The 37-year-old mayor has nearly two dozen former ambassadors lending heft to his campaign and mining their networks for new supporters
Pete Buttigieg has enlisted an army of elite supporters to argue that the 37-year-old mayor of a small city has what it takes to be the leader of the free world.
“He’s young, untested, mayor of a smallish town,” said Erin Pelton, a former foreign service officer and director of communications for multiple Obama-era ambassadors to the United Nations. “So to surround yourself with the diplomatic equivalent of generals is a good way to show that you’re serious.”
In the coming weeks, former ambassadors Bill Eacho, Tod Sedgwick and Robert Holleyman will all co-headline fundraisers for Buttigieg, according to invitations obtained by POLITICO.“It could be a former ambassador with a great relationship with a former staffer to tell them to work for this campaign.
By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time. “I think a lot of peoples’ view about Buttigieg, among ambassadors, is very very impressed with him and his voice ought to be heard,” Phillips recalled. “So we called our friends who are ambassadors to be co-sponsors and that’s how we got, I think six or seven or eight [ambassadors] on the first fundraiser.”
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