The Democratic challenger in the race for Poughkeepsie mayor has conceded. Ken Levinson said after counting the absentee and affidavit ballots, he didn't have the numbers to overtake incumbent Republican Mayor John Tkazyik. Our John Wagner has the details.

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POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- Out of more than 5,000 votes cast, current Mayor John Tkazyik is up by 90 with 73 contested ballots. Those numbers lead his challenger Ken Levinson to concede, congratulating the mayor around noon on Wednesday.

"What we predicted election night is what took place here today," said Tkazyik. "And I want to thank the voters of the City of Poughkeepsie for having the faith and confidence in me to serve another four years."

Tkazyik had spent three terms in the common council before being elected as the second youngest mayor in Poughkeepsie history. Due to term limits, this will be his second and final term as mayor.

But not all city races are over. The eighth ward council seat is headed for court with Leslie Catlett leading incumbent Paul Herman by six votes with 14 contested ballots.

"The judge will listen to both side's objections, there will be witnesses called, sometimes there's even private investigators involved, every ballot will be scrutinized," explained Democratic elections commissioner Fran Knapp.

"I would expect that we'll have, hopefully, certified results by sometime in December, January at the latest," said Republican elections commissioner Erik Haight.

And while it took two weeks to finally decide the mayor's race, the mayor says there's already a number of city projects in the works and many reasons for Poughkeepsie to get excited about the next four years.

"Linking our walkway path to the future elevator project with Walkway Over the Hudson, a ten bay emergency response center and we have a new supermarket, Save-a-lot, that's going to be breaking ground in the spring," said Tkazyik.

The Democratic lead common council says they're ready to work with the mayor, but they want to see better crime fighting and a city-wide youth center.

"If we can fund the Walkway over the Hudson, I don't understand why we can't fund something for human beings, for our youth, they have no place to go," said Democrat Gwen Johnson, who was re-elected to her fourth term in the common council.

The next four years, starts now.