India Walton won the support of Black Buffalo, and built a network that didn't exist before. The city's left is stronger as a result.
The wages of wokeness
To beat India Walton, the establishment smeared her, changed the rules, and threw piles of cash. In the end, she flipped Byron Brown’s base while he drove up turnout in the city’s wealthiest areas.
Buffalo’s transformation is the fruit of years of struggle.
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In Buffalo, socialist India Walton scored a landmark win against a four-term incumbent mayor. In nearby Rochester, shakeups on the city council and county legislature could chart a new course for local politics.
How this first time democratic socialist candidate pulled it off.
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