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Mayor Pete Buttigieg will be watching the caucuses at Drake University's Bell Center in Des Moines.11:15 p.m.Buttigieg addresses a crowd of supporters at Drake University's Bell Center. 9:39 p.m.Polk County Supervisor Matt McCoy explains why he is throwing his support behind Buttigieg. 9:10 p.m.Supporters arrive after caucusing and hope to celebrate a win with Buttigieg's watch party. 5 p.m. The Pete Buttigieg campaign sets up for the evening watch party. BackgroundThe former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, announced his run for presidency in January 2019. He has used his Midwestern roots to connect with Iowans and spoken about the diversity of his community in Indiana. He was a lieutenant in the Navy between 2009 and 2017. He married his partner Casten Glezman in 2018 and spoken openly about his sexuality. Along with health care and climate change, two of his top priorities, he has also focused on communities of color, specifically police brutality. One of his plans is The Douglass Plan, named after Frederick Douglass. The plan is to create "true, nation wide restorative justice." In the past week, Buttigieg has made headlines after the Des Moines Register/CNN/Mediacom Iowa Poll was canceled. According to a New York Times correspondent, the Buttigieg camp complained to the polling company after his name was left off a questionnaire. He responded by saying he's grateful the poll was canceled and applauded the Des Moines Register for making what he said was a tough decision. Buttigieg was polling at 21% according to the CBS News Battleground Poll with a margin of error of 3 percentage points. He has been endorsed by Iowa U.S. Rep. Dave Loebsack and Waterloo Mayor Quentin Hart.