Advertisement NH Primary Source: Buttigieg will file for 2020 first-in-the-nation primary on day one, Oct. 30 South Bend mayor to head to Secretary of State Gardner’s office, then meet with supporters; Oct. 24-25 visit also planned

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DAY ONE. It remains to be seen if Mayor Pete Buttigieg will be the first candidate to file for the 2020 first-in-the-nation New Hampshire primary. But he’s now the first to announce when he will file.>> Download the FREE WMUR appAnd that will be on the morning of the first filing day – 11:30 am. on Oct. 30. The Buttigieg campaign shared its candidate’s plans first with WMUR.Following the filing, Buttigieg will meet with supporters outside of the State House.Buttigieg will step into Secretary of State Bill Gardner’s office and fill out the necessary declaration as scores of media representatives – and probably hundreds of supporters – pack into the room and adjacent hallway to catch a glimpse of history in the making. Next year is the 100th anniversary of New Hampshire holding the nation’s first primary. Will Buttigieg be the first candidate, or the first major candidate, to file? That’s impossible to say. The filing officially opens at 8:30 a.m. that day. The filing period will continue weekdays through Nov. 15, except Veterans Day, Nov. 11, when the office will be closed.First, though, Buttigieg will return to the state on Thursday and Friday, Oct. 24 and 25, for several stops. (Updated Oct. 21:) Buttigieg will hold a discussion with members of the Campaign for a Family Friendly Economy on Oct. 24 at 10:30 a.m. at the Nashua Adult Learning Center, 4 Lake St., Nashua.He will hold a town hall event with the State Employees Association/SEIU 1984 on Oct. 24 at 5:15 p.m. at the New Hampshire Institute of Technology in Concord.At 7 p.m, Buttigieg hold a town hall event at Bow High School.On Oct. 25 at 10:30 a.m., Buttigieg will participate in a discussion about "Women's Economic Empowerment" at Colby-Sawyer College's Wheeler Hall, New London. He will be joined at the event by U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster.At 3 p.m., Buttigieg will hold a town hall at the University of New Hampshire in Durham. The location will be the “Fishbowl,” also known as the lawn of Scott Hall.And as we reported on Twitter, at 5:30 p.m., Buttigieg will be among four candidates who speak at the Manchester Democratic City Committee’s Countdown to Victory Dinner at the Puritan Conference Center. The “countdown” is a reference to the upcoming city municipal elections.The Buttigieg campaign said the candidate will also be in the state on Oct. 31. Details have yet to be announced.The two visits will be Buttigieg’s 11th and 12th to New Hampshire.The campaign said it has now opened 13 offices in all 10 counties and has a staff of 64 people.