Jared Hudson, a former Navy SEAL who founded an organization to fight human trafficking, has announced he will run for Tommy Tuberville’s seat in the U.S. Senate.
Hudson’s announcement comes one day after Tuberville said he is running for governor next year instead of reelection to the Senate.
Hudson becomes the first announced candidate for the Republican primary.
“I’ve spent my life taking the fight to America’s enemies,” Hudson said in a press release. “Now it’s time to continue the mission in Washington.
“I’ll be a warrior for President Trump’s America First Agenda.”
Hudson and his wife and three children live in Birmingham. They are active members of their church, the press release said.
Hudson ran for sheriff of Jefferson County in 2022, losing to Sheriff Mark Pettway. Hudson, who was making his first run for office, got 48% of the vote.
Hudson is a graduate of Mortimer Jordan High School. Following graduation, Hudson completed fire college and became a firefighter but said he felt led to join the military.
He served as a SEAL operator with Naval Special Warfare and was deployed multiple times to combat zones including Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation Foal Eagle.
He served one year as a deputy with the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office and worked as a reserve deputy with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.
He also worked as an investigator with a prosecutor’s office in Indiana and is certified with the Alabama Peace Officer Standard Training Commission.
Hudson, who has his MBA, is CEO of his business, The Shooting Institute, which he founded. Through the institute, he has trained area law enforcement agencies, military personnel and civilians in self-defense.
He and his wife. Lauren, founded the Covenant Rescue Group, which fights human trafficking. Through Covenant Rescue, Hudson and his team train law enforcement agencies and also work with them to carry out human trafficking operations.
Hudson becomes the second candidate in the race, following Kyle Sweetser of Mobile, who announced in April that he would seek the Democratic nomination.
Sweetser is businessman and former two-time Donald Trump voter who bashed the president at last year’s Democratic National Convention.
Potential Republican candidates include Attorney General Steve Marshall, former Congressman Mo Brooks, U.S. Rep. Barry Moore, former Congressional candidate Caroleene Dobson, former Secretary of State John Merrill, and former Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs Commissioner Kent Davis.
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