Watch Pete Buttigieg's First Campaign Ad

The out presidential candidate highlights his positions on health care, climate change, and gun violence.

Neal Broverman

Neal Broverman is the Editorial Director, Print of Pride Media, publishers of The Advocate, Out, Out Traveler, and Plus, spending more than 20 years in journalism. He indulges his interest in transportation and urban planning with regular contributions to Los Angeles magazine, and his work has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times and USA Today. He lives in the City of Angels with his husband, children, and their chiweenie.

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Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg unveiled his first campaign ad, which debuted today in Iowa.

Titled "The Only Way," the 30-second clip begins with an image of the South Bend, Ind., mayor in military camouflage (he served in Afghanistan with the Navy Reserve). "As a veteran, and as a mayor, I've seen what we can achieve when we have each other's back," Buttigieg says. "But in today's divided America, we're at each other's throats."

The mayor then describes the issues facing the country, like climate change, rising health care costs, and the fact that "our kids are learning active shooter drills before they learn to read." Buttigieg says we need "real solutions, not more polarization."

Buttigieg's campaign is spending over $200,000 in the next week and a half on the spot, which will air on TV and online. The mayor's presidential campaign has also opened 20 new field offices in the state and hired an additional 30 staffers there, Politico reports. Iowa's Democratic caucus will take place February 3, 2020.