to break ground on a 165 million renovation of the former Studebaker complex in 2016 hoping that the redevelopment would facilitate industrial and housing units 120 This development is in the Renaissance District which includes nearby Ignition Park 121 122 In 2017 it was announced that the long abandoned Studebaker Building 84 also known as Ivy Tower would have its exterior renovated with 3 5 million in Regional Cities funds from the State of Indiana and another 3 5 million from South Bend tax increment financing with plans for the building and other structures in its complex to serve as a technology hub 123 The website Best Cities later ranked South Bend number 39 on its 2020 list of the 100 best small cities in the United States citing Buttigieg s efforts to revitalize the Studebaker factory and Downtown South Bend 124 Under Buttigieg the city also began a smart sewer program the first phase of which was finished in 2017 at a cost of 150 million 121 The effort used federal funds 125 and by 2019 had reduced the combined sewer overflow by 75 percent 121 The impetus for the effort was a fine that the EPA had levied against the city in 2011 for Clean Water Act violations 121 In 2019 Buttigieg asked for the city to be released from an agreement with the EPA brokered under his mayoral predecessor Steve Luecke in which South Bend had agreed to make hundreds of millions dollars in further improvements to its sewer system by 2031 126 The Common Council approved Buttigieg s request to enable his administration to develop a city climate plan in April 2019 Buttigieg signed a contract with the Chicago firm Delta Institute to help develop it 127 In late November 2019 the city s Common Council voted 7 0 to approve the resultant Carbon Neutral 2050 plan setting the goal of meeting the Paris Agreement s 26 percent emission reduction by 2025 and aiming for a further reductions of 45 percent by 2035 128 Supporting private development in South Bend was another initiative Buttigieg continued during his second term 129 130 131 132 133 By 2019 the city had seen 374 million in private investment for mixed use developments since Buttigieg had taken office by one estimate 134 93 By another account Downtown South Bend saw roughly 200 million in private investment during Buttigieg s tenure 135 nbsp In 2018 Buttigieg proposed moving the city s South Shore Line station from the airport to downtownWith respect to infrastructure Buttigieg promoted the idea of moving the city s South Shore Line station from South Bend International Airport to the city s downtown in August 2018 136 He made it a goal to have the city complete this project by 2025 137 Also South Bend launched Commuters Trust a new transportation benefit program created in collaboration with local employers and transportation providers including South Bend Transpo and Lyft in 2019 The program was made possible by a 1 million three year grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies Mayors Challenge 138 139 Furthermore under Buttigieg South Bend invested 50 million in the city s parks many of which had been neglected during the preceding decades 93 nbsp Protestors marching in response to the death of Eric LoganAfter a white South Bend police officer shot and killed Eric Logan an African American man in June 2019 Buttigieg was drawn from his presidential campaign to focus on the emerging public reaction Police body cameras were not turned on during Logan s death 140 Soon after Logan s death Buttigieg presided over a town hall meeting attended by disaffected activists from the African American community as well as relatives of the deceased man The local police union accused Buttigieg of making decisions for political gain 141 142 Buttigieg secured 180 000 in November 2019 to commission a review of South Bend s police department policies and practices to be conducted by Chicago based consulting firm 21CP Solutions 143 Many African Americans have accused Buttigieg of racism for his response to this and other incidents Former South Bend councilman Henry Davis Jr alleged that Buttigieg perpetuated and tolerated systemic racism in the city Michael Harriot senior writer at The Root accused Buttigieg of racist paternalism for saying that children of color lack role models that promote the value of education Many African Americans also point to Buttigieg s firing of Darryl Boykins South Bend s first black chief of police Boykins claimed that Buttigieg used a scandal involving secret tapes of white police officers making racist comments as a pretext for firing him 144 145 146 Increased national profile In the 2016 U S Senate election in Indiana he campaigned on behalf of Democratic Senate nominee Evan Bayh 147 and criticized Bayh s opponent Todd Young for having voiced support in 2010 for retaining the military s don t ask don t tell