Antonio Delgado’s New Job Spells Trouble for House Democrats

On the surface it would seem strange to quit your hard-won post as a two-term congressman serving in the House majority to spend your days traveling to community meetings in Plattsburgh and Fredonia. Yet that is what Antonio Delgado did Tuesday morning, with New York governor Kathy Hochul announcing she had selected him as the state’s new lieutenant governor, replacing Brian Benjamin, who was arrested last month on campaign finance charges and promptly resigned, while denying the allegations. The move, though, makes perfect sense for Hochul and Delgado, in pragmatic ways. Its implications for national Democrats, however, are fairly grim…. Read Full Article