With just a week and half until Election Day, both mayoral candidates ramped up their efforts on Saturday, the first day of early voting – with India Walton’s gathering feeling something like a rock concert and Byron Brown’s rallies more like the traditional backyard barbecue rally.
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Buffalo mayoral candidates India Walton (left) and Byron Brown both held rallies before the start of early voting on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021.
Brown supporters gather at a rally in Cazenovia Park.
Mayor Byron Brown talks with supporter Beth Lewis at Cazenovia Park.
Buffalo mayoral candidate India Walton has drawn the support of nationally known progressives, including U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who came to Buffalo on Saturday.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hugs India Walton during a rally at the Town Ballroom on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021.
The Board of Elections said 3,045 Democrats voted Saturday, along with 929 Republicans, 118 Conservatives and 24 members of the Working Famili…
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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…
India B. Walton knows what she wants to do as mayor, and she's spelled it out on her website, replete with short-term, near-term and long-term…
The result of the hotly contested fight between Democratic nominee India Walton and four-term incumbent Mayor Byron Brown may be in doubt for weeks.
Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Election Day. Find out what you need to know before heading out to cast your votes. Click here for…
"Scanlon looms as a big part of Brown’s victory," writes Robert J. McCarthy.
At 63, Brown seeks to accomplish what no other mayor has ever achieved in the city's 189-year history – a fifth four-year term.
"It's not about making India Walton mayor," the candidate said at a rally earlier this month. "This is about making Buffalo better: creating t…
The mayor and his supporters described the election in dire terms, with democratic socialist India B. Walton painted as a threat to Buffalo.
Hundreds gathered for a downtown rally featuring Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and former gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon.
The Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency has also sold property or awarded exclusive development rights to campaign contributors without public biddin…
With one of the nation's most watched local elections less than two weeks away, on the day before early voting was set to begin, the two peopl…
The debate is scheduled for 9:15 a.m. Wednesday at the Kenmore Avenue school, six days before Election Day.
Just over half of the $1.5 million Byron Brown raised in the first nine months of this year came from supporters inside the city. India Walton…
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks at a rally for Democratic mayoral candidate India Walton at the Town Ballroom on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks at a rally for Democratic mayoral candidate India Walton at the Town Ballroom on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021.
Mayor Byron W. Brown speaks to a crowd of supporters at a rally in Cazenovia Park on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021.
Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez visited Buffalo on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021, for a rally in support of mayoral candidate India Walton. Ocasio-Cort…
