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November 4, 2021

Socialist Candidate India Walton Concedes Hard-Fought Mayoral Race in Buffalo, NY
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In Buffalo, New York, democratic socialist mayoral candidate India
Walton has conceded to incumbent Mayor Byron Brown, who ran a successful
write-in campaign after losing the Democratic primary to Walton.

In Minneapolis, Mayor Jacob Frey has won reelection. Frey opposed a
ballot measure to replace the Minneapolis police with a Department of
Public Safety. That measure failed to pass.

In Detroit, voters passed ballot initiatives to form a reparations task
force and to decriminalize some psychedelic drugs, including magic
mushrooms. Similar drug ballot initiatives passed in Oregon and
Washington, D.C., last year. On Wednesday's broadcast, we mistakenly
said those votes took place on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, in Tucson, Arizona, voters have approved a citywide
$15-an-hour minimum wage by a two-to-one margin.


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