Candidate for State Senate endorsed by Planned Parenthood; former Mayor of West Sacramento &
@SacState
Professor; Paid for by Cabaldon for Senate 2024.
With the ballots counted since Election Day, our 10,000-vote lead is now statistically insurmountable.
I’m thrilled to report that we earned exceptionally broad support—the only candidate to place in the top 3 in every one of the district’s six counties. We won outright
Standing Room Only at Mayors for
@PeteButtigieg
meetup. Hard to count them all but I see mayors from CA, OH, TX, RI, WV, IL, FL, AK, KS, IA, MN, IN, WA, MD, LA, and, well, the whole USA!
A minute into
@PeteButtigieg
’s
#EqualityTownHall
talk, I welled with pride as an LGBT person who never dared to dream of belonging.
Minutes later, I beamed with pride just to be an American.
By the end, I was proud to be a human being.
A president can lift our souls & inspire.
I was proud to host the largest
@PeteButtigieg
grassroots fundraiser and then the largest
@PeteButtigieg
town hall in the nation. Even prouder to see Colorado and Virginia each more than DOUBLE what we did in the last 24 hours. The soul of America is stirring.
Around ten thousand people showed up for
@PeteButtigieg
’s “town hall” in Virginia today.
I’m not kidding. It was advertised as a town hall.
Virginia votes on Super Tuesday, March 3.
Worth noting that this is an American who, in most US states, can legally be fired from work or evicted from home. Who can be denied medical care in 6 states. Whose marriage became possible 4 yrs ago only after 5 justices ended the sweep of emergency voter initiatives to ban it.
This is just a preliminary analysis, but our team’s initial report shows we raised over $7 million dollars in Q1 of this year. We (you) are out-performing expectations at every turn. I'll have a more complete analysis later, but until then: a big thank you to all our supporters.
After my mom died suddenly, the school orchestra, jazz band & musical theater gave me purpose, belonging, joy & expression when I had none. Learned math, management, politics, history, linguistics along the journey.
@Chas10Buttigieg
is right. Arts ed changes--and saves--lives.
After
@PeteButtigieg
's historic showing in Iowa last night, I finally went to bed. By the time I woke up, Pete had flown to New Hampshire, landed 1 of the state's most important endorsements, held two town halls, and connected with a couple thousand voters. Doing the work.
180 degrees opposite of
@BarackObama
, who proudly called himself "mayor-in-chief". Never condescended & always lifted up work, sweat equity & innovation in local communities as the key to propel national change. Then again,
@BarackObama
wasn't a DC insider.
Eleni Kounalakis took on a senator as an underdog in a gutsy statewide campaign to become 1st woman elected as CA Lieutenant Governor, after serving as ambassador for President Obama. And she's one of the rare statewide officers from the Central Valley.
An appointment that is at once profoundly historic & fixed firmly on the future. The roads (+rails, trails & runways) to climate resiliency, equity, safety & building back better meet at
@USDOT
. Superb pick of
@PeteButtigieg
by President-elect
@JoeBiden
.
Today, in multiracial California, in the city of Stockton which was the home of the world’s largest Filipino population outside of the islands, where my family once served malteds & booked bets of questionable legality 65 years ago...
@Chas10Buttigieg
ate lumpia. And smiled.
I will use my story, our energy, and the power of the presidency to tear down the walls that have excluded far too many LGBTQ+ people for far too long. Today, I am proud to share my plan for building a new era for LGBTQ+ Americans:
.
@Rob_Flaherty
&
@JoeBiden
I’m from West Sacramento, pop. 53,511.
2/3rds of Americans live in smaller cities. Dismissive elitism is not how we unite our nation. Looking down your nose at the work of local mayors & people getting it done in communities is a bad look.
Do better.
7 hours of nonstop conversations with Lowcountry voters literally lining up to learn more about
@PeteButtigieg
.
Y'all brought it. Heart, sweat, shoe soles all left on the
#BlueJamboree
grass. Proud to be a part of it with you.
The Latina powerhouse whose NV Assembly district is 19%
#AAPI
, Sandra Jauregui, is a relentless fighter for inclusive empowerment & against the gun lobby. And tireless champion for our great
@SenKamalaHarris
. Excited that we're now in this together for
@PeteButtigieg
.
