Scanlon remains undecided on mayoral run ahead of Friday deadline
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Acting Buffalo Mayor Chris Scanlon remains undecided on whether he will continue his run for mayor in November's general election after he lost the Democratic primary to State Senator Sean Ryan by 3,000 votes.
The deadline to decide to come off of the third-party ballot line, the Good Neighbors party, is on Friday, or it needs to be postmarked by tomorrow and received by Tuesday.
On WIVB News 4's Ask the Mayor segment Thursday, Scanlon said he needs to have more conversations with his team before making an official announcement on his campaign's future.
'A lot of these conversations you have when you're making a decision like this, it doesn't just impact you,' Scanlon said. 'If it only impacted me, it's very easy for me to make the decision, but there's other people in my life — whether it's family or other people — that these decisions can impact, so it's about having those conversations and making sure that everyone's on the same page.'
Scanlon said Tuesday's loss caught him off guard, but that he has continued to receive support since then.
'We tried to get as many of our supporters out as possible,' he said. 'Maybe we didn't do a good enough job at that, but again, over the course of the next few days, we'll continue to have those conversations about moving forward.'
Aside from the mayoral primary, Scanlon spoke about the city's plan to sell parking ramps and said the next step is to appoint members to the parking authority.
Scanlon also said the city's pools will open on July 1 and that splash pads and cooling centers will also be in operation this summer. He encouraged children to get involved with a variety of summer programs, which can be found here.
Watch the full Ask the Mayor segment in the video player above.
Katie Skoog joined the News 4 team in April 2024. She is a graduate from the University at Buffalo. You can view more of her work here.
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