Mayor's race: Byron Brown says election returns show 'one of the greatest comebacks in our history'
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Mayor Byron Brown along with his wife, Michelle, speaks to supporters after declaring victory over India Walton for mayor of Buffalo, on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021.
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Campaign "Director of Fun" Seamus Gallivan arrives at Main Events Banquet Hall with a cardboard cutout of mayoral candidate India Walton, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021. (Derek Gee / Buffalo News)
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Mayor Byron Brown and Democratic mayoral nominee India Walton.
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India Walton campaigns outside the polling site at the Gloria J. Parks Community Center on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. She greets Jane Jacobson, who is going in to vote.
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Pat Fitzgerald hands a Byron Brown stamp to Sue Camizzi before she votes at the Tosh Collins Community Center in South Buffalo Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021.
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Bill Witnauer, a Byron Brown volunteer, puts out campaign items before voting begins at the Gloria J. Parks Community Center in Buffalo, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021.
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Lora Hartman and her daughter Cate Hartman fill out their ballots at the Tosh Collins Community Center in South Buffalo Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021.
Mayoral candidate India Walton speaks to the media in the press room outside her election night party at Main Events Banquet Hall as ballots are tallied in her contest against incumbent Byron Brown who waged a write-in campaign for reelection, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021. (Derek Gee / Buffalo News)
Mayor Byron Brown speaks to developer Doug Jemal prior to the polls closing at his headquarters after defeating India Walton on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021. (Harry Scull Jr./Buffalo News)
Mayor Byron Brown talks with Joy Harrison, 10, at the Buffalo Renaissance Foundation Community Center on East Ferry Street during a community Halloween party on Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021.
Election Day campaigning: Maureen Milligan holds signs for India Walton outside the Gloria J. Parks Community Center on Main Street in Buffalo, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021.
Mayor Byron Brown along with his wife, Michelle, speaks to supporters after declaring victory over India Walton for mayor of Buffalo, on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021.
Mayoral candidate India Walton speaks to the media in the press room outside her election night party at Main Events Banquet Hall as ballots are tallied in her contest against incumbent Byron Brown who waged a write-in campaign for reelection, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021. (Derek Gee / Buffalo News)
Campaign "Director of Fun" Seamus Gallivan arrives at Main Events Banquet Hall with a cardboard cutout of mayoral candidate India Walton, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021. (Derek Gee / Buffalo News)
Mayor Byron Brown speaks to developer Doug Jemal prior to the polls closing at his headquarters after defeating India Walton on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021. (Harry Scull Jr./Buffalo News)
India Walton campaigns outside the polling site at the Gloria J. Parks Community Center on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. She greets Jane Jacobson, who is going in to vote.
Bill Witnauer, a Byron Brown volunteer, puts out campaign items before voting begins at the Gloria J. Parks Community Center in Buffalo, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021.
Election Day campaigning: Maureen Milligan holds signs for India Walton outside the Gloria J. Parks Community Center on Main Street in Buffalo, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021.
Mayor Byron Brown talks with Joy Harrison, 10, at the Buffalo Renaissance Foundation Community Center on East Ferry Street during a community Halloween party on Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021.