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Buffalo (NY) Mayor race: “Write-In” leads incumbent Democrat 65-35

Posted on 11/2/21 at 8:54 pm
Posted by Ag Zwin
Member since Mar 2016
24909 posts
Posted on 11/2/21 at 8:54 pm
No Republican candidate.

She (a Socialist) must have REALLY screwed the pooch between the primary and general.

How the hell did she get the nomination?
Posted by teke184
Zachary, LA
Member since Jan 2007
103104 posts
Posted on 11/2/21 at 8:55 pm to
Probably a party machine where someone with the right pull gets the nomination regardless as to how many votes they could get.

Which honestly sounds fairly familiar from the Dems.
Posted by boosiebadazz
Member since Feb 2008
84332 posts
Posted on 11/2/21 at 8:56 pm to
The pendulum is swinging back as it always does.
Posted by FightinTigersDammit
Louisiana North
Member since Mar 2006
45938 posts
Posted on 11/2/21 at 8:57 pm to
Isn't she the one whose husband got arrested for some drug shenanigans?
Posted by teke184
Zachary, LA
Member since Jan 2007
103104 posts
Posted on 11/2/21 at 9:00 pm to
NY Post article on primary win

Don’t know what else turned up about her but apparently the AOC idiots organized for her while the multi-term incumbent ran a quiet race and refused to debate her.
Posted by LSUDVM1999
North Carolina
Member since Aug 2010
2388 posts
Posted on 11/2/21 at 9:01 pm to
quote:

Isn't she the one whose husband got arrested for some drug shenanigans?


That was Lovely Warren in Rochester. She was running for reelection until the bottom dropped out with her estranged husband's drug charges as well as charges of child endangerment.
Posted by Rohan Gravy
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2017
20354 posts
Posted on 11/2/21 at 9:06 pm to
quote:

The pendulum is swinging back as it always does.




Yes

But the problem is wear does the pendulum start next time
Posted by UBBullsFan
Member since Mar 2019
10 posts
Posted on 11/2/21 at 9:10 pm to
So here is the gist of it- Byron Brown has been the incumbent since 2005. For years no one even bothered running against him because it was a forgone conclusion that he was going to win.

Primary happens in early 2020, less than 20,000 people bothered to vote. Walton wins a surprise victory with 51% of the votes. Buffalo essentially woke up to the fact that there was a strong possibility that they may have a self avowed socialist as mayor, and now Republicans, Independents, and Democrats are teaming together to write in Byron Brown.
This post was edited on 11/2/21 at 9:13 pm
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
Premium Member
Member since Jan 2005
78858 posts
Posted on 11/2/21 at 9:12 pm to
I think the socialist won the primary so the Dims ran a sore loser write in campaign and ballot harvested. They apparently had ink stamps for the operation.
Posted by LSUGrrrl
Frisco, TX
Member since Jul 2007
44688 posts
Posted on 11/2/21 at 9:12 pm to
Thanks for posting this. I forgot to check back on it. He lost the primary to her and she’s running unopposed now. His whole campaign was a write in campaign and I hoped it would do well. He’s a Dem but not as far left with the progressive agenda. He’s the only barometer there of how happy/unhappy the electorate is there with the progressive agenda.
Posted by FightinTigersDammit
Louisiana North
Member since Mar 2006
45938 posts
Posted on 11/2/21 at 9:13 pm to
Ok. Got my NY cities confused.
Posted by stout
Porte du Lafitte
Member since Sep 2006
179081 posts
Posted on 11/2/21 at 9:13 pm to
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The race for mayor in Buffalo between India B. Walton, a democratic socialist, and the incumbent, Mayor Byron W. Brown, a Democrat, has become the most closely watched race in the state. Mr. Brown, a former state Democratic Party chairman, lost to Ms. Walton in the primary and is running as a write-in candidate. The Associated Press will tabulate all write-in votes together on election night.




Dude got primaried so he ran as a write-in and will win as an Independent
This post was edited on 11/2/21 at 9:14 pm
Posted by UBBullsFan
Member since Mar 2019
10 posts
Posted on 11/2/21 at 9:16 pm to
See thats the weird part, I wouldn't even say he was "primaried" in the sense there was never overwhelming support for her. People just sort of forgot that there was a primary going on and just didn't vote.
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