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1.  What was Mayor Pete's background before running for president?
Mayor of South Bend, Indiana

2. What was the high point of Mayor Pete's campaign for president?
He won the Iowa caucus and took second in the New Hampshire primary.

3. What progressive positions did he adopt in the early stages of this campaign?
He endorsed abolishing the Electoral College, creating an automatic voter registration system, and making Puerto Rico and DC states. He was open to abolishing the filibuster and packing the SCOTUS with new justices.

4. When Buttigieg became more moderate, what two groups of voters did he struggle with?
Blacks and leftists

5. Why did his campaign struggle after Iowa and New Hampshire?
The next few states were more diverse, while Iowa and New Hampshire were majority white states.

6. What was Amy Klobuchar's background before running for president?
She was a Hennepin County attorney who was elected to the Senate in 2006.

7. What was the high point of her campaign for president?
She performed well in the New Hampshire primary.

8. Why was she viewed by so many as a strong presidential candidate?
She was more moderate than the rest of the candidates. She had a strong track record of winning elections, including performing well in counties won by Trump. She was also focused on passing bipartisan bills, ultimately pushing through 20 bills during Trump's first term.

9. How did she perform after New Hampshire?
She was 6th in both Nevada and South Carolina.

10. What were her main issues she highlighted while running for office?
A public option for Medicare, access to free community college and Pell Grants, antitrust and consumer protection, more transparency in online advertising and data privacy, infrastructure plan to modernize broadband and roads, reducing prescription drug prices, rejoining Paris climate accord

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