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The National Taxpayer Protection Pledge


During Election Season, Americans for Tax Reform tracks challengers
who have signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge
A Complete List May Not be Available Until 3 Weeks Before the Election

The Pledge Takers for the 110th Congress
as of August 11, 2008
Senators in Italic
304 U.S. House candidates
38 U.S. Senate candidates

Alabama

AL-02 Craig D. Schmidtke (R)
AL-02 Jay Love (R)
AL-02 Harri Anne Smith (R)
AL-02 David Woods (R)
AL-02 John W. Martin (R)
AL-02 David Grimes (R)
AL-05 George C. Barry (R)
AL-05 Mark Huff (R)
AL-05 Ray McKee (R)
AL-05 Cheryl Guthrie (R)
AL-05 Angelo Mancuso (R)
AL-05 Wayne Parker (R)

Alaska

AK-Sen Dave Cuddy (R)
AK-Sen Jerry Heikes (R)
AK-Sen Rick Sikma (R)

AK-AL Sean Parnell (R)
AK-AL Gabrielle LeDoux (R)
AK-AL Rick Sikma (R)

Arizona

AZ-01 Sydney Hay (R)
AZ- 01 Preston Korn (R)
AZ-04 Don Karg (R)
AZ-05 Mark Anderson (R)
AZ-05 Jim Ogsbury (R)
AZ-05 David Schweikert (R)
AZ-05 Laura Knaperek (R)
AZ-05 Susan Bitter Smith (R)
AZ-07 Joseph Sweeney (R)
AZ-08 Tim Bee (R)

California

CA-04 Tom McClintock (R)
CA-04 Thomas "Rico" Oller (R
CA-04 Dough Ose (R)
CA-06 Joel Smolen (Lib.)
CA-10 Nicholas Gerber (R)
CA-11 Greg Aghazarian (R)
CA-11 Guy Houston (R)
CA-11 Dean Andal (R)
CA-12 Greg Conlon (R)
CA-20 Jim Lopez (R)
CA-24 Michael Tenenbaum (R)
CA-52 Robert Watkins (R)
CA-52 Joel Anderson (R)
CA-52 Rick Powell (R)
CA-52 Brian Jones
CA-52 Michael Benoit (Lib.)

Colorado

CO-Sen Bob Schaffer (R)
CO-01 George Lilly (R)
CO-02 Scott Starin (R)
CO-03 Wayne Wolf (R)
CO-05 Jeff Crank (R)
CO-05 Bentley Rayburn (R)
CO-06 Mike Coffman (R)
CO-06 Ted Harvey (R)
CO-06 Wil Armstrong (R)
CO-07 John Lerew (R)

Connecticut
CT-02 Sean Sullivan (R)
CT-05 David Cappiello (R)

Delaware

DE-Sen Christine O’Donnell (R)

Florida

FL-02 Mark Mulligan (R)
FL-15 Bill Posey (R)
FL-15 Kevin Lehoullier (R)
FL-15 Alan Bergman (R)
FL-16 Tom Rooney (R)
FL-16 Gayle Harrell (R)
FL-16 Hal R. Valeche (R)
FL-22 Marc Flagg (R)*
FL-22 Allen West (R)

Georgia

GA-02 Lee Ferrell (R)
GA-08 Richard Goddard (R)
GA-10 Bill Greene (R)
GA-10 Barry Fleming (R)
GA-10 Jim Whitehead (R)
GA-10 Nate Pulliam (R)
GA-10 Mark Myers (R)
GA-10 Erik Underwood (R
GA-12 John Stone (R)
GA-12 Ray McKinney (R)
GA-12 Deborah Honeycutt (R)

Hawaii

HI-01 Daniel A. Brackins (R)

Iowa

IA-Sen Steve Rathje (R)
IA-Sen Chris Reed (R)
IA-01 David Hartsuch (R)
IA-02 Peter R. Teahen (R)
IA-02 Lee Harder (R)
IA-02 Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R)
IA-03 Kim Schmett (R)

Idaho

ID-Sen James Risch (R)
ID-Sen. Richard Phenneger (R)
ID-Sen. Hal J. Styles (R)
ID-Sen. Brian E. Hefner (R)
ID-Sen. Pro-Life (R)

Illinois

IL-Sen Steven Sauerberg (R) 
IL-01 Antoine Members (R)
IL-08 Steve Greenberg (R)
IL-11 Jimmy Lee (R)
IL-11 Terry Heenan (R)
IL-11 Tim Baldermann (R)
IL-11 Marty Ozinga (R)
IL-14 Chris Lauzen (R)
IL-14 Jim Oberweis (R)
IL-17 Troy Dennis (R)
IL-18 John D. Morris (R)
IL-18 Aaron Schock (R)
IL-18 Jim McConoughey (R)

Indiana

IN-02 Tony Zirkle (R)
IN-07 Sean Shepard (L) 
IN-07 Lawrence Shouse (R)
IN-08 Greg Goode (R)
IN-09 Mike Sodrel (R)
IN-09 Eric Schansberg (Lib.)   

