Buttigieg says he's 'looking at' possible Senate run in battleground state
When asked if he's mulling a Senate run in 2026, Buttigieg said, 'I’ve been looking at it'
By Paul Steinhauser Fox News
Published March 5, 2025 11:46am EST
Pete Buttigieg said he's contemplating a run for the Senate next year in his adopted home state of Michigan.
"I’ve been looking at it," the former Department of Transportation secretary and former presidential candidate acknowledged in his latest interview, as he pointed to the emerging race to succeed Sen. Gary Peters. The two-term Democrat announced in January that he won't seek re-election in 2026.
"I’m going to continue to work on the things that I care about," Buttigieg elaborated as he appeared Tuesday night on CBS' "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert."
Buttigieg emphasized, "I have not decided what that means professionally, whether that means running for office soon or not. But I will make myself useful."
In a sign of just how seriously he is contemplating a Senate campaign in the pivotal Great Lakes battleground state, a source familiar confirmed to Fox News that Buttigieg met last week with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, the longtime leader of the chamber's Democrats.
The 43-year-old Buttigieg, a former naval intelligence officer who deployed to the war in Afghanistan and who served eight years as mayor of South Bend, Indiana, was a long-shot candidate when he launched his 2020 presidential campaign.
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