New York will have its first all-female statewide ticket this fall. Governor Kathy Hochul has chosen former New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams as her running mate for the Democratic reelection campaign.
Adams replaces current Lieutenant Governor Antonio Delgado, who is now challenging Hochul in the Democratic primary.
On Wednesday, Delgado announced India Walton as his running mate. Back in 2021, just months after securing the Democratic Party’s nomination for Buffalo Mayor, she lost to the incumbent, Byron Brown, who launched a successful write-in campaign.
Nassau County Executive and Republican candidate for governor Bruce Blakeman criticized Governor Hochul’s choice for running mate, saying she selected a candidate he called too far left. Blakeman claimed the pick supported policies that worsened the migrant crisis, cut one billion dollars from the NYPD budget, and drove jobs out of New York to other states.
