Sally L. Hudson is an economist and state legislator in Virginia. Elected in 2019, she is the first woman to represent the 57th district in the Virginia House of Delegates. She is a member of the

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. The district includes all of the city of

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and portions of nearby Albemarle County.

Early life

Hudson grew up in Lincoln,

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. She studied economics and math at

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, and received her PhD in economics from MIT.

Career

After earning her Ph.D., Hudson joined the faculty at the Batten School of the

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as an Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Education, and Economics. Her research focuses on public sector labor economics and higher education finance.

Political career

2019

In the

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, Hudson challenged incumbent Democrat

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, the former house minority leader. However, Toscano announced his retirement and did not run for reelection. Instead, Hudson faced architect Kathleen Galvin in the primaries. Hudson won with 65.5% of the vote. Hudson ran unopposed in the general election, and won with 96.1% of the vote. As a freshman legislator in 2020, Hudson successfully carried legislation to authorize the use of ranked-choice voting in Virginia's local elections.

2023

On November 21, 2022, Hudson announced a run for the 11th District of the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hudson, Sally Living people Democratic Party members of the Virginia House of Delegates 21st-century American politicians Women state legislators in Virginia Stanford University alumni MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences alumni University of Virginia faculty People from Iowa City, Iowa Politicians from Charlottesville, Virginia 21st-century American women politicians American women academics 1988 births