End The Electoral College? Pete Buttigieg Got There Before Elizabeth Warren

Abolishing the electoral college is the buzz of today's news thanks to Elizabeth Warren's CNN Town Hall appearance last night.

But Warren isn't the first Democratic presidential hopeful to call for the abolition of electoral college. That distinction belongs to South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg who called for its end during an appearance on CBS This Morning in January. Buttigieg said, We've got to repair our democracy. The Electoral College needs to go, because it’s made our society less and less democratic."

Unfortunately for Buttigieg, Warren has the higher profile and now she's being hailed as the champion of electoral reform. This is the most positive coverage Warren has received in her campaign.

Hopefully Buttigieg will have a chance to share a debate stage with Warren and reclaim the idea as his own. But this is far from certain.