Mayor Byron W. Brown said he is humbled and honored by the "tremendous outpouring of support" from Buffalo voters, who have given him an unprecedented fifth term as mayor.
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Byron Brown claims victory in historic write-in campaign
Byron Brown claims victory in the mayor's race at the Erie County Board of Elections on Friday, Nov. 19, 2021.
As 2021 draws to a close, one thing is indisputable: There were stories in Western New York that will live on in our memories for a long time.
The task of counting more than 34,000 write-in votes cast in the Nov. 2 general election began Wednesday in a process expected to last several days.
Demands that Mayor Byron W. Brown resign from the Democratic National Committee are growing, especially from a left-leaning group that this we…
"Scanlon looms as a big part of Brown’s victory," writes Robert J. McCarthy.
“The fact that his own neighbors voted for India should serve as a wake-up call to the mayor,” said Jesse Myerson, India Walton’s campaign spokesman.
While unsuccessful, Walton said, her campaign had accomplished "ending the era of complacent Buffalo politicians."
"On Election Day and these two days after, we haven’t heard of any other instance in which an irregularity like this occurred,” Republican Ele…
Election results left Republicans and conservatives cheering, but also made clear that a battle very much rages within the Democratic Party – …
"Byron Brown’s apparent victory when the write-in votes are tallied is a dramatic affirmation of the status quo," writes Rod Watson.
The city's most conservative areas – South Buffalo, Lovejoy and the North District – voted overwhelmingly to make Byron Brown the city's first…
In the aftermath of Brown's apparent write-in victory, questions surround whether Buffalo was ever ready to follow the progressive path India …
In a statement posted on Twitter that did not include the word "concede," the winner of the June Democratic primary said Mayor Byron W. Brown'…
Real estate developers like Douglas Jemal and Carl P. Paladino clung to the Brown campaign, pouring money into his effort in hopes that they c…
The South District, where many city employees live, saw 84% of voters write in a candidate's name.
Election officials will not begin examining the actual write-in votes until Nov. 16 when all absentee and military ballots are returned to the…
India Walton received just over half of the votes cast in the Niagara, Ellicott and Masten districts in Buffalo's mayoral race.
