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at the time he took office in january 2013 buttigieg was the youngest mayor of an American city with more than 100,000 residents. Because many of his constituents had difficulty pronouncing his last name (BOOT-edge-edge) he was widely referred to simply as mayor Pete during his first ran term he carried out an ambitious program to demolish or repair more than 1,000 abandoned houses in south bend. His smart streets intiative also transformed the city’s downtown by redesigning it’s streets and sidewalk an effort that helped bring hundred of millions of dollars in new investment to the area. In 2014 buttigieg took a leave from his mayoral duties to serve a seven month deployment in Afghanistan with the navy reserve. In June 2015 he came out publicly as gay in an essay published in the south bend tribune. He later married (2018) chasten glezman a school teacher. Buttigieg won reelection by a margin in November 2015 . During his second term racial tensions in the city increased particularly in the wake of the fatal shooting in 2019 of black residents Eric logan by a white south bend police sergeant. Buttigieg was critized for his oversight of the police department. He later acknowledge that many of his efforts to reform the department including attempts to recruit more minority police officers had been unsuccessful. During this time, buttigieg national profile began to rise and in 2917 he ran for chairman of the Democratic national committee. Although he ultimately dropped out many pundits viewed him as a rising star in the party. In 2018 he announced that he would not seek a third term as mayor the following year he left office in 2020. In April 2019 buttigieg entered the 2020 U.S presidential race joining a crowded field of candidates vying for the Democratic nomination. He quickly gained momentum positioning himself as a political outsider who could bring a fresh perspective to Washington. He called for a significant increase in federal funding for renewable energy development and stronger gun control laws. He also proposed a new health care plan summarised by the slogan Medicare for all who want in . The plan offered a public alternative to private health insurance while allowing American to retain their private coverage if they preferred. In February 2020 buttigieg narrowly won the delegates in a major U.S political party’s presidential primary . Shortly afterward he placed second in the new Hampshire primary. In contest held later that month however buttigieg lost ground placing third in the nevada caucuses and fourth and inability to win the support of black voters. Buttigieg ended his campaign in early march as Democratic voters began to really around former U.S vice president Joe Biden buttigieg subsequent endorsed Biden who defeated pres. Donald Trump in the November election. In December 2020 Biden nominated to lead the department of transportation (DOT) . The senate overwhelmingly confirmed buttigieg in February 2,2021 and he was sworn in the following day. Not only was he the first openly gay person to hold a U.S cabinet post he also was the youngest person to serve as secretary of transportation . Among his top priorities were plans to rebuild roads bridges, railway, and other transportation infrastructure across the country. In addition he sought projects that would increase racial equality. Later in 2021 he was a vocal supported of the infrastructure investment and jobs act. Which passed congress in November. The legislation provided billions of dollars to DOT. THE CURIOUS MIND of Pete buttigieg holds much of its functionality in reserve. Even as he discusses railroad and airlines, Down to the pointillist data that is his current stock in trade the US secretary of transportation comes off like a mensa black card holder who might have a secret Go habit of a three second Rubik’s cube solution or a knack for supplying off the top of his head the day of the week for a random date in 1404 along with a non condescending history of the julian and Gregorian calendars. As secretary buttigieg and I talked in his under furnished corner office one afternoon in early spring I slowly became aware that his cabinet job requires only a modest portion of his congnitive powers. Other mental facilities no kidding are apportioned to the liad purtian historiography and knausgaards spring though not in the orginal norwegian (slacker) .