Socialist Candidate India Walton is set to become Buffalo’s First Woman Mayor

After four terms and serving since 2005, Mayor Byron Brown, former state senator, was defeated Tuesday night in the primaries. The candidate to defeat the mayor is India Walton, the first woman and first socialist to lead New York’s second-largest city. Walton defeated Brown by 1,507 votes with all in-person votes counted, and only a few absentee ballots left. Walton is a nurse and community organizer who directed a Buffalo land trust. Going off the assumption that Walton will be elected officially, Buffalo would become the largest American city to have a socialist mayor since Milwaukee in 1960.

India Walton spoke to the Buffalo people on her early win, stating; “Tonight’s result proves that Buffalonians demand community-minded, people-focused government, and we’re ready to serve them. For too long, we’ve seen our city work for politicians, for developers, for the police union but not for ordinary working families. In our city, everyone will have a seat at the table.”

Source: Democrat and Chronicle