Large donations dwindling for Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown
A campaign finance disclosure shows that after his June primary defeat, Brown's campaign has received only four larger donations of $1,000. Read our analysis.
Author: WGRZ Staff
Updated: 7:44 PM EDT July 18, 2021
BUFFALO, N.Y. — A new campaign finance disclosure for Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown shows a thinning number of large donations after his shocking defeat on primary night.
The report released Saturday shows that after the June 22 primary, Brown's campaign has only received four donations of $1,000. Before his loss, he had nearly two dozen donations of at least $5,000.
Post-primary hundreds of other smaller donors have contributed amounts as low as $3. A comparison of donations made before primary night showed that Brown's campaign pulled in only 10% of what it did prior to June 22.