On March 27th, State Rep. Walter Hudson (30A) was a passenger with a bottle of alcohol in a child’s car seat in State Rep. & 27 year old Auditor candidate Elliott Engen’s vehicle while Engen was arrested and charged with a DWI after they were drinking at a bar in White Bear Lake. They were also caught leaving their committee meeting early to drink at a bar ahead of the House floor session.

The police report and local Police Chief state that Hudson was carrying a firearm, which is illegal in MN with a BAC level higher than .04, however Hudson was not tested due to reported cooperation with the police. Since Hudson was the passenger, one would likely presume he was more intoxicated than Engen. Many wonder if Hudson received special treatment because he is a legislator and Minnesotans are anxiously anticipating the release of the bodycam footage.

In the legislative fall-out since the event, Elliot Engen and Walter Hudson have been stripped of their committee duties by House Speaker and Governor candidate Lisa Demuth despite their continued subservience to the RINO Establishment.

Before his time in the legislature, Walter Hudson was a supporter of Action 4 Liberty and argued that our organization represented grassroots, every-day folks and fight for limited government and corruption. See below:

Here’s what @WalterHudson had to say about us BEFORE he became a politician.

Shucks… what’s changed, Walter??

Oh that’s right…he became a member of the institution he complains about in this footage.

Such a FRAUD! pic.twitter.com/UqHgZuMbd6

— Action 4 Liberty (@action_liberty) August 9, 2025

Since getting in the legislature, Hudson turned his back on A4L, even demanding that grassroots supporters of our organization be banned from the Republican Party. This appeared to primarily stem from A4L supporters and other conservatives removing corrupt RINO David Hann from the MNGOP Chair position. Under Hann’s reign, he hired Hudson to be a diversity outreach coordinator, which even included outreach to the fraud loving Somalis! Once Hann was removed, Hudson lost the cushy job and he began his tirade against A4L and our supporters.

In the legislature, Hudson has been loyal and subservient to the Establishment and his voting record has continually gotten worse as seen in A4L Scorecards with a FAILING 2025 score of 45.83% and a PATHETIC lifetime score of 61.87%. Hudson endorsed RINO Ron Kresha over conservative Diane Webb Skillings, protected Kresha from PPP loan fraud allegations reaching the Fraud Committee, championed a bill that sends Minnesotans to prison for sharing AI memes of politicians, seated radical leftist Brad Tabke despite massive election fraud in the narrowly won district, threw in the towel on the bogus quorum ruling, led an effort to censor grassroots conservative Chris Corey from speaking at the CD6 convention while Corey challenging Globalist RINO/Somalia Lover Tom Emmer for the party endorsement, defended the House GOP’s budget plan that eerily totaled $66.6B, and has done the bidding of the Establishment in vote after vote.

Now that he and Engen have become a detriment to the party, the very Establishment that they sucked up to and chose to align with instead of grassroots conservatives, is undermining them. This is a lesson for all political observers in MN: The Establishment will use you, manipulate you, chew you up, and then spit you out when you are no longer useful to them.

Hudson losing his role on the House Fraud Committee must sting more than the others for him since it was that role that led him to testify in Washington DC along with other RINO legislators like Kristin Robbins. While the committee lacks real power and teeth (as designed by the backroom deal cooked up by Demuth and Democrats), it has been the RINOs best opportunity for political theatre. Punishing Hudson and Engen may also give Demuth blowback from Engen/Hudson supporters as she seemingly shares the lead with Mike Lindell and Kendall Qualls in the GOP race for Governor.

A4L previously reported on the Engen/Hudson drunken debacle and since that point, Democrats have stated their intention to file Ethics investigations against both Engen and Hudson. Democrats stated in a press conference that their Ethics complaints are about the committee skipping and drinking ahead of the floor session, not the DWI incident. In the Republican press conference, Republicans attempted to deflect to another important issue: Democrat Alex Falconer was a lobbyist while in office and carried legislation supported by his lobbyist employer! When reporters asked Demuth about how the Democrats' Ethics complaint is about being intoxicated ahead of the floor session and not the DWI, Demuth stammered and repeatedly said she was only looking at the police report and not the picture that has been widely reported of Engen & Hudson drinking beer at Burger Moes. Almost the entire GOP press conference featured Demuth obfuscating and refusing to answer questions head-on.

It should be noted that the Democrats are complete hypocrites on this issue and have two drunk drivers of their own! They/She Brion Curran (36B) and Engen’s fellow Auditor candidate Vodka-chugging Dan Wolgamott (14B) have DWIs and the mugshots to prove it! See below:

If Democrats choose to try to remove Elliott Engen and Walter Hudson from office, it should only be done if Brion Curran and Dan Wolgamott are also expelled by the chamber! If done in a single motion, it could receive broad bipartisan support since the House would remain a tie. Engen, Curran, and Walgomott’s districts are all considered swing districts and local voters may be craving a clean slate.

Engen and Wolgamott are each running for State Auditor. Curran has shown no sign that she will not seek reelection and Hudson received the GOP endorsement prior to his involvement in Engen’s DWI.