Photos: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez visits Buffalo to stump for India Walton
Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez visited Buffalo on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021, for a rally in support of mayoral candidate India Walton. Ocasio-Cortez and former gubernatorial candidate and actor Cynthia Nixon took to the stage at the Town Ballroom to show their support for Walton.
India Walton speaks to supporters during a rally at the Town Ballroom on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez addresses the crowd of India Walton supporters during a rally at the Town Ballroom on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez addresses the crowd of India Walton supporters during a rally at the Town Ballroom on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021.
Supporters wave signs before Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez helps kick off the first day of early voting at a rally supporting India Walton at the Town Ballroom on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez addresses the crowd of India Walton supporters during a rally at the Town Ballroom on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021.
Former gubernatorial candidate and actor Cynthia Nixon helps kick off the first day of early voting at a rally at the Town Ballroom on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hugs India Walton during a rally at the Town Ballroom on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and India Walton during a rally at the Town Ballroom on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and India Walton during a rally at the Town Ballroom on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021.
India Walton speaks at a rally at the Town Ballroom on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021.
U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez meets with striking employees outside Mercy Hospital on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021.
Read the full story here.
At 63, Brown seeks to accomplish what no other mayor has ever achieved in the city's 189-year history – a fifth four-year term.
"It's not about making India Walton mayor," the candidate said at a rally earlier this month. "This is about making Buffalo better: creating together the safe and healthy community that we all want, need and deserve."
With just a week and half until Election Day, both mayoral candidates ramped up their efforts on Saturday, the first day of early voting.
The mayor and his supporters described the election in dire terms, with democratic socialist India B. Walton painted as a threat to Buffalo.
The Board of Elections said 3,045 Democrats voted Saturday, along with 929 Republicans, 118 Conservatives and 24 members of the Working Families Party.
Hundreds gathered for a downtown rally featuring Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and former gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon.