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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg (BOO'-tuh-juhj) was the longest of long shots when he announced a presidential exploratory committee in January.
But now the underdog bid by the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, is gaining momentum, and Buttigieg can feel it.
Now he has to figure out how to turn the buzz into a full-fledged presidential campaign — one that people don't immediately write off or that doesn't flame out prematurely. Plenty of other candidates, from former Sen. John Edwards to physician Ben Carson, have seen their stars rise and then fall.
Hundreds of people attended Buttigieg's events last weekend in South Carolina, and the veteran and Rhodes scholar says he's raised money from enough people to qualify for this summer's Democratic debates.
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