April 29

Pete Buttigieg's campaign manager

returns donations from lobbyists

Pete Buttigieg (b. 1982, Democrat), the first openly gay candidate seeking nomination in a U.S. presidential election, has stated that his campaign will not accept money from federal lobbyists, corporate PACS or representatives of the fossil fuel industry. To that end, his campaign manager Mike Schmuhl (above) announced $30,250 in donations from 39 individuals has been returned.

Schmuhl went to high school with Buttigieg, ran his mayoral campaigns and served as his chief of staff in South Bend, Indiana. Schmuhl, also in his thirties, earned a masters degree at the Paris Institute of International Studies.

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Mikhail Alexandrovich Romanov

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