Former New Hampshire Rep. Annie Kuster, who left Congress in January, said she speaks to Buttigieg semi-regularly and recently encouraged him to run for the Senate.

The former Secretary of Transportation was joined by Congresswoman Marie Gluesenkamp Perez and Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb to discuss the Democratic Party’s path forward in a conversation moderated by David Axelrod.

Former Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Tuesday attributed the election of President Donald Trump to the Democrats’ approach to promoting diversity.

Out transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg is considering whether to run for Michigan’s U.S. Senate seat or whether to take a second shot at running for President, the Associated Press (AP) reported.

"Making people sit through a training that looks like something out of Portlandia, which I have also experienced. And it is how Trump Republicans are made."

Pete Buttigieg is quietly contemplating his future from a small city in northern Michigan while talking to Democratic Party officials, labor leaders and top strategists TRAVERSE CITY, Mich.