Democratic Presidential Contender Pete Buttigieg Visiting Portland Next Week

Buttigieg is coming to ask Portland for money.

Mayor Pete Buttigieg. (Gage Skidmore)
By Rachel Monahan

South Bend, Ind. Mayor Pete Buttigieg is the latest Democratic presidential candidate planning a Portland visit.

Buttigieg, one of the first openly gay presidential candidates, is coming for a July 23 fundraiser, hosted by a prominent Portland LGBTQ leader and developer.

Real-estate developer and longtime Portland police reserves commander Robert Ball will be host the event at his home with his partner Grant Jones.

Other sponsors of the fundraiser include former Multnomah County Commissioner Jules Bailey, developer Brian Wannamaker, political consultant Paige Richardson, and freelance writer and former WW columnist Byron Beck.

Tickets start at $250 and go up to $2,800.

Buttigieg becomes the third Democratic presidential candidate to visit Portland this summer—and the most prominent. Andrew Yang and Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee visited earlier this month.

Last weekend, another major Portland donor to Democratic candidates, New Republic owner Win McCormack, apologized to Buttigieg for an essay the magazine briefly ran.

Here's the full invitation to the Buttigieg fundraiser:

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