Taxes and Budget

Federal income tax rates

196 public statements from 2026 candidates · 1 related bill

§1The range of views

Why this matters: Your tax rate decides how much of each paycheck you keep, and the rates together decide how much money the government collects.

Drafted by AI, then checked for neutral wording in a separate AI review. It describes the question and the main positions, not any candidate's view. Facts link to their sources.

How much of their earnings people pay in federal income tax at each income level, including the top rate on the highest incomes.

Replace the current income tax with a single flat rate or a national sales tax
Cut rates further, including the top rate
Keep current rates
Raise rates on high incomes only (for example, above $400,000)

These options describe policies, not people. The order is not a ranking.

§2What candidates have said

Why this matters: Statements candidates made publicly, summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Candidates who haven't spoken publicly on this issue aren't listed.

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Replace the current income tax with a single flat rate or a national sales tax (19)

Steve G. Parsons AR-1
His campaign website says the tax code's problems can be solved with a flat tax, which it says would allow the IRS to be eliminated.¹
Shane Lewis CA-18
His campaign website proposes a low flat federal tax of about 7% on wages and salaries, which it says would cut many families' federal tax bills by about half.²
Gaylon Kent CO-2
His campaign website calls for a tax cut, a flat tax and a one-page income tax return.^3,4
Jim Duffie GA-4
His campaign website says he supports replacing the federal income tax system with the FairTax, a national consumption tax on new goods and services that would also eliminate the payroll, estate and gift taxes and abolish the IRS, with a monthly rebate to every legal household; it says he would co-sponsor the FairTax Act (H.R. 25) on his first day.^5,6
Andrew Clyde GA-9
His campaign website says his tax plan would eliminate graduated taxes and implement a FairTax system (H.R. 25), stop taxation on the production of goods and dismantle the IRS.⁷
Jonathan Chavez GA-13
His campaign website says he supports the FairTax, which would replace federal income, payroll, corporate and estate taxes with a 23% national sales tax on new goods and services and abolish the IRS, with a monthly rebate to legal households, and says he would lower the tax burden on working families.^8,9
Tonya L. Hudson IN-9
Her campaign website says she would encourage legislators to move toward a sales tax or FAIR Tax model and eliminate the IRS, and it posts her proposed resolution to abolish the IRS.^10,11
Steven A. Hohe KS-3
His campaign website says he would abolish the present income tax system and replace it with a flat tax of no more than 10 percent on employed people and a set percentage of corporate profits.¹²
Jay J Bowman KY-6
His campaign website's Zero-One-Hundred tax plan would replace the current individual, corporate and capital gains taxes with a two-tier system in which the first $100,000 of income is exempt and income above that is taxed at a flat base rate of 20%, which would drop to 15% if the budget stays balanced for three consecutive years; it also eliminates all individual itemized deductions.^13,14
"Clay" Higgins LA-3
His campaign website's 2016 Issues page says he supports eliminating the IRS and introducing a 15% federal sales tax, with food and medicine exempt.¹⁵
"Mike" Nichols LA-4
His campaign flyer lists tax reform with a flat 10% tax rate among the things he supports.¹⁶
Mike Saliba MI-10
His campaign website says he signed the FAIRtax Pledge to support H.R. 25, which it says would replace federal income taxes and other federal taxes with a single-rate federal retail sales tax.^17,18
Chris Dardzinski MI-13
His campaign website proposes a single-rate federal tax: no federal income tax for individuals and businesses earning $39,000 a year or less, a 15% rate on income from all sources for those earning more, and a 5% rate on gains from capital investments.¹⁹
Eugene F. Douglass NC-2
His campaign brochure proposes lower taxes and a simpler tax code, with a flat rate and minimal deductions for individuals and businesses.²⁰
Maad Abu-Ghazalah NC-7
His campaign website's Platform page says he wants a federal sales or consumption tax on goods in place of the income tax, arguing it would have no loopholes and would not tax labor.²¹
Steven Feldman NC-10
His campaign website says the tax system should be simpler, with few rates and no deductions, and suggests one way to get there: a flat tax plus a sales tax, with everyone refunded the tax on income below the poverty line, and no other taxes.²²
Jack Codiga NC-12
His platform page says the income tax should be abolished, including by repealing the 16th Amendment, and favors taxes based on consumption, plus tariffs, in its place.²³
Justin Murphy NJ Senate
His campaign website says he would abolish the IRS and the Internal Revenue Code and replace the current system with a flat income tax of 10% to 12%.²⁴
William B. Redpath OH Senate special
His campaign website supports replacing the current tax code with the Tax Foundation's Growth and Opportunity plan, including a 20% flat tax on individual income with a large family allowance.²⁵

