The night before Quentin Suttles was sentenced to four years in prison on a gun possession charge, a party was held to send him off.
Walton picked up 505 absentee votes, while Brown had 1,002, according to the Erie County Board of Elections, which counted the absentees today.
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Mayoral Democratic primary winner India Walton is interviewed at her campaign office on Jefferson Avenue.
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"It slowed me down. It saved my life. It made me a lot more thoughtful about the decisions that I was making because they affected someone who was completely dependent upon me and my success for their own life," Walton said of getting pregnant at age 14.
Sharon Cantillon/Buffalo News
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"This has just been an unprecedented campaign like Buffalo has never seen before. I'm extremely proud," India Walton said Wednesday.
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Walton said leaving her job as a nurse "felt like it was a blessing because it allowed me to pursue what I really wanted to do and that was work on policy and be able to impact my community at a broader scale."
Derek Gee / Buffalo News
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Mayoral Democratic primary winner India Walton is interviewed at her campaign office on Jefferson Avenue, Tuesday, June 29, 2021.
Sharon Cantillon/Buffalo News
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“If there wasn’t a challenge, I would be disappointed,” said Council President Darius G. Pridgen.
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