Walter Hudson is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2023. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, Hudson represents District 30A in the northwestern Twin Cities metropolitan area, which includes the cities of St. Michael, Otsego, and Albertville, and parts of Hennepin and Wright Counties.
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Early life, education and career
Hudson was born in Detroit, Michigan, to a Black father and a white mother. He received a bachelor's degree in information technology from the University of Phoenix. Hudson served on the Albertville planning commission and the city council from 2014 to 2021.
Hudson has a background in conservative talk radio and hosted the show Closing Argument with Walter Hudson. He has worked for the David Horowitz Freedom Center. He was vice chair of the Republican Liberty Caucus of Minnesota and active in Minnesota's Tea Party Patriot movement. He supported Mike McFadden's 2014 campaign for U.S. Senate.
Minnesota House of Representatives
Hudson was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2022. He first ran after redistricting and after four-term Republican incumbent Eric Lucero announced he would run for a seat in the Minnesota Senate.
Hudson serves on the Children and Families Finance and Policy and Public Safety Finance and Policy Committees.
Political positions
Hudson campaigned on promises to ban "the practice of critical race theory in public education", oppose "the sexualization of students via comprehensive sex ed", and abolish abortion.
Hudson has spoken at anti-vaccine rallies held by the organization Mask Off MN, and during a December 2022 meeting of the group he compared medical professionals recommending COVID-19 vaccines to slave owners.
In 2025, Hudson co-sponsored a bill to designate messenger RNA (mRNA) treatments, which include several COVID-19 vaccines, "weapons of mass destruction", and make possessing or administering them a crime punishable by up to 20 years in prison. The bill was drafted by a Florida-based hypnotist and conspiracy theorist who believes that mRNA treatments are "nanoparticle injections" that amount to "biological and technological weapons of mass destruction".
Hudson is an anti-abortion activist and believes that women's right to abortion should be abolished. In 2022, he called for women who travel to other states to receive abortions to be arrested for murder.
Hudson's campaign website claimed the 2020 election had questionable outcomes and said "our election system is fundamentally broken and deeply corrupt".
In 2015, Hudson said that offenders released on parole should have the right to vote restored to them. In 2023, when a bill restoring the right to vote was before the House, he voted against the bill. During a House hearing, Hudson called on legislators to acknowledge the "widespread demonization" of law enforcement and was nearly called out of order for his conduct. In 2023, he opposed a bill that would set up a system to report incidents of discrimination, saying it would infringe on people's right to free speech. He supported legislation aimed at keeping Native American children in foster care in Native American homes.
Hudson opposed legislation creating a state board focused on youth restorative justice, saying it lacked a "well-defined definition" of restorative justice. He opposed the creation of a department focused on children and families, saying it would "replace love and intimacy with ideology and bureaucracy".
Personal life
Hudson lives in Albertville, Minnesota, with his wife, Carrie, and has two children.
In 2026, Hudson was intoxicated in public at 2:11 a.m. while carrying a firearm. His firearm, magazines, and holster were confiscated by the White Bear Lake police department during the DUI arrest of fellow state representative Elliott Engen, when Hudson was in the car along with an open bottle of liquor. Both Hudson and Engen were removed from their committee assignments by their party and the state DFL filed an ethics complaint against them.