Larry Delgado Explained

Larry Delgado
Office:	40th Mayor of Santa Fe
Term Start:	1998
Term End:	2006
Predecessor:	Debbie Jaramillo
Successor:	David Coss
Party:	Democratic

Larry Delgado (born 1936) is an American politician who served as the mayor of Santa Fe, New Mexico from 1998 to 2006. He previously served two terms on the Santa Fe City Council, from 1990 to 1998.

Career

He was elected mayor of Santa Fe in 1998 after defeating mayor Debbie Jaramillo and former mayor Sam Pick. In that election, he was viewed as taking a more centrist option between Jaramillo's anti-development policies and Pick's pro-development policies.^[1] He received 44% of the vote, ahead of Pick's 32% and Jaramillo's 11%.^{[2] [3]} Delgado served two full terms as mayor, leaving office in 2006.^{[4] [5]}

Delgado was appointed to the New Mexico Racing Commission by Governor Bill Richardson in 2006.

External links

• Racing Commissioner Larry Delgado
• Larry Delgado short bio from Google Books

Notes and References

1. Andrew Leo Lovato, Santa Fe Hispanic Culture: Preserving Identity in a Tourist Town (University of New Mexico Press, 2006),, pp. 109ff (excerpt available at Google Books).
2. Elvia Diaz and Scott Smallwood, "Delgado Is Next Santa Fe Mayor.", Albuquerque Journal, March 4, 1998 (registration required).
3. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-435779_ITM "Santa Feans hand incumbent Mayor Jaramillo a crushing defeat"
4. Tom Sharpe, "Delgado's Legacy: Conservative mayor often a tie-breaker on measures affecting development, The Santa Fe New Mexican, March 12, 2006 (registration required).
5. Web site: New Mexico Politics with Joe Monahan. 2021-04-05. joemonahansnewmexico.blogspot.com.