policy which Bayh had voted to repeal 148 In the 2016 Democratic presidential primaries Buttigieg endorsed Hillary Clinton 149 He also endorsed Democratic nominee Lynn Coleman in that year s election for Indiana s 2nd congressional district which included South Bend 150 Frank Bruni of The New York Times published a 2016 column praising Buttigieg s work as mayor with a headline asking if he might be the first gay president 151 Barack Obama cited him as one of the Democratic Party s talents in a November 2016 profile on the outgoing president conducted by The New Yorker 152 As Buttigieg s national profile grew following his run in the 2017 Democratic National Committee chairmanship election Buttigieg increased his out of city travel 153 By early 2018 there was speculation that Buttigieg would run for either governor or president in 2020 154 155 For the 2018 midterms Buttigieg founded the political action committee PAC Hitting Home PAC 156 That October Buttigieg personally endorsed 21 congressional candidates 157 He also later endorsed Mel Hall Democratic nominee in the 2018 election for Indiana s 2nd congressional district 158 Buttigieg campaigned for Joe Donnelly s reelection campaign in the United States Senate election in Indiana 159 Buttigieg campaigned for candidates in more than a dozen states including early presidential primary states such as Iowa and South Carolina a move indicating potential interest in running for president 157 He officially announced his run on January 23 2019 160 Succession as mayor Buttigieg announced that he would not seek a third term as mayor of South Bend in December 2018 161 Buttigieg endorsed James Mueller in the 2019 South Bend mayoral election 162 163 Mueller was a high school classmate of Buttigieg s and his mayoral chief of staff and later executive director of the South Bend Department of Community Investment 162 Mueller s campaign promised to continue the progress that had been made under Buttigieg s mayoralty 164 Buttigieg appeared in campaign advertisements for Mueller and donated to Mueller s campaign 165 Mueller won the May 2019 Democratic primary with 37 percent of the vote in a crowded field 166 162 167 In the November 2019 general election Mueller defeated Republican nominee Sean M Haas with 63 percent of the vote 168 169 Mueller took office on New Year s Day 2020 10 DNC chairmanship campaignSee also 2017 Democratic National Committee chairmanship election nbsp Buttigieg campaigning for DNC chairman in 2017In January 2017 Buttigieg announced his candidacy for chairman of the Democratic National Committee DNC in its 2017 chairmanship election 170 He built a national profile as an emerging dark horse in the race for the chairmanship with the backing of former DNC chairman Howard Dean former Maryland governor Martin O Malley Indiana senator Joe Donnelly and North Dakota senator Heidi Heitkamp 171 172 Buttigieg campaigned on the need for the Democratic Party to empower its millennial members 171 Former U S Secretary of Labor Tom Perez and U S representative Keith Ellison quickly emerged as the favored candidates of a majority of DNC members Buttigieg withdrew from the race on the day of the election without endorsing a candidate and Perez was elected chairman after two rounds of voting 171 2020 presidential campaignMain article Pete Buttigieg 2020 presidential campaign Further information 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries nbsp Buttigieg announcing his candidacy for president in 2020 on April 14 2019On January 23 2019 Buttigieg announced that he was forming an exploratory committee to run for President of the United States in the upcoming 2020 election 173 Buttigieg sought the Democratic Party nomination for president 174 175 If he had been elected he would have been the youngest and first openly gay American president 173 Amid the start of Buttigieg s presidential effort on February 12 2019 he published his debut book autobiography Shortest Way Home 176 Two months later Buttigieg officially launched his campaign on April 14 2019 in South Bend 177 178 Buttigieg described himself as a progressive and a supporter of democratic capitalism 179 Historian David Mislin identifies Buttigieg as a pragmatic progressive in the tradition of the Social Gospel movement once strong in the Midwest 180 Buttigieg identifies regulatory capture as a significant problem in American society 179 Initially regarded as a long shot candidate 181 182 183 Buttigieg rose into the top tier of candidates in the primary by December 2019 184 In early February 2020 Buttigieg led the 2020 Iowa Democratic caucuses results with 26 2 percent to Bernie Sanders 26 1 percent winning 14 delegates to Sanders s 12 185 186 The LGBTQ Victory Fund Buttigieg s first national endorsement g noted the historical first of an openly gay candidate