Antonio Delgado, a Democrat who left Congress in 2022 to serve as New York lieutenant governor, will challenge his boss, Gov. Kathy Hochul, for the state’s top job.
His announcement Monday was not wholly unexpected. Delgado said in February that he would not run alongside Hochul next year and that he would explore “all options” as he weighed his next steps. Still, it’s unusual for a lieutenant governor to directly challenge a sitting governor in a primary.
“What we need right here in New York is bold, decisive, transformational leadership,” Delgado says in his launch video posted to social media.
