ALBANY, N.Y. (WNYT)- Former New York City Council Speaker, Adrienne Adams, will run for lieutenant governor with Governor Hochul in the November 2026 gubernatorial election.

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“I picked a New Yorker from Southeast Queens,” Gov. Hochul said in a Facebook post on February 4 welcoming Adams. “Someone who grew up in a union household, just like I did. A fighter who knows how to deliver for New York,” she said.

“Leave it to Kathy Hochul to select a radical running mate that welcomed the migrant crisis, defunded the NYPD by a billion dollars, and chased away thousands of jobs to other states,” said Nassau County Executive and Republican candidate for governor, Bruce Blakeman.

Current Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado announced India Walton from Buffalo as his running mate on February 4 as well.

“A mother from Buffalo and committed activist, India energized new, often overlooked voters in her historic run for mayor,” Delgado said. “I am honored to call her my partner in this fight, and thrilled she has agreed to join me as we take on a broken system – enabled by establishment politicians – that serves the few at the expense of the many.”

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