{"id":571596,"date":"2021-06-23T12:21:09","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T16:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=571596"},"modified":"2021-06-23T12:21:11","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T16:21:11","slug":"a-socialist-is-on-track-to-be-buffalos-next-mayor-after-defeating-democratic-incumbent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-socialist-is-on-track-to-be-buffalos-next-mayor-after-defeating-democratic-incumbent\/","title":{"rendered":"A Socialist Is On Track To Be Buffalo\u2019s Next Mayor After Defeating Democratic Incumbent"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fa-socialist-is-on-track-to-be-buffalos-next-mayor-after-defeating-democratic-incumbent%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=571596&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-23-at-11.35.14-AM-copy-e1624462569702.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>India Walton, a political newcomer and socialist community activist, stunned Buffalo\u2019s four-term incumbent mayor in the city\u2019s Democratic primary Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Walton, who ran with the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DemSocialists\/status\/1407722915651596292\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">support<\/a> of the Democratic Socialists of America, was leading Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown by seven points with all in-person ballots counted when the Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/buffalo-health-care-reform-government-and-politics-72e99937b2b11267c667b2b3d017606f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">called the race<\/a> Tuesday. With her primary victory, Walton is set to be the first socialist mayor in the U.S. in decades and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buffalony.gov\/670\/History-of-Mayors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">first female mayor<\/a> in Buffalo\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the work of a well-meaning group of rebels and revolutionaries that had a bold vision on what we want the future of our city to look like,\u201d Walton <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=F8Y-FgPsjb8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told her supporters<\/a> Tuesday night. \u201cAll that we are doing in this moment is claiming what is rightfully ours. We are the workers. We do the work. And we deserve a government that works with and for us.\u201d\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/22\/eric-adams-kathryn-garcia-mayor-new-york-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Adams Holds Early Lead As Yang Concedes In NYC\u2019s Mayoral Primary)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"8.5992063492063\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cThis victory is ours.<\/p>\n<p>It is the first of many.<\/p>\n<p>If you are in an elected office right now, you are being put on notice.<\/p>\n<p>We are coming.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Indiawaltonbflo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Indiawaltonbflo<\/a> declares victory <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z1cBjhGWau\">pic.twitter.com\/Z1cBjhGWau<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 People for Bernie (@People4Bernie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/People4Bernie\/status\/1407538846800093186?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 23, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Walton celebrated her victory in an <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobertKirkhamBN\/status\/1407534364771115009\">emotional phone call<\/a> with her mom recorded by the Buffalo News, yelling, \u201cMommy, I won. Mommy, I\u2019m the mayor of Buffalo \u2014 Well, not until January, but, yeah.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"6.8684210526316\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Video <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheBuffaloNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheBuffaloNews<\/a><\/p>\n<p>India Walton leaves Poize Nightclub on Niagara Street to call her mom telling her she won mayoral democratic primary in Buffalo <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tVNsy2mDe2\">pic.twitter.com\/tVNsy2mDe2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Robert Kirkham (@RobertKirkhamBN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobertKirkhamBN\/status\/1407534364771115009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 23, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Brown, the former head of New York\u2019s Democratic Party, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zuRVeoL87Zc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">refused to concede<\/a> Tuesday: \u201cWe\u2019re going to make sure every single vote is counted,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Walton <a href=\"https:\/\/indiawalton.com\/issues\/\">campaigned<\/a> on a progressive platform that called for declaring Buffalo a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/buzz\/sanctuary-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sanctuary city<\/a>, limiting the scope of incidents that require a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/06\/05\/buffalo-police-officers-suspended-protestor-hospital\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">police response<\/a> and vastly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushbuffalo.org\/buffalo-tenants-bill-of-rights\/\">strengthening<\/a> tenants\u2019 rights.<\/p>\n<p>Brown <a href=\"https:\/\/buffalonews.com\/opinion\/columnists\/analysis-the-mayoral-debate-that-wont-be\/article_4a92c262-c48d-11eb-9c90-cb22141204ab.html\">declined<\/a> to debate Walton in the weeks before the election.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India Walton, a political newcomer and socialist community activist, stunned Buffalo\u2019s four-term incumbent mayor in the city\u2019s Democratic primary Tuesday.Walton, who ran with the support of the Democratic Socialists of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2281090,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-23-at-11.35.14-AM-copy-e1624462569702.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"A Socialist Is On Track To Be Buffalo\u2019s Next Mayor After Defeating Democratic Incumbent","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-571596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-23-at-11.35.14-AM-copy-e1624462569702.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"A Socialist Is On Track To Be Buffalo\u2019s Next Mayor After Defeating Democratic Incumbent","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=571596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2281090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=571596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=571596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=571596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}