Buffalo shooting survivor’s mother elected to city council in landslide win

Democrat Zeneta Everhart, mother of Zaire Goodman, who was wounded in the 2022 mass shooting, won 90.8% of the vote

The single mother of a victim of the 2022 Tops Friendly Market shooting was elected to Buffalo common council this month in a major election day blowout. Democrat Zeneta Everhart won 90.8% of the vote in her home community of Masten, a predominantly Black, low-income district within Buffalo, New York.

After her swearing in on 1 January 2024, she will serve as one of nine council-members on the Buffalo common council representing the nine municipal districts of the city.