India Walton, a nurse and progressive activist, upset four-term incumbent mayor Byron Brown in Tuesday’s Democratic primary in Buffalo, N.Y., in a bid to become the first socialist mayor of a major American city since 1960.
Buffalo appears to have elected a socialist mayor in big upset over 4-term incumbent
India Walton, a socialist community activist, has defeated the four-term mayor of Buffalo in a Democratic primary, putting her on track to become the first woman to lead New York's second-largest city. The 38-year-old nurse and union leader captured a major political prize for the party's left wing with her victory over Mayor Byron Brown. As her apparent upset win sunk in, Walton paced on a darkened Buffalo street, putting her hand to her forehead and bowing in disbelief in a moment captured on camera.
India Walton, a nurse and progressive activist, upset four-term incumbent Byron Brown in Tuesday’s Democratic primary in Buffalo, N.Y., in a bid to become the first socialist mayor of a major American city since 1960.
Assuming India Walton is elected, Buffalo would become the largest American city to have a socialist mayor since Milwaukee in 1960.
Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily BeastWith all the ballots cast and primary election day over, New Yorkers won’t know for certain who their next mayor will be for at least a week, when absentee ballots are finally collected and opened—and when the city’s new ranked choice system comes into play as votes are counted and recounted, candidates at the bottom are eliminated, and their supporters’ votes then move to their next pick.What looks possible, if not likely, is that New York City'
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Self-identified socialist India Walton has defeated four-term Democratic incumbent Byron Brown in Buffalo's mayoral primary, AP projected on Wednesday. Why it matters: Walton's win is likely to precede a general election victory in a heavily Democratic city that hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1965. She would be Buffalo's first female and first Black female mayor, and the first socialist mayor of a major American city since 1960, per the New York Times. Stay on top of the latest market t
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