Bruce Blakeman has selected Todd Hood, sheriff in Madison County since 2018, as his running mate in New York’s gubernatorial race, sources tell News 12.

The Nassau County executive is speaking today at the Garden City Hotel during the nominating convention being held at the Garden City Hotel.

According to bio information on the Madison County Sheriff’s Office website, Hood has a long law enforcement career that began as a corrections officer in Madison County. He graduated from the Mohawk Valley Police Academy in 1991.

He worked as a patrolman with the New York State Parks Police, the Village of Clinton and the Town of Kirkland until 1993, when he became a patrolman with the Syracuse Police Department.

As sheriff, he commands a workforce of more than 170 members, including corrections officers, road patrol deputies, the Civil Division, the Pistol Permit Division and the Children’s Advocacy Center, and oversees a $9.5 million budget.