Pete Buttigieg declares victory in the Iowa caucuses with zero percent of the vote in

Date: Feb 04 2020

  • Former South Bend, Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg raised eyebrows late Monday when he declared himself victorious in the Iowa caucuses despite the fact that zero percent of the vote had been reported.
  • “Tonight, an improbable hope became an undeniable reality,” Buttigieg told a cheering crowd in Iowa. “So we don’t know all the results, but we know by the time it’s all said and done — Iowa, you have shocked the nation. Because by all indications, we are going on to New Hampshire victorious.”
  • “Tonight, Iowa chose a new path,” said one tweet from Buttigieg’s official Twitter account. Another congratulated Iowans for having “proved those skeptics wrong.”
  • The Iowa caucuses hit a snag Monday evening after technical difficulties in the reporting process that resulted in widespread chaos and delays. Official results are not expected to come in until Tuesday morning at the earliest.

Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, took to the podium late Monday night to declare himself the winner of the Iowa caucuses, despite the fact that zero percent of the vote had been reported.