NC-9Representative profile

Richard Hudson Voting Record and Issue Profile

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U.S. House Representative

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Richard Hudson
NC-9 · In office since 2013Republican
98%
party alignment
Issue Profile
Climate72 votes
More climate-focused

Based on 72 tracked votes, this profile is more climate-focused, including opposing Homeowner Energy Freedom Act and backing Home Appliance Protection and Affordability Act.

Energy5 votes
More fossil-energy supportive

Based on 5 tracked votes, this profile is more fossil-energy supportive, including opposing Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act and backing Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to "Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Record of Decision"..

Healthcare2 votes
Mixed

Mixed. Across 2 tracked votes, the record split across both sides of the issue, including opposing Do No Harm in Medicaid Act and backing Protect Children’s Innocence Act.

Abortion / Reproductive Rights1 votes
Not enough tracked votes yet

Not enough tracked votes yet. This is based on 1 tracked vote, including opposing Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.

Official Position

He is committed to protecting unborn children and supported legislation requiring babies who survive an attempted abortion to receive the same care as any other child.

Source: Hudson House - Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
Jobs / Labor2 votes
Less labor-supportive

Based on 2 tracked votes, this profile is less labor-supportive, including backing Flexibility for Workers Education Act and opposing Empowering Employer Child and Elder Care Solutions Act.

Education1 votes
Not enough tracked votes yet

Not enough tracked votes yet. This is based on 1 tracked vote, including backing Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4312) to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of student athletes and to promote fair competition with respect to intercollegiate athletics, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1005) to prohibit elementary and secondary schools from accepting funds from or entering into contracts with the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1049) to ensure that parents are aware of foreign influence in their child's public school, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1069) to prohibit the availability of Federal education funds for elementary and secondary schools that receive direct or indirect support from the Government of the People's Republic of China; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2965) to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to ensure that the small business regulatory budget for a small business concern in a fiscal year is not greater than zero, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4305) to direct the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration to establish a Red Tape Hotline to receive notifications of burdensome agency rules, and for other purposes..

Official Position

Supports school safety legislation that funds mental-health counselors, school hardening, and prevention efforts to keep students safer in the classroom.

Source: Hudson House - School Safety and Mental Health Legislation
Gun Policy0 votes
Not enough tracked votes yet

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Official Position

On his issues page, Hudson says he has an A+ NRA rating and defends the right to keep and bear arms. He introduced the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act to ensure Second Amendment rights don't disappear when crossing state lines.

Source: Hudson House - Second Amendment
Housing1 votes
Not enough tracked votes yet

Not enough tracked votes yet. This is based on 1 tracked vote, including backing 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act.

Criminal Justice / Policing1 votes
Not enough tracked votes yet

Not enough tracked votes yet. This is based on 1 tracked vote, including backing District of Columbia Cash Bail Reform Act of 2025.

Official Position

Supports funding school resource officers, law-enforcement training, and active-shooter preparedness to prevent violence and protect schools.

Source: Hudson House - School Safety and Mental Health Legislation
Civil Rights / LGBTQ+ Rights1 votes
Not enough tracked votes yet

Not enough tracked votes yet. This is based on 1 tracked vote, including backing Enhancing Multi-Class Share Disclosures Act.

Government Reform / Democracy10 votes
Mixed

Mixed. Across 10 tracked votes, the record split across both sides of the issue, including opposing ROTOR Act and opposing An amendment numbered 1 printed in Part B of House Report 119-399 to strike section 307 relating to enhancing multi-class share disclosures..

Immigration35 votes
More restrictive

Based on 35 tracked votes, this profile is more restrictive, including backing Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025 and backing Great Lakes Mass Marking Program Act of 2025.

Trade2 votes
Mixed

Mixed. Across 2 tracked votes, the record split across both sides of the issue, including backing Remote Access Security Act and backing Haiti Economic Lift Program Extension Act.

Foreign Policy16 votes
More aggressive on foreign policy

Based on 16 tracked votes, this profile is more aggressive on foreign policy, including opposing Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with presidentially designated terrorist organizations in the Western Hemisphere. and opposing this concurrent resolution directs the President to remove U.S.