I will not support nor vote for any candidate who refuses to take the national debt seriously. 
Pledge Signers
Below is a list of candidates for federal office who signed the Reject the Debt candidate pledge. We’re proud to have these bold leaders on board with the cause of our generation!
Click the candidate’s name to open a PDF of the signed pledge. Bold-italic indicates current office-holder.
| Name | Party | District | Year Signed | |
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Republican | IN-3 | 2016 |
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Republican | MN-2 | 2016 |
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Republican | NE-2 | 2016 |
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Republican | OH-8 | 2016 |
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 | Republican | TX-7 | 2016 |
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 | Republican | AL-6 | 2014 |
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 | Republican | GA-1 | 2014 |
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 | Republican | GA-10 | 2014 |
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 | Republican | MI-4 | 2014 |
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 | Republican | NY-1 | 2014 |
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 | Republican | OH-1 | 2014 |
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 | Republican | SC-1 | 2013 |
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 | Senator Ted Cruz | Republican | TX-Senate | 2012 |
 | Representative Doug Collins | Republican | GA-9 | 2012 |
| Austin Petersen | Republican | MO-Senate | 2018 | |
| Matt Rosendale | Republican | MT-Senate | 2018 | |
| Mike Gibbons | Republican | OH-Senate | 2018 | |
| Melissa Ackison | Republican | OH-Senate | 2018 | |
| Aaron Pettigrew | Republican | TN-Senate | 2018 | |
| Bo Copley | Republican | WV-Senate | 2018 | |
| Anthony Blackmon | Republican | AL-4 | 2018 | |
| Ted Rusk | Democrat | CA-39 | 2018 | |
| Frank DeMartini | Republican | CA-43 | 2018 | |
| Shastina Sandman | Republican | CA-48 | 2018 | |
| Craig Nordal | Republican | CA-49 | 2018 | |
| Preston Nelson | Republican/Libertarian | IL-12 | 2018 | |
| James Marter | Republican | IL-16 | 2018 | |
| Donald Rients | Republican | IL-18 | 2018 | |
| Rachel Covington | Republican | IN-8 | 2018 | |
| Richard Moss | Republican | IN-8 | 2018 | |
| Kevin Jones | Republican | KS-2 | 2018 | |
| Rocky Raczkowski | Republican | MI-11 | 2018 | |
| Mark Harris | Republican | NC-9 | 2018 | |
| Michelle Mortensen | Republican | NV-3 | 2018 | |
| Mick Shoemaker, Jr. | Republican | OH-12 | 2018 | |
| Pat Manley | Republican | OH-12 | 2018 | |
| Dean Browning | Republican | PA-7 | 2018 | |
| David Balat | Republican | TX-2 | 2018 | |
| Justin Lurie | Republican | TX-2 | 2018 | |
| Dan Crenshaw | Republican | TX-2 | 2018 | |
| Roger Barone | Republican | TX-3 | 2018 | |
| Bunni Pounds | Republican | TX-5 | 2018 | |
| Danny Campbell | Republican | TX-5 | 2018 | |
