- See Richard Hudson's sponsored bills →Richard HudsonRepublicanIncumbent✓ Verified$4.1M raised
- Richard OjedaDemocratic✓ Verified$2.8M raised
Where they stand
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| Issue | Richard HudsonRepublican | Richard OjedaDemocratic |
|---|---|---|
| Economy & Jobs | Hudson supports job creation through a strong education system, skilled workforce, and a tax and regulatory environment favorable to small businesses, while opposing wasteful government spending. Hudson votes yea on multiple bills supporting technology use, capital access, privacy in purchases, terrorism risk insurance, child welfare, and financial exploitation prevention. | Ojeda supports boosting wages, defending labor rights, investing in skilled trades, and creating union jobs in the green energy sector. |
| Healthcare | Hudson pursues bipartisan health care reforms, opposes the government-heavy Affordable Care Act, supports protections for pre-existing conditions, cost transparency, and efforts to combat the opioid epidemic. Hudson supports commonsense healthcare reforms that lower out-of-pocket costs, protect pre-existing conditions, encourage medical innovation, and expand competition. Hudson votes yea on acts reauthorizing early childhood programs, rural care, Medicaid protections, lowering premiums, and patient support. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ |
| Immigration | Hudson supports securing the border with wall and technology, reinstating effective policies like 'Remain in Mexico,' and working on bipartisan solutions to protect the community from threats including the opioid crisis… Hudson votes yea on securing America, supporting Homeland Security, deporting fraudsters, and stopping illegal entry, but nay on a national emergency resolution. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ |
| Public Safety & Crime | Hudson supports law enforcement, aims to protect communities from crime and the opioid epidemic, and advocates bipartisan solutions to keep communities safe. Hudson votes yea on acts enhancing guard safety, prison staff safety, privacy in purchases, veterans' gun rights, cashless bail reporting, and keeping violent offenders off streets. | Ojeda supports cracking down on cartels and drug trafficking to protect communities from violence and crime. |
| Abortion | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | Ojeda supports codifying Roe v. Wade and protecting access to abortion, birth control, and reproductive healthcare. |
| Taxes & Government Spending | Hudson votes yea on tax relief for fraud victims, AGOA extension, budget resolutions, continuing appropriations, and agriculture appropriations. | Ojeda opposes tax breaks for billionaires and supports raising the Social Security income cap and stopping retirement age hikes. |
| Energy & Environment | Hudson supports free-market solutions to reduce emissions, addressing environmental issues like PFAS chemicals, and improving the environment without harming the economy. Hudson supports a balanced energy approach that develops all American energy resources including wind, solar, clean coal, biofuels, nuclear, oil, and natural gas to reduce dependence on foreign oil and create jobs. Hudson votes yea on disapproving EPA rule, diesel emissions reduction, marine conservation, battlefield protection, consumer fuel choice, and HEATS Act. | Ojeda has been a vocal opponent of a 28-mile natural gas pipeline proposed by Enbridge Gas North Carolina running from Siler City to Moncure. |
| Foreign Policy & Defense | Hudson advocates for rebuilding the military, securing pay raises and training funding for troops, supporting military families, and improving military healthcare access. Hudson supports strong border security and has taken steps to rebuild the military and support troops and their families. Hudson votes nay on resolutions to remove US forces from Iran and Lebanon, yea on defense authorization and veterans clinic naming, and yea on FISA amendments. | Ojeda pledges to fight for veterans' interests in Congress, drawing on his own military service. |