VIDEO: Buttigieg Surging in Iowa and New Hampshire Presidential Polls

VIDEO: Buttigieg Surging in Iowa and New Hampshire Presidential Polls

South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg is surging in Iowa and New Hampshire Presidential polls.

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The most recent polls show Buttigieg in third place in both early primary states. Buttigieg trails frontrunner Joe Biden by double digits, but it is a great showing for the 37-year-old. Buttigieg is in his eighth and final year as Mayor of South Bend, Indiana.

Pete was first elected mayor in 2011 at only 29 years old, and re-elected in 2015 with 80 percent of the vote.

"Under his leadership, South Bend has reimagined its role in the global economy with job growth and major investment in advanced industries, with a focus on data and technology. He served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy Reserve, and took an unpaid seven months leave during his mayoral term for a deployment to Afghanistan. For his counterterrorism work, he earned the Joint Service Commendation Medal," says his website.