| Lance Gooden | Republican | TX-5 | 2018 | |
| Kevin Harrison | Republican | TX-6 | 2018 | |
| Troy Ratterree | Republican | TX-6 | 2018 | |
| Susan Narvaiz | Republican | TX-21 | 2018 | |
| Jason Isaac | Republican | TX-21 | 2018 | |
| Veronica Birkenstock | Republican | TX-26 | 2018 | |
| Carmen Montiel | Republican | TX-29 | 2018 | |
| SK Alexander | Republican | TX-35 | 2018 | |
| Marty Gearheart | Republican | WV-3 | 2018 | |
| David Abroms | Republican | GA-6 | 2017 | |
| Shane Hazel | Republican | GA-7 | 2017 | |
| Sheri Few | Republican | SC-5 | 2017 | |
| Cean Stevens | Libertarian | AK-Senate | 2016 | |
| Bob Lochner | Republican | AK-Senate | 2016 | |
| Jonathan McConnell | Republican | AL-Senate | 2016 | |
| Marcus Bowman | Republican | AL-Senate | 2016 | |
| Rob John | Independent | AL-Senate | 2016 | |
| Alexander Meluskey | Republican | AZ-Senate | 2016 | |
| Joanne Selena Lopez Cervantez | Republican | AZ-Senate | 2016 | |
| Kelli Ward | Republican | AZ-Senate | 2016 | |
| Thomas Palzer | Republican | CA-Senate | 2016 | |
| Robert Blaha | Republican | CO-Senate | 2016 | |
| Jon Keyser | Republican | CO-Senate | 2016 | |
| Darryl Glenn | Republican | CO-Senate | 2016 | |
| Carlos Beruff | Republican | FL-Senate | 2016 | |
| Dwight Young | Republican | FL-Senate | 2016 | |
| Paul Stanton | Libertarian | FL-Senate | 2016 | |
| Mary Kay Bacallao | Republican | GA-Senate | 2016 | |
| John Coyne | Democrat | GA-Senate | 2016 | |
| Derrick Grayson | Republican | GA-Senate | 2016 | |
| John Carroll | Republican | HI-Senate | 2016 | |
| Marvin Richardson | Constitution | ID-Senate | 2016 | |
| James Marter | Republican | IL-Senate | 2016 | |
| Christopher Aguayo | Veterans | IL-Senate | 2016 | |
| Col. Rob Maness | Republican | LA-Senate | 2016 | |
| David Wallace | Republican | MD-Senate | 2016 | |
| Richard Shawver | Republican | MD-Senate | 2016 | |
| Greg Brannon | Republican | NC-Senate | 2014 | |
| Larry Holmquist | Republican | NC-Senate | 2016 | |
| Eddie Hamilton | Republican | NV-Senate | 2016 | |
| Wendy Long | Republican | NY-Senate | 2016 | |
| Kelli Prather | Democratic | OH-Senate | 2016 | |
| Bill Bledsoe | Constitution, Libertarian | SC-Senate | 2016 | |
| Becky Gerritson | Republican | AL-2 | 2016 | |
| Larry DiChiara | Republican | AL-3 | 2016 | |
| Mark West | Libertarian | AR-1 | 2016 | |
| Ken Bennett | Republican | AZ-1 | 2016 | |
| Gregory Cheadle | Republican | CA-1 | 2016 | |
| Robert Hodges | Republican | CA-10 | 2016 | |
| David Rogers | Republican | CA-16 | 2016 | |
| Matt Kokkonen | Republican | CA-24 | 2016 | |
| Paul Chabot | Republican | CA-31 | 2016 | |
| Jeff Stone | Republican | CA-36 | 2016 | |
| Greg Raths | Republican | CA-45 | 2016 | |
| Ryan Wingo | Independent | CA-49 | 2016 | |
| Denise Gitsham | Republican | CA-52 | 2016 | |
| Rebekah Johansen Bydlak | Republican | FL-1 | 2016 | |
| Mark Wichern | Republican | FL-1 | 2016 | |
| Hans Tanzler | Republican | FL-4 | 2016 | |
| Gary Koniz | Independent | FL-4 | 2016 | |
| Fred Costello | Republican | FL-6 | 2016 | |