Raise rates on high incomes only (for example, above $400,000) (22)

Mike McGuire CA-1
His campaign website says he would repeal what it describes as $2.2 trillion in Trump tax cuts for the very wealthy, close loopholes for the rich, and have billionaires and big corporations pay more.²⁶
Ro Khanna CA-17
His campaign website says he would restore the top income tax rate to 39.6% and lists taxing capital gains like ordinary income for the top 1% among ways to pay for Medicare for All.²⁷
Randy Villegas CA-22
His campaign website says the most effective and fair way to raise government revenue is to tax the top 1% of income earners and wealth holders while giving working families a tax break.²⁸
Melat Kiros CO-1
Under the heading Tax the Rich, her platform calls for restoring the top income tax rate to an earlier level and closing the carried-interest loophole.²⁹
Luke Bronin CT-1
His campaign website says he would roll back President Trump's tax cuts for high earners, reverse decades of tax cuts for the very wealthy and add two new top income tax brackets.^30,31
Sarah Zabel ID-1
Her fiscal stewardship plan says she supports raising the top individual income tax rates, to 39.6% above about $320,000 for single filers and 43% above about $500,000, and leaving all lower rates alone.³²
Daniel Biss IL-9
His campaign website says he will immediately roll back the Trump tax cuts for the highest earners and tax capital gains at the same rate as wages for anyone making more than $1 million a year.³³
Juliana Stratton IL Senate
Her campaign website says she would pass a middle-class tax cut paid for by raising taxes on people who make more than $1 million a year.³⁴
Jamee Decio IN-2
Her campaign website says she would increase tax rates on the top 10 percent of earners and large corporations, and provide direct tax cuts to working-class families and local entrepreneurs.³⁵
Drew Cox IN-4
His campaign website says he advocates the For the 99.5 Percent Act and a progressive tax system with higher tax brackets for the ultra-wealthy, and says all tax loopholes must be closed.³⁶
Brad A. Meyer IN-9
His campaign website says he would raise tax rates only for households above $383,000 and for large corporations, and would increase the standard deduction to $20,000.^37,38
LaVeta Davenport MI-1
The Green Party of Michigan 2026 platform text on her campaign website, which says she fully aligns with it, calls for an 80 percent top tax bracket for millionaires, no tax on income below the poverty level and a higher Earned Income Credit, and for taxing capital gains, dividends, stock buybacks and executive stock-option bonuses at rates no lower than those on wages.³⁹
Zebulon Featherly MI-1
His campaign website says he supports lower taxes on lower incomes and higher tax brackets for very high incomes, and that he would block new taxes on working families.^40,41
Abdul El-Sayed MI Senate
His campaign website says he supports raising the tax rate on earnings over $1 million and taxing capital gains over $1 million at the same rate as ordinary income.⁴²
Matt Little MN-2
His campaign website says he would increase taxes on the highest earners, along with raising the corporate tax rate and eliminating loopholes such as carried interest, to finance tax breaks for working people.⁴³
Ilhan Omar MN-5
It says she wants a more progressive tax system that raises income taxes on the wealthiest Americans, and that the 2017 federal tax law, which it says lowered taxes for the highest earners, should be repealed.⁴⁴
DeVelle L. Jackson MN-5
His platform says he supports what it calls a Rich Tax on billionaires and other extremely wealthy people, with steeper income tax rates at the very top and firmer enforcement against offshore tax avoidance and corporate loopholes.⁴⁵
Sam Forstag MT-1
His campaign website says he would set a minimum tax rate of 30% on income over $1 million a year, known as the Buffett Rule, and says income from the stock market should be taxed at least as heavily as income from a paycheck.⁴⁶
Valerie P. Foushee NC-4
Her campaign website says she supports a progressive tax system that eases the burden on middle- and low-income families and raises taxes on large corporations and high earners.⁴⁷
Mark Cohen NE-3
His campaign website says the country should return to a tax structure more like that of the Eisenhower years, with higher rates on the highest incomes.⁴⁸
Rebecca Bennett NJ-7
Her family policy one-pager would pay for its child care cap by returning the top tax rate to its pre-Trump level, and her housing one-pager says help for homebuyers could be paid for by reversing part of the Trump tax cuts for people earning more than $500,000 a year.^49,50
Rachel Fetty Anderson WV Senate
Her campaign website says she supports raising the tax rate on people who earn more than $500,000 a year.⁵¹

Statements that don't match one option (155)