winning a state presidential primary 187 Buttigieg finished second behind Sanders in the New Hampshire primary 5 After placing a fourth in the South Carolina primary with 8 2 percent of the vote behind Joe Biden 48 7 percent Bernie Sanders 19 8 percent and Tom Steyer 11 3 percent Buttigieg dropped out of the race on March 1 2020 and endorsed Biden 188 189 Post presidential campaign In April 2020 Buttigieg launched Win The Era PAC a new super PAC to raise money and distribute it to down ballot Democrats 190 The PAC focused on local elected positions and its list of endorsements included candidates such as Jaime Harrison Cal Cunningham Gina Ortiz Jones Christine Hunschofsky and Levar Stoney 191 On June 8 2020 the University of Notre Dame announced that it had hired Buttigieg as a teacher and researcher for the 2020 21 academic year 192 Also in October 2020 Buttigieg released his second book Trust America s Best Chance 193 Buttigieg acted as a surrogate for Biden s campaign in the general election 194 195 He delivered a speech on the closing night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention 196 and also announced Indiana s votes during the convention s roll call 197 On September 5 2020 Buttigieg was announced to be a member of the advisory council of the Biden Harris Transition Team which was planning the presidential transition of Joe Biden 198 199 Ahead of the vice presidential debate Buttigieg played the role as a stand in for Republican vice president Mike Pence in Democratic to prepare vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris Buttigieg was selected to perform this role because of his experience working with Pence during their simultaneous tenures as mayor of South Bend and governor of Indiana respectively 200 Secretary of Transportation nbsp Vice President Kamala Harris swears in Buttigieg as Transportation secretary on February 3 2021Following the end of his presidential campaign Buttigieg was considered a possible Cabinet appointee in Joe Biden s administration 201 202 After Biden was declared the winner of the election on November 7 2020 Buttigieg was again mentioned as a possible nominee for Secretary of Veterans Affairs Ambassador to the United Nations Ambassador to China or Secretary of Transportation 203 On December 15 2020 Biden announced that he would nominate Buttigieg as his Secretary of Transportation 204 205 206 The Senate Commerce Committee advanced Buttigieg s nomination to the full Senate with a vote of 21 3 207 Buttigieg was confirmed on February 2 2021 with a vote of 86 13 208 and was sworn in the next morning 209 nbsp Buttigieg visits Washington Union Station on his first full day as Secretary of TransportationAs Secretary of Transportation Buttigieg has worked on re organizing the department s internal policy structure including carrying out a thorough review process of rules enacted under the Trump administration 210 211 For example Buttigieg reinstated an Obama era pilot program which ensures local hiring for public works projects on May 19 2021 with the goal of helping minorities and disadvantaged individuals This program had been revoked in 2017 during the Trump administration when the Department of Transportation returned to rules established during the Reagan administration which banned geographic based hiring preferences 212 Buttigieg addressed the African American Mayors Association in late February 2021 to discuss systemic racism He argued that misguided investments in the federal transport and infrastructure policy had contributed to racial inequity 213 In early March 2021 Politico noted that Buttigieg had mentioned racial equity in almost every interview he gave to the press as it related to his work at the department 214 In late June 2022 Buttigieg launched a 1 billion Reconnecting Communities pilot program to establish racial equity in roads 215 Using money from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act the program aims to reconnect cities and neighborhoods divided by roads through projects such as rapid bus lines pedestrian walkways and planning studies 216 Early into his tenure Buttigieg noted that the United States s actions surrounding road traffic safety is lacking and suggested improving the design of roads Also while acknowledging how the United States fell behind other developed countries with respect to bicycle and pedestrian safety Buttigieg encouraged greater focus on human behavior in infrastructure policy 217 218 Likewise in March 2021 Buttigieg indicated he was open to tolls on Interstate 80 but not the tollage of bridges suggesting big picture solutions instead like a mileage tax 219 220 However the Biden administration did not include a gas tax or mileage tax in the infrastructure plan it released that month 221 Buttigieg informed Congress in late March 2021 that the