The Political Integrity Pledge is More Than Just Paper

Now-Rep. Christian Menefee is the first candidate to take the pledge, win, and follow through.

Nearly a year after Texas Rep. Sylvester Turner suddenly passed away in March 2025, Gov. Greg Abbott called a special election to fill his seat.

Rep. Christian Menefee won the January 2026 special election but because Texas primaries are some of the earliest in the nation, he had to run again in March, this time in a new seat that was redrawn after Texas’ mid-decade redistricting. He led the March primary but will continue to run in yet another runoff against longtime Rep. Al Green in May.

No matter how many races he had to run, Rep. Christian Menefee followed through on his pledge to:

• Reject Corporate PAC money

• Support overturning Citizens United

• Support a ban on lobbying after leaving elected office

• Support a ban on Congressional stock trading + not hold individual stocks while in office

Not only is he the first candidate to take the Political Integrity Pledge and become a sitting member of Congress, but within just two months of being inaugurated, he has already sold off all of his individual stocks and signed onto two bills that would ban Congressional stock trading. That’s follow through.

The Political Integrity Pledge is not just paper, it’s a promise.

And we are not in the business of empty promises.

Congratulations to Rep. Menefee. Lets keep building the anti-corruption coalition across America.

See who else has taken the pledge at the link here.

PS: Check out our video with Rep. Menefee about the pledge here.