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Christopher P. Scanlon (born August 6, 1981) is an American politician who is the current acting mayor of Buffalo, New York. He is Buffalo's 63rd mayor, having served since October 15, 2024 after succeeding Byron Brown. He was previously a member of the Buffalo Common Council, representing the South District from May 2012 to October 2024.
The 2025 Buffalo mayoral election will be held on November 4, 2025. Incumbent acting mayor Christopher Scanlon is eligible to run for a full term in office. Scanlon succeeded longtime mayor Byron Brown after he became the CEO of Western Regional Off-Track Betting .
The first mayoral debate took place on August 14, 2013 at the Buffalo News auditorium, [11] sponsored by the Buffalo Association of Black Journalists and moderated by Al Vaughters of WIVB-TV. [12]
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[7] [8] Byron Brown, the city's first African American mayor, a Democrat and the longest-serving mayor, has held the office since 2006 and has helped to end the city's long period of declines and hardship, the result showed when Buffalo had its first population gain in 70 years. No Republican has served as mayor since Chester A. Kowal in 1965. [9]
Byron Brown was elected as mayor of Buffalo, New York, in the 2005 mayoral election, becoming the first black mayor of Buffalo. [5] He was reelected in the 2009 election after defeating common councilor Michael P. Kearns in the Democratic primary. [6] [7] He won reelection in the 2013 election. [8]