# Brad Hudson

Brad Hudson is a Republican member of the Missouri Senate for district 33.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Missouri Senate, district 33
- Serving since: 2019-01-09
- Current term: MO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/9f6b3ff8-f439-44d0-bdf7-315451e52cb7

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9f6b3ff8-f439-44d0-bdf7-315451e52cb7 (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

100% of Hudson’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Missouri, in the top quarter of State Senate Republicans.

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

168 classified statements: 168 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Hudson | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.3% | 272 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 6.6% | 9.5% | 179 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 23.8% | 37.3% | 260 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.8% | 2.3% | 159 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 14.9% | 15.4% | 160 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 1.2% | 1.3% | 104 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 25% (State Senate Republicans 5.0%); Government Operations and Politics 20% (State Senate Republicans 17%); Law 15% (State Senate Republicans 3.7%); Health 13% (State Senate Republicans 9.1%); Taxation 13% (State Senate Republicans 7.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.43 (standard error 0.04), from 185 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 60% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (MO 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 76 bills: 73 reached committee, 6 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 2. 7.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Missouri Senate 11.0%; rank 14 of 33).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 1785: Adds provisions relating to bonds for violent offenders (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1785/
- SB 1718: Modifies provisions relating to workers' compensation (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1718/
- SB 1644: Creates provisions relating to conduct affecting health care provider networks (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1644/
- SB 1645: Authorizes a sales tax exemption for campground rentals (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1645/
- SJR 114: Modifies the selection and terms of judges of the Supreme Court and of the Court of Appeals (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SJR114/
- SB 1506: Establishes criminal and civil liability for altered sexual depictions of identifiable persons (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1506/
- SB 1073: Designates every October 14th as Charlie Kirk Day (in committee, 2026-01-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1073/
- SB 1253: Modifies the penalties for the offense of assault on a law enforcement animal (in committee, 2026-01-27) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1253/
- SB 1200: Removes the expiration date on certain provisions relating to gender transition (in committee, 2026-01-27) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1200/
- SB 1074: Modifies provisions relating to criminal sentencing, including compliance and good-time credits (in committee, 2026-01-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1074/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $109.2K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% 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.

- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/brad_hudson_/status/2114151716728062059
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/brad_hudson_/status/2114348170159566875
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/brad_hudson_/status/2113239825021296759
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/brad_hudson_/status/2111241536562463125
- 2026-10-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/brad_hudson_/status/2109038593843069241
- 2026-09-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/brad_hudson_/status/2098425506060484645
- 2026-09-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/brad_hudson_/status/2096768056345108615
- 2026-09-03 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/brad_hudson_/status/2095659990065311780
- 2026-09-03 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/brad_hudson_/status/2095659993622089853
- 2026-09-03 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/brad_hudson_/status/2095659998957195625

## Links

- Official site: https://house.mo.gov/MemberDetails.aspx?year=2024&code=R&district=138
- X: https://x.com/brad_hudson_
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brad4mo/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brad-hudson-95a60935/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9f6b3ff8-f439-44d0-bdf7-315451e52cb7