Kansas

KS-02 Lynn Jenkins (R)
KS-02 Jim Ryun (R)
KS-03 Joel Balam (I)
KS-03 Paul Showen (R)

Kentucky

KY-02 Brett Guthrie (R)
KY-03 Erwin Roberts (R)
KY-03 Anne Northup (R)
KY-06 Tony McCurdy(R)

Louisiana

LA-Sen John Kennedy (R)
LA-01 Tim Burns (R)1
LA-01 John F. Young (R)1
LA-01 Ben Morris (R)1
LA-01 Vinny Mendoza (D)1
LA-01 David Simpson (R)1
LA-02 Gregory Kahn (Lib)
LA-04 John Fleming (R)
LA-04 Chris Gorman (R)
LA-04 Jeff Thompson (R)
LA-06 Laurinda Calogne (R)
LA-06 Woody Jenkins (R)
LA-06 Bill Cassidy (R)
LA-06 Paul Sawyer (R)
LA-06 Michael Cloonan (R)
LA-06 Ashley Casey (I)

Maine

ME-Sen Edward L. Cohen (R)
ME-01 Dean Scontras (R)
ME-01 Charlie Summers (R)
ME-02 John Frary (R)

Maryland

MD-01 Andy Harris (R)
MD-01 EJ Pipkin (R)
MD-02 Richard P. Matthews (R)
MD-03 Thomas “Pinkston” Harris (R)
MD-04 Michael Moshe Starkman (R)  
MD-05 Collins Bailey (R)  
MD-07 Michael Hargadon (R)
MD-08 Steve Hudson (R)

Massachusetts

MA-Sen Jeff Beatty (R)
MA-Sen Jim Ogonowski (R)
MA-01 Nathan Bech (R)
MA-06 Richard Baker (R)
MA-07 John Cunningham (R)2

Michigan

MI-Sen Scotty Boman (Lib)
MI-Sen Jack Hoogendyk (R)

MI-01 Linda Goldthorpe (R)
MI-01 Don Hooper (R)
MI-01 Tom Casperson (R)
MI-12 Bert Copple (R)

Minnesota

MN-Sen Jack Shepard (R)
MN-01 Dick Day (R)
MN-03 Erik Paulson (R)
MN-04 Ed Matthews (R)

Mississippi

MS-01 Greg Davis (R)
MS-01 Glenn McCullough (R)
MS-01 Randy Russell (R)
MS-03 Charlie Ross (R)
MS-03 Gregg Harper (R)
MS-03 David Landrum (R)
MS-03 John Rounsaville (R)
MS-03 James Broadwater (R)
MS-02 Richard Cook (R)

Missouri

MO-03 Chris Sander (R)
MO-03 John Wayne Tucker (R)
MO-04 Stanley Plough Jr. (R) 
MO-04 Jeff Parnell (R)
MO-05 Jacob Turk (R)
MO-05 Chris Knowlton (R)
MO-09 Blaine Luetkemeyer (R)
MO-09 Bob Onder (R)

Montana

MT-Sen Kirk Bushman (R)
MT-Sen Michael Lange (R)
MT-Sen Patty Lovaas (R)

Nebraska

NE-Sen Mike Johanns (R)
NE-Sen Pat Flynn (R)
NE-Sen Jon Bruning (R)

Nevada

NV-01 Edward Hamilton (R)
NV-01 Eve Ellingwood (R)
NV-02 James Smack (R)
NV-03 Carl Bunce (R)

New Hampshire

NH-01 John Stephen (R)
NH-01 Jeb Bradley (R)
NH-02 Jennifer Horn (R)
NH-02 Grant Bosse (R)

New Jersey

NJ-Sen Murray Sabrin (R)
NJ-Sen Michael J. Doherty (R
NJ-Sen Dick Zimmer (R)

NJ-01 Dale Glading (R)
NJ-01 Fernando Powers (R)
NJ-03 Chris Myers (R)
NJ-03 John P. Kelly (R)
NJ-03 Justin Michael Murphy (R)
NJ-07 Leonard Lance (R)
NJ-07 Kate Whitman (R)
NJ-07 Kelly Hatfield (R)
NJ-07 Martin Marks (R)
NJ-07 Chris Venis (R)
NJ-07 Darren Young (R)
NJ-08 Roland Straten (R)
NJ-12 Alan Bateman (R)
NJ-13 Joseph Turula (R)
NJ-13 Alan Bateman (R)

New Mexico

NM-Sen Steve Pearce (R)
NM-Sen Heather Wilson (R)

NM-01 Darren White (R)
NM-01 Joe Carraro (R)
NM-02 Aubrey Dunn, Jr. (R)
NM-02 Bob Cornelius (R) 
NM-02 Ed Tinsley (R)
NM-02 Monty Newman (R)
NM-02 Earl Greer (R)
NM-02 Greg Sowards (R)
NM-03 Marco Gonzalez (R)
NM-03 Daniel K. East (R)

