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Pete Buttigieg mentored

During his Council elections and his first run as a mayoral candidate, Wojahn knew he had no choice but to run as an openly gay man because of his media prominence with the marriage equality lawsuit.

But being elected as an out gay mayor landed him a fortuitous mentor.

“I actually met Mayor Pete Buttigieg shortly after I was elected mayor in 2015,” Wojahn said. “I went to the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ Winter Meeting in D.C. in January and he was assigned to be my buddy.”

The two continued to talk over the phone and Buttigieg explained the conference to him and what would take place at the meeting. Later, they would both attend a White House reception during the Obama administration where Dave and Chasten (Buttigieg) would meet as well.

Buttigieg continued to mentor Wojahn, advising him on how to get the most out of his participation in the conference.

“I now serve in a leadership role as vice chair of city livability and bicycling in part due to his mentorship.”

They also talked about the challenges of being an openly gay mayor with Buttigieg sharing with his mentee the story of his coming out while serving in office.

“We talked about balancing competing interests,” Wojahn said, which for him became an issue when he proposed flying the Pride flag from City Hall during Pride month a few years ago.

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