Jared Hudson
Barry Moore’s Senate nominee market has slipped to about 47% while Jared Hudson sits near 56%, even as AP says Alabama Republicans are voting today. That keeps the nominee race and runoff risk live for traders right as the primary gets underway.
$1.6M
JUN 17, 2026Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Current roleU.S. Navy SEAL (former)
PartyRepublican
Political ideologyTrump-aligned Republican
GenderMale
LocationAlabama
BackgroundU.S. Navy SEAL (former)
Notable personal detailsJared Hudson is a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Alabama in the 2026 election cycle. He is a former U.S. Navy SEAL and has described serving as a SEAL operator and sniper with Naval Special Warfare with deployments supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. Hudson is the founder/CEO of Covenant Rescue Group and is also associated with the tactical training company The Shooting Institute. He was the Republican nominee for Jefferson County, Alabama sheriff in 2022.
The candidate supports cutting taxes for workers and small businesses, codifying recent tax cuts into law, reducing federal regulations and spending, and increasing transparency of federal spending. He also proposes targeted revenue measures such as taxing large university endowments to fund vocational education while emphasizing enforcement-driven spending priorities (border, law enforcement) and scrutiny of government contracts.
The candidate supports securing the southern border and backs stronger enforcement measures such as defunding sanctuary jurisdictions. He emphasizes targeting human traffickers and fentanyl dealers tied to cross-border criminal activity while aligning with an 'America First' enforcement-oriented agenda.
The candidate opposes unrestricted abortion and frames himself as a defender of unborn children, criticizing "unlimited late-term abortion" while advocating protections for children. Public campaign materials emphasize defending Christian values and fighting for the unborn. No source located that endorses codifying Roe-like unrestricted access or explicitly supports near-total bans or personhood amendments.
The candidate firmly defends the Second Amendment and opposes new gun-control measures, saying he will not support restrictions that infringe on gun ownership rights; he has expressed support for permitless/constitutional carry and trains civilians and law-enforcement in firearms through his business.
Barry Moore’s Senate nominee market has slipped to about 47% while Jared Hudson sits near 56%, even as AP says Alabama Republicans are voting today. That keeps the nominee race and runoff risk live for traders right as the primary gets underway.
Jared Hudson’s nominee price has risen to about 21% as fresh Alabama reporting again shows him ahead of Barry Moore in a June 16 runoff poll, keeping the market’s recent repricing in focus.
Jared Hudson’s nominee price has surged to 19% while Barry Moore slipped to 79%, and a fresh runoff poll reported Hudson narrowly ahead of Moore, making the June 16 race look materially tighter than the market had priced.
Jared Hudson has advanced to the Alabama Republican Senate runoff and is now one of the two finalists for the party’s open U.S. Senate nomination. The runoff is set for June 16, and the winner will face the Democratic nominee in November. Recent polling has been mixed, but the latest survey shows Hudson leading Barry Moore 49% to 39% among likely runoff voters.
Aggregation source: FiftyPlusOne
2026
LatestCycle 2026
Source: FEC
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