¶ How To Win Against Richard Hudson
Richard Hudson has built his career as a Washington insider who puts industry donors ahead of his own constituents. He was the one of top pharmaceutical PAC recipient in Congress in the 2020 cycle — pocketing $275,980— who voted against the capping insulin prices and Medicare drug price negotiation, parroting pharma industry talking points almost verbatim. He personally inserted a provision into a GOP bill to block Medicaid expansion in North Carolina — a program that went on to cover over 600,000 people once it finally passed without his help. He voted against the bill that funded a $5 billion Wolfspeed semiconductor plant and 1,800 jobs in his own district, and voted to keep tariffs projected to cost North Carolina farmers $695 million and 8,000 jobs.
He called the One Big Beautiful Bill "the most pro-worker, pro-family legislation in decades" — a law the CBO says will cut income for the poorest Americans by $1,200 a year while handing the richest a $13,600 windfall. And when constituents tried to confront him about these choices, he told fellow Republicans to stop holding in-person town halls entirely.
¶ HEALTH CARE: TOP PHARMA RECIPIENT WHO BLOCKED MEDICAID FOR OWN CONSTITUENTS
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Was the #1 pharmaceutical PAC recipient in Congress in the 2020 cycle ($275,980), then voted against the a $35 insulin cap and Medicare drug price negotiation.
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Personally inserted a provision to block Medicaid expansion in North Carolina, boasting, "I did get something for North Carolina. We got a provision that says we can't expand Medicaid." Expansion eventually covered 600,000+ people — no thanks to Hudson.
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Voted for a reconciliation bill that CBO projects will increase the uninsured by 7.8 million people.
Message: Hudson took $275,980 from Big Pharma, then voted against insulin caps and drug price negotiation. He personally blocked Medicaid expansion for 600,000 North Carolinians.
¶ AFFORDABILITY: BACKED TARIFFS AND CUT FOOD ASSISTANCE FOR 1.4 MILLION
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Voted to keep Trump's tariffs on Canada that the Tax Foundation estimates would have amounted to a $1,600 tax on the average consumer in 2026. Tariffs were projected to cost NC farmers $695 million and 8,000 jobs with total economic losses exceeding $1.9 billion.
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Voted for the One Big Beautiful Bill's 20% SNAP cut — the largest in the program's history — threatening food assistance for 1.4 million North Carolinians, 66% of which are in households that include children. North Carolina faces a $420 million annual bill or risks ending its SNAP program entirely.
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CBO found the law would cut income for the poorest Americans by $1,200/year while increasing income for the richest by $13,600 — and it let business owners deduct private jets in year one.
Message: Hudson voted for tariffs that function as a $1,600 hidden tax on families and the largest SNAP cut in history — threatening food for 1.4 million North Carolinians while handing $13,600 tax breaks to the wealthy.
¶ JOBS AND ECONOMY: VOTED AGAINST JOBS IN HIS OWN DISTRICT
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Voted against the CHIPS and Science Act that funded a $750 million grant for a $5 billion Wolfspeed semiconductor plant in Chatham County — in his own district — expected to create 1,800 jobs at nearly double the county average wage.
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Trump has since called for repealing the CHIPS Act, threatening those jobs. Hudson Voted against the bipartisan infrastructure law, and against raising the minimum wage from $7.25.
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North Carolina lost 7,200 manufacturing jobs in 2025, and Parkdale Mills closed its Sanford plant in his district, eliminating 74 jobs.
Message: Hudson voted against the law creating 1,800 semiconductor jobs in his own district, then backed tariffs that are destroying North Carolina manufacturing — 7,200 jobs lost in 2025 alone.
¶ ACCOUNTABILITY: WON'T FACE HIS OWN CONSTITUENTS
- Instructed fellow Republican members of Congress to stop holding town halls, advising them to "avoid the spectacle of booing and jeering." Democrats organized an alternative town hall in his district that drew over 1,000 people.
Message: Hudson told Republicans to hide from voters.
¶ Issue Back-Ups
¶ Richard Hudson Supported Policies That Hurt Everyday North Carolinians
Health Care: Top Pharma Recipient Who Blocked Medicaid Expansion
Blocked Medicaid Expansion That Later Covered 600,000 North Carolinians
Affordability: Backed Tariffs and the Largest SNAP Cut in History
Jobs and Economy: Voted Against Jobs in His Own District
Pharma Pay-to-Play: $240,600 From Drug Industry, Then Voted Against Lower Prices
Won't Face Voters: Told Republicans to Stop Holding Town Halls
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