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Lieutenant Governor of New York
Springfield College—Bachelor of Science in Sociology
Data last updated 10/16/2026
Todd Hood is a career law enforcement officer and Madison County Sheriff who began serving as sheriff in 2018. He began his career as a Madison County corrections officer, graduated from the Mohawk Valley Police Academy in 1991, served with the New York State Parks Police and local police agencies, and then spent more than two decades with the Syracuse Police Department. He later worked as an investigator for the Onondaga County District Attorney’s Office and has held leadership roles including Vice President of the New York State Sheriffs’ Association and Chairman of the National Sheriffs’ Association School Safety Committee.
Committee Assignments: No committee assignments available.
Todd Hood, the 2026 Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New York on Bruce Blakeman's ticket, does not appear to publish a detailed healthcare platform on the campaign site or Branch profile. The only healthcare-specific position found was a reported campaign-event statement supporting cuts to Medicaid spending.
Specific Actions & Proposals
At a campaign event, Hood was reported as defending the Blakeman-Hood ticket's plan to cut Medicaid spending, saying that cutting Medicaid spending is not "terrible."
SourceTodd Hood is the Republican lieutenant governor running mate on Bruce Blakeman's 2026 New York ticket; direct Todd Hood-specific economy material was limited, and Branch reported that Hood's own website had no Economy issue information as of April 23, 2026. The Blakeman-Hood ticket's economy-and-jobs message centers on affordability, lower taxes, lower energy costs, fiscal responsibility, and a climate where businesses can grow.
Specific Actions & Proposals
The Blakeman-Hood ticket supports cutting middle-class income taxes as part of an affordability agenda for New York families and small businesses.
SourceThe campaign website says Blakeman did not raise property or sales taxes as Nassau County Executive and would deliver relief to homeowners and renters statewide, while identifying Todd Hood as his lieutenant governor running mate.
SourceA Republican event report says the Blakeman-Hood campaign agenda focuses on making New York more affordable, lowering taxes and energy costs, and making the state a place where businesses can grow.
SourceCoverage of the ticket's GOP nomination reported Blakeman's pledge to redirect state spending toward tax relief, infrastructure, schools, and hospitals, and noted Todd Hood as the lieutenant governor running mate.
SourceMonroe County GOP described the Blakeman-Hood ticket as a partnership focused on restoring public safety, lowering taxes, and making New York affordable for working men and women.
SourceTodd Hood supports local law-enforcement cooperation with federal immigration authorities, including ICE 287(g) participation and honoring ICE detainer/transfer requests for undocumented immigrants held on local criminal charges. He opposes New York state efforts to ban or restrict local police cooperation with ICE, arguing that such cooperation is needed for public safety.
Specific Actions & Proposals
As Madison County sheriff, Hood signed a 287(g) agreement allowing trained deputies to serve and execute federal immigration warrants for people in custody at the Madison County jail.
SourceHood said Madison County would use ICE data and the Warrant Service Officer model to identify people without documentation and execute civil immigration warrants in custody.
SourceHood criticized New York state efforts to prohibit local cooperation with ICE and praised the 287(g) program as important for handling undocumented immigrants charged with crimes.
SourceHood said he would terminate the formal 287(g) agreement if required by state law but would continue working with ICE and honoring requests to detain and transfer undocumented immigrants in Madison County custody.
SourceTodd Hood has directly criticized New York's "green energy laws" as part of the Blakeman-Hood Republican ticket's affordability message. The available climate and energy positions are stated campaign-ticket positions opposing current state green-energy mandates, offshore wind costs, all-electric/gas-ban policies, industrial solar siting, and supporting expanded natural gas/fracking.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Hood said New York has "serious problems with crime, green energy laws, and the high taxes are hurting people" while running for lieutenant governor with Bruce Blakeman.
SourceAt a Republican candidates event where Todd Hood was listed as the lieutenant governor candidate, the Blakeman campaign message included reducing electric bills by 50% by reversing expensive green energy mandates.
SourceThe Blakeman-Hood campaign press page says Blakeman pledged to cut electricity bills in half and criticized Hochul's offshore wind plan as costing five times more and being paid for on electric bills.
SourceThe Blakeman-Hood campaign promoted developing the Marcellus Shale natural gas resource and criticized New York's fracking ban as keeping that resource locked in the ground.
SourceThe Blakeman-Hood campaign attacked Hochul's solar policy as a "Solar Scam" and argued that solar sprawl was consuming farmland, indicating support for limiting state-backed industrial solar expansion on farmland.
SourceTodd Hood has not published a broad education platform for his 2026 New York lieutenant governor campaign; a candidate profile noted that his website did not contain education issue information as of April 23, 2026. The education-related record located is focused on school safety, including school patrol/resource officers, threat response, cyberbullying prevention, and violence-prevention policy through his sheriff and National Sheriffs' Association roles.
Specific Actions & Proposals
In a county committee discussion, Hood presented costs and benefits for school resource officers and described the benefits of hiring SROs under the law-enforcement umbrella for schools that wanted to participate.
SourceWhen Madison County announced funding for school patrol officers, Hood said the objective was to ensure a safe environment for children, build relationships with students, and hoped every school would take part in the program.
SourceThe Conservative Party candidate biography for New York lieutenant governor says Hood chairs the National Sheriffs' Association School Safety Committee, providing leadership on school safety policy, threat assessment, and violence-prevention strategies.
SourceTodd Hood frames public safety as central to his lieutenant governor campaign, emphasizing his law-enforcement background, support for police, and a law-and-order approach. The Blakeman-Hood ticket supports revising or repealing New York criminal-justice policies such as bail reform, parole changes, and Raise the Age, and backs stronger pretrial detention tools for repeat or dangerous offenders.
Specific Actions & Proposals
The Blakeman-Hood ticket says it would push to repeal or revise criminal justice policies it argues have weakened law enforcement, including bail reform, parole rules, and elements of Raise the Age.
SourceAt a Gates rally on bail policy, Hood joined the Blakeman ticket's push for a dangerousness standard and cited crime increases as justification for stronger pretrial detention tools.
SourceHood's campaign biography says he is focused on keeping New Yorkers safe and bringing strong, proven law-enforcement leadership statewide as lieutenant governor.
SourceThe Conservative Party profile identifies Hood as chair of the National Sheriffs’ Association School Safety Committee, emphasizing school safety policy, threat assessment, and violence-prevention strategies.
SourceNew York Republican State Committee
https://nygop.org/candidates/Fetched: biography, hometown, education, background
Conservative Party of New York State
https://www.cpnys.org/team/todd-hood-lieutenant-governor/Fetched: biography, hometown, education, background
Madison County, NY
https://www.madisoncounty.ny.gov/1707/About-the-Sheriffs-OfficeFetched: biography, hometown, education, background
New York State Board of Elections
https://elections.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2026/04/accessible-june-23-2026-primary-certification-amended-4.30.26-.pdfFetched: office, party
Transparency USA - Todd Hood New York Candidate
https://www.transparencyusa.org/ny/candidate/todd-hoodFetched: campaignFinance
Transparency USA - Lieutenant Governor of New York Election
https://www.transparencyusa.org/ny/race/lieutenant-governor-of-new-york-76791Fetched: campaignFinance
New York State Republican Committee - Meet Our Candidates
https://nygop.org/candidates/Fetched: votingRecord
New York State Unified Court System - Matter of Blakeman v New York State Public Campaign Finance Board
https://www.nycourts.gov/reporter/current/3dseries/2026/2026_03347.shtmlFetched: campaignFinance
Enhanced Voting Sample Ballot - 2026 New York General Election
https://app.enhancedvoting.com/ebd/voter/newyork/sampleballots/jurisdiction/d1088c28-daec-49f5-9c38-ef8517b1557b/election/01000000-9c1e-58cf-a6dc-08df169098cb/precinct/74a90000-760b-387c-23c2-08ddeb259db9/ballotStyle/01000000-6dbf-158f-417c-08df16909cafFetched: votingRecord
Conservative Party of New York State
https://www.cpnys.org/2026/02/15/conservative-party-concludes-nominating-convention-authorizes-2026-statewide-slate-2-15-26/Fetched: endorsements
New York Official Reports - Matter of Blakeman v New York State Public Campaign Finance Board
https://www.nycourts.gov/reporter/current/3dseries/2026/2026_26073.shtmlFetched: endorsements
Sway
https://www.sway.co/candidate/todd-hood-d8c7e1aa-57f6-4402-9b9f-045892768c45Fetched: endorsements
DGA via PublicNow
https://www.publicnow.com/view/CBA2F51E8287DCE80B7149E86BB647577CB4E727Fetched: issuePositions
Branch.vote Todd Hood profile
https://www.branch.vote/races/2026-new-york-primary-election-ny-state-lieutenant-governor-ny-state-r/candidates/todd-hoodFetched: issuePositions
New York Republican State Committee
https://nygop.org/blakeman-accepts-republican-nomination-for-governor-pledges-to-end-hochuls-tax-hikes-and-restore-affordability-and-public-safety/Fetched: issuePositions
FingerLakes1.com
https://www.fingerlakes1.com/2026/02/12/blakeman-accepts-gop-nomination-outlines-plan-to-cut-taxes-and-overhaul-public-safety-policies/Fetched: issuePositions
Branch
https://www.branch.vote/races/2026-new-york-primary-election-ny-state-lieutenant-governor-ny-state-r/candidates/todd-hoodFetched: issuePositions
Central Current
https://centralcurrent.org/madison-countys-agreement-to-enforce-immigration-law-is-official-county-lawmaker-says/Fetched: issuePositions
Yahoo News
https://www.yahoo.com/news/partnership-ice-allows-madison-county-195815008.htmlFetched: issuePositions
FOX One
https://www.fox.com/watch/clip/fmc-v1oemvia35ab0xf9/ny-sheriff-slams-gov-hochul-s-push-to-ban-ice-cooperationFetched: issuePositions
Police1
https://www.police1.com/chiefs-sheriffs/n-y-sheriff-pledges-to-continue-working-with-ice-despite-warnings-from-state-a-gFetched: issuePositions
Oneida Dispatch archive
https://archive.vn/2026.08.29-203910/https%3A/www.oneidadispatch.com/2026/08/29/its-ridiculous-hood-joins-14-other-sheriffs-in-ice-lawsuit-against-ny/Fetched: issuePositions
Madison County Police Reform Plan
https://policereform.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2021/04/madison_county-police_reform_plan.pdfFetched: issuePositions
WXXI News
https://www.wxxinews.org/text/local-news/2026-08-17/blakeman-touts-dangerousness-standard-in-setting-bail-claiming-crime-is-upFetched: issuePositions