Buffalo's India Walton believes it 'unlikely' she will win mayoral race against Democratic write-in

Buffalo, New York's India Walton, the city's Democratic nominee for mayor, has issued an update following the event's of Tuesday's election, in which she appeared to have lost to write-ins presumably for Democratic incumbent Mayor Byron Brown. Walton, a socialist, previously beat Brown in the June primary.

Although "tens of thousands of write-in and absentee ballots have yet to be tabulated," and she believes the "margins will be narrow," "it seems unlikely that we will end up with enough votes to inaugurate a Walton administration in January," the candidate wrote in a Wednesday statement posted on Twitter.

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Brigid Kennedy

Brigid Kennedy worked at The Week from 2021 to 2023 as a staff writer, junior editor and then story editor, with an interest in U.S. politics, the economy and the music industry.