Antonio Ramon Delgado was born on January 28,1977 and is an American attorney and politician serving as the lieutenant governor of New York since 2022.
16 Facts About Antonio Delgado
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On May 3,2022, Governor Kathy Hochul announced that she had appointed Antonio Delgado to serve as lieutenant governor, after Brian Benjamin resigned; Antonio Delgado was sworn in on May 25,2022.
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On November 8,2022, Antonio Delgado won a full term as lieutenant governor, on Hochul's ticket.
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Antonio Delgado is of African American, Cape Verdean, Mexican, Colombian, and Venezuelan ancestry.
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Antonio Delgado grew up in the Hamilton Hill neighborhood of Schenectady.
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Antonio Delgado attended Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons High School and played for the school's basketball team as a forward.
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Antonio Delgado then enrolled at Colgate University and played for the Colgate Raiders men's basketball team alongside future Golden State Warriors player Adonal Foyle.
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Antonio Delgado graduated from Colgate in 1999 and earned a Rhodes Scholarship to study at The Queen's College, Oxford, from which he received a Master of Arts in 2001.
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In 2007, Antonio Delgado released a socially conscious rap album under the stage name "AD the Voice".
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Antonio Delgado then worked as a litigator in the New York office of the law firm Akin Gump.
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Antonio Delgado won the general election, receiving 132,001 votes to Faso's 124,408.
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Antonio Delgado was sworn into office on January 3,2019.
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Antonio Delgado ran for reelection to a second term in 2020.
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Antonio Delgado 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.
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Antonio Delgado won the general election with 192,100 votes to Van De Water's 151,475.
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Antonio Delgado appeared on the Democratic primary ballot in the 2022 election for lieutenant governor.