The factors behind Buttigieg's big win

Jack Colwell
South Bend Tribune

While it's not technically correct to refer to Pete Buttigieg, landslide winner of South Bend's Democratic mayoral nomination, as mayor-elect, he really is.

Republican mayoral nominee Wayne Curry will and should take the fall campaign seriously, raising important issues, and Buttigieg will not just take it all for granted.

But look at it this way:

Buttigieg, the impressive 29-year-old Harvard grad and Oxford Rhodes Scholar, not only won big with Democratic voters but also got far more Republican votes than Curry.

For more, please visit: http://articles.southbendtribune.com/2011-05-08/news/29524026_1_primary-turnout-new-mayor-republican-mayoral-nominee

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