Pressure is building on Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown to mount a write-in campaign in November after his stunning upset loss to democratic socialist India Walton in the city's Democratic primary. The Buffalo News has two stories to that effect—one saying that prominent business leaders are pushing Brown to take the unprecedented step and another saying that he is seriously considering it. Meanwhile, political post-mortems continue to suss out how Walton managed to achieve her upset. Coverage:
- The win: Brown, a four-term incumbent, was the heavy favorite in the race against Walton, a 38-year-old nurse and community activist who has never held political office. Because Buffalo is heavily Democratic, the winner of the party's primary is generally a shoo-in in November, per the New York Times. If Brown decides to mount a write-in campaign, it would be an expensive, uphill climb for him.