In Bid to Duck Walton's Mayoralty, Establishment Dems in Buffalo Consider Nixing the Office Altogether

By C.M. Lewis & Tyler Walicek, Truthout

Democratic socialist India Walton’s groundbreaking victory in the mayoral primary of Buffalo, New York, was destined to earn the ire of the local powers that be. Longtime Democratic fixture and top ally of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Mayor Byron Brown, was caught off guard and ousted in a startling upheaval, and Walton will now run unopposed by any Republican candidate in November.