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Decades ago, Grover Norquist’s pledge never to raise taxes was an influential litmus test for Republican politicians. Lt. Gov. Burt Jones wants to make it fashionable again.

Jones became the first 2026 gubernatorial candidate in Georgia to sign the Taxpayer Protection Pledge, a promise used by Norquist’s Americans for Tax Reform to oppose all tax increases.

He inked it in Gainesville on Tuesday during a legislative hearing on eliminating the state’s income tax, saying that Georgians “deserve a governor who will fight to let them keep more of what they earn.”

Hundreds of Republicans have signed the pledge since Norquist introduced it in 1986 with President Ronald Reagan’s blessing. But its influence has faded as lawmakers voted to raise the debt ceilin

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