South Bend mayor and White House hopeful Pete Buttigieg has met the 65,000 individual donor threshold put in place by the Democratic National Committee, landing him a spot in the party’s first debate for the presidential nomination.

Buttigieg, 37, is vying to be the first openly gay presidential nominee of a major political party. The Navy veteran, who served in Afghanistan in the early parts of the 2010s as a Navy intelligence officer, announced his run in January.

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