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Richard Hudson

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 4, 1971 in Franklin, VA

Education:

  • Myers Park High School (Charlotte, NC), 1990
  • University of North Carolina, B.A., 1996

Career:

  • Deputy Chief of Staff, NC Rep. Robin Hayes, 2000-2005
  • Chief of Staff, NC Rep. Virginia Foxx, 2005-2006
  • Chief of Staff, TX Rep. John Carter, 2006-2008
  • Chief of Staff, TX Rep. Mike Conway, 2008-2011
  • President, Cabarrus Marketing Group, 2011-



Election Results for Richard Hudson


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2012 40 NC R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 21,451 32.1%
2012 40 NC R U.S. House District 08 Primary Runoff 1 10,699 63.6%
2012 40 NC R U.S. House District 08 General 1 160,695 53.2%
2014 42 NC R U.S. House District 08 General 1 121,568 64.9%
2016 44 NC R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 16,375 64.6%
2016 44 NC R U.S. House District 08 General 1 189,863 58.8%
2018 46 NC R U.S. House District 08 General 1 141,402 55.3%
2020 48 NC R U.S. House District 08 General 1 202,774 53.3%
2022 50 NC R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 38,117 79.2%
2022 50 NC R U.S. House District 09 General 1 131,453 56.5%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this election.




Ideology Data for Richard Hudson


Click on the number in the 'Conserv.' column to see all of the key votes for that year.

YearAgeBodyConservative
Coalition
Party UnityPresidential
Support
Vote %LiberalConserv.
P
2013 41 House 95 2 D 12 87 97 0 88
2014 42 House 99 1 D 14 86 99 0 88
2015 43 House 91 2 D 8 87 92 0 95
2016 44 House 94 0 D 6 89 94 0 96
2017 45 House 92 1 R 89 6 92 0 96
2018 46 House 95 1 R 93 7 95 0 83
2019 47 House 87 5 R 85 2 94 5 89
2020 48 House 83 3 R 92 6 88 0 80
2021 49 House 95 3 D 6 94 97 0 82
2022 50 House 92 7 D 33 67 99 68
2023 51 House 89 9 D 98 79
2024 52 House 94 4 D 97 89
Lifetime conservative rating:   84%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this row.



Conservative Coalition: According to the publication "Congressional Quarterly" (CQ), this is an alliance of Republicans and Southern Democrats (from back when Southern Democrats tended to be conservative or at least moderate) against Northern Democrats in Congress.

This concept had significant meaning perhaps through the 1980's. These statistics stopped being computed after 2000 because conservative Democrats no longer existed except in very rare cases. The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the coalition; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the coalition. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.



Party Unity: According to CQ, a Party Unity vote in Congress is one in which the parties were split, with a majority of Democrats opposing a majority of Republicans.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with his party; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the party. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.



Presidential Support: These are votes for which the President has stated his position, either in via a message to Congress, by press conference remarks or other public statements and documents.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the President; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the President. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast. The "P" column indicates the party of the President in each year.



Vote %: The percentage of roll-call votes in which this Representaive or Senator participated by voting "Yes" or "No" (as opposed to "Present" or not voting at all.)



Liberal Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the ultra-liberal advocacy organization called "Americans for Democratic Action" (ADA). They have been rating members of Congress since 1947. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the liberal position on a key issue. The methodology behind the calculation can be found here. Ratings followed by an asterisk were calculated the "ADA way" due to missing data regarding key votes in the ADA source material.



Conservative Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the conservative advocacy organization called the "American Conservative Union" (ACU). They have been rating members of Congress since 1971. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the conservative position on a key issue.

The liberal and conservative ratings are not expected to add to 100% because the two groups use different sets of key votes to determine their ratings. Conservative ratings from 1961 through 1970 (and for 2024) were calculated based on key votes as selected by the creators of this website.