If you haven’t heard of Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and rising star for the Democratic party, it’s well worth your while to dig into his history. He's a veteran of Afghanistan. He’s a Rhodes Scholar. He’s 37 years old. And make no mistake: He doesn’t think he’s too young to run for president.

The mayor gained national attention on Sunday evening when he participated in a televised town hall panel, alongside Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard and former Maryland Rep. John Delaney, where the three longshot hopefuls chatted with CNN’s Jake Tapper about their big ideas. Buttigieg did so well, he received $600,000 in donations in just 24 hours. Impressed? You should be.

So let’s talk about his background and some of his more unique ideas for the party, and the country. Oh, and avocado toast.

1. He supports a guaranteed income.

Buttigieg is a huge advocate for the concept of a guaranteed income for all Americans. In the town hall, he didn’t etch out an entire plan of how this would shake out, but he did make a point to describe the necessity of such an income. For example, labor that often goes unpaid, such as caring for an elderly or ill relative, would be lessened with such an income, giving caretakers (especially women) more economic mobility.

2. He wants to restructure the Supreme Court.

This is a fairly radical idea, but he’s not the first person to float it. "What we need to do is stop every [Supreme Court] vacancy from being this apocalyptic ideological battle," Buttigieg said during the televised town hall. He wants to expand the Supreme Court from its current number of seats (nine) to 15. Interestingly, President Roosevelt also raised this idea, though he was shot down because critics accused him of trying to “pack” the courts.