“When Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York chose Antonio Delgado to be her lieutenant governor in 2022, she had nothing but the highest praise for her new No. 2.
“Three years later, their partnership has completely disintegrated. After months of open political warfare with Ms. Hochul, Mr. Delgado said…
“When Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York chose Antonio Delgado to be her lieutenant governor in 2022, she had nothing but the highest praise for her new No. 2.
“Three years later, their partnership has completely disintegrated. After months of open political warfare with Ms. Hochul, Mr. Delgado said Monday he would challenge her in next year’s Democratic primary.”
I don't know much about Delgado but he has a quality that I highly admire in a candidate. He isn't Kathy Hochul. Were I a resident of NY that would be enough to win me over in the primary, unless I learned something about him that made me conclude he was somehow worse than her.
That probably entirely depends on how many candidates decide to run. Democrats know she’s vulnerable from her actions taken since being elected and from her pathetic 2022 general election performance. A big, split field with a lot of candidates would go very badly for her opponents. A 1 on 1 battle on the other hand between the 2 would be pretty hard to see him lose that fight.
Exactly right imo. Not so much running on a policy disagreement left or right, but a person disagreement. The “she’s not running New York effectively, but I can” political primary attack strategy instead of “she’s too progressive or too conservative” political primary attack strategy.
Which to be fair, is almost certainly the right call from Delgado. That’s the only way she really is vulnerable in a primary rather than attacking her on things most voters have forgotten about or shrugged off in the end. She’s treading water approval wise in the state, so she doesn’t have a large segment of Democrats or any voters for that matter really mad at her over something left or right policy related. Just a meh resignation to her being Governor.
Gov. Hochul has a challenger: Antonio Delgado
“When Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York chose Antonio Delgado to be her lieutenant governor in 2022, she had nothing but the highest praise for her new No. 2.
“Three years later, their partnership has completely disintegrated. After months of open political warfare with Ms. Hochul, Mr. Delgado said Monday he would challenge her in next year’s Democratic primary.”
https://politicalwire.com/2025/06/02/antonio-delgado-will-challenge-kathy-hochul/
Thank goodness!
I don't know much about Delgado but he has a quality that I highly admire in a candidate. He isn't Kathy Hochul. Were I a resident of NY that would be enough to win me over in the primary, unless I learned something about him that made me conclude he was somehow worse than her.
Totally agreed.
I don't see that going very well for Delgado.
That probably entirely depends on how many candidates decide to run. Democrats know she’s vulnerable from her actions taken since being elected and from her pathetic 2022 general election performance. A big, split field with a lot of candidates would go very badly for her opponents. A 1 on 1 battle on the other hand between the 2 would be pretty hard to see him lose that fight.
Curious if there are any polls on this race. My initial guess would be he has an uphill fight but also curious what locals think.
She had a 35 point lead on him a couple months back. Lots and lots of time to the primary. Anything can happen. But I wouldn't put money on him.
Hochul is weak. If he campaigns strongly, gets wide enough name recognition, and gets people to see effectively-made ads, he could very well win.
Is he challenging from the left or the right?
From below.
Exactly right imo. Not so much running on a policy disagreement left or right, but a person disagreement. The “she’s not running New York effectively, but I can” political primary attack strategy instead of “she’s too progressive or too conservative” political primary attack strategy.
Which to be fair, is almost certainly the right call from Delgado. That’s the only way she really is vulnerable in a primary rather than attacking her on things most voters have forgotten about or shrugged off in the end. She’s treading water approval wise in the state, so she doesn’t have a large segment of Democrats or any voters for that matter really mad at her over something left or right policy related. Just a meh resignation to her being Governor.
He's to her left.
Interesting. In what ways?