Claro que si. As mayor of a city that’s one-third Latino, with a Latino city council majority & county supervisor, we know these challenges—and the power of
@PeteButtigieg
’s bold, doable strategies to overcome them.
El pueblo unido, jamás será vencido—the people united, will never be defeated.
Today I'm proud to announce a bold, comprehensive plan to dismantle the institutional barriers that have kept Latinos from feeling like they fully belong in their country.
Big news out of Davenport IA as Rep Phyllis Thede endorses
@PeteButtigieg
. And I’m heading to Davenport—my grandma’s from there—on Sunday to canvas caucus-goers for Pete.
Yesterday's record turnout of thousands for
@PeteButtigieg
in West Sacramento is even more remarkable given that it came entirely from word-of-mouth & local volunteers. Imagine our efforts & energy force-multiplied by the
@PeteForAmerica
field organizing team coming online soon.
+1 from the not-so-mid West. In some ways, this gets right to the heart of the matter. The 99% of Americans who have never been on Meet the Press deserve a president who puts their aspirations first and is part of their journey every day.
What we do to better lives in a Midwestern town might look small to Washington politicians. But where I’m from, it’s the partisan fighting in Washington that looks small.
#DemDebate
Welcome to California’s top 4,
@PeteButtigieg
. Rising fastest, ahead of all the CA-based candidates, and at the very top of voters’ want to know more about” list. Turns out that as goes West Sacramento, so goes the Golden State.
"One of the ways that you can win, and deserve to win, is to know what’s worth more to you than winning."
This is like Debbie Allen's adage for dancers in Fame, but for those who aspire to lead a city. Or nation.
Thanks,
@PeteButtigieg
.
These words make me very, very happy.
“My name is
@PeteButtigieg
. They call me Mayor Pete. I am a proud son of South Bend, Indiana. And I am running for President of the United States.”
Just wrapped a 24-hour trip to SC reppin'
@PeteButtigieg
on stage, in the pews, with the crowd & around the organizing table. 2 takeaways:
1) From Charleston to Columbia to Greenville, everyone loves Pete. Inspired.
2)
@PeteForAmerica
team here is talented, energized, relentless.
We
@DemMayors
didn't lose a single seat last night & picked up Wichita KS (Topeka & Kansas City already elected D mayors). Won in OH, CT, NC, ID, FL, MI, PA, TX, IA, SC, MA, AR, ME, AZ, TN. Big cities, rural towns & (big time) suburban cities.
The winner coming out of the first 2 states, whose last visit to West Sacramento drew 3,000 people, loves our region so much that he's spending Valentine's Day with us. Thx
@Chas10Buttigieg
for understanding ;)
Join us for this FREE town hall
I lead the education committee for America’s mayors. My city makes college affordable for all. President Obama asked me to lead America’s College Promise. I’m a university professor & an old community college vice-chancellor.
Pete is 💯 right.
My plan would make sure cost is not an issue for 90% of students.
But I'm not going to ask taxpayers to pay for the tuition of children of millionaires and billionaires because we should spend that money on working families.
#DemDebate
Love that my friends & neighbors are getting the chance to meet
@PeteButtigieg
in person, to be inspired by a leader I've admired for years. And proud that our little corner of America gets 2 early campaign stops:
@Chas10Buttigieg
in June & the mayor himself on Sunday. Join us!
The
#PeteWave
is coming to Sacramento this Sunday! If you’re ready to change the direction of our country and meet this moment with new leadership, then get your tickets now to see Pete →
Waterloo is Iowa's "Comeback City". Mayor Hart is a community college multicultural affairs educator who is in his 3rd term leading a city that was once among Iowa's most racially polarized.
8,500 people at an event Colorado crying with love, hope, belonging, and the resolve that comes from knowing what the presidency can mean for a boy and his country.
First question: 9-year-old asks
@PeteButtigieg
to help him be courageous and tell the world that he's gay.
Staffers bring him up on stage.
"I don't think you need a lot of advice on bravery," Buttigieg said.
#copolitics
What an incredible, historic day. So proud. So energized.
