Watch now: India Walton's Editorial Board interview
India Walton spoke to The News' Editorial Board on June 3, 2021. Listen to audio clips of her interview on various topics.
Watch now: India Walton introduces herself
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Watch now: India Walton on the Buffalo School Board
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Watch now: India Walton on the Fruit Belt Community Land Trust
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Watch now: India Walton on MLK splash pad and the people
Watch now: India Walton on the Northland Workforce Training Center
Watch now: India Walton on her personality
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"The business community and the development community can sustain anything that's out there, because that's what a businessman does," developer Douglas Jemal said.
Observers saw Walton's win as yet another signal that a dynamic candidate can knock off a complacent incumbent anytime, anywhere.
Following a push by Buffalo's business community to urge Mayor Byron W. Brown to wage a write-in campaign for November's general election, supporters of India B. Walton say they can play that game, too.
"It's simple. India Walton's base was energized, excited and aggressive," said former Mayor Anthony M. Masiello. "She got out her vote and unfortunately, the mayor's base did not come out."
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"This has just been an unprecedented campaign like Buffalo has never seen before. I'm extremely proud," India Walton said Wednesday.
The mayoral turnout was higher than the three other major party primaries on Tuesday, including both Erie County sheriff elections.
Erie County Democratic Chairman Jeremy J. Zellner says the party has pledged its "full support" to Walton.
India Walton, who won the Democratic Primary for Buffalo mayor, defeating incumbent Mayor Brown, talks about becoming the first woman to be el…
India Walton, who defeated incumbent Mayor Byron Brown in the Democratic Party primary election, talks about her campaign and her apparent victory.
Buffalo Mayor Byron W. Brown received fewer votes in his 2021 Democratic mayoral primary – which he appears to have lost to India Walton – than he did in any of his four prior Democratic mayoral primaries.Â
In short: Little campaigning, plus low turnout, equaled the stunning loss for the longtime incumbent.
What is democratic socialism? In essence, it's an effort to combine democracy with government control of major sectors of the economy, all in an effort to redistribute wealth and eradicate poverty.
It appears the only way four-term incumbent Democrat Byron W. Brown, over whom Walton has claimed victory, can compete in November is through a write-in campaign.
India Walton delivers victory speech at Poize nightclub in Buffalo, N.Y., on June 22, 2021.
India Walton calls her mother on the night of the elections to tell her she won the Democratic primary June 22, 2021.
"I want people in position who are going to do the best job that they possibly can where they are because they want to be there and want to create change for our people," Walton said.
Where does India B. Walton stand on the issues as she prepares to become Buffalo's next mayor?
The congresswoman from the Bronx who won election in 2018 and has since become synonymous with progressive politics in the United States congratulated Walton for her seeming victory in Tuesday's Democratic mayoral primary.
Walton shocked four-term incumbent Byron W. Brown in Tuesday's Democratic primary for mayor in what may rank as the most historic upset in the city's political history.
Primary elections today will decide who will be the Democratic, Republican or Conservative parties' nominees in races that range from Erie County sheriff and Buffalo mayor to Niagara County judge. Keep checking back for the latest election developments throughout the night.
