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SYRACUSE – New York Democrats fell in line behind Kathy Hochul, who officially received the party’s nod at the party’s convention in Syracuse Friday — as the governor signaled she would make November’s election all about President Trump.
Hochul easily captured 85% of the convention’s vote over her estranged Lieutenant Governor, Antonio Delgado, despite a last-minute revolt by Brooklyn Dems after she announced former New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams as her running mate.
“Donald Trump’s Republican Party is a personality cult where truth is subjective, truth is crushed, and the American people have become the enemy,” Hochul said, bashing Trump at every turn in her speech following the vote.
Kathy Hochul officially received the party’s endorsement at the Democratic convention in Syracuse on Friday. Robert Miller for NY Post
Hochul easily captured 85% of the convention’s vote over her estranged Lieutenant Governor, Antonio Delgado. Paul Martinka“In my lifetime, the pillars of our very Democracy, truth, the rule of law, is under attack, not by a foreign power, but by our own president,” she added.
“In the last year, and most recently in Minneapolis, we’ve seen what happens when unfettered power is exercised and boundaries are completely ignored.”
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani made his blockbuster endorsement of Hochul on Thursday, followed by fellow Democratic socialist superstar Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and the state’s Democratic congressional delegation on Friday.
Delgado received just under 15% of the convention vote, meaning he will have to petition his way onto the primary ballot.
He confirmed to reporters Friday that he will continue to mount a long-shot primary campaign against Hochul from the left.
“The millions of people that are out there in New York, they are and still remain hungry for change,” Delgado said.
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