Republican William Hallenbeck has been elected mayor of Hudson, beating Democrat Nick Haddad. WGXC's Sara Kendall reported from the Columbia County Board of Elections office, and Antonio Flores-Lobos read that news on the air around 5:45 p.m. on the "WGXC Afternoon Show." At that point WGXC reported that Hallenbeck was winning by 35 votes, with a few votes still in contention, during a count of absentee and affadavit ballots. At 8:27 p.m., Tom Casey at the Register-Star reports a final tally: Hallenbeck wins by 43.