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Incumbent write-in candidate Byron Brown, a Democrat, leads his party’s socialist nominee India Walton by 17 points in the hotly contested Buffalo mayor’s race that is a microcosm of the nationwide ideological rift in the Democratic Party, according to a new poll released Wednesday.

Walton stunned the political world by defeating four-term incumbent Brown in a low-turnout June Democratic primary — the biggest upset since fellow Democratic socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez toppled ex-Congressman and Queens Democratic Party leader Joe Crowley in the 2018 primary.

AOC stumped on the campaign trail with Walton last weekend.

But Brown is doing a write-in campaign, “Write Down Byron Brown,” and the WIVB/Emerson College survey shows him ahead by 17 points among the broader electorate.

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https://nypost.com/2021/10/27/write-in-incumbent-leads-walton-in-buffalo-mayors-race-poll/