WASHINGTON, D.C. – Americans for Tax Reform applauds the following challengers and incumbent office holders at the national and state levels for signing the Taxpayer Protection Pledge. By signing the pledge, a candidate commits “to oppose and vote against any and all efforts to increase taxes.”
Pledge signers are in good company. In signing the Pledge, these candidates join President Bush, 41 U.S. Senators, 192 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives, eight Governors, seven Lieutenant Governors, three Attorneys General, three Secretaries of State, three Treasurers, one Comptroller, two Board of Equalization members, and more than 1,200 state legislators.
In Florida, the following challengers and elected officials at the federal level have signed the Pledge:
Challengers:
Mark Mulligan (FL-02)
Bill Posey (FL-15)
Kevin Lehoullier (FL-15)
Alan Bergman (FL-15)
Tom Rooney (FL-16)
Gayle Harrell (FL-16)
Hal R. Valeche (FL-16)
Marc Flagg (FL-22)
Allen West (FL-22)
Sitting Incumbents:
Mel Martinez (Sen-FL)
Jeff Miller (FL-01)
Ander Crenshaw (FL-04)
Ginny Brown-Waite (FL-05)
Cliff Stearns (FL-06)
John Mica (FL-07)
Ric Keller (FL-08)
Gus Bilirakis (FL-09)
Bill Young (FL-10)
Adam Putnam (FL-12)
Vern Buchanan (FL-13)
Connie Mack (FL-14)
Dave Weldon (FL-15)
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL-18)
Lincoln Diaz-Balart (FL-21)
Tom Feeney (FL-24)
Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-25)
In Florida, the following challengers and elected officials at the state level have signed the Pledge:
Challengers:
Janet Adkins (H-12)
Charles N. Celana (H-80)
Susan Diaz-Fonseca (H-43)
Susan Kirk (H-43)
Marlene O’Toole (H-42)
Will Pruitt (H-64)
Sitting Incumbents:
Gov. Charlie Crist
Att. Gen. Bill McCollum
Nancy Argenziano (S-3)
Jeff Atwater (S-25)
Carey Baker (S-20)
Mike Fasano (S-11)
Mike Haridopolos (S-26)
Durell Peaden (S-2)
Bill Posey (S-24)
Ken Pruitt (S-28)
Burt Saunders (S-37)
Daniel Webster (S-9)
Stephen Wise (S-5)
Frank Attkisson (H-79)
Dennis Baxley (H-24)
Aaron Bean (H-12)
Dean Cannon (H-35)
Jennifer Carroll (H-13)
Larry Cretul (H-22)
Don Davis (H-18)
Mike Davis (H-101)
Luis R. Garcia Jr. (H-107)
Andy Gardiner (H-40)
Hugh Gibson (H-42)
Rich Glorioso (H-62)
Michael J. Grant (H-71)
Gayle Harrell (H-81)
Doug Holder (H-70)
Carlos Lopez-Cantera (H-113)
Paige Kreegel (H-72)
Seth McKeel (H-63)
Steve Precourt (H-41)
William L. Proctor (H-20)
David Rivera (H-112)
Julio Robaina (H-117)
Marco Rubio (H-111)
William Snyder (H-82)
A. Trey Traviesa (H-56)
Baxter G. Troutman (H-66)
Please note that a Pledge signer who breaks his commitment to taxpayers continues to be bound by the Pledge and stays on the list of signers.