Lieutenant Governor of New York

	New York Lieutenant Governor
	; ; ;
	General information
Office Type:	Partisan
Office website:	Official Link
Compensation:	$210,000
2025 FY Budget:	$1,246,000
Term limits:	None
	Structure
Length of term:	4 years
Authority:	New York Constitution, Article IV, Section I
Selection Method:	Elected
	Current Officeholder(s)
	Lieutenant Governor of New York Antonio Delgado; Democratic Party; Assumed office: May 25, 2022
	Elections
Next election:	November 3, 2026
Last election:	November 8, 2022
	Other New York Executive Offices
	Governor • Lieutenant Governor • Secretary of State • Attorney General • Comptroller • Commissioner of Education • Agriculture Commissioner • Financial Services Superintendent • Environmental Conservation Commissioner•Labor Commissioner • Public Service Commission • Insurance

The Lieutenant Governor of New York is an elected constitutional officer, the second ranking officer of the executive branch and the first officer in line to succeed the Governor of New York. The lieutenant governor is popularly elected every four years by a plurality and has no term limit.

Current officeholder

See also: Current Lieutenant Governors

The current Lieutenant Governor of New York is Antonio Delgado (D). Delgado assumed office in 2022.

Authority

The New York Constitution establishes the office of lieutenant governor in Article IV, the Executive Department.

Under Article IV, Section I:

The executive power shall be vested in the governor, who shall hold office for four years; the lieutenant-governor shall be chosen at the same time, and for the same term. The governor and lieutenant-governor shall be chosen at the general election held in the year nineteen hundred thirty-eight, and each fourth year thereafter. They shall be chosen jointly...^[1]

Qualifications

Per Article IV, Section 2 of the New York Constitution, a candidate for the lieutenant governor's office must be:

a citizen of the United States
at least 30 years old
a resident of New York for at least five years prior to the election^[1]

Elections

See also: Gubernatorial election cycles by state

See also: Election of lieutenant governors

New York elects lieutenant governors in the midterm elections, that is, even years that are not presidential election years (e.g. 2018, 2022, 2026, 2030). Legally, the lieutenant gubernatorial inauguration is always set for the first day in the January following an election.

2022

See also: New York gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2022

General election

General election for Lieutenant Governor of New York

Incumbent Antonio Delgado defeated Alison Esposito in the general election for Lieutenant Governor of New York on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Antonio Delgado (D / Working Families Party)	53.2	3,140,415
	Alison Esposito (R / Conservative Party)	46.8	2,762,581

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,902,996
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Andrew Hollister (L)
Robin Dalton (Unite Party)
Ana Maria Archila (Working Families Party)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of New York

Incumbent Antonio Delgado defeated Ana Maria Archila and Diana Reyna in the Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of New York on June 28, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Antonio Delgado	60.7	522,069
	Ana Maria Archila	24.8	213,210
	Diana Reyna	14.1	121,589
	Other/Write-in votes	0.4	3,471

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 860,339
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Brian Benjamin (D)
David Englert (D)

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Alison Esposito advanced from the Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of New York.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Michael Grace (R)

Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Alison Esposito advanced from the Conservative Party primary for Lieutenant Governor of New York.

Working Families Party primary election

The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Ana Maria Archila advanced from the Working Families Party primary for Lieutenant Governor of New York.