Bronx native, Marine Corps veteran, and community advocate Gonzalo Duran has officially launched his campaign for Lieutenant Governor of New York in the 2026 election. His announcement on November 6, 2025 , marks the beginning of a campaign he says will not just challenge Democrats—but demand accountability from his own party.

Fresh off his citywide run for New York City Public Advocate , Duran says he’s not slowing down—and neither should the Conservative Party.

“New York does not need more political insiders,” Duran declared. “It needs leaders who understand working-class families, who know what it means to struggle, to serve, and to fight.”

Born to immigrant parents and raised in the Bronx, Duran graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School before enlisting in the United

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