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Pete Buttigieg Drops Out of the Democratic Presidential Contest
Pete Buttigieg is ending his presidential campaign, people close to his campaign said Sunday.
02 Mar 2020, 09:53 AM IST 
Pete Buttigieg, former mayor of South Bend and 2020 presidential candidate, speaks during the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) Presidential Town Hall in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. (Photographer: Joe Buglewicz/Bloomberg)
(Bloomberg) -- Pete Buttigieg is ending his presidential campaign, people close to his campaign said Sunday.
The path for the young, ex-mayor of a small Indiana city became improbable after disappointing finishes in the Nevada caucuses and South Carolina primary. Despite gaining more delegates than front-runner Bernie Sanders in Iowa, Buttigieg failed to catch on with non-white voters.
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