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Before Pete Buttigieg became a national political brand, he was simply ‘Mayor Pete’ to his community in South Bend, Indiana. As a former candidate for President - now serving as Secretary of Transportation under President Joe Biden - I had the opportunity to spend a day with he and his (now) husband, Chasten, for a behind-the-scenes look at the political star in the making.