(South Bend, IN) - The former mayor of South Bend has dropped out of the race for president.

Pete Buttigieg said he set out to make a difference and shattered expectations

from a previously little known political figure from the Midwest.

The decision by Buttigieg, who did not seek a third term mayor, came after winning

 the democratic presidential caucus in Iowa and finishing a close second to Bernie Sanders in

New Hampshire.

Buttgieg did not fare nearly as well in South Carolina on Saturday and faced a grim outlook in the

upcoming Super Tuesday states.