Buttigieg in closing Iowa ad: ‘It’s time to turn the page’

Former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg on Monday released his closing ad ahead of the Democratic caucuses in Iowa next week.

The 30-second ad entitled “It’s Time” will run across Iowa through caucus night, according to a release from the campaign. 

Buttigieg’s final ad in the Hawkeye State addresses “corporate greed,” climate change and stopping “endless wars with alliances.”

“It’s time to turn the page from a Washington experience paralyzed by the same old thinking, polarized by the same old fights, to a bold vision for the next generation,” Buttigieg says in the ad. 

“We need to break from the old politics and unify this nation,” he adds.

Polls have shown Buttigieg in the top tier of candidates in Iowa. A CBS News poll found the former mayor in third with 22 percent support, just behind Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and former Vice President Joe Biden, who have 26 percent and 25 percent of the vote, respectively.

But Biden, Sanders and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) have pulled away from Buttigieg and other candidates in the Super Tuesday states, making Iowa crucial to the former mayor.

The Iowa poll surveyed 2,500 registered voters between Jan. 16-23 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.9 percentage points. The Super Tuesday poll surveyed 8,593 Democrats and registered voters who lean Democratic in the same time period with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.6 percentage points.