I, the undersigned, strongly oppose any governmental jurisdiction from hiring contract lobbyists, directly or indirectly, to lobby the Texas Legislature or another governmental jurisdiction. We urge all Texans to help ban taxpayer funded contract lobbying, and encourage local elected officials and their staffs to directly represent Texans’ local interests during the Legislature.

The elected officials listed below have taken the pledge to ban the practice of using tax-dollars to fund lobbyists:

Texas Senate: 

  • Drew Springer – Texas State Senate, District 30

Texas House:

  • Bryan Slaton – Texas House of Representatives, District 2
  • Cole Hefner – Texas House of Representatives, District 5
  • Matt Schaefer – Texas House of Representatives, District 6
  • Cody Harris – Texas House of Representatives, District 8
  • Jake Ellzey – Texas House of Representatives, District 10
  • Ben Leman – Texas House of Representatives, District 13
  • Steve Toth – Texas House of Representatives, District 15
  • Will Metcalf – Texas House of Representatives, District 16
  • James White – Texas House of Representatives, District 19
  • Dade Phelan – Texas House of Representatives, District 21
  • Mayes Middleton – Texas House of Representatives, District 23
  • Greg Bonnen – Texas House of Representatives, District 24
  • Cody Vasut – Texas House of Representatives, District 25
  • Jacey Jetton – Texas House of Representatives, District 26
  • Ed Thompson – Texas House of Representatives, District 29
  • J.M. Lozano – Texas House of Representatives, District 43
  • Andrew Murr – Texas House of Representatives, District 53
  • DeWayne Burns – Texas House of Representatives, District 58
  • Shelby Slawson – Texas House of Representatives, District 59
  • Mike Lang – Texas House of Representatives, District 60
  • Reggie Smith – Texas House of Representatives, District 62
  • Matt Shaheen – Texas House of Representatives, District 66
  • Jeff Leach – Texas House of Representatives, District 67
  • James Frank – Texas House of Representatives, District 69
  • Scott Sanford – Texas House of Representatives, District 70
  • Kyle Biedermann – Texas House of Representatives, District 73
  • Brooks Landgraf – Texas House of Representatives, District 81
  • Tom Craddick – Texas House of Representatives, District 82
  • Dustin Burrows – Texas House of Representatives, District 83
  • Candy Noble – Texas House of Representatives, District 89
  • Stephanie Klick – Texas House of Representatives, District 91
  • Jeff Cason – Texas House of Representatives, District 92
  • Matt Krause – Texas House of Representatives, District 93
  • Tony Tinderholt – Texas House of Representatives, District 94
  • Bill Zedler – Texas House of Representatives, District 96
  • Craig Goldman  – Texas House of Representatives, District 97
  • Giovanni Capriglione – Texas House of Representatives, District 98
  • Jared Patterson – Texas House of Representatives, District 106
  • Briscoe Cain – Texas House of Representatives, District 128
  • Dennis Paul – Texas House of Representatives, District 129
  • Tom Oliverson – Texas House of Representatives, District 130
  • Jim Murphy – Texas House of Representatives, District 133
  • Valoree Swanson – Texas House of Representatives, District 150

Local Officials:

  • Shelby Williams – Plano City Council, Place 5

Credit to Shelby Williams for starting this pledge.