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BUTTIGIEG: AL DRAGO/BLOOMBERG; SANDERS: JOE RAEDLE/GETTY IMAGES; APP: DANIEL ACKER/BLOOMBERG

rivalSandersinupcomingcontests?Perhaps.In

theweeksleadinguptoMondaynight’sfirst-in-the-

nationDemocraticcontest,Sandershadseemedto

bepullingawayfromthefield.Buttigiegappeared

tobesinking,especiallyafterWarrenbrandedhim

a privilegedenableroftechandfinancetitanswho

showeredhimwithmoneyina lavish“winecave”

fundraiser.Yetthe38-year-oldformermayorof

SouthBend,Ind.,reliedonhismoderateappeal

anddedicatedturnoutoperationtooverperform

inruralandsuburbanareasacrossthestate.

Bettingthatfortunefavorsthebold,Buttigieg

alsoreliedonmoxie, marchingoutamidthe

caucus-nightchaostodeclarea victorythatwasfar

fromcertain,infuriatingtheSanderscampaignand

othertopfinishers.“Wedon’tknowalltheresults,”

hedeclaredtothecrowd,auto-tuninghisrhetoric

tomatchthesoaringcadenceofformerPresident

BarackObama.“Butweknow,bythetimeit’sall

saidanddone,Iowa,youhaveshockedthenation—

becausebyallindications,wearegoingontoNew

Hampshirevictorious!”

Sanders

Buttigieg

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