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Former vice president Joe Biden has ramped up his criticism of rival Pete Buttigieg after trailing far behind the former mayor in caucus results from Iowa. In an online ad, Biden mocked Buttigieg for his relative inexperience by comparing his own accomplishments as vice president with Buttigieg's tenure as mayor of South Bend, Indiana, a city of around 100,000 people. While Biden, 77, helped President Barack Obama pass legislation that gave health care to 20 million people, Buttigieg, 38, was installing decorative lights on bridges, the ad says. Buttigieg's campaign spokesman Chris Meagher said that Biden's "decision to run this ad speaks more to where he currently stands in this race than it does about Pete's perspective as a mayor and veteran." Buttigieg was also the target of attacks from his opponents at a debate of Democratic presidential candidates on Friday. He finished in a near tie with Senator Bernie Sanders, a 78-year-old social democrat, in the Iowa caucus results, which were released on Thursday after an embarrassing delay due to technical problems. The two candidates are leading polls in New Hampshire ahead of Tuesday's primary. Buttigieg, who represents the moderate wing of the Democratic party, has risen from relative obscurity to become the first openly gay candidate to contend for a major party's presidential nomination. Biden, long considered the front-runner, has been seeking to downplay a disappointing fourth-place finish in Iowa. Australian Associated Press

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