Democrat Byron launched a write-in campaign after losing the primary to Walton in June.
Buffalo’s incumbent Mayor Byron Brown is poised for victory Wednesday in the city’s mayoral race, after Democratic socialist said “it seems unlikely that we will end up with enough votes to inaugurate a Walton administration in January.” Walton has not officially conceded the race. Brown, a Democrat, had launched a write-in campaign after to Walton in June. Brown, Buffalo’s first Black mayor, drew considerable support from Republicans, real estate developers and Buffalo’s police union in his write-in campaign. He called himself a “progressive moderate.” Although election officials said Tuesday that it could take some time to count all the write-in votes, Brown declared victory that night with what appeared to be a 10,000-vote lead, if all the write-in votes were for Brown, according to CBS Buffalo affiliate WIVB.
