Larry Delgado (born 1936) is an American politician who served as the

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Santa Fe, New Mexico Santa Fe ( ; , Spanish for 'Holy Faith'; tew, Oghá P'o'oge, Tewa for 'white shell water place'; tiw, Hulp'ó'ona, label=Tiwa language, Northern Tiwa; nv, Yootó, Navajo for 'bead + water place') is the capital of the U.S. state of 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 Debbie Jaramillo (born 1952) is an American politician who served as the 39th mayor of Santa Fe, New Mexico from 1994 to 1998. Career Mayor of Santa Fe Jaramillo was elected mayor after serving six years on the city council. She was Santa Fe's ...

and former mayor Sam Pick. In that election, he was viewed as taking a more

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option between Jaramillo's anti-development policies and Pick's pro-development policies.Andrew Leo Lovato, ''Santa Fe Hispanic Culture: Preserving Identity in a Tourist Town'' ( University of New Mexico Press, 2006), , pp. 109ff
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). He received 44% of the vote, ahead of Pick's 32% and Jaramillo's 11%. Delgado served two full terms as mayor, leaving office in 2006.Tom Sharpe
"Delgado's Legacy: Conservative mayor often a tie-breaker on measures affecting development
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'', March 12, 2006 (registration required). Delgado was appointed to the New Mexico Racing Commission by Governor Bill Richardson in 2006.

References

External links

Racing Commissioner Larry Delgado

Larry Delgado short bio from Google Books
1936 births Living people Mayors of Santa Fe, New Mexico Hispanic and Latino American mayors {{NewMexico-mayor-stub