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Americans for Tax Reform congratulates Pennsylvania Taxpayer Protection Pledge signers on their successful re-election.  

Citizens deserve to know where their representatives stand on crucial issues such as taxes and spending. The Taxpayer Protection Pledge requires candidates to put their commitment in writing – making it harder to reverse course.   

Fortunately for voters, these Taxpayer Protection Pledge signers have made written commitments to oppose and vote against all tax hikes.  

Pennsylvania 

U.S. Senate candidates: 

  •  David McCormick 

U.S. House candidates:  

  • Ryan Mackenzie 
  • Robert Bresnahan 
  • Dan Meuser 
  • Lloyd Smucker 
  • Guy Reschenthaler 
  • Glenn Thompson 
  • Mike Kelley 

State Senate candidates: 

  • Gene Yaw 
  • Kim Ward 

State House candidates: 

  • Bradley Roae 
  • David Maloney 
  • Dawn Keefer 
  • Jim Marshall 
  • Joe Emrick 
  • Kerry Benninghoff 
  • Kim Ward 
  • Mark Gillen 
  • Rob Kauffman 
  • Scott Barger

Americans for Tax Reform created the Taxpayer Protection Pledge in 1985 to solidify candidates’ commitments to taxpayers. President Reagan urged all candidates to sign the Pledge. He campaigned for and praised candidates who signed the Pledge. Today, over 1,400 elected officials and candidates on the federal and state levels are Taxpayer Protection Pledge signers. 

There are currently 191 Pledge signers in the U.S. House and 42 Pledge signers in the U.S. Senate. 85% of Congressional Republicans have signed the Pledge and put their commitment to oppose tax increases into writing, contrasting with the ZERO congressional Democrats who have made this commitment.     

“Pennsylvania voters are looking for solutions that get Americans back to work and grow the economy. Signing the Taxpayer Protection Pledge and holding the line on taxes is the first step in that process,” said Grover Norquist, President of Americans for Tax Reform. 

Unfortunately, Democratic candidates for office do not share this commitment. They seek to reverse course and implement backwards tax-and-spend policies that would only stunt economic growth and take more money out of the hands of taxpayers.    

VP Kamala Harris and President Biden have vowed to raise taxes: they have both repeatedly pledged to “eliminate”, “get rid of”, “repeal” and “reverse” the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which cut taxes for all Americans. 

New candidates sign the Taxpayer Protection Pledge regularly. For the most up-to-date information on these races or any others, please visit the ATR Pledge Database.