Once again, Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg emerged as the big winners from an early presidential primary – this time – in the Vermont senator’s backyard.

The South Bend, Indiana mayor cut a close race coming in second behind Sanders. In front of a raucous crowd at his Nashua headquarters, Buttigieg told 1,200 supporters that his campaign is in the race for the long run.

“Thanks to you, a campaign that some said shouldn’t be here at all has shown that we are here to stay,” Buttigieg said.