The Texas First Pledge

The Texas First Pledge is a public commitment for people who hold or seek elected office in Texas. Those who sign it commit to a simple, structural principle: that the interests of Texas come first, and that the people of Texas have the right to vote on their own political future, including the question of independence.

The Texas First Pledge is permanent and it is apolitical. It is not a candidate endorsement, and TNM does not endorse candidates through it. A signature is a standing commitment to a principle, not a position on any race, party, or election. It does not expire at the next ballot, and it carries no implication that TNM or its supporters back the signer for any office. Signers from across the spectrum can stand on the same principle without standing on the same ticket.

This is not a partisan litmus test and not a personality cult. It is a statement about who governs Texas: the Texan people, or a political class that answers elsewhere. The Texas First Pledge gives Texas voters a clear, on-the-record way to know where the people on their ballot actually stand, and it gives officials and candidates a way to say, publicly and plainly, that they are with the people of Texas on this question.

257 officials and candidates have now signed. The Texas First Pledge is run as its own campaign, with its own home, where Texans can read the full commitment and see how it works.