Pete Buttigieg surged into third place while Joe Biden dropped 6 points in a Suffolk University/USA Today Iowa poll conducted after the October Democratic presidential primary debate.

The 37-year-old South Bend, Indiana mayor captured 13% support in the survey, up 7 points from a June Suffolk/USA Today poll, putting him in third place behind Biden’s 18% and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s 17%. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders came in fourth place with 9% support, unchanged since June.

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