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Despite support from two nationally known progressives, the party’s far-left mayoral nominee in Buffalo, New York, was trailing early Wednesday – lagging behind the incumbent mayor she defeated in a primary earlier this year.
Progressive India Walton had the backing of both U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., but when the city’s voters went to the polls, most decided to stick with four-term Democratic Mayor Byron Brown, Election Night numbers suggested.
Brown ran as a write-in candidate after his primary defeat – and write-in ballots were pouring in at a heavy volume, the Buffalo News reported. The development had Brown claiming victory – even though final results may take days or weeks to tabulate.
“The people chose four more years of a Brown administration,” Brown told supporters at his campaign headquarters, according to the News. “The people chose one of the greatest comeback stories in our history.”
AOC-BACKED BUFFALO MAYORAL CANDIDATE TRAILS WRITE-IN RIVAL BY 17 POINTS: POLL
As he declared victory, Brown quickly received congratulations from Nick Langworthy, chairman of New York state’s Republican Party.
“Congratulations Mayor @byronbrown,” Langworthy wrote on Twitter. “Socialism has been defeated in Buffalo!”
Earlier Tuesday, Brown tweeted a photo that showed supporters exactly how they would have to write in a vote for him, in the lower right-hand corner of the ballot.
As of 10:35 p.m. ET Tuesday, Walton was not yet ready to concede defeat, the News reported.
“Every vote needs to be counted,” she said. “Right now it’s Walton against ‘Write-In,’ whoever that is. I think that who ‘Write-In’ is, remains to be seen.”
In late October, Ocasio-Cortez traveled to Buffalo to campaign for Walton, a 39-year-old nurse and political activist know for criticizing Brown’s handling of an incident in which city police officers shoved an elderly protester to the ground in June 2020.
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Source : foxnews
