Buttigieg highlights outsider status in effort to surge past Democratic rivals


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  • Saturday, 18 Jan 2020

Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg speaks during a campaign town hall meeting in Concord, New Hampshire, U.S., January 17, 2020. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz

ALGONA, Iowa (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is touting his centrist political outsider status in a final push to win over Iowa swing voters, an urgent task as he seeks to pull ahead of rivals in a tight race for the first state nominating contest.

In a rush of campaign events around Iowa this week ahead of its Feb. 3 caucuses, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, positioned himself as a refreshing alternative to other candidates with long records in Washington such as former Vice President and longtime U.S. Senator Joe Biden.

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