Hudson’s attention in the past 24 hours has been riveted on the Hudson City Democratic Committee’s feverish efforts to restore the possibility of candidate Nick Haddad’s name appearing on the top line of the ballot. A paperwork deadline was missed, thus invalidating the HCDC members' petitioning efforts for Haddad. (Those petitions had already been recalled once before prior to filing due to a shakeup in the Dem ticket.)
Less attention has been paid, meanwhile, to another developing situation on the Republican side of things: namely, persistent rumors that GOP Common Council President nominee Bart Delaney has dropped out of the race.
Word is that Delaney (currently serving as 5th Ward Supervisor) failed to accept the Conservative and Independent nominations, and would like his name removed from the Republican line as well. If true, this would leave Dem nominee Donald Moore—who himself is a replacement for his party's initial choice, Sarah Sterling—unopposed. Another source has it that former Dem chair Linda Mussmann wants her close ally and former Dick Tracy mayoral aide Lynn Sloneker to replace Delaney on the Republican line if he drops out, but that does not appear to be technically possible at this point.
Notably, perhaps, Delaney did not appear in this group photo of the Hudson Republican candidates when they announced their slate less than six weeks ago.