Thank you West Sacramento, Northern California,
@PeteForAmerica
, and, of course,
@PeteButtigieg
.
Headed to neighboring Reno to fire up the
@PeteForAmerica
crew of volunteers talking with NV voters...but I’m the one that got inspired by their heartfelt commitment, stories, faith in people, and hope. Six days to go!
I’m the newest member of the DNC.
Certifying papers filed after I was elected 2nd VP of the nation’s
@DemMayors
, joining
@ericgarcetti
&
@nanwhaley
on the Democratic National Committee.
Way out of my comfort zone. But rescuing America & democracy calls us all to do much more.
Not just soybeans & ethanol. USA Today: "In California, Trump's trade war threatens permanent damage to some agriculture markets". Our farmers say Trump trade war payments have "done little to fill the gap." Ag jobs getting hit hard here. Pete's right to stop endless trade wars.
Today
@PeteButtigieg
joins Beyoncé, Serena, Roger Federer, Alicia Keys, Captain America, Jessica Alba, & Amy Schumer at age 38.
And in a new era when the ranks of world leaders under 40 are surging like never before...not a moment too soon.
#HappyBirthdayPeteButtigieg
!
Yesterday,
@PeteButtigieg
sat down with Asian/Pacific American activists in NV. Got lumpia?
Today, he's crossing the Sierras to a city w/ a Filipino American mayor & vice-mayor and city council with a female majority + Latino majority.
@PeteForAmerica
doing it West Coast-style!
"Representation matters" is such an inadequate way to describe how important, courageous, energizing, beautiful, groundbreaking, necessary & real this is. Pete's plan () is as profound as our story and as comprehensive & bold as the challenges we face.
I will use my story, our energy, and the power of the presidency to tear down the walls that have excluded far too many LGBTQ+ people for far too long. Today, I am proud to share my plan for building a new era for LGBTQ+ Americans:
My mom was from Michigan. Her dad & her grandpa were autoworkers--their ticket out of the coal mines. I recognize the core values in this video, not only from my family but also because Jeff Daniels could've just as easily been narrating this story about West Sacramentans.
VOTE
Got home to West Sacramento at midnight and my journey through southeast Iowa for
@PeteButtigieg
followed me back. I teach tonight but as soon as class is over you can bet I’ll be all 👀.
.
@PeteButtigieg
inspires people—even those who disagree about policies—to their connections to one another, their greater purpose & obligation in a democratic free society. That’s why these Iowa doorstep conversations are so much more profound than a typical campaign.
#IACaucus
Volunteer Jane was telling me why she supports
@PeteButtigieg
when, all of a sudden, her phone rings. “If it’s ‘unknown caller’ I need to answer because it could be Pete or
@Chas10Buttigieg
,” she says casually like NBD. The feeling of connection & belonging has me all verklempt.
Mayor Pete Buttigieg raised $24.8 million over the past 3 months, his campaign said, a head-turning total that is likely to be among the largest disclosed by any of the Democratic presidential candidates
On the banks of the English River in Richmond, Iowa, a dad told me the church where my family had a strong wedding is no more. We talked about faith,
@PeteButtigieg
, and, when I couldn’t get any cell service to show them my grandmother’s picture, Pete’s plan for rural broadband.
Thousands of folks from more than a dozen congressional districts (with more Dem delegates than Iowa + New Hampshire) assembled on West Sacramento's riverfront for a Grassroots Picnic with
@PeteButtigieg
. The
#PeteWave
has splashed onto the West Coast. The campaign for CA is on!
Yesterday, I could be fired from a job in half of America. So could the mayors of Chicago, Tampa, Madison, Long Beach & Seattle. So could more than 9 million LGBT adults. Today, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 finally guarantees us fundamental protection against job discrimination.
$5 per student + $18.37 per veteran +$25 per the rest of us = the greater West Sacramento region playing a giant role in raising $19+ million nationally to organize for
@PeteButtigieg
. We did it!
.
@Rob_Flaherty
&
@JoeBiden
I’m from West Sacramento, pop. 53,511.
2/3rds of Americans live in smaller cities. Dismissive elitism is not how we unite the nation. Looking down your nose at the work of local mayors & people getting it done in communities is a bad look.
