The presidential campaign may be starting to heat up in Vermont, even though the Green Mountain State’s Democratic primary is still seven months away. The husband of one of the Democratic candidates made a brief visit to Burlington Friday night.

Chasten Buttigieg is the husband of South Bend, Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg. The Vermont Democratic Party invited Chasten to speak in the Queen City.

Chasten married Mayor Pete in June of last year. He’s a teacher, and he’s garnering a significant following on social media during his husband’s campaign to become America’s first openly gay president.

In exchange for a small donation to the Vermont Democratic Party, several dozen people got to socialize with Chasten at Burlington’s Main Street Landing. They also submitted written questions for him to answer in a group setting.

“I’m impressed that someone who is so young is out here representing; I thought this would be really unique,” South Burlington resident Sara Solnick said. “I’m a professor of economics at the University of Vermont, so I’m curious about some of Pete’s economic positions. I’m not sure whether Chasten is prepared to answer them, but those are my questions.”

The Vermont Democratic Party told us in advance that this event would be open to the media. However, once Chasten Buttigieg arrived, the New Hampshire co-chair for the Buttigieg campaign told us it was closed to the media, so we were unable to bring you any of Chasten’s remarks.