| Mark Busch | Republican | FL-7 | 2016 | |
| Bill Stinson | No Party Affiliation | FL-8 | 2016 | |
| Bruce Riggs | NPA | FL-11 | 2016 | |
| Matthew Schnackenberg | Libertarian | FL-11 | 2016 | |
| Mark Freeman | Republican | FL-18 | 2016 | |
| Rebecca Negron | Republican | FL-18 | 2016 | |
| Rick Kozell | Republican | FL-18 | 2016 | |
| Dan Bongino | Republican | FL-19 | 2016 | |
| Jose Peixoto | Republican | FL-26 | 2016 | |
| Mike Crane | Republican | GA-3 | 2016 | |
| Chip Flanegan | Republican | GA-3 | 2016 | |
| Jim Pace | Republican | GA-3 | 2016 | |
| Angela Hicks | Republican | GA-8 | 2016 | |
| Christopher Peters | Republican | IA-2 | 2016 | |
| Dorian Myrickes | Democratic | IL-2 | 2016 | |
| Jay Kinzler | Republican | IL-6 | 2016 | |
| William Fraser | Independent | IL-8 | 2016 | |
| Andrew Straw | Republican/Write-In | IL-8 | 2015 | |
| John Hosta | Democratic | IL-14 | 2016 | |
| Colin McGroarty | Republican | IL-16 | 2016 | |
| Jeff Petermann | Republican | IN-2 | 2016 | |
| Representative Marlin Stutzman | Republican | IN-3 | 2016 | |
| Liz Brown | Republican | IN-3 | 2016 | |
| Robert Hall | Republican | IN-4 | 2016 | |
| Richard Moss | Republican | IN-8 | 2016 | |
| James Bales | Libertarian | KS-2 | 2016 | |
| Mike Pape | Republican | KY-1 | 2016 | |
| Harold Bratcher | Republican | KY-3 | 2016 | |
| Elbert Guillory | Republican | LA-4 | 2016 | |
| Sean Jackson | Republican | MD-1 | 2016 | |
| Michael Smigiel | Republican | MD-1 | 2016 | |
| Frank Howard | Republican | MD-6 | 2016 | |
| William Newton | Republican | MD-7 | 2016 | |
| Matt Orlando | Libertarian | MI-9 | 2016 | |
| David VanAssche | Republican | MI-10 | 2016 | |
| Dave Hughes | Republican | MN-7 | 2016 | |
| Dan Hogan | Independent | MO-3 | 2016 | |
| John Webb | Republican | MO-4 | 2016 | |
| Christopher Batsche | Republican | MO-7 | 2016 | |
| Todd Mahn | Republican | MO-8 | 2016 | |
| Philip Law | Republican | NC-3 | 2016 | |
| Sue Googe | Republican | NC-4 | 2016 | |
| Pattie Curran | Republican | NC-5 | 2016 | |
| Chris Hardin | Republican | NC-6 | 2016 | |
| Tim D'Annunzio | Republican | NC-8 | 2016 | |
| Todd Johnson | Republican | NC-9 | 2016 | |
| Paul Wright | Republican | NC-12 | 2016 | |
| Vernon Robinson | Republican | NC-13 | 2016 | |
| Farren Shoaf | Republican | NC-13 | 2016 | |
| Kay Daly | Republican | NC-13 | 2016 | |
| Andrew Brock | Republican | NC-13 | 2016 | |
| John Blust | Republican | NC-13 | 2016 | |
| Julia Howard | Republican | NC-13 | 2016 | |
| Dan Barrett | Republican | NC-13 | 2016 | |
| Chip Maxwell | Republican | NE-2 | 2016 | |
| David Larsen | Republican | NJ-7 | 2016 | |
| Craig Heard | Republican | NJ-7 | 2016 | |
| Richard Van Glahn | Republican | NJ-11 | 2016 | |
| Steven Uccio | Republican | NJ-12 | 2016 | |
| Michael Romero | Republican | NM-3 | 2016 | |
| Jeff Miller | Republican | NV-1 | 2016 | |
| Fred Horne | Republican | NV-1 | 2016 | |
| Kerry Bowers | Republican | NV-3 | 2016 | |
| Philip Rosenthal | Republican | NY-10 | 2016 | |
