Jared Hudson believes he is the right man to be Alabama’s next U.S. Senator because he is not a typical politician.
Hudson officially launched a campaign to become the state’s next Senator in May. The veteran, who currently resides in Birmingham with his wife and children, heads Covenant Rescue Group, an organization that fights against human trafficking.
Tuesday on WVNN’s “The Yaffee Program,” Hudson discussed what motivates him while he’s on the campaign trail.
“Well, I mean, long story short, I’m a Christian. I’m a believer. Me and my wife spent some time praying about it,” Hudson explained. “My original answer was no, I don’t think that that’s something that I want to do. And we were asked back in the March timeframe, I guess, when Coach Tuberville was talking about running for governor. And honestly, the Lord just kind of directed us in that way and opened the doors, and we decided, well, maybe this is what we’re supposed to do in that process.”
Hudson said his candidacy isn’t about blind political ambition, but just wanting to help the people in his state.
“I’ve learned that the position of a U.S. Senator, it is a force multiplier, you know,” he said. “And in the SEAL teams, a force multiplier’s a machine gun. You can turn one SEAL into four SEALS if you give them a machine gun, and you can either be a force multiplier for good or force multiplier for bad. And I know that I’ll be a force multiplier for good.”
“So I guess if I was saying why I want to be one, I want to be a force multiplier for good, on behalf of my family, obviously, on behalf of the state of Alabama and the on behalf of this great nation that we serve,” he added. “I think we need politicians who are force multiplying good, not self elevating themselves through political ambition.”
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According to one of the latest polls on the Senate race, Hudson is in third place receiving just 9% of the vote. Marshall received 35% support, and U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise), received 12%.
Despite being considered an underdog, Hudson said he’s seen mostly a positive response to his campaign.
“I’ve run a small business, so I do have a business mind,” he said. “I do understand, to some extent, local and national economics. I understand geopolitical situations. I’ve been overseas and lived them and dealt with them at the front lines of it. I understand what it means to sign your name to a piece of paper to send somebody else’s kids to war, because I myself have been to war. And so there’s a lot of things that a U.S. Senator does, that I’ve experienced the actual doing, the things that a U.S. Senator sends you to do, and a lot of people really appreciate that.”
Hudson has received some national attention, including getting an endorsement by Riley Gaines, a former University of Kentucky swimmer turned conservative activist.
“We’re used to career politicians who climb a political ladder and hey, this is just the next step in their career. And people say that’s not the case with me,” he continued. “This is truly service. I want to serve the great state of Alabama. I want to serve the nation, and I want to bring the issues of us, the people of Alabama, to Washington D.C, and not bring all the Washington D.C. stupidity back to the people of Alabama.”
Yaffee is a contributing writer to Yellowhammer News and hosts “The Yaffee Program” weekdays 9-11 a.m. on WVNN. You can follow him on X @Yaffee
