Antonio Delgado

Antonio Delgado
Antonio Delgado
65th 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; January 28, 1977; Schenectady, New York, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Other political; affiliations	Working Families Party
Spouse	Lacey Schwartz (m. 2011)
Children	2
Education	Colgate University (BA); Queen's College, Oxford (MA); Harvard University (JD);

Antonio Ramon Delgado (born January 28, 1977) is an American attorney and politician serving as the 65th 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 person to hold statewide office in New York.

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. On November 8, 2022, Delgado won a full term as lieutenant governor, on Hochul's ticket.

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