Overview
- Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado confirmed former Buffalo mayoral candidate India Walton as his lieutenant governor pick for the Democratic primary.
- Walton is a nurse and progressive who won the 2021 Democratic primary for Buffalo mayor before losing the general to incumbent Byron Brown's write-in campaign.
- The Delgado–Walton ticket is prioritizing the New York for All Act to bolster immigrant protections and the New York Health Act to pursue universal health care.
- A Siena University poll shows Gov. Kathy Hochul leading Delgado among Democrats by 64% to 11%, highlighting the scale of his challenge.
- Walton has ties to the Working Families Party and Buffalo’s Democratic Socialists of America chapter, reinforcing her appeal to the party’s left flank.