Buffalo Common Council Member, Ellicott District; Council Majority Leader

Leah Halton-Pope has represented Buffalo's Ellicott District on the Common Council since January 2024 and serves as Council Majority Leader, chairing the Budget and MWBE committees²⁴. She previously spent 11 years in the state Legislature as a senior advisor to Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes, and worked at Roswell Park and as a field organizer for Obama for America²³. Erie County Democrats chose her to replace the retiring Peoples-Stokes on the ballot, and she is the only candidate for District 141 on November 3, 2026, on the Democratic line³¹.

No public position found on: Safety net programs, Minimum wage, Business regulation, Healthcare, Abortion, Guns, Immigration, Energy and climate, School choice, Curriculum and books, Housing and growth, Policing and crime, Election rules, Judges, Politicians trading stocks, Marijuana, Gender care for minors, Redistricting, Term limits, Campaign finance, Electoral College, Ranked-choice voting, Death penalty, Qualified immunity, Mandatory minimums, Drug prices, Childcare and pre-K, Paid leave, Student loans, AI regulation, Kids online, School vaccines, Nuclear power, E-Verify mandate, Transgender athletes, DEI programs, Religion in schools, China policy.