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| Mayor 💰 | CC President 💰 | Treasurer 💰 | CC Member ⚖️ | County BoS | County Sherif | |
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| 1st Ward |
| | | | | | | | 2d Ward | | | | | | | | 3d Ward | | | | | | | | 4th Ward | | | | | | | | 5th Ward | | | | | | |
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**Legend ****
✅: Common Sense Endorsed!
⛔: No Common Sense. No Vote.
⚪: No Opinion, yet.
💰: Votes on BEA (Board of Estimates & Apportionment) ⚖️: Makes local laws
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→ Funny you’d ask…. at Hudson Common Sense we do the research so that you don’t have to.
→ Our bias, to be upfront, is that we want an efficient, equal, and nonpartisan Hudson. Your College professors would have called us “Classical Liberals”, late night comedy hosts would make fun of us for being “fiscally conservative and socially liberal”. **Read more about our Values, Mission, and Method here.**
Our Editorial Board Reasoning for Endorsements
| Mayor 💰 | CC President 💰 | Treasurer 💰 | CC Member ⚖️ | County BoS | County Sherif | |
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| 1st Ward |
| ✅ Joe Ferris ⛔ Kamal Johnson ⛔️ Lloyd Koedding* | ✅ Margaret Morris | ✅ Heather Campbell | ✅ Donna Streitz ✅ Henry Haddad ✅ Patricia Ramoska ⛔ Gary Purnhagen | ✅ Alexandria Madero ⛔ Randall Martin | ⬜️ John Rivero ⬜️ Jackie Salvatore | | 2d Ward | ✅ Joe Ferris ⛔ Kamal Johnson ⛔️ Lloyd Koedding* | ✅ Margaret Morris | ✅ Heather Campbell | ⚪ Dewan Sarowar ⚪ Mohammed Rony | ⚪ Abdus Miah | ⬜️ John Rivero ⬜️ Jackie Salvatore | | 3d Ward | ✅ Joe Ferris ⛔ Kamal Johnson ⛔️ Lloyd Koedding* | ✅ Margaret Morris | ✅ Heather Campbell | ✅ Jason Foster ⛔ Lola F. Roberts | ⚪ Sonja Okun | ⬜️ John Rivero ⬜️ Jackie Salvatore | | 4th Ward | ✅ Joe Ferris ⛔ Kamal Johnson ⛔️ Lloyd Koedding* | ✅ Margaret Morris | ✅ Heather Campbell | ✅ Rich “Trixie” Volo ⛔️ Jennifer Belton | ✅ Linda Mussmann | ⬜️ John Rivero ⬜️ Jackie Salvatore | | 5th Ward | ✅ Joe Ferris ⛔ Kamal Johnson ⛔️ Lloyd Koedding* | ✅ Margaret Morris | ✅ Heather Campbell | ✅ Dominic Merante ⛔ Claire Cousin | ⛔ Richard Scalera | ⬜️ John Rivero ⬜️ Jackie Salvatore |
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Our Voter recommendations are not arbitrary. Read the 1st Ward responses to the Common Sense Questionnaire below ⏬ **
Election ‘25: 1st Ward Council Race Questionnaire
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**Legend ****
✅: Common Sense Endorsed!
⛔: No Common Sense. No Vote.
⚪: No Opinion, yet.
💰: Votes on BEA (Board of Estimates & Apportionment) ⚖️: Makes local laws
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Common Council Race
✅ Vote for Donna, Henry and Patti
Mayoral Race
The Bully, the Jester, or the Nerd?
✅ Vote Joe Ferris
Supervisor Race
✅ Vote Alex Madero
Sheriff Race
For the 2025 Election, we are only writing substantive Voter Guides for the 1st Ward, but we make recommendations for other wards. For the Columbia County Sheriff election we spent significant time learning about the candidates but decided instead, to endorse non-partisan elections in the future.