Biden administration was planning to prioritize the construction of the Gateway Rail Tunnel Project due to its economic significance 222 The progress of the project which was stalled by President Trump 223 was said to be moving faster according to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer Buttigieg announced the environmental impact assessment of the project which was largely seen as a sign of major progress on the project 224 Also Buttigieg has served as a promoter of the American Jobs Plan 225 and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 226 nbsp Buttigieg and Barack Obama at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow on November 9 2021In June 2021 the White House created a task force to address supply chain disruptions with Buttigieg as one of its leaders 227 By October 2021 global supply bottlenecks had resulted in record shortages of household goods for American consumers Buttigieg cited high demand and the pandemic as some of the causes for the disruptions while predicting that the disruptions would continue into next year 228 229 After the 2021 birth of his twins Buttigieg took a parental leave This became a point of prominent criticism and ridicule from conservative and Republican figures Some political analysts have noted homophobic tones to the attacks on Buttigieg s decision to take a parental leave 230 After conservatives criticized him for taking a paternity leave Buttigieg declared that he would not apologize for taking care of my premature newborn infant twins The work that we are doing is joyful fulfilling wonderful work 231 According to his department Buttigieg had been on paid leave since mid August 2021 where for a month he was mostly offline except for major agency decisions and matters that could not be delegated and he has been ramping up activities since then making many media appearances in early October 2021 232 The White House had approved Buttigieg s leave 231 After passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Insider called Buttigieg the most powerful transportation secretary ever as the department now has 210 billion of discretionary grants to award 233 By early 2023 Buttigieg faced criticisms regarding several instances of serious issues that had occurred in United States passenger aviation during his time as Secretary of Transportation 234 nbsp Buttigieg in East Palestine Ohio on February 23 2023On February 3 2023 a freight train carrying vinyl chloride butyl acrylate ethylhexyl acrylate and ethylene glycol monobutyl ether derailed along the Norfolk Southern Railway in East Palestine Ohio Emergency crews conducted a controlled burn of the spill at the request of state officials which released hydrogen chloride and phosgene into the air As a result residents within a 1 mi 1 6 km radius were evacuated Buttigieg tweeted on February 13 the Department would use all relevant authorities to ensure accountability and continue to support safety 235 On February 23 2023 NTSB released a preliminary report stating that the wheel bearings overheated with temperatures as high as 253 F 123 C above the ambient temperature 236 In the weeks following the derailment the Transportation Department under Buttigieg did not move to reinstate the 2015 rail safety rule aimed at expanding the use of better braking technology Buttigieg s Transportation Department was contemplating stripping down brake safety rules even further 237 Buttigieg has faced criticism from figures on different ends of the political spectrum for his response to the derailment receiving criticism from Democrats such as Nina Turner and Ilhan Omar and Republicans such as J D Vance and Anna Paulina Luna 238 Republican senator Marco Rubio called for Buttigieg to resign and criticized him for not having yet visiting the disaster site at the time 239 Former president Donald Trump also criticized Buttigieg for not having yet visited the site while conducting a visit of his own 240 In March 2023 Buttigieg appeared on CNN telling the cable news network that he had failed to anticipated the fallout from the derailment and erred in not visiting East Palestine sooner 241 242 On May 8 2023 President Biden and Secretary Buttigieg announced an expansion of flightsright gov a website which informs airline customers of the compensation they are entitled to after flight cancellations or delays 243 Buttigieg supports The Junk Fee Prevention Act If enacted on the federal level it would lower fees relating to spending money on some forms of entertainment hotel rooms airport related services and travel 244 Political positionsMain article Political positions of Pete Buttigieg Infrastructure During his 2020 campaign for the Democratic nomination Buttigieg proposed spending 1 trillion on U S infrastructure projects over the next ten years estimating that the plan would