Former U.S. Transportation Secretary and presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg announced his support for Brian Goldsmith’s state senate candidacy for California’s 24th District. Buttigieg appeared at a fundraiser for Goldsmith in Los Angeles on Nov. 5.
Buttigieg and Goldsmith’s friendship dates to their time at Harvard College in the early 2000s. Both were leaders at the Harvard Institute of Politics. Buttigieg went on to become a naval officer, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, a Democratic Party presidential candidate and the Secretary of Transportation under the Biden administration. Goldsmith, a Beverly Hills resident whose family has generational roots in the city, worked as a journalist, entrepreneur and political consultant before announcing his campaign for the district that spans Malibu, Beverly Hills and Rancho Palos Verdes.
