Mayor Pete is about to become ex-Mayor Pete, and that might give him and other candidates whose only current gig is running for president an advantage on the campaign trail
Soon-to-be-ex-Mayor Pete will be footloose and fancy-free after January 1. Photo: Alex Edelman/AFP via Getty Images The increasingly strong possibility that the Senate will be holding an impeachment trial of Donald J. Trump at the same time the 2020 Democratic presidential nominating contest enters its voting phase is a big deal for certain candidates, as I noted last week:
[F]or six particular Democratic presidential candidates and their campaigns , the possibility of a Senate impeachment trial occurring during the early stages of the caucus/primary season represents a potential calamity.
While an impeachment trial might well represent a disadvantage for senators running for president , it could give others an advantage on the campaign trail — particularly those whose only current gig is running for president. That would include among the currently visible candidates Joe Biden, Julián Castro, Tom Steyer, Marianne Williamson, and Andrew Yang. Some of them, of course, may not be in the race when voters head to the polls.
Another candidate who is likely to stick around will soon join their ranks. It didn’t get much attention, but Pete Buttigieg did not run for a third term as mayor of South Bend . So technically speaking, Mayor Pete is about to become ex-Mayor Pete. And he will be able not only to focus obsessively on early-state campaigning when the new year is rung in, but can also more or less wash his hands of troublesome events in South Bend .
There are other candidates holding elected offices that do not require attending an impeachment trial, including House members John Delaney and Tulsi Gabbard and Governor Steve Bullock. But you have to figure Biden and Buttigieg are the most likely beneficiaries of the mandatory distraction of their senatorial rivals. And in close early-state races, that could matter a lot.
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