Hubert Douglas Delany (; born December 31, 1993) is an American politician serving as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives for the 144th District, representing Stamford, Connecticut. Delany, a Democrat, is a U.S. Army sergeant who has served as a photojournalist, writer, and mass communications specialist.
Hubert Douglas Delany III was born on December 31, 1993, to parents Deborah Delany and Hubert Delany Sr. II, at Stamford Hospital in Stamford, Connecticut. Delany grew up in both Stamford and nearby Wilton for the first few years of his life. As a teenager growing up in Stamford's Waterside district, Hubert helped create Stamford's first Diversity Festival.
Delany is the great-grandson of Hubert Thomas Delany, an American civil rights pioneer, lawyer, politician. His twice great-grandfather, Henry Beard Delany (1858âÂÂ1928), was born enslaved, but became the first African American Bishop Suffragan of the Episcopal Church (United States). Other notable family members include Harlem Renaissance poet Clarissa Scott Delany and American author, science fiction writer, and literary critic Samuel R. Delany.
Delany enlisted in the United States Army in August 2015 and attended Basic Combat Training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina and Advanced Individual Training at the Defense Information School in Fort Meade, Maryland.
Delany ran as a Democrat in a 2022 special election for the 144th district in the Connecticut House of Representatives to replace representative Caroline Simmons, who resigned to become mayor of Stamford. He won the election against Republican candidate Danny Melchionne.
Delany serves as a Vice Chair of the House Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee. Delany secured a full term later in 2022 by beating Republican Mitchell Bell. Rep. Delany filed to run for reelection in November 2024.