New York

NY-01 Lee Zeldin (R)
NY-04 Jack Martins (R)
NY-05 Elizabeth Berney (R)
NY-13 Robert Straniere (R)
NY-13 Jamshad Wyne (R)
NY-19 Kieran Michael Lalor (R)
NY-19 Andrew Saul (R)
NY-19 George Oros (R)
NY-20 John Wallace (R)
NY-20 Sandy Treadwell (R)
NY-20 Michael Rocque (R)
NY-21 Steven Vasquez  
NY-21 Jim Buhrmaster (R)
NY-22 George Phillips (R)
NY-26 David Bellavia (R)
NY-26 Christopher Lee (R)

North Carolina 

NC-01 Dean Stephens (R)
NC-02 Dan Mansell (R)
NC-03 Joe McLaughlin (R)
NC-04 BJ Lawson (R)
NC-07 Will Breazeale (R)
NC-10 Lance Sigmon (R)
NC-11 Spence Campbell (R)

North Dakota

ND-AL Duane Sand (R)

Ohio

OH-02 David Krikorian (Ind.)
OH-02 Tom Brinkman (R)
OH-02 Nathan Bailey (R)
OH-05 Steve Buehrer (R)
OH-07 Steve Austria (R)
OH-07 Daniel Harkins (R)
OH-07 Ron Hood (R)
OH-07 John Mitchel (R)
OH-10 Jason Werner (R)
OH-13 David S. Potter (R)
OH-15 Steve Stivers (R)
OH-15 Robert Wagner (R)
OH-16 Matt Miller (R)
OH-16 Paul Schiffer (R)
OH-16 Kirk Schuring (R)
OH-18 Mike Carey (R)
OH-18 Fred Dailey (R)
OH-18 Jeannette Moll (R)

Oregon

OR-01 William W. Chappell IV
OR-03 Delia Lopez (R)
OR-04 Jaynee Germond (CST)
OR-05 Mike Erickson (R)
OR-05 Kevin Mannix (R)

Pennsylvania

PA-04 Ron Francis (R)
PA-04 Melissa Hart (R)
PA-05 Jeff Stroehmann (R)
PA-05 Keith Richardson (R)
PA-05 Matt Shaner (R)
PA-05 Chris Exarchos (R)
PA-05 John Krupa (R)
PA-05 Glenn Thompson (R)
PA-05 Derek A. Walker (R)
PA-05 John Stroup (R)
PA-07 Craig Williams (R)
PA-08 Tom Manion (R)
PA-10 Chris Hackett (R) 
PA-10 Dan Meuser (R)
PA-10 John Scott (R)
PA-10 Paul Swiderski (R)
PA-10 Davis Haire (R)
PA-10 David Madeira (R)
PA-11 Lou Barletta (R)
PA-13 Marina Kats (R)
PA-13 John McDermott (CST)
PA-17 Toni Gilhooley (R)

Rhode Island

RI-01 Jonathon Scott (R)
RI-02 Mark Zaccaria (R)

South Carolina

SC-Sen Buddy Witherspoon (R)
SC-Sen Bob Conley (D) 
SC-01 Paul Norris (R)
SC-05 Albert Spencer (R)
SC-06 Nancy Harrelson (R)

South Dakota

SD-Sen Joel Dykstra (R)
SD-Sen Sam Kephart (R)

Tennessee

TN-01 Phil Roe (R)
TN-04 Don Strong (R)
TN-04 Monty Lankford (R)
TN-04 Kent Greenough (R)
TN-05 John G. Donovan (R)

Texas

TX-15 Eddie Zamora (R)
TX-15 Gricha Raether (L)
TX-22 Cynthia Dunbar (R)
TX-22 Jim Squier (R)
TX-22 Kevyn Bazzy (R)
TX-22 Dean Hrbacek (R)
TX-22 Robert Talton (R)
TX-22 Brian Klock (R)
TX-22 Pete Olson (R)
TX-22 Shelley Sekula Gibbs (R)
TX-23 Francisco “Quico” Canseco (R)
TX-23 Lyle Larson (R)
TX-23 James McGrody (R)
TX-24 David A. Casey (Lib)
TX-27 Willie Vaden (R)

Utah

UT-02 Merrill Cook (R)
UT-02 Bill Dew (R)
UT-03 Jason Chaffetz (R)

Virginia

VA-Sen. Bob Marshall (R)
VA-Sen. Robert D. Berry (R)
VA-01 Paul C. Jost (R)
VA-01 David Caprara (R)
VA-01 Kevin O'Neill (R)
VA-01 Richard Black (R)
VA-08 Mark Ellmore (R)
VA-08 Amit Singh (R)
VA-10 Vern McKinley (R)

Washington

WA-03 Michael Delavar (R)
WA-06 Doug Cloud (R)
WA-07 Steve Beren (R)
WA-09 James Postma (R)

West Virginia

WV-Sen Jay Wolfe (R)
WV-03 Marty Gearheart (R)

Wisconsin

WI-07 Dan Mielke (R)

Wyoming

WY-AL Dan Zwonitzer (R)
WY-AL Cynthia Lummis (R)
WY-AL Tom Sansonetti (R)
WY-AL Mark Gordon (R)

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