| Joe Vitollo | Republican | NY-20 | 2016 | |
| Terry Robertson | Republican | OH-7 | 2016 | |
| Joseph Matvey | Republican | OH-8 | 2016 | |
| Eric Gurr | Republican | OH-8 | 2014 | |
| Kevin White | Republican | OH-8 | 2016 | |
| Eric Haemmerle | Republican | OH-8 | 2016 | |
| Matt Lynch | Republican | OH-14 | 2016 | |
| James Taylor | Republican | OK-4 | 2016 | |
| Marc Duome | Republican | PA-8 | 2016 | |
| Andrew Warren | Republican | PA-8 | 2016 | |
| Glenn Geissinger | Republican | PA-17 | 2016 | |
| Michael Grier | Libertarian | SC-1 | 2016 | |
| Laura Sterling | Republican | SC-6 | 2016 | |
| Ken Atkins | Republican | TN-8 | 2016 | |
| David Wharton | Republican | TN-8 | 2016 | |
| John Slavens | Republican | TX-3 | 2016 | |
| James Lloyd | Republican | TX-7 | 2016 | |
| Maria Espinoza | Republican | TX-7 | 2016 | |
| Steve Toth | Republican | TX-8 | 2016 | |
| Scott Jameson | Libertarian | TX-13 | 2016 | |
| Jeffrey Ansel | Independent | TX-13 | 2016 | |
| Ross Lynn Leone | Libertarian | TX-15 | 2014 | |
| Ruben Villarreal | Republican | TX-15 | 2016 | |
| Kaleb Sims | Republican | TX-17 | 2016 | |
| Lori Bartley | Republican | TX-18 | 2016 | |
| Jason Corley | Republican | TX-19 | 2016 | |
| Glen Robertson | Republican | TX-19 | 2016 | |
| Donald May | Republican | TX-19 | 2014 | |
| Greg Garrett | Republican | TX-19 | 2016 | |
| Matt McCall | Republican | TX-21 | 2014 | |
| Lee Keenen | Democratic | TX-23 | 2016 | |
| Joel Krause | Republican | TX-26 | 2014 | |
| M. Mark Mitchell | Republican | TX-33 | 2016 | |
| Bruce Chadwick | Republican | TX-33 | 2016 | |
| Pat Cardwell | Republican | VA-2 | 2016 | |
| Terry McNulty | Republican | WI-8 | 2016 | |
| Leland Christensen | Republican | WY-At Large | 2016 | |
| Donald Rients | Republican | IL-18 | 2015 | |
| Paul Broun | Republican | GA-Senate | 2014 | |
| Kevin Wade | Republican | DE-Senate | 2014 | |
| Amanda Swafford | Libertarian | GA-Senate | 2014 | |
| Milton Wolf | Republican | KS-Senate | 2014 | |
| Alvin Eugene Zahnter | Republican | KS-Senate | 2014 | |
| Matt Bevin | Republican | KY-Senate | 2014 | |
| Col. Rob Maness | Republican | LA-Senate | 2014 | |
| Chris McDaniel | Republican | MS-Senate | 2014 | |
| Heather Grant | Republican | NC-Senate | 2014 | |
| Ted Alexander | Republican | NC-Senate | 2014 | |
| Edward Kryn | Republican | NC-Senate | 2014 | |
| Shane Osborn | Republican | NE-Senate | 2014 | |
| Bob Smith | Republican | NH-Senate | 2014 | |
| David Clements | Republican | NM-Senate | 2014 | |
| Bill Connor | Republican | SC-Senate | 2014 | |
| Nancy Mace | Republican | SC-Senate | 2014 | |
| Lee Bright | Republican | SC-Senate | 2014 | |
| Stace Nelson | Republican | SD-Senate | 2014 | |
| Dwayne B. Stovall | Republican | TX-Senate | 2014 | |
| Ken Cope | Republican | TX-Senate | 2014 | |
| Erick Wyatt | Republican | TX-Senate | 2014 | |
| Robert Sarvis | Libertarian | VA-Senate | 2014 | |
| John Buckley | Libertarian | WV-Senate | 2014 | |
| Pat McGeehan | Republican | WV-Senate | 2014 | |
