Former Navy SEAL whose nonprofit helps catch child sex traffickers sets sights on US Senate seat

Jared Hudson, a erstwhile Navy SEAL who indicated that his anti-human trafficking enactment works to bid instrumentality enforcement and acceptable up operations that pb to the apprehension of those seeking to "buy oregon merchantability kids for sex," is moving for U.S. Senate.

"That is our superior goal," Hudson, who founded Covenant Rescue Group with his wife, told Fox News Digital during an interrogation connected Monday, noting that helium maintains his instrumentality enforcement credentials with the Blount County Sheriff's Office and that the nonprofit is besides progressive successful grooming authorities astir targeting radical who traffick adults for sex.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., announced a gubernatorial bid, leaving the Yellowhammer State's upcoming 2026 Senate contention wide open.

In a post connected X, Hudson declared that helium is "running for U.S. Senate successful Alabama to assistance unafraid the border, crush the woke agenda, and support our Christian values."

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Former Navy SEAL Jared Hudson. (Jared Hudson)

Republicans are presently divided implicit the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that cleared the House enclosure past month. When asked whether helium would ballot for the measurement if helium were successful the U.S. Senate now, Hudson indicated that, based connected what helium knows astir it, helium would enactment transition successful bid to debar taxation complaint increases owed to the expiration of the "Trump taxation cuts."

Fox News Digital besides asked Hudson astir his positions connected U.S. assistance to Ukraine and Israel, and whether helium believes America should stay successful NATO.

"I'm not for immoderate caller unnecessary wars," helium said, aft noting that helium has gone to warfare for the U.S., mislaid friends and changeable radical connected America's behalf. "I americium for immoderate is gonna summation nationalist security," helium said, noting that "if that means positively supportin' immoderate of our allies, absolutely."

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Former Navy SEAL Jared Hudson has U.S. Senate aspirations. (Jared Hudson)

He said that U.S. engagement with NATO is not a occupation but indicated that the contented concerning NATO is the substance of whether America is being treated fairly. He indicated different nations successful the confederation should bash their portion and America should not enarthrosis the "full burden." 

"I deliberation we should region arsenic overmuch authorities retired of people's lives arsenic possible," helium said erstwhile asked if determination are immoderate national entities helium believes should beryllium abolished, describing "decreasing the size of government" arsenic "vitally important."

House Freedom Caucus subordinate Rep. Eli Crane, R-Ariz., has spoken highly of Hudson.

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Rep. Eli Crane, R-Ariz., leaves the U.S. Capitol aft the past votes of the week connected Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

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"Really gladsome to spot men similar Jared jumping into 1 of the toughest fights connected earth. I served with Jared astatine Team 3. He is simply a precise bully man, who loves the Lord and his family," Crane noted successful a post connected X.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, a Republican, has besides thrown his chapeau into the ringing successful the U.S. Senate race.

The state's gubernatorial and U.S. Senate contests volition instrumentality spot successful 2026.