A spike in violent crime, development that largely ignored the African American community and how their only well-lit street is the one that leads to the University of Notre Dame. How can he run the United States? Look at our quality of life. If he becomes president, the United States will become one big South Bend β a giant sinkhole. The street I live on is the only street around here that has lights. On the stump, Buttigieg comes off as cool, calm and cerebral, with a deeper-than-expected voice, given his boyish appearance.
He typically gives speeches wearing a white shirt and tie, with his sleeves rolled up. Sylvester Williams Jr. Buttigieg took a leave of absence in the late summer and fall of to work on the failed Indiana gubernatorial campaign of former Democratic US Rep. He quit McKinsey in to run for Indiana treasurer as a Democrat, losing that race by nearly 25 percentage points.
Two months later, he declared his candidacy for mayor of South Bend, which is about the same size as the Bronx but has just 7 percent of its population. Most people in the South Bend area work in the manufacturing, health care, education, retail and hospitality industries, according to the US Census. Buttigieg beat four opponents to win the Democratic primary with 55 percent of the vote and was elected in November with 74 percent of the vote. He was just 29 when he took office.
But while the overwhelmingly Democratic city has more than 71, registered voters, Buttigieg was swept into office with just 10, votes and his re-election bid garnered even fewer β 8, β even while winning 80 percent of the ballots cast. The following September, he began dating Chasten Glezman, a junior high school teacher in neighboring Mishawaka, after they met on the Hinge dating app, and they got married at the Episcopal Cathedral of St.
James in South Bend on June 16, Hupfer said increased employment in the area covering South Bend β where the unemployment rate dropped from 9. From to , the number of black cops fell by almost half β from 29 to 15, compared to more than whites β and in June, the city was rocked when a white police sergeant shot and killed year-old Eric Logan, who was black, while responding to a report of someone breaking into cars. Buttigieg canceled a campaign trip to California to return to South Bend and hold a news conference about the incident, during which Sgt.
