Pete Buttigieg endorses Josh Turek’s U.S. Senate campaign

By: Robin Opsahl

Outlets: Iowa Capital Dispatch

Published: May 13, 2026

Words: 834

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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Iowa Rep. Josh Turek gained another high-profile endorsement Wednesday as former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg backed his campaign to become the U.S. Senate Democratic nominee.

Buttigieg, who won in the 2020 Iowa Democratic caucuses during his presidential campaign, released a video supporting Turek’s run for Iowa’s U.S. Senate seat. In the video, Buttigieg said coming into the 2020 Democratic presidential race as the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, his campaign was …

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