BUFFALO, N.Y. — Maybe the race for mayor of Buffalo is tighter than most believed it would be.
Or perhaps the last-minute flurry of campaign activity by Mayor Byron Brown — who has been running a stealth campaign for the past five months — was forthcoming regardless of whatever internal polls told the four-term incumbent.
Whichever the case, the Brown campaign has come alive in the last week. And big donors have poured money into the re-election effort, helping to underwrite a blitz of TV advertising and get-out-the-vote efforts as the countdown to election day approaches zero.
Tuesday’s Democratic primary for mayor pits the four-term incumbent Brown against India Walton, a former nurse and community organizer, and Le’Candice Durham, a city 311 help line employee.
