Antonio Delgado

Antonio Ramon Delgado (born January 28, 1977) is an American attorney and politician serving as the lieutenant governor of New York since 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, Delgado served as the U.S. representative from New York's 19th congressional district from 2019 to 2022. He is the first person of either African–American or Latino descent to be elected to Congress from Upstate New York and the first Latino to hold statewide office in New York.

On May 3, 2022, Governor Kathy Hochul announced that she had appointed Delgado to the then-vacant office of lieutenant governor of New York. Delgado was sworn in on May 25, 2022. On November 8, 2022, Delgado was elected to a full term as lieutenant governor. In February 2025, following public disagreements with Hochul, Delgado announced he would not seek reelection as lieutenant governor in 2026. Provided by Wikipedia