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Buttigieg Endorsed By Suburban Rep., Women's Rights Leader, Mayors
Iowa Starting LinePete Buttigieg is headed into the Democratic debate in Des Moines next week with a new group of prominent Iowa endorsers.
State Rep. Kristen Sunde, a first-term legislator who flipped a Republican district in 2018, announced her backing of the former South Bend mayor today, as did Iowa women’s rights advocate Kirsten Anderson and 23 more local elected officials and activists from a broad cross-section of Iowa.
The addition of Sunde brings Buttigieg’s number of Polk County legislative endorsements to three (Sen. Tony Bisignano and Rep. Brian Meyer previously endorsed), and adds a well-known leader in an important Des Moines metro suburb.
Sunde represents HD 42, which covers most of West Des Moines in Polk County. It’s a delegate-rich area for Democrats on caucus night thanks to its past high turnout and how it has quickly trended Democratic in recent years. Though each Iowa House district represents 1% of the population, HD 42 accounts for close to 1.5% of the state delegate equivalents on caucus night.
State Rep. Kristen Sunde, a first-term legislator who flipped a Republican district in 2018, announced her backing of the former South Bend mayor today, as did Iowa women’s rights advocate Kirsten Anderson and 23 more local elected officials and activists from a broad cross-section of Iowa.
The addition of Sunde brings Buttigieg’s number of Polk County legislative endorsements to three (Sen. Tony Bisignano and Rep. Brian Meyer previously endorsed), and adds a well-known leader in an important Des Moines metro suburb.
Sunde represents HD 42, which covers most of West Des Moines in Polk County. It’s a delegate-rich area for Democrats on caucus night thanks to its past high turnout and how it has quickly trended Democratic in recent years. Though each Iowa House district represents 1% of the population, HD 42 accounts for close to 1.5% of the state delegate equivalents on caucus night.
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