create at least six million jobs The plan focused on green energy protecting tap water from lead fixing roads and bridges improving public transportation repairing schools guaranteeing broadband internet access and preparing communities for floods and other natural disasters 245 246 247 Social issues Buttigieg supports abortion rights 248 249 and the repeal of the Hyde Amendment which blocks federal funding for abortion services except in cases of rape incest or the life of the mother is in danger 250 He favors amending civil rights legislation including the Federal Equality Act so that LGBT Americans receive federal non discrimination protections 251 Buttigieg supports expanding opportunities for national service including a voluntary year of national service for those turning 18 years old 252 253 254 In July 2019 Buttigieg shared his Douglass Plan named after abolitionist Frederick Douglass to address systemic racism in America 255 The initiative would allocate 10 billion to African American entrepreneurship over five years grant 25 billion to historically black colleges legalize marijuana expunge drug convictions halve the federal prison population and propose a federal New Voting Rights Act designed to increase voting access 256 255 Buttigieg supports abolishing the death penalty 257 moving toward reversing criminal sentences for minor drug related offenses 258 and eliminating incarceration for drug possession offenses 259 In 2019 Buttigieg called for the United States to decriminalize mental illness and addiction via initiatives such as re entry programs 260 Also he aspired to decrease incarceration rates because of mental illnesses or substance use by 75 percent during his first term as President of the United States 261 260 Voting rights Buttigieg favors the abolition of the Electoral College 262 and has also called for restoring voting rights to felons who have completed their prison sentences 258 263 Campaign finance reform Buttigieg supports a constitutional amendment on campaign finance to reduce the undue influence of money in politics 264 During his 2020 presidential run in response to accusation of campaign finance concerns Buttigieg s campaign told Newsweek that he did not accept contributions from individuals and organizations such as corporate political action committees 265 In addition Buttigieg s campaign emphasized that Buttigieg had included critical campaign finance reforms as part of his campaign platform including pushing to overturn Citizens United and Buckley v Valeo 265 Statehood advocacy Buttigieg supports statehood for the District of Columbia and said that he would support Puerto Rico statehood if desired by the Puerto Rican people 262 Climate change nbsp Buttigieg at a town hall meeting in Des Moines on October 12 2019 with supporters holding signs saying Climate is a Crisis During his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination Buttigieg stated that if elected he would restore the United States commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement and double its pledge to the Green Climate Fund He also supports the Green New Deal proposed by House Democrats 266 267 solar panel subsidies and a carbon tax and dividend policy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 268 269 Economic beliefs nbsp Buttigieg speaking at the 2019 Iowa Federation of Labor ConventionButtigieg identifies as a democratic capitalist and has decried crony capitalism 270 He has entertained the possibility of antitrust actions against large technology companies on the basis of privacy and data security concerns 271 During the Democratic primary he supported deficit and debt reduction arguing that large debt makes it harder to invest in infrastructure health and safety 272 Workers rights In July 2019 he released a plan to strengthen union bargaining power to raise the minimum wage to 15 and to offer national paid family leave 273 Education nbsp Buttigieg speaking to the Iowa State Education Association in 2020Buttigieg s education plan includes a 700 billion investment in universal full day child care and pre kindergarten for all children from infancy to age five 274 Buttigieg has also proposed tripling Title I funding for schools serving students predominately from lower socioeconomic backgrounds 275 Other goals include doubling the amount of new teachers of color in the next 10 years addressing school segregation with a 500 million fund paying teachers more expanding mental health services in schools and creating more after school programs and summer learning opportunities 274 His plan for debt free college has called for expanding Pell Grants for low income students as well as other investments and reversing Trump s tax cuts for the wealthy 276 Under Buttigieg s college plan the bottom 80 percent of students with respect to