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Potential upset in Buffalo: India Walton, a socialist who'd be the city's first female mayor, wins early vote by 14 points.

Would be the largest city with a socialist mayor since Milwaukee had one, more than 60 years ago. https://t.co/4Bcx1yORug

— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) June 23, 2021

.@Indiawaltonbflo became a mother at 14 years old. She earned her GED while pregnant w/ twins.

She graduated, became a registered nurse, & then a representative in her union, 1199SEIU. Then directed a Community Land Trust.

Tonight it seems Buffalo may be making her Mayor. 💙 https://t.co/SlKY0fXKF5

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 23, 2021

The NY press corps all consuming obsession with Andrew Yang’s celebrity for 8 months of the NYC Mayoral campaign will be a large part of the final story. It created a distorted view of the field and allowed other candidates to be woefully unexamined until close to the end

— Patrick Gaspard (@patrickgaspard) June 23, 2021

I've seen enough: Andrew Yang will not be the next mayor of NYC.

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) June 23, 2021

India Walton, a socialist, just defeated the incumbent mayor of Buffalo, New York. If elected, she will be the first socialist mayor of a major American city in 61 years.

— Gravel Institute (@GravelInstitute) June 23, 2021

Very clear political battle lines tonight. Adams won Black and Hispanic voters in the outer boroughs. Wiley won Brooklyn/Queens hipsters. Garcia won Manhattan elites. And Yang won Asian and Orthodox Jewish/ethnic white areas of Brooklyn. Map by @cinyc9. pic.twitter.com/nnY3Q2JE7l

— Nathaniel Rakich (@baseballot) June 23, 2021

So here’s a fun fact: thanks to this article I wrote for @NYMag I have been kicked out of the Eric Adams election night party https://t.co/Ufy0416QAv

— David Freedlander (@freedlander) June 22, 2021

Eric Adams has less than 2% of Andrew Yang’s Twitter followers and is on track to win more than twice as many votes in NYC. Lol

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) June 23, 2021

India Walton became a mom at 14. She later had premie twins that inspired her to be a nurse. From there she became a non-profit exec - and now, she’s likely going to be the first woman mayor of Buffalo, beating a 4 term incumbent. @runforsomething is so proud to be on her team. https://t.co/lc68eJfdgS

— Amanda Litman (@amandalitman) June 23, 2021

Good morning, Buffalo! pic.twitter.com/zqnLkjs8w6

— India Walton For Buffalo (@Indiawaltonbflo) June 23, 2021