Byron Brown sworn in for fifth term as Buffalo mayor

[TexasTowelie]

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Byron Brown is officially Buffalo's longest serving mayor.

Brown was sworn in for his fifth term at the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site Friday morning.

Leading up to the moment, though, was anything but ordinary.

After losing the June Democratic primary, Brown launched a write-in campaign.

After November's election, it took a couple of weeks for all the ballots to be counted and Brown declared the winner.

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[mcar]

1. I remember reading about this election

A very interesting result.

[Budi]

2. Congrats to Mayor Brown & to the cautious voters of Buffalo.

Brown's long successful history & his knowledge of how a city govt functions, assured the voters in the end.

[wellst0nev0ter]

7. And Congratulations, DU, for supporting Democrats

[Cha]

10. Of course We Support Democrats..

That's who we are!

[George II]

11. Mayor Byron Brown has been a Democrat all his life.

[George II]

3. Despite what we'll hear, Brown is a very popular Mayor. Unfortunately it was a relatively low....

....turnout primary and there was a LOT of outside money thrown into the race.

Thankfully the voters of Buffalo recognized that and turned out in bigger numbers in the general election, where Brown won by 20%.

Buffalo is better off for that.

By the way, has India Walton conceded yet?

[PBC_Democrat]

4. As a Write-in Candidate ...

He won with over 59% of the vote to Ms Walton's 40%.

It was reported that the Rs showed up in mass to vote for Mayor Brown ... even so, the residents have spoken loudly.

[George II]

9. Yes, and that's because he did a very good job as Mayor in his first four terms and was popular....

So popular, in fact, that the republicans didn't even bother putting up a candidate against him in his 2nd, 3rd, or 4th term. Nor did they do so in this 5th election.

[Kahuna]

15. Has she???

[George II]

18. Not publicly. And although re-elected Mayor Byron Brown has been bashed as not being a "Democrat"...

....the candidate he defeated in the General Election only registered as a Democrat so she could run in the Democratic Primary.

[Cha]

5. KR.. TY!

[sheshe2]

6. K&R

[Demovictory9]

12. wow..winning a write-in. congrats to him

[George II]

19. This is his 5th term. He's been a very popular mayor, so much so the republicans haven't had....

....a candidate to run against him for his last four re-election campaigns.

[brer cat]

13. K&R

[Kahuna]

16. What was dishonest about republicans voting in the general election???

I don't get it.

[George II]

17. He's the "MFer" (as you put it) that served four terms as the Democratic mayor of Buffalo....

In his 2nd, 3rd, and 4th terms the republicans didn't even put up a candidate against him. Nor did they have a candidate in 2021, either

He also ran as a candidate for some other parties in his various elections, too.

So you can say what you want about support from voters of ANY parties - Democratic, republican, Working Families, etc. He was elected now FIVE times, the last four overwhelmingly.