income would have received free education while the top 20 percent would have paid for at least some portion of their tuition 277 Buttigieg has opposed free college tuition for all students because he has believed universally free tuition unfairly subsidizes higher income families at the expense of lower income individuals who do not attend college 278 This position distinguished Buttigieg from his competitors in the 2020 presidential election 278 Foreign policy nbsp Buttigieg speaking with VoteVets org in 2019Buttigieg called for modifying the structure of defense spending 279 while suggesting that he might favor an overall increase in defense spending 280 Buttigieg has said that he believes the 2001 U S invasion of Afghanistan following the September 11 attacks was justified 271 but supported the planned withdrawal of American troops from the region with a maintained intelligence presence 281 He is a committed supporter of Israel 282 283 favors a two state solution to the Israeli Palestinian conflict 283 284 opposes proposals for Israel to annex the Israeli occupied West Bank 283 and disapproves of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu s comments in support of applying Israeli law in Jewish settlements in the West Bank 285 In 2008 Buttigieg wrote an op ed in The New York Times calling on the United States to support the de facto independent Republic of Somaliland 286 In June 2019 Buttigieg said We will remain open to working with a regime like the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the benefit of the American people But we can no longer sell out our deepest values for the sake of fossil fuel access and lucrative business deals 287 He supports ending U S support for Saudi Arabia in Saudi Arabia s war in Yemen 288 Buttigieg has condemned China for its mass detention of ethnic Uyghurs in Xinjiang 289 He criticized Trump s decision to withdraw U S troops from Syria which critics say gave Turkey the green light to launch its military offensive against Syrian Kurds 290 Health care Buttigieg opposed Republican efforts to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 120 In 2018 Buttigieg said he favored Medicare for All 291 During his presidential campaign Buttigieg has promoted Medicare for All Who Want It which includes a public option for health insurance 292 293 294 He has spoken favorably of Maryland s all payer rate setting 295 Buttigieg has described Medicare for All Who Want It as inclusive more efficient than the current system and a possible precursor or glide path to single payer health insurance 295 294 He also favors a partial expansion of Medicare that would allow Americans ages 50 to 64 to buy into Medicare and supports proposed legislation the Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act that would create a fund to guarantee up to 12 weeks of partial income for workers to care for newborn children or family members with serious illnesses 296 In August 2019 Buttigieg released a 300 billion plan to expand mental health care services and fight addiction 297 260 Immigration Buttigieg supports Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals DACA and has drawn attention to the Trump administration s aggressive deportation policies He defended a resident of Granger Indiana who was deported after living in the U S for 17 years despite regularly checking in with ICE and applying for a green card 298 Buttigieg has said Trump has been reckless in sending American troops to the southern border and that it is a measure of last resort 299 Personal life nbsp The Cathedral of St James which Buttigieg has attendedButtigieg is a Christian 300 301 and he has said his faith has had a strong influence in his life 252 302 151 He was baptized in the Catholic Church as an infant and he attended Catholic schools 301 While at the University of Oxford Buttigieg began to attend Christ Church Cathedral and said he felt more or less Anglican by the time he returned to South Bend 301 St Augustine James Martin and Garry Wills are among his religious influences 302 A member of the Episcopal Church Buttigieg is a congregant at the Cathedral of St James in downtown South Bend 252 Through his mother he is the 4th Great Grandson of 19th Century U S Congressman William Marshall Inge who represented Tennessee s 10th District Besides his native English Buttigieg has some knowledge of Norwegian Spanish Italian Maltese Arabic Dari Persian and French 303 33 Buttigieg plays guitar and piano 304 305 and in 2013 performed with the South Bend Symphony Orchestra as a guest piano soloist with Ben Folds 306 307 Buttigieg was a 2014 Aspen Institute Rodel Fellow 308 Buttigieg came out as gay in a June 2015 piece in the South Bend Tribune 107 becoming Indiana s first openly gay elected executive 309 310 311 He was the first elected official in