{"id":962227,"date":"2021-11-03T12:13:49","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T16:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=962227"},"modified":"2021-11-03T12:13:56","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T16:13:56","slug":"democratic-mayor-who-lost-his-primary-to-a-socialist-is-on-track-to-win-the-election-as-a-write-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-mayor-who-lost-his-primary-to-a-socialist-is-on-track-to-win-the-election-as-a-write-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic Mayor Who Lost His Primary To A Socialist Is On Track To Win The Election As A Write-In"},"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\">38<\/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%2Fdemocratic-mayor-who-lost-his-primary-to-a-socialist-is-on-track-to-win-the-election-as-a-write-in%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=962227&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--><p>The mayor of Buffalo, New York, who lost his primary to a socialist, is poised to win re-election as a write-in candidate, CNN reported.<\/p>\n<p>With nearly 70% of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2021\/11\/02\/us\/elections\/results-buffalo-mayor.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">vote<\/a> in, only 41% went to Democratic nominee India Walton, a democratic socialist, while 59% went to write-in candidates, most of which will likely be incumbent Mayor Byron Brown, CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/11\/03\/politics\/buffalo-mayor-byron-brown\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Brown declared victory on Tuesday night, though Erie County won\u2019t begin to count write-in ballots until Nov. 17, CNN reported. The four-term mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/23\/socialist-on-track-buffalo-mayor-defeating-democratic-incumbent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lost the primary<\/a> to Walton after largely sitting out the nomination process and refusing to debate Walton.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the very beginning, they said we couldn\u2019t win, it was impossible to win as a write-in,\u201d Brown said to his supporters on Tuesday, Reuters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/cop\/buffalo-mayor-byron-brown-declares-re-election-victory-after-write-in-campaign-2021-11-03\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>. \u201cBut you can\u2019t ever count a Buffalonian out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Walton, a nurse and community organizer, called for the redirecting of $7.5 million from the Buffalo Police Department\u2019s budget during her campaign, CNN reported. She would have been the first socialist mayor of a major U.S. city since 1960, The Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/lifestyle\/2021\/11\/01\/india-walton-socialist-mayor-buffalo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7314204\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"33\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7314204\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">India Walton after winning the Democratic primary in Buffalo for mayor. (Screenshot \/ YouTube \/ WGRZ-TV)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Walton received endorsements from several New York Democrats, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sens. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/22\/chuck-schumer-endorses-socialist-india-walton-buffalo-mayoral-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chuck Schumer<\/a>&nbsp;and Kirsten Gillibrand, CNN reported. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul chose to stay neutral in the race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe stakes are dire and extreme if she was to get elected,\u201d Brown said in an interview with CNN before early voting began. \u201cShe would take our city horribly back. She would compromise our public safety. She would raise our taxes. She would attack other elected officials up and down the ballot. It would be a nightmare for every person in our community.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/02\/ilhan-omar-votes-abolish-minneapolis-police-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Ilhan Omar Votes To Abolish Minneapolis Police Department And Replace It With Department Of Public Safety)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Residents of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/02\/minneapolis-abolish-defund-police-ilhan-omar-george-floyd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minneapolis<\/a>&nbsp;also rejected a measure promoted by left-wing Democrats to replace the city\u2019s police department with a public safety force. Roughly 56% voted against the proposal, <a href=\"https:\/\/electionresults.sos.state.mn.us\/results\/Index?ErsElectionId=142&amp;scenario=LocalRacesInCounty&amp;CountyId=27&amp;show=Go\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to the Minnesota state database.<\/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>The mayor of Buffalo, New York, who lost his primary to a socialist, is poised to win re-election as a write-in candidate, CNN reported.With nearly 70% of the vote in, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":205,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-962227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962227","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\/205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=962227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=962227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=962227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=962227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}