Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Richard Hudson

Official portrait of Richard Hudson
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for North Carolina’s 9th district
Party
Republican
Hometown
Southern Pines, NC
Born
1971
In Congress
House since 2013 · 13 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
HUDSON, RICHARD L. JR.
Next election
Primary March 3, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of North Carolina with the current district highlighted

North Carolina, District 9

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

RepublicanU.S. House · North Carolina District 9IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H2NC08185 · Principal campaign committee: HUDSON FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · North Carolina District 9$4,173,708.23General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · North Carolina District 9$3,952,795.91Won the general election (56.3%)
2021–2022U.S. House · North Carolina District 9$3,120,527.33Won the general election (56.5%)
2019–2020U.S. House · North Carolina District 8$4,181,801.44Won the general election (53.3%)
Total raised$4,173,708.23
Total spent$3,879,465.84
Cash on hand$925,975.68
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $1,409,306.72PACs and other committees: $2,001,397.28Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $739,507.78Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $23,496.45
  • Individual contributions$1,409,306.7234%
  • PACs and other committees$2,001,397.2848%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$739,507.7818%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$23,496.451%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$456,828.2824%
  • Contributions over $200$1,428,791.5276%
  • Itemized from inside North Carolina$798,530.5855%
  • Itemized from other states$663,948.7445%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Texas $140,176.59 · Virginia $100,300.00 · Florida $86,524.90 · District of Columbia $49,750.00 · New York $36,169.99. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$1.6M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $666,981.34APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $202,282.60JULY QUARTERLY: raised $560,368.00JULY QUARTERLY: spent $521,486.17OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $547,680.39OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $250,945.10YEAR-END: raised $389,823.93YEAR-END: spent $643,184.30PRE-PRIMARY: raised $58,678.92PRE-PRIMARY: spent $96,907.51APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $553,854.40APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $157,952.92JULY QUARTERLY: raised $437,954.22JULY QUARTERLY: spent $639,184.08OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $844,382.88OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $621,417.112025-032025-092026-022026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea520
Voted nay146
Did not vote8 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored17
Sponsored that became law1
Cosponsored174

Recorded House roll-call votes from January 3, 2025 through September 16, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official House Clerk record.

Latest roll-call votes

DateQuestionResultVote
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403
Retire through Ownership Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9497
Water Resources Development Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HJRES 213
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbo
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 10326
PROOF Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 9576
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · HR 5334
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Agreeing to the Resolution · HCONRES 93
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Passage · HJRES 210
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vesse
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9500
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
PassedYea

Latest bills and resolutions sponsored

  • H.R. 10159 To authorize the Secretary of the Army to convey to the State of North Carolina a certain parcel of real property located at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on which the State shall construct a veterans’ State home, and for other purposes.
    Introduced Aug 27, 2026 · Latest action Oct 14, 2026: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  • H.R. 7181 Replacement Parts Availability Act
    Introduced Jan 21, 2026 · Latest action Jan 21, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.R. 7136 Special Operator Protection Act of 2026
    Introduced Jan 16, 2026 · Latest action Jan 16, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • H.R. 6505 Next Generation 9–1–1 Act
    Introduced Dec 9, 2025 · Latest action Jan 15, 2026: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
  • H.R. 5318 RAPID Act
    Introduced Sep 11, 2025 · Latest action Sep 11, 2025: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Sp…
  • H.R. 5269 RESULTS Act
    Introduced Sep 10, 2025 · Latest action Sep 10, 2025: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak…
  • H.R. 3668 Improving Interagency Coordination for Pipeline Reviews Act
    Introduced Jun 2, 2025 · Latest action Dec 15, 2025: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
  • H.R. 3443 When Minutes Count for Emergency Medical Patients Act
    Introduced May 15, 2025 · Latest action May 15, 2025: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak…
  • H.R. 3147 Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act
    Introduced May 1, 2025 · Latest action May 1, 2025: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined b…
  • H.R. 2440 SIFIA Act
    Introduced Mar 27, 2025 · Latest action Mar 27, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Counts of the public record only; TerraCivic does not rate members or judge their votes. Votes: Voteview (Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/). Bills: GovInfo Bill Status (public domain). Retrieved October 23, 2026.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

405 committees reported giving $1,783,188.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Richard L. Hudson Jr.$0.00
  • Independent expenditures opposing Richard L. Hudson Jr.$365,945.40

FEC totals for the 2026 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

North Carolina U.S. House, District 9, 2026 · 6 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Richard L. Hudson Jr. (R)$4,173,708.23$925,975.682026-10-14
Richard N. Ojeda (D)$2,809,836.80$153,720.862026-09-30
Nigel William Bristow (D)$5,737.00$38,482.282026-03-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQLikely RJuly 14, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportSolid RFebruary 6, 2025
  • Inside ElectionsSolid RFebruary 5, 2025
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RFebruary 6, 2025

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Public Policy Polling (D)October 19–20, 2026526 (LV)–Richard Hudson 46% · Richard Ojeda 42%
Lake Research Partners (D)August 31 – September 3, 2026400 (LV)Richard Hudson 46% · Richard Ojeda 42%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: HUDSON FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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