The two campaigns face very different challenges. Brown's volunteers literally have to teach voters how to "write down Byron Brown," while Walton must harness – and grow – the progressive energy that led to her upset over Brown in the June Democratic primary.
A once-and-future restaurant-bar in South Buffalo last week became something new to South Buffalo: a campaign office for Mayor Byron W. Brown, assembled and led by South District Council Member Christopher P. Scanlon and home to volunteers staffing an aggressive get-out-the-write-in-vote effort before Tuesday's general election.
With just three days left in one of the most intense mayoral races in Buffalo history, India Walton and Byron Brown took to the streets Saturday to shake hands, hand out candy and persuade any undecided voters to come to their side.
Brown, a veteran of the city's formidable Democratic politics finds himself in uncharted territory. If he wants to win a fifth term as mayor, he must do it in a write-in effort rarely attempted on such a large scale.
South District Council Member Chris Scanlon and several volunteers work the phones at the South Buffalo campaign office at 2115 Seneca St., Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021. He discusses the calling list with his brother Patrick, left.
Since defeating incumbent Mayor Byron W. Brown in the June Democratic primary, Walton has gone from "India Who?" to universally recognized on the streets of Buffalo.
The two campaigns face very different challenges. Brown's volunteers literally have to teach voters how to "write down Byron Brown," while Walton must harness – and grow – the progressive energy that led to her upset over Brown in the June Democratic primary.
South District Council Member Chris Scanlon and several volunteers work the phones at the South Buffalo campaign office at 2115 Seneca St., Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021. He discusses the calling list with his brother Patrick, left.
