# Walter Hudson

Walter Hudson is a Republican member of the Minnesota House for district 30A.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 30A
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/0b721953-c642-4b33-b203-5eb3f3da210b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0b721953-c642-4b33-b203-5eb3f3da210b (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

0% of Hudson’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Republicans.

## What Hudson says (MN 2025–26 session)

4,376 classified statements: 4,376 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Hudson | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 11.4% | 2.9% | 41 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 7.8% | 9.3% | 345 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 18.5% | 31.9% | 594 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.3% | 1.8% | 350 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 1.3% | 12.7% | 699 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 5.5% | 1.4% | 48 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Crime and Law Enforcement 35% (State House Republicans 11%); Government Operations and Politics 30% (State House Republicans 18%); Immigration 12% (State House Republicans 4.7%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 12% (State House Republicans 6.2%); Education 7.7% (State House Republicans 15%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.21 (standard error 0.02), from 67 donors and 472 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 27% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

297 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 95.1% (97.5%). 10 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Niska Motion Suspension of Rules · HF 1849 Term limits provided for governor and lieutenant governor, and constitutional amendment proposed. · fail · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF1849/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Passage, as amended · HF 2354 Medical assistance fraud governing provisions added and modified, attorney general provided subpoena and enforcement authority, criminal penalties… · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2354/
- 2026-05-17 · voted nay · Long motion Suspension of Rules · HF 5149 Law enforcement access to sensitive locations restricted, civil remedies established, concealing identity crime modified, scope of use of force… · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5149/
- 2026-05-17 · voted nay · Repassage, as amended by Conference · SF 4612 Omnibus Health and Human Services supplemental appropriations · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4612/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Passage · SF 334 Human Services Systems Modernization Advisory Council and Legislative Commission on Human Services Systems; creation · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF334/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Passage, as amended · SF 5200 Miscellaneous oversights, inconsistencies, ambiguities, unintended results, and technical errors correction · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5200/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Niska motion Take from the table · HF 2133 Income tax; pass-through entity tax technical correction made. · fail · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2133/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Passage, as amended · SF 1943 Pet shops prohibition from selling cats and dogs · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF1943/
- 2026-05-17 · voted nay · Passage · SF 4401 Omnibus Cannabis bill · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4401/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Repassage, as amended by Conference · SF 4476 Omnibus Human Services supplemental appropriations · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4476/

## Legislation (MN 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 34 bills: 34 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 124. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 114 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 4805: Nondiscrimination and faith-statement restrictions on eligible institutions and enrollment options removed. (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4805/
- HF 4760: Parenting Time Enforcement Task Force established, report required, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4760/
- HF 4759: Unfunded mandates by the state to local governments prohibited, and constitutional amendment proposed. (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4759/
- HF 4761: Agricultural products and equipment exempted from regulations governing products containing PFAS. (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4761/
- HF 4315: Grandparent special license plate established. (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4315/
- HF 4314: Criminal penalties increased and scope of the doxxing crime increased. (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4314/
- HF 4089: Membership and appointing authority of Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission amended, and commissioner of corrections designated as nonvoting member of… (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4089/
- HF 3996: Cannabis business license applications required to be available in Spanish. (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3996/
- HF 3822: Penalty for misconduct of public officer or employee enhanced. (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3822/
- HF 3542: Disclosure of certain investigations and withholding of payments within 30 days of a request required. (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3542/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $5,293 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 0% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/WalterHudson/status/2114559867994124682
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/WalterHudson/status/2114569556333093183
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/WalterHudson/status/2114703592846217402
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/WalterHudson/status/2114711142689833429
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, policy discussion · https://x.com/WalterHudson/status/2114718703434768609
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/WalterHudson/status/2114722466564391162
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/WalterHudson/status/2114726243128279436
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/WalterHudson/status/2114730017129140611
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/WalterHudson/status/2114733804485018005
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/WalterHudson/status/2114737566180405578

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/15607
- Campaign site: https://www.hudsonformn.com/
- X: https://x.com/WalterHudson
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hudsonformn/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weltershudson
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCluArly5XWvAC9qqFTdDzug
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/walterhudson

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0b721953-c642-4b33-b203-5eb3f3da210b