Buttigieg to end US presidential campaign

Washington : Pete Buttigieg, the former Mayor of South Bend, Indiana, has decided to end his campaign for the November presidential election, according to US media reports.

Buttigieg, a 38-year-old Democrat, is expected to inform his supporters of the decision, Xinhua news agency quoted an ABC News report as saying on Sunday.

Meanwhile, no other details were immediately available.

The former Mayor, who launched his presidential bid in April 2019, won the most delegates in the contentious February 3 Iowa Democratic caucuses, the first nominating contest of the 2020 US presidential primary.