State Sen. Sean Ryan scored a resounding victory in Tuesday’s Democratic primary for Buffalo mayor, beating Acting Mayor Chris Scanlon — his chief rival — by 11 percentage points.
Ryan finished with over 46 percent of the vote in the five-way race, while the incumbent had just over 35 percent.
The three other candidates — former fire commissioner Garnell Whitfield, University District Council Member Rasheed Wyatt and former Assembly staffer Anthony Tyson-Thompson — split the rest.
Political analyst Geoff Kelly gives his five takeaways from the 2025 Buffalo mayoral primary.
https://www.investigativepost.org/2025/06/25/five-takeaways-from-the-buffalo-mayoral-primary/
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