| John Cox | Republican | AK-At Large | 2014 | |
| Burton LeFlore | Democratic | AL-01 | 2014 | |
| Dr. Chad Mathis | Republican | AL-06 | 2014 | |
| Paul DeMarco | Republican | AL-06 | 2014 | |
| Chuck Wooten | Republican | AZ-02 | 2014 | |
| Gabriela Mercer | Republican | AZ-03 | 2014 | |
| Igor Birman | Republican | CA-07 | 2014 | |
| Paul Hannosh | Republican | CA-08 | 2014 | |
| Jess Loban | Libertarian | CO-04 | 2014 | |
| Matthew Corey | Republican | CT-01 | 2014 | |
| John Krause | No Party Affiliation | FL-01 | 2014 | |
| Jake Rush | Republican | FL-03 | 2014 | |
| Zachariah Blanchard | Republican | FL-07 | 2014 | |
| Michael McKenna | Democratic | FL-10 | 2014 | |
| Ray Netherwood | Libertarian | FL-19 | 2014 | |
| Darwin Carter | Republican | GA-01 | 2014 | |
| John McCallum | Republican | GA-01 | 2014 | |
| Greg Duke | Republican | GA-02 | 2014 | |
| S. Mitchell Swan | Republican | GA-10 | 2014 | |
| Eugene Yu | Republican | GA-12 | 2014 | |
| Robert Cramer | Republican | IA-03 | 2014 | |
| Eric Wallace | Republican | IL-02 | 2014 | |
| Diane Harris | Republican | IL-03 | 2014 | |
| Alexandra Eidenberg | Democratic | IL-04 | 2014 | |
| David Earl Williams III | Republican | IL-09 | 2014 | |
| Chris Balkema | Republican | IL-11 | 2014 | |
| Ian Bayne | Republican | IL-11 | 2014 | |
| Kevin Grant | Republican | IN-04 | 2014 | |
| David Stockdale | Republican | IN-05 | 2014 | |
| Catherine "Cat" Ping | Republican | IN-07 | 2014 | |
| Alan LaPolice | Republican | KS-01 | 2014 | |
| Vinny Mendoza | Democratic | LA-01 | 2014 | |
| Cassie Felder | Republican | LA-06 | 2014 | |
| Capt. Bob Bell | Republican | LA-06 | 2014 | |
| Richard Lieberman | Democratic | LA-06 | 2014 | |
| Rufus Craig | Libertarian | LA-06 | 2014 | |
| John Devine | Democratic | MA-06 | 2014 | |
| David Banach | Republican | MD-02 | 2014 | |
| Dan Bongino | Republican | MD-06 | 2014 | |
| Richard P. Murphy | Independent | ME-01 | 2014 | |
| George Brikho | Republican | MI-09 | 2014 | |
| Donald Volaric | Republican | MI-10 | 2014 | |
| Doug Daggett | Republican | MN-05 | 2014 | |
| John Denney | Independence Party | MN-06 | 2014 | |
| John Webb | Republican | MO-04 | 2014 | |
| Eric Holmes | Democratic | MO-05 | 2014 | |
| Doug Enyart | Constitution | MO-08 | 2014 | |
| Tavish Kelly | Republican | MS-04 | 2014 | |
| Matt Rosendale | Republican | MT-At Large | 2014 | |
| Arthur Rich | Republican | NC-01 | 2014 | |
| Frank Roche | Republican | NC-02 | 2014 | |
| Taylor Griffin | Republican | NC-03 | 2014 | |
| Paul Wright | Republican | NC-04 | 2014 | |
| Mike Causey | Republican | NC-06 | 2014 | |
| Michael Steinberg | Republican | NC-09 | 2014 | |
| Dennis Parker | Republican | NE-01 | 2014 | |
| Tom Brewer | Republican | NE-03 | 2014 | |
| Rick Van Glahn | Republican | NJ-11 | 2014 | |
| Jefferson L. Byrd | Republican | NM-03 | 2014 | |
| Jim Fischer | Republican/Conservative | NY-20 | 2014 | |
| Robert Hubbard | Republican | OK-03 | 2014 | |
| Harvey Sparks | Republican | OK-05 | 2014 | |
| Patrice Douglas | Republican | OK-05 | 2014 | |
