Buttigieg gains support from major Obama donors [View all]
South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg headlines fundraisers in Chicago and Evanston on Tuesday, with his surging Democratic presidential campaign landing influential Obama donors.
Buttigieg returns to Chicago on May 16 for more fundraising, with his candidacy grabbing attention because he is a bundle of many things to Democrats searching for the strongest contender to defeat President Donald Trump.
Why Mayor Pete? “He is an industrial heartland mayor who has been elected by many of the people who have supported Trump.” And while a progressive, he is able to articulate issues in a way he can gain “broad support,” John Atkinson, a Chicago business executive and Democratic activist who was one of former President Barack Obama’s big fundraisers said.
According to invitations obtained by the Sun-Times, other co-hosts include Andy Schapiro, Obama’s ambassador to the Czech Republic and his wife, Tamar Newberger; Adam Hitchcock, who served in the Obama White House; and Amalia Mahoney and her husband, William, a fundraiser for Obama and Hillary Clinton.
The Evanston event later on is hosted by Democratic activists and donors Eric Janssen and Marco Zerega, according to an invitation. Chicagoans David Jacobson was Obama’s first ambassador to Canada; Bruce Heyman was his second. Both were in Obama’s elite fundraising ranks.
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