[3] Buffaloe won the 2022 Columbia, Missouri mayoral election with 43 percent of the vote.

Before becoming Mayor she served as the city sustainability manager for eleven years.

[4] She is the second female Mayor, and with her election women outnumber men on the city council for the first time in history.

[5] Buffaloe and former mayor Mary Anne McCollum shared the stage at the Missouri Theatre in the inaugural That's What She Said Columbia event held on April 15, 2023.

[6] She is currently the chair of the Environment Committee of the United States Conference of Mayors.