| Art Robinson | Republican | OR-04 | 2014 | |
| Art Halvorson | Republican | PA-09 | 2014 | |
| Travis Schooley | Republican | PA-09 | 2014 | |
| C. Dee Adcock | Republican | PA-13 | 2014 | |
| Steve Lane | Republican | TN-04 | 2014 | |
| Jacob Daniel Brimm | Republican | TN-07 | 2014 | |
| Lou Gigliotti | Republican | TX-04 | 2014 | |
| Frank Kuchar | Republican | TX-06 | 2014 | |
| Dr. Pam Barlow | Republican | TX-13 | 2014 | |
| Fransisco "Quico" Canseco | Republican | TX-23 | 2014 | |
| Dr. Robert Lowry | Republican | TX-23 | 2014 | |
| Katrina Pierson | Republican | TX-32 | 2014 | |
| Chuck Meyer | Republican | TX-36 | 2014 | |
| John Amdur | Republican | TX-36 | 2014 | |
| Kim Morrell | Republican | TX-36 | 2014 | |
| Dwayne Vance | Independent American | UT-01 | 2014 | |
| Anthony T. Riedel | Republican | VA-01 | 2014 | |
| William Hammer | Libertarian | VA-06 | 2014 | |
| Jeffrey Carson | Libertarian | VA-08 | 2014 | |
| Marc Harrold | Libertarian | VA-11 | 2014 | |
| Donald Nolte | Republican | VT-At Large | 2014 | |
| Duey Stroebel | Republican | WI-06 | 2014 | |
| Michael Delavar | Republican | WA-03 | 2014 | |
| Clint Didier | Republican | WA-04 | 2014 | |
| Joe Leibham | Republican | WI-06 | 2014 | |
| Dan Winslow | Republican | MA-Senate | 2013 | |
| Steve Lonegan | Republican | NJ-Senate | 2013 | |
| Dr. Alieta Eck | Republican | NJ-Senate | 2013 | |
| Jessica James | Republican | AL-01 | 2013 | |
| Andy Patrick | Republican | SC-1 | 2013 | |
| Ben Frasier | Democratic | SC-1 | 2013 | |
| Chip Limehouse | Republican | SC-1 | 2013 | |
| Elizabeth Moffly | Republican | SC-1 | 2013 | |
| Jeff King | Republican | SC-1 | 2013 | |
| John Kuhn | Republican | SC-1 | 2013 | |
| Jonathan Hoffman | Republican | SC-1 | 2013 | |
| Keith Blandford | Republican | SC-1 | 2013 | |
| Larry Grooms | Republican | SC-1 | 2013 | |
| Peter McCoy | Republican | SC-1 | 2013 | |
| Ray Nash | Republican | SC-1 | 2013 | |
| Ric Bryant | Republican | SC-1 | 2013 | |
| Shawn Pinkston | Republican | SC-1 | 2013 | |
| Teddy Turner | Republican | SC-1 | 2013 | |
| Marc Victor | Libertarian | AZ-Senate | 2012 | |
| Kurt Bills | Republican | MN-Senate | 2012 | |
| David Dewhurst | Republican | TX-Senate | 2012 | |
| John Jay Myers | Libertarian | TX-Senate | 2012 | |
| Patrick Gatti | Republican | AZ-1 | 2012 | |
| Tisha Casida | Independent | CO-3 | 2012 | |
| Bruce Majors | Libertarian | DC | 2012 | |
| Rick Allen | Republican | GA-2 | 2012 | |
| Kent Kingsley | Republican | GA-3 | 2012 | |
| David Hancock | Republican | GA-7 | 2012 | |
| Martha Zoller | Republican | GA-9 | 2012 | |
| Michael Opitz | Republican | GA-11 | 2012 | |
| Robyn Hamlin | Republican | MO-1 | 2012 | |
| Scott Keadle | Republican | NC-8 | 2012 | |
| Dan O'Connor | Democratic | NY-7 | 2012 | |
| George Faught | Republican | OK-2 | 2012 | |
| Evan Feinberg | Republican | PA-18 | 2012 | |
| Shannon Kelly | Republican | TN-4 | 2012 | |
| Brad Staats | Republican | TN-5 | 2012 | |
| Wes Riddle | Republican | TX-25 | 2012 |
