Buttigieg targeting seven Super Tuesday states with ad campaign

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Former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg has made a major digital ad buy in seven Super Tuesday states even as his campaign attempts to maintain momentum through earlier contests like Nevada and South Carolina.

The purchase will go to ads in Maine, Minnesota, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin, Politico reported. The ads will begin airing on YouTube after Tuesday and run though March 3, adding to a series of buys by the Buttigieg campaign in South Carolina and Nevada.

The former mayor will specifically target counties that voted for President Trump in 2016 after voting for President Obama, as well as more conservative parts of Minnesota, which went for Hillary Clinton in 2016 but by the narrowest margin in several years, and which has been a major target of Trump’s re-election campaign.

The ads do not incorporate several southern and southwestern states where black and Latino voters form a major part of state Democratic politics, including Alabama, Texas and California, according to the publication.

Buttigieg’s weak support among voters of color was a topic of discussion at Friday’s Democratic debates, and is a key disadvantage for him in comparison to former Vice President Joe Biden, who has led with black voters in most polls, and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who has led with Latinos in several polls and has consistently led among younger people of color.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/482243-buttigieg-targeting-seven-super-tuesday-states-with-ad-campaign