Pete Buttigieg was targeted by his Democratic rivals in New Hampshire, and they hit him where he's weakest

Elise Amendola / Associated Press

• Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Bernie Sanders emerged strongest from Iowa, but it was Pete who bore the brunt of his Democratic rivals' attacks.
• Buttigieg struggled with an answer to a question about South Bend's record of racial disparities in drug-related arrests during his eight years as mayor. 
• His rivals didn't let up, and there's a key strategic reason for that: Buttigieg is supremely weak among African-Americans. 
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Sen. Bernie Sanders and South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg left Iowa with a delegate lead and a target on their backs. Though Sanders has spent the better part of this primary with a significant number of rivals coming after his record, Buttigieg has only recently been feeling the heat.

In the New Hampshire debate, a key moment emerged when the mayor was pressed on his record in South Bend by moderator Linsey Davis, who asked the mayor, bluntly, about South Bend's record of racial disparities in drug-related arrests during his eight years in office. 

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