It's Wednesday, September 15th. I'm getting resin.

And I'm Josie Deppie Rice, and this is What a Day. The podcast that takes full advantage of

every new feature on the iPhone 13. Yeah, it's basically like VR if you have iPhone 13.

Yeah, it's a very immersive experience. Not everybody can handle it. Yeah, we don't have

jamming for you. So sorry, it admits. On today's show, the poverty rate falls to its lowest level

ever, according to the Census Bureau, plus some scientists say they're going to Jurassic Park

up a woolly mammoth. That could only turn out well, but first, there are innumerable local and

state elections and primaries that are happening across the country seemingly all the time that you

might not always hear about. Just yesterday, for instance, there was the California gubernatorial

recall. You did hear about that from us, but also there was a preliminary election for the next

mayor of Boston, where the first non-white person in the city's history is poised to be elected.

So today, we're going to kick off a new series of conversations that highlight candidates

running in these kinds of races across the country, what they stand for, and what the issues are

that are animating their cities and states. Today, a very exciting one, India Walton. She shocked

the Democratic establishment in late June when the former nurse in Buffalo, New York, defeated

incumbent mayor Byron Brown in the primary. Should she win this November, which she is highly

favor to, Walton would be the first woman to ever lead the second largest city in New York state,

and the first self-identified socialist to lead a major American city in over 50 years.

Yeah, it really is. And for all of those reasons we mentioned, Walton has faced a lot of

opposition in the weeks since her primary win. In just recent days, two judges ordered the

Erie County Board of Elections to put Byron Brown on the ballot as an independent that was even

after he had missed the state deadline for filing. Walton and others have filed appeals against

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