“In a field of more than 20 candidates­—including six Senators, four Congressmen, two governors and a former Vice ­President—Buttigieg (pronounced Boot-edge-edge) has vaulted from near total obscurity toward the front of the Democratic pack, running ahead of or even with more established candidates and behind only Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders.” Time features Pete Buttigieg and his husband Chasten on the cover. Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s Unlikely, Untested, Unprecedented Presidential Campaign.