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The Texas First Pledge

Has your candidate signed the Texas First Pledge?

A permanent, public commitment to place the interests of Texas and Texans first. Officeholders and candidates of any party can sign.

A program of the Texas Nationalist Movement.

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On the record

260

Texans signed. Permanent and public.

In office now

82

Sitting officeholders on the record.

Voted Texas First

1.6M

Texans backed a pledge signer in the 2026 primary.

All 254 counties

635,973

Texans who want a vote on independence.

On the record

What it is

Four sentences. One loyalty.

The Texas First Pledge is a plain commitment any candidate or officeholder can make to the people they serve: Texas comes first. It is not a party platform, and it is not an endorsement.

Signing is permanent. A signature is a public record that voters can hold to account.

Read the full pledge
  1. I pledge to place the interests of Texas and Texans before any other nation, state, political entity, organization, or individual.

  2. I further pledge to uphold the right of Texans under Article 1 Section 2 of the Texas Constitution "to alter, reform or abolish their government."

  3. If it is within the powers of my office, I will vote for legislation and resolutions to call for a vote on Texas reasserting its status as an independent nation in every term that I am elected until such a referendum is held.

  4. If a majority of the people of Texas vote in support of Texas reasserting its status as an independent nation, I pledge to work toward a fair and expedient separation of Texas from the federal government placing the interests of Texans first.

Election results · March 3, 2026

Pledge signers are winning.

Signers ran at every level of the 2026 Republican primary, from Comptroller down to county chair. Here is how the night went.

1,174,599

Don Huffines won Comptroller

He took the nomination outright at 57.4%, the first Texas First Pledge signer headed to statewide office.

Toth beat Crenshaw

A sitting congressman, unseated

Steve Toth defeated Dan Crenshaw in CD-2, the first incumbent member of Congress to lose renomination in the 2026 cycle.

44

Won or advancing to November

Signers won their primary outright or advanced to the general election, up and down the ballot.

Source: Texas Secretary of State, AP via the Texas Tribune, and county election offices, March 3, 2026 (unofficial, canvass pending).

They call it fringe.

3 in 4

Texans who voted in the 2026 Republican primary cast a ballot for at least one Texas First Pledge signer. That is about 1.6 million people.

TNM analysis · March 3, 2026 primary

How we count this

When three in four primary voters put Texas first, the only question left is whether your candidate will.

See who's already signed

You are not the only one

This goes wall to wall.

The Texas First Pledge is a program of the Texas Nationalist Movement, and the movement is everywhere. In all 254 counties, from the big cities to the smallest towns, Texans are already on the record for the right to decide their own future. When you ask your candidate to put Texas first, you are speaking for your neighbors too.

254 of 254 counties on the board

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Shading shows Texas Nationalist Movement supporter strength relative to each county's registered voters (Texas Secretary of State, March 2024). It maps the movement behind the pledge, not pledge signatures per county. The darker the county, the larger the share of its voters already on record.

By the numbers

The record, in full view.

Fig. 1 · By office

The pledge reaches every level of Texas government.

  1. Legislative80
  2. Political Party78
  3. Statewide30
  4. County29
  5. Judicial12
  6. Municipal6
  7. School District3
  8. Federal2

Published signers, by office.

Fig. 2 · A permanent record

The commitment outlasts any one campaign.

Currently in office82
Running now21
Former candidates and officeholders145

A signature is permanent. It is never removed from the public record.

If they will not sign, ask why.

Every Texan deserves to know whether the people who represent them will put Texas first. See who is on the record, see who is not, and ask them why.

The roster

Recently pledged

View all 260 signers

Precinct Chair, Precinct 402

Nate Smith

Republican

Officeholder
Signed June 9, 2026

Precinct Chair, Hardin County

Tony Robertson

Republican

Officeholder
Signed June 9, 2026

State Chair

David Pipkin

Constitution

Officeholder
Signed May 12, 2026f
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