A little-known mayor in Florida plans to launch a presidential exploratory committee
Wayne Messam, the mayor of Miramar, Florida, told CNN he will launch his committee, making him one of the longest of longshots in the 2020 race. Messam, a 44-year-old African American Democrat who has led a town of 140,000 people since 2015, is little known outside of South Florida, has a small political operation and enters a field of more than a dozen Democratic candidates, many of whom have far larger profiles and fundraising bases.
"If the mayor of South Bend is taken seriously, we think the mayor of Miramar should be as well," an adviser said about Messam's chances.Unlike Messam, though, Buttigieg has been considering a presidential bid for months and has a campaign staff of roughly 20 in place. The South Bend mayor also enjoys a far larger national profile, in part because he ran for chair of the Democratic National Committee in 2017.
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