James A. W. McLeod

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James A. W. McLeod

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Democratic Party

Prior offices

Buffalo City Court

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James A. W. McLeod (Democratic Party) was a judge of the Buffalo City Court in New York. McLeod left office in 2019.

McLeod (Democratic Party) ran for election for Mayor of Buffalo in New York. McLeod did not appear on the ballot for the Democratic primary on June 24, 2025.

Elections

2025

See also: Mayoral election in Buffalo, New York (2025)

General election

The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

General election for Mayor of Buffalo

Sean Ryan, James Gardner, and Michael Gainer are running in the general election for Mayor of Buffalo on November 4, 2025.

		Candidate
		Sean Ryan (D / Working Families Party)
	Submit photo	James Gardner (R)
	Submit photo	Michael Gainer (Independent)

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Garnell Whitfield (Independent)
• Christopher Scanlon (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Mayor of Buffalo

Sean Ryan defeated incumbent Christopher Scanlon, Garnell Whitfield, Rasheed Wyatt, and Anthony Tyson-Thompson in the Democratic primary for Mayor of Buffalo on June 24, 2025.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sean Ryan	46.4	12,439
		Christopher Scanlon	35.1	9,430
	Submit photo	Garnell Whitfield	8.2	2,204
		Rasheed Wyatt	7.7	2,066
	Submit photo	Anthony Tyson-Thompson	2.4	642
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	51

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 26,832
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• James A. W. McLeod (D)
• Michael Gainer (D)

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. James Gardner advanced from the Republican primary for Mayor of Buffalo.

Working Families Party primary election

The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Sean Ryan advanced from the Working Families Party primary for Mayor of Buffalo.

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2018

See also: Municipal elections in Buffalo, New York (2018)

General election

General election for Buffalo City Court (2 seats)

Incumbent Shannon Heneghan and incumbent James A. W. McLeod won election in the general election for Buffalo City Court on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Shannon Heneghan (D)	50.1	61,937
✔	Submit photo	James A. W. McLeod (D)	49.9	61,646

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 123,583
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Shannon Heneghan and incumbent James A. W. McLeod advanced from the Democratic primary for Buffalo City Court.

Campaign themes

2025

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2010 election

See also: New York judicial elections, 2010

McLeod ran for an open seat on the Erie County Court in 2010 as a Democrat and lost to opponent Kenneth F. Case in the general election.

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