Pete Buttigieg releases details for this weekend’s town hall in Colorado
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg plans to hold a town-hall style campaign event at a hotel in Northeast Denver on Saturday night, just 10 days before ballots are due in Colorado’s Super Tuesday primary.
The former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, is one of eight major Democratic candidates on the ballot in Colorado’s presidential primary, and all but one of them have so far announced plans to campaign in the state this month.
Buttigieg’s town hall is scheduled for 9:30 p.m. Saturday at the Crowne Plaza Denver Airport Convention Center, 15500 E 40th Ave., in Denver. Doors open at 8:30 p.m., and those interested in attending can RSVP here. (The Buttigieg campaign previously announced plans to hold an event at an earlier time on the same night at an undisclosed location in Aurora.)
Buttigieg is the current delegate leader over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders after two contests, but by the time Buttigieg takes the stage in Denver, the results of Saturday’s Nevada caucus should also be known.
The Iowa caucuses ended in a photo finish between Buttigieg and Sanders – Sanders won the popular vote, but Buttigieg claimed a slightly larger share of delegates – and Sanders edged Buttigieg by a slim margin in the New Hampshire primary.
The next contest on the Democrats’ calendar is the Feb. 29 South Carolina primary.
Mail ballots started going out to Colorado voters last week for the state’s March 3 primary. It’s known as “Super Tuesday” because voters will be casting ballots that day in 14 states, including delegate-rich California and Texas.
For the first time, Colorado’s unaffiliated voters will be able to vote in either of the major parties’ presidential primaries.
Buttigieg filled a Denver concert venue in January for a small-dollar fundraiser. His husband, Chasten Buttigieg, attended campaign events in Denver last weekend.
As Colorado voters cast ballots in a presidential primary for the first time in two decades, the state has become a crossroads for presidential candidates.
Billionaire and former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg visited one of his campaign field offices in Denver at the beginning of February, Sanders rallied thousands of supporters in Denver last Sunday, and former Vice President Joe Biden held a private fundraiser in Denver on Monday.
Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard met with voters in Colorado Springs and Boulder earlier this week, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar held a town hall in Aurora Thursday night, and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren is scheduled to speak at a rally Sunday in Denver, at the same auditorium where Buttigieg appeared for a fundraiser in January.
Billionaire Tom Steyer is the only major Democratic candidate on Colorado’s primary ballot who hasn’t scheduled a campaign event in the state in February. He joined Secretary of State Jena Griswold for a nonpartisan discussion about election issues in Denver in late December.
President Donald Trump, who doesn’t face significant opposition on the Republican ballot, drew an estimated 20,000 people to one of his trademark rallies Thursday in Colorado Springs.