Mary Peltola AK Senate
Her campaign website says she would cut taxes for more than half of Alaskans and end federal income tax for working and middle-class Alaskans earning under $92,000 a year, paid for by raising taxes on millionaires and billionaires.⁵²
Bill Hill AK-AL
His campaign website says he supports taxing the top 1% and closing tax loopholes, and supports tax relief for small businesses and the middle class.⁵³
Jeff Wadlin AR Senate
His campaign website says he supports a simpler, progressive tax system in which those with more wealth contribute more, without special-interest loopholes, and says tax cuts should be matched by spending cuts.⁵⁴
Hallie Shoffner AR Senate
Her campaign website says she would cut taxes for working families.⁵⁵
French Hill AR-2
His campaign website says he introduced legislation to cap the federal tax rate on long-term capital gains at 15%.⁵⁶
Robb Ryerse AR-3
His campaign website calls for lower taxes for working and middle-class families and for closing loopholes that let the wealthy avoid paying their share.⁵⁷
James "Rus" Russell, III AR-4
His campaign website says working people should pay less in taxes, the rich should pay their fair share, and tax loopholes used by the very wealthy should be closed.^58,59
Bruce Westerman AR-4
His campaign website says taxes should be kept low and that he took part in passing tax cuts that let Americans keep more of their earnings.⁶⁰
Ami Bera CA-3
His campaign website says the 2017 tax law favored corporations and the wealthy over the middle class, and that he will keep working for tax reform that benefits middle-class families.⁶¹
Eric Jones CA-4
His campaign website says he would end federal income tax on the first $150,000 a person earns, paid for by collecting taxes corporations owe and cutting fraud and waste.^62,63
Michael Masuda CA-5
A platform page on his campaign website says he supports tax relief aimed at families earning under $100,000 rather than the top 1%.⁶⁴
Tom McClintock CA-5
His campaign website says the economy has grown whenever tax and regulatory burdens were reduced, and includes a 2015 speech crediting the 1981 Reagan tax rate cuts with economic growth.⁶⁵
Connie Chan CA-11
Her campaign website says she would unwind the Trump-era tax cuts that mainly benefit the wealthiest Americans and largest corporations, and increase tax credits for families with household incomes of $400,000 or less.⁶⁶
Scott Wiener CA-11
His campaign website says his plan to build 8 million homes would be paid for by reversing large parts of the Bush and Trump tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy.^67,68
Kevin Mullin CA-15
His campaign website says the national debt has grown largely because of unpaid-for tax cuts that disproportionately benefit the wealthiest Americans, and that the tax code should be reformed so billionaires and large corporations pay their fair share.⁶⁹
Larry Thompson CA-32
His campaign website proposes an American Work Freedom Act that would phase out federal income taxes over four years while protecting Social Security, Medicare, national defense, veterans' benefits and federal law enforcement.⁷⁰
Chad Humphrey CO-1
His campaign website calls for ending the IRS.^71,72
Eileen Laubacher CO-4
Her campaign website says she supports tax cuts for the middle class.⁷³
Jeff Crank CO-5
His campaign website calls for lower taxes and fewer regulations so small businesses can grow and create jobs.⁷⁴
Jessica Killin CO-5
Her campaign website says the very wealthy should pay their fair share of taxes and that taxes should be cut for the middle class.^75,76
Brittany Pettersen CO-7
Her campaign website says she would fight to repeal the 2017 tax cuts, which it says benefited only the wealthy and the largest corporations, and work to give tax breaks to the middle class.⁷⁷
Joe Krzeczkowski CO-7
His campaign website says the wealthy and corporations should pay their fair share of taxes, including to help balance the budget.^78,79
Manny Rutinel CO-8
His campaign website says he would make billionaires pay what they owe and close the loopholes that let the very wealthy avoid paying taxes.⁸⁰
Dave Wood CO-8
His campaign website says people should keep more of their income so they can support local charities, which it says know better than Washington how to help people in need.⁸¹
Amy Chai CT-1
Her campaign website calls for shifting taxes toward the financial industry and away from earned income, and for eliminating the self-employment tax.^82,83
George Patrick Austin CT-2
His campaign website says he would deliver tax relief to keep more money in people's pockets, and its Spanish-language page says he would vote against any policy that raises taxes or everyday costs.^84,85
Rosa L. DeLauro CT-3
Her campaign website says the wealthy and corporations should pay their fair share and that she will always oppose tax cuts for billionaires.⁸⁶
Christopher Lancia CT-3
His campaign website says he will fight for lower taxes.⁸⁷
Michael Ted Goldstein CT-4
His campaign platform calls for keeping taxes low.⁸⁸
Chris Shea CT-5
His campaign website says he would fight for policies that reduce the tax burden.⁸⁹
Sarah McBride DE-AL
