DURHAM, New Hampshire — Pete Buttigieg sympathized with voters who are overwhelmed by news coverage of a Senate impeachment trial in the weeks leading up to the Democratic presidential primary in New Hampshire.

“If you are watching the news right now, if you’re watching what I’m watching right now, and feeling exhausted — I know I am. I live and breathe politics, and I feel exhausted,” the former South Bend, Indiana, mayor told a crowd of more than 500 people at a town hall event on Friday.