Minnesota House District 30A: Walter Hudson

Walter Hudson

Address: Albertville

Family: Married to Carrie with two sons, aged 15 and 11

Education: Bachelor Degree of Applied Science in Information Technology

Age: 44

1. What experience makes you uniquely qualified for this position? It has been my honor to serve as your state representative for the past two years, assigned to the Public Safety committee and the Children and Families committee. Prior to this term, I served for multiple terms on the Albertville City Council and planning commission. I bring a background in small business operations, media production, and grassroots activism upholding individual rights and constitutional order.

I’m also a husband and a father of two boys who are rapidly becoming men. As my father sought to improve his lot in life to provide the opportunities I have enjoyed, I seek to protect eroding opportunities for my sons.

“Posterity” is a word rarely uttered in today’s political discourse, but essential to clear thinking when developing public policy. We serve not just today’s electorate, but tomorrow’s families and taxpayers. Placing people above politics means thinking well beyond the next election.

2. What is your No. 1 goal if elected to this seat? Broadly, my top goal is advocating for long-term sustainable policy that may not fit on a bumper sticker but manifests positive outcomes for Minnesota residents for generations to come. Under the Democrat trifecta, state policy has been hijacked by trendy activism and short-term political stunts which raid our coffers and set our institutions up for failure.

There may be no better direct example than the frustrating results for public education. Stakeholders from our community told me that they wanted equitable funding, more flexibility, and less unfunded mandates. They effectively got the opposite. While Tim Walz and Minnesota Democrats claim to have provided “historic funding,” those dollars were more than offset by dozens upon dozens of new mandates which were not fully funded. As a result, school districts are ironically in a worse financial position than they were before.

We need to put the “independent” back into independent school districts.

3. What is your biggest accomplishment in public life? Serving in the minority under a trifecta controlled by the other party presents few chances for meaningful accomplishment. Despite that, I am proud to have played a significant role in advocating for the unanimous passage of two bills which will work to keep children with their families and in their communities.

In 2023, we passed the Indian Family Preservation Act in response to then pending litigation in the United States Supreme Court, codifying existing protections for the children of tribal nations. In 2024, we passed the African American Family Preservation Act to similar effect. These are not partisan issues.

4. Of the legislation that passed last year, what are you most pleased about? What legislation concerns you most and what should be done about it? I was most pleased by the rare but potent examples of bipartisan work on issues that improve the lives of Minnesotans, particularly the aforementioned family preservation laws. As a conservative, the integrity of family relationships and the maintenance of cultural legacy is important to me. I believe the work done in that space will provide generational value to Minnesotans.

Unfortunately, those positives were more than offset by broad attacks upon parental rights, religious liberty, freedom of speech, and the ability of Minnesota residents to earn a living and afford the pursuit of happiness.

The top priority of Minnesota Democrats was creating a sector of anarchy in prenatal care, allowing any pregnancy at any stage to be terminated for any reason. They even went as far as to enable babies born alive to die from neglect and exposure on a medical table by repealing the Born Alive Infant Protection Act. They also passed a law cancelling the parental rights of children trafficked into Minnesota for so-called “gender affirming care.” A parent with custody in another state must watch helplessly as another adult facilitates the poisoning and mutilation of their child. The horror of these policies strains credulity but proves true.

5. If the state encounters a deficit what will be the proper approach to dealing with it? Minnesota Democrats increased the state budget by 40% in the last term, raising taxes by $10 billion and spending every thin dime of the then $18 billion state budget surplus. This was done in the shadow of multiple scandals revealing rampant fraud in the non-profit sector, where bad actors took money intended to feed children or support special needs and embezzled it to buy homes, purchase vehicles, go on lavish vacations, and even direct cash to foreign terrorist organizations.

That seems like an ideal place to begin looking for surgical cuts in the state budget. Democrats have been in charge for far too long and have become so arrogant that they think they’ll never face accountability for their flagrant misuse of your tax dollars. The only way to impose that accountability is to defeat them at the ballot box.