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OK, Mayor: Why 37-Year-Old Pete Buttigieg Is Attracting Boomers

OK, Mayor: Why 37-Year-Old Pete Buttigieg Is Attracting Boomers
OK, Mayor: Why 37-Year-Old Pete Buttigieg Is Attracting Boomers
DENISON, Iowa — Pete Buttigieg likes a crisp white button-down — no fuss, no flash — and his favorite novel is by a man who died in 1941. He has taken to calling himself “the retirement guy,” after introducing a plan this week for long-term care. He recently referenced the “Bull Moose progressive movement,” a nod to the politics of Teddy Roosevelt. As Buttigieg, 37, looks to solidify his support in the remaining weeks before the Democratic primary season begins, he has found a wellspring of e...
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