Byron Brown 'writes down' his name, votes early in mayoral race

[George II]

Byron Brown attended a South Buffalo rally where supporters came out in full force. He later voted at the Delavan-Grider Community Center.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown knows he has a battle ahead of him to win another term in office.

Without the star power afforded to his opponent, Brown is focusing on the people who will vote. He was in South Buffalo at a rally where supporters came out in full force for the incumbent.

"What are we going to do today," the Mayor asked. "Write down Byron Brown," the crowd responded.

"We know from our door-knocking and phone calling that the momentum is on our side. More people in every single section of Buffalo want to vote for us," Brown said.

https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/politics/elections/buffalo-mayor-byron-brown-writes-down-his-name-votes-early-india-walton/71-3e800b71-399e-48e7-ad9b-ca4307bcac0c

Latest poll, taken about 3 weeks ago, show Brown ahead of Walton 59% to 28%

[NoNobigwick]

1. Pathetic

Relying on trump supporters to get reelected.

[George II]

2. What are you talking about?

[Budi]

3. And you get that info where?? Pathetic is right

Byron Brown has built a long time large group of supporters who were his loyal Democratic base. You refer to those loyal supporters as "Republican" with not a single stitch of proof nor reference.

That is a pretty bad accusation to make.

Waiting for an answer...

[Uncle Joe]

4. Perhaps from this?

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, a lifetime Democrat, has signaled his willingness to accept Republican support for his write-in campaign against Democratic nominee India Walton in the Nov. 2 general election.

And he’s got it.

The independent nominating petition he turned in to the Erie County Board of Elections on Tuesday tells the tale: Among those gathering signatures last week in an effort to get Brown’s name on a ballot were suburban Republican Party officials, Conservatives, and at least one member of the region’s robust community of right-wing extremists.

In fact, nearly one-third of the signature pages Brown turned in Tuesday were carried by members of right-leaning parties — most of them Republicans, most of them residing outside the city.

https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/local/republican-support-for-mayor-byron-browns-buffalo-party/71-b62fefbd-8ee3-4fe1-ab05-0a5cf4ba915a

[Decoy of Fenris]

6. Common knowledge. Brown was a Rep stooge long before this little tantrum.

At least now that he's running as a write-in spoiler candidate, we can see clear as day that this "Loyal" "Democrat" was neither of those things. Problem is, he may likely win, because he's the closest thing the Buffalo Republicans have to a Rep candidate for mayor, and they're pushing him like their lives depend on it.

[JustAnotherGen]

7. Why is that?

[Decoy of Fenris]

8. Why is what? Why did he turn, or why is he running as a spoiler, or...?

Kind of a very general question and there's a lot to unpack from any interpretation, I'd just like you to clarify before I go writing a short novella of a response.

[George II]

11. Let's go back to the primary and ask the same questions of Ms. Walton:

Why did she turn? Why did she run as a spoiler, or...?

A reminder, Mayor Byron Brown has been a Democrat for decades, and Mayor of Buffalo for 16 years, almost half of Ms. Walton's life. She only recently became a Democrat.

[George II]

9. A "spoiler" candidate? What is he running to "spoil", to elect a republican mayor? You may.....

.....want to research that. The republicans have NO candidate on the ballot!!!!

So what's he spoiling?

Incidentally, even if he doesn't win in November (he's currently leading in the polls by more than 2-1), he will still be the DEMOCRATIC mayor of Buffalo until January 1 - i.e., a DEMOCRATIC PUBLIC FIGURE! Why are you bashing him by calling him a republican stooge?

[karynnj]

21. Sort of like Joe Lieberman in the 2006 Senate race after he lost the primary to Lamont.

The Republicans had a very very weak candidate who got very few votes in the general election. Lieberman got some of the Democratic vote - partly because he was a long term Democratic Senator and had some support there, but he was clearly helped by Republicans.

Given that Brown has failed to get his name on the ballot at all, it might be harder to do what Joe Lieberman did.

A Republican race that might be a better mirror image example is that Lisa Murkowski lost the primary to a far right opponent. She ran as a write in and even though Alaska ruled that they would count only correctly spelled names, she won. It is very likely that many Democrats deserted the Democratic candidate and voted for her.

[George II]

10. Do you know of any candidate for elective office who would NOT accept support from voters....

....of the other party?

Throughout the last campaign I watched many of Joe Biden's rallies and speeches, and not once did he say "now, I only want Democrats to vote for me in November. You republicans out there, pleeeeeze don't vote for me, I don't need your support!"

A point of information, which you apparently ignored from your own post: Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, a lifetime Democrat Can you say that about his opponent?

A second point of information, in the primary in June about 10% of the registered Democrats in Buffalo voted for Ms. Walton. If she wants to win in 2 weeks she'd better get the support of republicans, LOTS of them! Otherwise she'll lose

[JustAnotherGen]

23. On point!

I mean - Brown was at the Million Man March. He's the incumbent - not a spoiler.

No one is guaranteed anything. At this point, with the endorsements Ms. Walton has received - he's the insurgent candidate.

[Budi]

5. Good luck to you Byron Brown!

[George II]

14. Byron Brown is a Democrat.

[irisblue]

17. Welcome to DU NoNobigwick, what type of pizza do you like?

[George II]

18. +1

[Budi]

20. On the 6th day he rested.

Oct 18/Oct 23 ~ R.I.P


Thanks DU.

[irisblue]

22. .

[JustAnotherGen]

24. N/S

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

19. 😂