He first ran after redistricting and after four-term Republican incumbent Eric Lucero announced he would run for a seat in the Minnesota Senate.

[1] 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.

[11] 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.

[17] 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.

[20] He opposed the creation of a department focused on children and families, saying it would "replace love and intimacy with ideology and bureaucracy".

[23] In 2023 Hudson became well-known for his impassioned opposition to a bill, House File 146, that he said would violate the rights of parents in other states whose minor children go to Minnesota for gender-affirming care.