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Delgado, Archila, and Reyna compete to become lieutenant governor

Jun 20, 2022 1:23 pm

Bill Mahoney reports for Politico that Antonio Delgado resigned as a Congressperson, leaving citizens in the 19th Congressional District without a vote in Washington, D.C., and with the possibility he may lose his bid to become lieutenant governor. “This is a race with question marks and not exclamation points,” said Democratic consultant Bruce Gyory, about the election that includes Delgado, progressive activist Ana Maria Archila, and former New York City Council Member Diana Reyna. Delgado explains what his role would be if elected: “My job as a partner is to make sure that in our shared capacities — we bring to the table different outlooks different perspectives, different experiences — that we try our best to complement each other for the betterment of the state,” Delgado said in an interview. “That is our shared objective, that is our shared goal, and that is certainly my orientation to this role.” Archila sees the job differently. “The lieutenant governor’s role is an elected role, but it’s used as if it were an appointed role by the governor, just as a surrogate,” Archila said. “It could be an office that actually is used to make sure that the people who actually need government to work, the people whose lives are most at stake … that those folks actually have the ear of somebody in the executive branch.” There has not been public polling on this election. Early voting is going on now and the polls close on June 28. Read more about this story at Politico.