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>>> ALL EYES MAY HAVE BEEN ON
NEW YORK CITYS MAYORAL RACE
LAST NIGHT, BUT THE BIGGEST
UPSET MIGHT HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN
IN THE STATES SECOND LARGEST
CITY WHICH COULD SOON SEE THE
COUNTRYS FIRST SOCIALIST MAYOR
IN HALF A CENTURY.
ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS INDIA WALTON BEAT OUR
FOUR-TERM DEMOCRAT BOY RON
BROWN.
THE NURSE TURNED ACTIVIST BACKED
BY DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF
AMERICA WON SOME 1,500 MORE VOTE
THAN BROWN AND IS LIKELY TO WIN
THE GENERAL ELECTION AS BUFFALO
LEANS HEAVILY DEMOCRATIC.
BROWN HASNT CONCEDED YET AND IS
WEIGHING THE OPTION OF A
WRITE-IN CAMPAIGN ACCORDING TO
"THE BUFFALO NEWS."
HERES INDIA WALTON CELEBRATING
HER WIN IN THIS PHONE CALL WITH
HER MOTHER JUST AFTERWARD.
TAKE A LISTEN.
>> MOMMY!
I WON!
MOMMY, IM NOT THE MAYOR OF
BUFFALO.
NOT UNTIL JANUARY BUT, YEAH!
>> JOINING ME NOW IS INDIA
WALTON.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ON THIS
HISTORIC VICTORY.
YOUR OPPONENT WILL BE THE FIRST
INCUMBENT BUFFALO MAYOR TO LOSE
SINCE 1961.
NEW YORK GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO
HAD THIS TO SAY ON BROWN
EARLIER. >> HIS CAMPAIGN STRATEGY, AS I
>> HIS CAMPAIGN STRATEGY, AS I
UNDERSTAND IT, WAS BASICALLY TO
AVOID ENGAGING IN A CAMPAIGN AND
THEN YOU HAD A VERY LOW TURNOUT.
WE KNOW THAT COMBINATION.
WEVE SEEN THAT BEFORE.
THAT DOESNT WORK.
>> I WANT TO GET YOUR THOUGHTS
ON WHY YOU WON.
I MEAN, THERES GOING TO BE A
LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WILL SPECULATE
ABOUT IT AS WE HEARD THERE FROM
THE GOVERNOR GIVING US HIS
POLITICAL ANALYSIS, BUT WHAT DO
YOU BELIEVE THE REASONS ARE FOR
YOUR VICTORY?
>> I BELIEVE WE WON BECAUSE WE
ORGANIZED.
WE HAVE A MESSAGE OF CARE, LOVE
AND HOPE THAT IS RESONANT WITH
WORKING CLASS BUFFALO.
WE ORGANIZED AND WE WON.
>> AS I NOTED YOU WOULD BE THE
COUNTRYS FIRST SOCIALIST MAYOR
IN MORE THAN 60 YEARS.
PEOPLE LIKE GOVERNOR CUOMO HAVE
CALLED YOUR WIN AN ANOMALY.
I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU WHAT YOU
THINK THIS MEANS FOR THE BROAD
MOVEMENT IN THE COUNTRY AND
PROGRESS I WAS.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR LEFTIST
POLITICS NATIONALLY, AND
OBVIOUSLY YOURE AWARE OF HOW
THOSE ON THE RIGHT USE THE TERM
SOCIALISM TO HAMMER THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY GENERALLY.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT BROADLY
SPEAKING?
>> THE PANDEMIC HATS PROVEN THAT
WE CAN HAVE SOCIAL PROGRAMS THAT
PRIORITIZE PEOPLE AND WORKING
CLASS MAAM LIST AND WE CAN MAC
EFFORTS AND IT WORK.
WEVE ALL ENJOYED FLOW HEALTH
CARE AND THATS SOCIALISM AND
OUR GOVERNMENT STEPPING UP TO TAKE CARE OF ITS PEOPLE AND
TAKE CARE OF ITS PEOPLE AND
THATS WHAT WE SHOULD EXPECT AS
ANY CITIZEN.
>> WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE
CHANGE IN THE CITY OF BUFFALO
SPECIFICALLY?
WHAT WOULD BE YOUR PRIORITY BE
AS MAYOR?
>> MY PRIORITY IS PUTTING
RESOURCES IN NEIGHBORHOOD AND
REALLY TACKLING THE ISSUE OF
POVERTY.
BUFFALO IS THE POOREST CITY OF
OUR SIDE IN THE COUNTRY.
WE HAVE DISPROPORTIONATELY WORSE
HEALTH OUT COMES, AN INDICATOR
OF A SPECIAL COMMUNITY SO WERE