Gay Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg is surging in the polls.

South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg, who is exploring a Presidential candidacy speaks at the University of Chicago on February 13, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. (Image: JOSHUA LOTT/AFP/Getty)

Gay Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg has jumped to third place in polls in the key primary state of Iowa.

An Emerson poll released on Sunday (March 24) shows Buttigieg polling at 11 percent in the crucial state of Iowa, behind only former…