Independent candidate Ben Walsh was elected mayor of Syracuse on Tuesday. See how each candidate, including Walsh, reacted to the election results at their respective watch parties.
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Independent candidate Ben Walsh won the Syracuse mayoral election on Tuesday night.
Josh Shub-Seltzer | Staff Photographer
Walsh took the lead early on in the night and ended with about 54 percent of the vote.
Josh Shub-Seltzer | Staff Photographer
Hundreds of supporters gathered for Walsh’s election watch party, cheering and whistling beneath a set of chandeliers as DJ Khaled’s “All I Do Is Win” blasted from a set of speakers.
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Walsh holds his daughter at the Hotel Syracuse, where his election watch party was held.
Kai Nguyen | Staff Photographer
Democratic candidate Juanita Perez Williams embraces someone at her watch party on Tuesday night.
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In her speech, Perez Williams urged her supporters not to lose faith in the Democratic Party.
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After Perez Williams spoke, attendees watched independent candidate Ben Walsh give his victory speech.
Kaite Reahl | Staff Photographer
Perez Williams' supporters gathered in the Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science and Technology to watch the results come in.
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Laura Lavine, the Republican candidate for Syracuse mayor, held her watch party at the Strada Mia restaurant.
Sara Schleicher | Staff Photographer
Lavine came in fourth place in the Syracuse mayoral race, garnering roughly 2.5 percent of the votes.
Sara Schleicher | Staff Photographer
Lavine, a former superintendent of the LaFayette School District, focused on education policy throughout the race.
Sara Schleicher | Staff Photographer
During her campaign, Lavine proposed blocking elected officials from awarding contracts, grants, loans or tax breaks to campaign donors for two years.
Sara Schleicher | Staff Photographer
About 50 people were in attendance at Lavine's watch party on Tuesday night.
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Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate, received about 4 percent of the vote in the Syracuse mayoral election.
Hieu Nguyen | Staff Photographer
Hawkins has run unsuccessfully for elected office more than 20 times.
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The Green Party candidate centered his campaign around lowering Syracuse’s high poverty rate.
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Hawkins held his watch party at the Polish Home, a private club on Syracuse's Westside.
Independent candidate Ben Walsh received about 54 percent of the vote on Tuesday. Read more »
Independent candidate Ben Walsh received about 54 percent of the vote on Tuesday. Read more »
Independent candidate Ben Walsh received about 54 percent of the vote on Tuesday. Read more »
