During a Thursday episode of FM Talk 106.5's "Midday Mobile," former Navy SEAL and Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, Jared Hudson, is chiding U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) after Moore failed to reach the necessary 50% voter threshold to avoid a GOP runoff despite spending $10 million dollars campaigning in the primary season.
"The simple fact that the congressman, with every endorsement under the sun, and $10 million spent on him that came from everywhere else, but the State of Alabama, this joker couldn't break 40%," noted Hudson. "61% of the people in the state of Alabama voted against him."
Hudson discussed negative attack ads targeting his campaign.
"The congressman that I'm running against now is $10 million in positive ad spending. He had nothing negative spent about him," said Hudson. "I've never said a thing about him. You had the attorney general with a million half dollars worth of positive ad spend, and then you had me with a million dollars worth of, hey, this is pro Jared, this is our message."
"I don't know what all the other guys had, but I'm the only one in the race who had any negative spin against him. I had a million and a half dollars spent against me, just simply because we're running, so that should show you right there how much they want you out of politics," he continued.
Added Hudson, "That side didn't come from [Marshall]. They used the attorney general as a cutout, but that came from the congressman's camp, the people who back him."
Hudson and Moore will face off in the GOP runoff election scheduled for June 16.
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