2025 Buffalo mayoral election

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2025 Buffalo mayoral election
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  2021 November 4, 2025
 
Party Democratic

Incumbent Mayor

Christopher Scanlon (acting)
Democratic



The 2025 Buffalo mayoral election will be held on November 4, 2025. Incumbent acting mayor Christopher Scanlon is running for a full term in office. Scanlon succeeded longtime mayor Byron Brown after he became the CEO of Western Regional Off-Track Betting. [1]

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