Do better.
We fear the the divide in America may be irreconcilable, but then someone (& his husband) comes along to remind us that we as a people haven't lost our capacity to listen, reflect, learn, change, and redeem. What Pete did tonight, and America's response, is cause for great hope.
Those of us who are LGBT know that we come out every day. Every single day. A presidential candidate just did, again, in front of millions of Americans. That take courage and I couldn’t be prouder to be his husband.
Every single neighborhood in Davenport is about to be done. 100+ volunteers in just 1 day. A century ago, a Filipino student at Palmer College wooed a piano-playing West Liberty girl at the Davenport 5-&-dime. My great-grandparents.
Iowa’s about to be our better angel once again
Stopped in for a quick coffee in West Liberty IA, where my grandma’s family lived for two generations. I’d heard a coffee klatch meets here to talk politics. So I ordered the biscuits special & got to chatting about
@PeteButtigieg
. Here we go!
Your City of West Sacramento government has not shut down.
Never has...we adopt budgets far in advance, without fail.
Today is just another good day to stop crime, enjoy a park, flush the toilet, get rescued, open a shop, use a road/trail, enroll in preschool, turn on the faucet.
While you weren't looking, lil' ole West Sacramento elected a city council in which a majority of its members are women. 80% of the members are Latino and/or Filipino, including the mayor, who is also LGBT. And elected the city's 1st African American school board trustee.
“[J]ust like a mayor, the job of the president is actually 3 jobs…the most important 1 is the one that has to do with calling a population to its highest values, bringing people together & being a symbol, not that everybody supports you, but that the presidency means something.”
This year, I've seen not just a yearning but a readiness to unify our nation. To free children from cages, rescue our democracy from corruption & harness our collective resolve. The stakes are too high--we must not fail.
That's why I'm endorsing
@JoeBiden
for President today.
Raised in LA, where I got politically active as a 7th grader at vanguard of the school desegregation fight & a high schooler fighting spray-paint bans targeting Latino boys. I'm stoked to join
@PeteButtigieg
for tonight's
#DemDebate
in the city & state where the future launches.
A mayor can't introduce a bill with a big title like "Opportunity for Everyone" & then ✅"done" with the real problem still sticking out its tongue at you. True progress is 1000x messier than legislation.
@PeteButtigieg
's progressive, executive leadership is up to the challenge.
SC's 2nd largest newspaper:
"History does not lie. The Democratic Party has only won the presidency when it has...shown the courage to choose centrist outsiders with fresh, optimistic messages. S. Carolina voters should enthusiastically vote for Buttigieg"
This is
@NickRobertsss
’ 1st
#IAcaucus
. Tracy has caucused & organized for Alan Cranston (go CA!), Jesse Jackson, Bill Clinton, Howard Dean, Tom Harkin, etc back to 1984, when he was Nick’s age. Both out now getting
@PeteButtigieg
supporters to caucus tomorrow in Muscatine!
Tomorrow! Join the
#PeteWave
as we welcome
@PeteButtigieg
to town for a grassroots picnic. It all starts right here in river city. See you in less than 24 hours!
The
#PeteWave
is coming to Sacramento this Sunday! If you’re ready to change the direction of our country and meet this moment with new leadership, then get your tickets now to see Pete →
Any Given Sunday.
More than 2,000 people here in lieu of super bowl parties. I’ve crisscrossed West Liberty, Muscatine, Coralville, North Liberty & Davenport and seen for myself: electrifying support for
@PeteButtigieg
everywhere.
Chris-crossing the region to help the
@PeteButtigieg
volunteers in congressional districts all over California. Like these fired-up
@Sac4Pete
folks talking to voters at the midtown farmers market then walking neighborhoods door-to-door. GO(TV) time!
Hey, I recognize faces in the crowd from walking neighborhoods with
@PeteForAmerica
volunteers in Coralville yesterday! If they're showing up on Super Bowl Sunday, you betcha they'll be there tomorrow night to caucus.
Corner 1: "It is all just so hard...and what will the neighbors think?"
Corner 2: "I've proposed legislation so sweeping that it will die in the Senate by more votes than yours!"
And then someone says to Chasten, "Hold my beer", and steps forward to lead a new era...
Amped up by resolve, effort, savvy & grace of
#TeamPete
in North Liberty. Bonus: crew of Northwestern U students, some of whom were w/ us in South Bend when
@PeteButtigieg
launched the campaign. Intergenerational unity of purpose at every
@PeteForAmerica
canvass all over Iowa.
So grateful for today’s visit and pep talk from
@mayorcabaldon
! Thank you for sharing your story and your passion with us. Your Iowa roots were shining through! So fortunate to have you on
#TeamPete
!
Energized to launch my candidacy for State Senate , representing the people of District 3: Solano, Yolo, Napa, Sonoma, Sacramento & Contra Costa counties. By way of intro, I'll be sharing stories by others over weeks ahead. And seeing you in one of our region's special towns!
A well-deserved brief night off for Pete & Chasten. But more important, it was great to see Truman & Buddy so excitedly blissful for their family to be all together at home.
I call this 3 mayors (
@PeteButtigieg
,
@mayorcabaldon
and myself) and 1 celebrity
@Chas10Buttigieg
. Thanks to Pete and Chasten for a lovely evening at their home. Also great to meet Truman and Buddy
@firstdogsSB
. South Bend’s great too (great river walk!).
His ad erasing the 2/3rds of Americans who live in smaller cities is less shocking in light of what
@JoeBiden
already said:
"I never had an interest in being a mayor 'cause that's a real job. You have to produce. That's why I was able to be a senator for 36 years." [
@politico
]
When federal officials start with "let me tell you the story of [insert heartwarming/wrenching name+anecdote]", it gets attention because real people are incidental in Washington. On Main St, those stories can't be unseen & they're behind everything we do.
The Sacramento region isn't Iowa, but
@PeteButtigieg
's forward-looking rural plan looks tailor-made for Clarksburg, Winters, Yuba, Sutter, the Delta & of course Yolo. Broadband, apprenticeships, visa renewal, entrepreneurship, renewables. Complete package.
I’ve been president of Asian Pacific Americans in Higher Education & the League of Cities API caucus. I’m the dean of Filipino American elected officials. This is my family story of immigration& belonging. Of
@PeteButtigieg
’a America.
Since it is running mates day, here's the day's local West Sacramento council news. I'm running for reelection as Mayor, teaming up with public health science chief Dr. Dawnté Early-West and incumbent firebrand Councilmember Quirina Orozco. Keeping West Sacramento moving forward!
Cute-Edge-Edge in North Liberty is just one of the pack of
#PupsForPete
I’ve met along the canvassing trail throughout Iowa today. Caucus rules are complicated but dogs can join for a candidate after the 1st reallocation, right? 🐕 🐶
@PeteForAmerica
The Trump administration's discriminatory rules weaken efforts to end homelessness.
@PeteButtigieg
will enact and enforce equal access rules so homeless LGBTQ+ Americans can access permanent supportive housing & other services. He has a plan to do it:
The truth is cities & states can't solve homelessness or the housing affordability crisis w/ an Administration that isn't just AWOL, it's hostile.
@PeteButtigieg
's plan to go all in w/ big investment & bold policies as President is the partnership we need.
Iowa City Mayor Bruce Teague — former Booker backer and owner of the best pants I’ve seen on a campaign stage in weeks - announces he is endorsing Buttigieg at his rally in Coralville.
He's coming!
@PeteButtigieg
comes to town next weekend for a grassroots picnic.
Yep, right here in River City.
Love him? Come cheer him on!
Want to know more? Check him out in person!
Just love picnics & America? See you there!
Big news for grad week...
Every West Sac graduating WUSD senior is getting a college acceptance letter+scholarship offer. Every single one.
1st city in USA to do this, thx to partners
@SacCityCollege
&
@WUSDK12
. West Sacramento = great place to grow up!
Welcome to West Sacramento & the 3rd Senate District,
@Athletics
.
The
@RiverCats
ballpark was my 1st major project as a young, brand-new mayor. We broke ground at the end 1999 and finished it in less than 19 months (yes, government can get results on time). It catalyzed the