Pete Buttigieg Campaigns in New Hampshire

Pete Buttigieg returned to New Hampshire for the first time in nearly a month to hold a meet-and-greet for his 2020 presidential exploratory committee in Concord. The South Bend mayor and Democratic presidential candidate has become the latest media darling. But the 37-year-old with a difficult-to-pronounce name has been wading through questions from crowds in early primary states and grabbing every television interview he can, leaning on an earnest manner, a sense of humor and deftness on issues to create a bit of an early Buttigieg boomlet.

Buttigieg still faces the same hurdle as most of the 17 other Democrats currently running for the party’s 2020 nomination: Getting noticed in a pool of candidates that includes several with national name recognition and followings as well as extensive fundraising contacts. That list includes Harris, her Senate colleagues Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and former Representative Beto O’Rourke of Texas.

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