Indiana to come out while in office 312 and the highest elected official in Indiana to come out 311 nbsp Pete and Chasten Buttigieg in 2019Buttigieg announced his engagement to Chasten Glezman a junior high school teacher in a December 14 2017 Facebook post 313 314 They had been dating since August 2015 after meeting on the dating app Hinge 15 315 They were married on June 16 2018 in a private ceremony at the Cathedral of St James 316 301 This made Buttigieg the first mayor of South Bend to get married while in office 317 Chasten uses the surname Buttigieg 318 Buttigieg announced that he and his husband had become parents on August 17 2021 319 320 Buttigieg announced that they had adopted two newborn fraternal twins on September 4 2021 321 322 323 In July 2022 Buttigieg established his permanent residence in Traverse City Michigan which is Chasten s hometown and registered to vote in Michigan 324 Awards and honorsButtigieg was a 2015 recipient of the Fenn Award given by the John F Kennedy Presidential Library in recognition of his work as mayor 325 To mark the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots in June 2019 Queerty named him one of its Pride50 people trailblazing individuals who actively ensure society remains moving towards equality acceptance and dignity for all queer people 326 At the Golden Heart Awards run by God s Love We Deliver Buttigieg was awarded the Golden Heart Award for Outstanding Leadership and Public Service in October 2019 327 Equality California an LGBT rights organization gave Buttigieg and his husband Chasten their Equality Trailblazer Award in August 2020 328 Attitude a British gay lifestyle magazine named Buttigieg their 2020 Person of the Year to recognize his groundbreaking run for the presidency 329 BooksShortest Way Home One Mayor s Challenge and a Model for America s Future New York Liveright 2019 ISBN 978 1 63149 437 6 Trust America s Best Chance New York Liveright 2020 ISBN 978 1 63149 877 0 Electoral historyIndiana State Treasurer election 2010 330 Party Candidate Votes Republican Richard Mourdock incumbent 1 053 527 62 46Democratic Pete Buttigieg 633 243 37 54Total votes 1 686 770South Bend mayoral election 2011 Democratic primary 331 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Pete Buttigieg 7 663 54 90Democratic Michael J Hamann 2 798 20 05Democratic Ryan Dvorak 2 041 14 62Democratic Barrett Berry 1 424 10 20Democratic Felipe N Merino 32 0 23Total votes 13 958South Bend mayoral election 2011 331 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Pete Buttigieg 10 991 73 85Republican Norris W Curry Jr 2 884 19 38Libertarian Patrick M Farrell 1 008 6 77Total votes 14 883South Bend mayoral election 2015 Democratic primary 332 333 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Pete Buttigieg incumbent 8 369 77 68Democratic Henry L Davis Jr 2 405 22 32Total votes 10 774South Bend mayoral election 2015 332 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Pete Buttigieg incumbent 8 515 80 41Republican Kelly S Jones 2 074 19 59Total votes 10 589Results of the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries 334 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Joe Biden 18 448 092 51 5Democratic Bernie Sanders 9 536 123 26 6Democratic Elizabeth Warren 2 781 720 7 8Democratic Michael Bloomberg 2 475 323 6 9Democratic Pete Buttigieg 913 023 2 6Democratic Amy Klobuchar 524 559 1 5Democratic Tulsi Gabbard 270 792 0 8Democratic Tom Steyer 258 907 0 7Democratic Andrew Yang 160 416 0 5Democratic Others 458 477 1 3Total votes 35 827 432 100 002021 United States Senate confirmation to be Secretary of TransportationFebruary 2 2021 335 Party TotalDemocratic Republican IndependentYes 48 36 2 86No 0 13 0 13Simple majority 51 of 99 votes required Nomination confirmedSee alsoList of Rhodes ScholarsNotes Maltese Buttiġieġ bʊtːɪd ʒɪːt ʃ Sometimes pronounced dʒ ɛ dʒ jej or dʒ ʌ dʒ juj but not by Buttigieg himself citation needed Prior to Buttigieg s 2020 presidential candidacy Fred Karger who is also openly gay sought the Republican Party nomination in 2012 3 Richard Grenell who is also gay was appointed Acting Director of National Intelligence by President Donald Trump in 2020 however the director of national intelligence is not a Cabinet secretary position but rather a Cabinet level official 7 For more information see Cabinet of the United States and United States presidential line of succession When Buttigieg wrote his Profiles in Courage essay in 2000 Virgil Goode was also an independent politician in the U S House of Representatives 22 Schuyler Colfax III had become mayor in 1898 at age 28 81 Boykins had first been appointed in 2008 by Mayor Steve Luecke and he was reappointed by Buttigieg earlier in 2012 86 Buttigieg was endorsed in June 2019 on the 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