Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg says he’s not sure if he’ll run for workplace once more.
Buttigieg and his husband have moved from Indiana to Michigan, so he was requested throughout Axios’ What’s Subsequent Summit in Washington, DC on Tuesday if he plans to run for Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s seat when her time period ends.
“I don’t know if I’ll run for office again or not, but I do really care about the future of the state that I’ve married into and adopted and I think Governor Whitmer is doing a fantastic job,” Buttigieg mentioned, based on a report from The Hill.
Buttigieg and his husband moved to Michigan in 2022 after they adopted youngsters in order that they could possibly be near their grandparents.
“We moved to Michigan because it’s the right thing to do for our family,” Buttigieg mentioned. “Anybody who’s ever had toddlers knows how important it is to or how helpful it can be to have toddlers next to grandparents if that’s an option. And that’s what we’ve achieved by moving to Michigan. So I don’t mean to dodge, it’s just that this job takes about 110 percent of my intellect and attention.”
Whitmer is hitting her time period restrict after being elected in 2019 and reelected in 2022.
Buttigieg ran for president within the 2020 Democratic Social gathering presidential main however ended up dropping out and endorsing Biden the following day.
