2025 Buffalo mayoral election

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2025 Buffalo mayoral election
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Party Democratic Republican
Incumbent Mayor

Christopher Scanlon (acting)
Democratic



The 2025 Buffalo mayoral election will be held on November 4, 2025, with a primary election held on June 24, 2025. [1] [2] 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. [3]

Contents

Democratic primary

Declared

Publicly expressed interest

Potential

Withdrawn

Declined

Endorsements

Sean Ryan
Party chapters

Republican primary

Declared

Potential

Declined

Endorsements

James Gardner
Party chapters

Conservative nomination

Potential

Declined

Working Families nomination

Publicly expressed interest

Independents

Publicly expressed interest

Withdrawn

References

  1. ↑ "New York State Board of Elections". New York State Board of Elections. Retrieved February 10, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Mayoral election in Buffalo, New York (2025)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved February 10, 2025.
  3. ↑ Joly, Aidan (September 30, 2024). "Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown to leave office in October". WIVB-TV . Retrieved December 3, 2024.
  4. ↑ Williams, Deidre (January 20, 2025). "Community activist Michael Gainer joins growing list of hopefuls for Buffalo mayor". The Buffalo News . Retrieved January 20, 2025.
  5. 1 2 Kelly, Geoff (January 29, 2025). "Update on race for mayor of Buffalo". Investigative Post. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  6. ↑ Joly, Aidan (December 17, 2024). "Community organizer whose brother died in blizzard running for mayor". WIVB-TV . Retrieved December 17, 2024.
  7. ↑ Skoog, Katie (November 23, 2024). "State Senator Sean Ryan announces run for Buffalo mayor". WIVB-TV . Retrieved December 3, 2024.
  8. ↑ Sondel, Justin (January 22, 2025). "Scanlon officially joins mayor's race in Buffalo". The Buffalo News . Retrieved January 22, 2025.
  9. ↑ Williams, Deidre (December 3, 2024). "Former Fire Commissioner Garnell Whitfield enters campaign for Buffalo mayor". The Buffalo News . Retrieved December 3, 2024.
  10. ↑ Sondel, Justin (December 9, 2024). "And then there were 3: Council Member Rasheed Wyatt enters Buffalo mayor's race". The Buffalo News . Retrieved December 9, 2024.
  11. 1 2 Williams, Deidre (September 14, 2024). "City Hall insiders considering running for mayor". The Buffalo News . Retrieved December 13, 2024.
  12. 1 2 Kelly, Geoff (September 12, 2024). "Who will be Buffalo's next mayor? Potential candidates line up". Investigative Post. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
  13. 1 2 Sondel, Justin (January 16, 2025). "Bid to replace Buffalo's longest-serving mayor likely to be chaotic". The Buffalo News . Retrieved January 16, 2025. Activist Terry Robinson, Buffalo ReUse co-founder Michael Gainer and former School Board member Terrance Heard also have asked the Democrats for their endorsement, but have not formally announced that they are running.
  14. ↑ Whalen, Ryan (December 5, 2024). "Democratic Committee interviews prospective Buffalo mayor candidates". Spectrum News . Retrieved December 5, 2024.
  15. ↑ Mirand, Kristen (February 17, 2025). "Buffalo mayoral candidate drops out of race as ECDC prepares for endorsement". WKBW-TV . Retrieved February 17, 2025.
  16. ↑ Nir, David; Singer, Jeff (December 9, 2024). "Morning Digest: We preview three of next year's top races for mayor". The Downballot. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Sondel, Justin (February 22, 2025). "Sean Ryan is endorsed for Buffalo mayor by Democrats". The Buffalo News . Retrieved February 22, 2025.
  18. 1 2 Greber, Dave (February 26, 2025). "Gardner endorsed by Republicans for mayor". WIVB-TV . Retrieved February 26, 2025.
  19. ↑ Kruly, Ken (February 25, 2025). "Shovel your sidewalks Buffalonians, the petitioners are coming; multiple candidates want to be mayor of Buffalo". Buffalo Rising . Retrieved February 27, 2025.
  20. ↑ Healy, Amber (November 26, 2024). "Race To Be the Next Mayor of Buffalo Is Heating Up". We are Buffalo. Retrieved December 3, 2024.
  21. ↑ Caughill, Ryan [@RyanMCaughill] (December 13, 2024). "I am excited to publicly endorse @Garnell4Buffalo to be the next Mayor of the City of Buffalo!" (Tweet). Retrieved December 14, 2024– via Twitter.
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