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Antonio Ramon Delgado (born January 28, 1977) is an American attorney and politician serving as the lieutenant governor of New York since 2022. He previously served as the U.S. representative from New York's 19th congressional district. He is the first person of either African–American or Latino descent to be elected to Congress from Upstate New York.[1] On May 3, 2022, Governor Kathy Hochul announced that she had appointed Delgado to serve as lieutenant governor, after Brian Benjamin resigned; Delgado was sworn in on May 25, 2022. He is the first Latino to hold statewide office.[2] On November 8, 2022, Delgado won a full term as lieutenant governor, on Governor Hochul's ticket.

Antonio Delgado
Lieutenant Governor of New York
Incumbent
Assumed office May 25, 2022
Governor	Kathy Hochul
Preceded by	Andrea Stewart-Cousins (acting)
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 19th district
In office January 3, 2019 – May 25, 2022
Preceded by	John Faso
Succeeded by	Pat Ryan
Personal details
Born	Antonio Ramon Delgado (1977-01-28) January 28, 1977 (age 45) Schenectady, New York, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Lacey Schwartz ​ (m. 2011)​
Children	2
Education	Colgate University (BA) Queen's College, Oxford (MA) Harvard University (JD)

Early life and career

Delgado was born in 1977 in Schenectady, New York,[3] to Tony Delgado and Thelma P. Hill.[4] He is of African American,[5] Cape Verdean,[6] Mexican, Colombian, and Venezuelan ancestry.[7] Delgado has three younger brothers: Kito, Kendall, and Julian. He grew up in the Hamilton Hill neighborhood of Schenectady.[8]

Delgado attended Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons High School and played for the school's basketball team as a forward. In his senior year, The Daily Gazette named Delgado to its all-area second team. He then enrolled at Colgate University and played for the Colgate Raiders men's basketball team alongside future Golden State Warriors player Adonal Foyle.[9][10] Delgado graduated from Colgate in 1999[9] and earned a Rhodes Scholarship to study at The Queen's College, Oxford, from which he received a Master of Arts in 2001.[8] In 2005, Delgado graduated from Harvard Law School.[11]

After law school, Delgado moved to Los Angeles in 2005 and worked in the music industry.[11] In 2007, Delgado released a socially conscious rap album under the stage name "AD the Voice".[12][13] He then worked as a litigator in the New York office of the law firm Akin Gump.[14]

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

2018

In the 2018 elections, Delgado ran for the United States House of Representatives in New York's 19th congressional district. He defeated six other candidates in the Democratic Party's primary election and faced incumbent Republican John Faso in the November 6 general election.[15]

During Delgado's campaign, he criticized Faso for his votes against the Affordable Care Act.[16] Faso, alongside the Congressional Leadership Fund and the National Republican Congressional Committee, launched attacks on Delgado's former rap career,[17][18] commonly referring to Delgado as a "big city rapper."[19] The New York Times Editorial Board condemned the attacks as "race-baiting."[20]

Delgado won the general election, receiving 132,001 votes to Faso's 124,408.[21][22] He was sworn into office on January 3, 2019.[23]

2020

Delgado ran for reelection to a second term in 2020. He ran unopposed in the Democratic primary and faced Republican nominee Kyle Van De Water, an attorney and former trustee of the village of Millbrook, New York.[24] Delgado won the general election with 192,100 votes to Van De Water's 151,475.[25]

Tenure

As of June 2022, Delgado had voted in line with Joe Biden's stated position 100% of the time.[26]

Committee assignments

• Committee on Agriculture
  • Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research
  • Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit
• Committee on Small Business
  • Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax and Capital Access
• Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
  • Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
  • Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment[27]

Lieutenant governor of New York

On May 3, 2022, after Lieutenant Governor Brian Benjamin resigned, New York Governor Kathy Hochul appointed Delgado lieutenant governor of New York.[28][29] Delgado was sworn in on May 25.[30] He appeared on the Democratic primary ballot in the 2022 election for lieutenant governor.[31] He won the primary election with 58% of the vote and will appear with Hochul on the general election ballot.[32]

Electoral history

Democratic primary results, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Antonio Delgado	8,576	22.1
	Democratic	Pat Ryan	6,941	17.9
	Democratic	Gareth Rhodes	6,890	17.7
	Democratic	Brian Flynn	5,245	13.5
	Democratic	Jeff Beals	4,991	12.9
	Democratic	David Clegg	4,257	11.0
	Democratic	Erin Collier	1,908	4.9
Total votes			38,808	100.0

New York's 19th congressional district, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Antonio Delgado	135,582	47.1
	Working Families	Antonio Delgado	9,237	3.2
	Women's Equality	Antonio Delgado	3,054	1.1
	Total	Antonio Delgado	147,873	51.4
	Republican	John Faso	112,304	39.0
	Conservative	John Faso	16,906	5.9
	Independence	John Faso	3,009	1.0
	Reform	John Faso	654	0.2
	Total	John Faso (incumbent)	132,873	46.1
	Green	Steven Greenfield	4,313	1.5
	Independent	Diane Neal	2,835	1.0
Total votes			287,894	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

New York's 19th congressional district, 2020[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Antonio Delgado	168,281	48.0
	Working Families	Antonio Delgado	22,969	6.6
	SAM	Antonio Delgado	850	0.2
	Total	Antonio Delgado (incumbent)	192,100	54.8
	Republican	Kyle Van De Water	151,475	43.2
	Libertarian	Victoria Alexander	4,224	1.2
	Green	Steve Greenfield	2,799	0.8
Total votes			350,598	100.0
	Democratic hold

Personal life

Delgado married Lacey Schwartz in 2011.[4] In 2015, Schwartz made Little White Lie, a documentary film for PBS about being biracial.[8] Delgado and Schwartz have twin sons and live in Rhinebeck, north of Poughkeepsie.[9]

Delgado is 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) tall.[33]

See also

• List of African-American United States representatives
• List of Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States Congress

References

External links

• Lt. Governor Antonio Delgado official government website
• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Financial information (federal office) at the Federal Election Commission
• Legislation sponsored at the Library of Congress
• Profile at Vote Smart
• Appearances on C-SPAN

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by John Faso	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 19th congressional district 2019–2022	Succeeded by Pat Ryan
Political offices
Preceded by Andrea Stewart-Cousins Acting	Lieutenant Governor of New York 2022–present	Incumbent
U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded by Anthony Brindisi as Former US Representative	Order of precedence of the United States as Former US Representative	Succeeded by Max Rose as Former US Representative

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