Nick Haddad breezed past Linda Mussmann in Tuesday’s Democratic mayoral primary in Hudson. Each of his running mates, including David Marston, Sarah Sterling, Ellen Thurston, Larissa Thomas, were likewise nominated by very large margins. Below is a table of preliminary results reported ward-by-ward by observers at the Board of Election’s initial count:
* Small numbers of votes for Bill Hallenbeck and other write-ins cast in several wards were not immediately available.
Haddad overcame an unfortunate petitioning SNAFU which had forced the unusual primary, requiring Democratic voters to write-in the name of a candidate for Mayor despite a party nominee having been designated by the Hudson City Democratic Committee.
Candidate Mussmann, who had imagined she might take advantage of the so-called “opportunity to ballot,” reportedly left the count before it concluded, as it became clear that her margin of defeat was too lopsided to be overcome with outstanding ballots, including absentees. This marks Mussmann’s sixth losing campaign, including three previous Mayoral runs, and one run each for School Board and Alderman.