Delgado, Antonio R. (Antonio Ramon), 1977-

<p>Antonio Ramon Delgado (born January 28, 1977) is an American attorney and politician from the state of New York. A Democrat, he serves as the U.S. Representative for New York's 19th congressional district, after he defeated incumbent John Faso in the 2018 elections. The district includes most of the southern and eastern suburbs of the Capital District as well as the majority of the Hudson Valley and Catskills regions. He is the first person of either African-American or Hispanic descent to be elected to Congress from Upstate New York.</p>

<p>Delgado was born in 1977, in Schenectady, New York, to Tony Delgado and Thelma P. Hill. He is of African-American and Puerto Rican ancestry. He attended Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons High School and played for the school's basketball team. He then enrolled at Colgate University and played for the Colgate Raiders men's basketball team alongside future Golden State Warriors player Adonal Foyle. Delgado graduated from Colgate in 1999 and earned a Rhodes Scholarship to study at The Queen's College, Oxford, from which he received a Master of Arts degree in 2001. In 2005, Delgado graduated from Harvard Law School.</p>

<p>After law school, Delgado moved to Los Angeles in 2005 and worked in the music industry. In 2007, Delgado released a socially conscious rap album under the stage name "AD the Voice." He then worked as a litigator in the New York office of the law firm Akin Gump.</p>

DELGADO, Antonio, a Representative from New York; born in Schenectady, Schenectady County, N.Y., January 28, 1977; graduated from Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons High School, Schenectady, N.Y., 1995; B.A., Colgate University, Hamilton, N.Y., 1999; Rhodes Scholar, M.A., Oxford University, Oxford, England, 2001; J.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 2005; musician; lawyer, private practice; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Sixteenth and to the succeeding Congress (January 3, 2019-present).

<p>Rep. Delgado is from Schenectady and lives in Rhinebeck with his wife, Lacey, and their twin sons, Maxwell and Coltrane. Rep. Delgado's parents worked for General Electric in Schenectady, demonstrating the values of hard work and commitment to community. It is that hard-working spirit that Rep. Delgado has continued throughout his life: he earned a Rhodes Scholarship while he attended Colgate University in Hamilton, New York, and went on to attend Harvard Law School. Rep. Delgado's professional experiences include a career in the music industry focused on empowering young people through Hip Hop culture, as well as working as an attorney in the complex commercial space, where he also dedicated significant time to pro bono work in connection with criminal justice reform. It's because of these diverse professional and personal experiences that Rep. Delgado finds common ground across the aisle and delivers results for the people of New York's 19th Congressional District.</p>

<p>Rep. Delgado spends every day in Congress focused on creating a vibrant local economy, working with local, state, and federal partners -- regardless of party -- to get results for the people here. From improving access to quality, affordable health care to expanding rural broadband to protecting our agricultural interests, Rep. Delgado is dedicated to working across the aisle and standing up for what residents need. During the 116th Congress, Rep. Delgado received the Chamber of Commerce Spirit of Enterprise Award and the Jefferson-Hamilton Award for his bipartisan legislative work. Rep. Delgado takes seriously his responsibility to be a voice for his constituents across the district, and hold himself accountable to them.</p>

<p>Rep. Delgado held 50 town halls in his first term, including 33 town halls in 2019, three in each of the 11 counties in the 19th Congressional District. Rep. Delgado is also committed to ensuring transparency and accessibility: he created four bipartisan, locally-based advisory committees on the priorities important to NY-19 including Small Business, Agriculture, Health Care and Veterans and opened five district offices so that everyone can have their questions answered, issues addressed, and voices heard. Rep. Delgado is the Chairman of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit. The Congressman also serves on the House Small Business and Transportation and Infrastructure Committees.</p>