Delgado Wins Re-Election For 19th Congressional District: AP

RHINEBECK, NY — The Associated Press Wednesday declared that Rep. Antonio Delgado was re-elected to represent the 19th Congressional District for a second term.

His lead has expanded to more than 30,000 votes, the AP said, and is expected to grow as absentee ballots continue to be counted.

"With the race officially called, I am incredibly humbled by the opportunity to once again serve every community in NY-19 and thank Mr. Van De Water for his concession call and his spirited campaign focused on the issues," Delgado said.

"The work continues, as I have already met this month with all four of my bipartisan, locally based advisory committees focusing on small businesses, health care, agriculture and our veterans," he said, "as well as launched a district-wide priorities survey to hear from everyone across NY-19 about what they're most interested in seeing Congress take on as we move forward."

Delgado, 43, lives in Rhinebeck. He is married with twin sons.

His opponents were Republican Kyle Van De Water, Libertarian Victoria Alexander and Green Party candidate Steven Greenfield.

The 19th Congressional District is comprised of Columbia, Delaware, Greene, Otsego, Schoharie, Sullivan and Ulster counties and parts of Broome, Dutchess, Montgomery and Rensselaer counties.