Mayor Byron W. Brown has launched a petition drive to try and gain an independent line on the Nov. 2 ballot by disputing the petition filing deadline set earlier this year by the State Legislature. Brown's campaign is arguing in favor of the previous deadline, which would expire on Tuesday, but it would not cite the legal justification for its interpretation.
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In addition to running a write-in campaign to try to win a fifth term, Mayor Byron W. Brown is now mounting a petition drive to get an independent ballot line, challenging state law that says the deadline for such an effort has passed. (News file photo)
The petition circulated by Byron Brown in an attempt to gain an independent line on the ballot in November's mayoral election.
The Buffalo Democratic mayoral nominee was arrested seven years ago after she was accused, according to a police report, of threatening to bre…
Brown submitted more than 3,700 signatures on petitions to the Board of Elections Tuesday to secure an independent ballot line – called “Buffa…
Early voting begins Oct. 23, and Election Day is Nov. 2. Buffalo voters will either write down Byron Brown's name and vote him in for an unpre…
Both Byron Brown and India Walton are frantically preparing behind the scenes for the post-Labor Day blitz.
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After India Walton upended the local political world by defeating Brown in last month's primary election, Buffalo's tiny band of Republicans m…
When Steven M. Casey appeared in a federal courtroom Thursday to answer wire fraud charges against his political consulting company, he may ha…
A city manager would be selected by the nine-member Council in conjunction with the community to "carry out the will of the Council members," …
At a small rally Wednesday for Democratic mayoral candidate India Walton, supporters said she was unfairly maligned in a Buffalo News report.
As people wonder what a democratic socialist might bring to Buffalo, a living, breathing example already exists in New York: the state Legislature.
The Brown campaign has received a total of 18 donations for $5,000 each, but none of them after June 22.
In a recently closed campaign reporting period, Walton, a political newcomer and democratic socialist, raised an average of $6,000 per day in …
The Working Families Party, which was heavily involved in the Walton campaign before her June 22 primary win and which has an especially stron…
Proof of Walton's appeal among urban professionals can be seen in a close look at the election results.
India B. Walton and Byron W. Brown barely acknowledged each other from opposite ends of a stage as they urged permanent status for a new $300 …
Walton was joined by New York City Public Advocate Jumaane D. Williams on Wednesday to emphasize mental health counseling and combating root c…
Supporters are gearing up to provide whatever help – money, phone and text calls to Buffalo residents and knocking on voters’ doors across the…
Watch for the matchup between India Walton and Mayor Byron Brown to consume the region, Bob McCarthy says.
"I think in many ways this is a blessing in disguise," Brown said of his first defeat at the polls in 28 years, "because it is energizing the …
"I'm prepared to take on the challenges that the majority of Buffalonians are facing, and I'm not going to back down, I'm not going to cower a…