Her campaign website says she supports tax relief for working- and middle-class families rather than billionaires, and that she opposed the 2025 budget law in part because of its tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans.⁹⁰
Jimmy Patronis FL-1
His campaign website lists cutting taxes among his priorities in Congress.⁹¹
Kat Cammack FL-3
Her campaign website says taxes should be kept low and lists among her accomplishments promoting the 2025 tax law, which it says made the 2017 tax cuts permanent, including lower rates and a larger standard deduction.^92,93
Aaron Bean FL-4
His campaign website says taxes should be kept low so Northeast Florida stays a good place to work and hire, and that red tape on businesses should be cut.⁹⁴
Mike Sell FL-4
His campaign's platform says corporations and the wealthy should pay their fair share with no tax shift onto working families, and supports closing the carried interest loophole.⁹⁵
John H. Rutherford FL-5
His campaign website says he would fight inflation by blocking new taxes and cutting existing ones, and it lists his vote for President Trump's tax cuts for families and small businesses.⁹⁶
Ryan Elijah FL-7
His campaign website says Congress must keep taxes low and reduce burdensome regulations to lower costs for families.⁹⁷
Bale Dalton FL-7
His campaign website says middle-class families need a tax cut, that the tax code is skewed toward the ultra-rich, and that some income tax changes in the law it calls the OBBB were a step in the right direction for working families, seniors and small businesses.⁹⁸
Mike Haridopolos FL-8
His campaign website says he helped pass tax relief under President Trump and that he will oppose federal mandates that hurt small businesses and families.⁹⁹
James Pericola FL-11
His campaign website says he will work to eliminate income taxes for people earning less than $100,000 a year and cut taxes for middle-class families.¹⁰⁰
Ralph Groves FL-11
His campaign website says he will call for lower federal taxes to stimulate the economy.¹⁰¹
Gus Michael Bilirakis FL-12
His campaign website says he voted to cut taxes for working families and seniors.¹⁰²
Leela Gray FL-13
Her campaign website says she will fight for a tax code that asks the wealthiest to pay their fair share.¹⁰³
Tony D'Arrigo FL-13
His campaign website says he would introduce a bill to eliminate federal income tax for every household earning under $75,000 a year.¹⁰⁴
Brian Lambert FL-14
His campaign website says he supports lower taxes and a simpler, fairer tax system that lets families and small businesses keep more of what they earn.¹⁰⁵
Sydney Gruters FL-16
Her campaign website says she is ready to cut taxes and to fight rising prices so that working families can afford basics such as gas and groceries.¹⁰⁶
Mark Davis FL-16
His policy platform says federal income taxes should not rise for anyone earning less than $400,000 a year, and that the wealthiest Americans and most profitable corporations should pay a fairer share by closing loopholes at the top.¹⁰⁷
Scott Franklin FL-18
His campaign website says he is against attempts to raise taxes on families and small businesses and that he supported the Working Families Tax Cut, also called the One Big Beautiful Bill.¹⁰⁸
Jim Schwartzel FL-19
His campaign website says he would vote to lock in President Trump's tax cuts permanently so that families and small businesses hold on to more of their earnings.¹⁰⁹
Seth Haskin FL-19
His campaign website says he supports ending the federal income tax by repealing the 16th Amendment.¹¹⁰
Brian Mast FL-21
His campaign website says he opposes tax increases, fought to pass the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and wants to make the individual tax cuts permanent while closing special interest loopholes and lobbyist-driven deductions.^111,112
Deborah Adeimy FL-23
Her campaign website says she believes Americans are better than the government at deciding how to spend the income they earn, and criticizes the prior administration's tax increases on income, capital gains and corporate taxes.¹¹³
Oliver G. Gilbert III FL-24
His campaign website says he supports eliminating income taxes for working families through tax policies indexed to what families in the community actually earn.¹¹⁴
Scott Singer FL-25
His campaign website says he pledged not to raise taxes, backs President Trump on a tax cut it calls the largest in American history, and will oppose efforts to raise tax rates.^115,116
Charles Burkett FL Governor
The positions website his campaign names says income tax rates should be low and apply equally to every taxpayer above the poverty line, with people earning more than $1 million paying a premium on a sliding scale that is never more than 50% above everyone else's rate.¹¹⁷
Dean Ocean Abrams FL Governor
His campaign website says he opposes the federal income tax on wages and would lead a coalition of states without income taxes to press Washington.¹¹⁸
James "Jim" Kingston GA-1
His campaign website says he will fight to lower taxes across the board so families keep more of what they earn and small businesses can thrive, and supports a simpler and fairer tax code.¹¹⁹
Matt Day GA-2
His campaign website pledges that he will not raise marginal income tax rates for individuals or businesses and will not reduce or eliminate tax deductions.¹²⁰
Sanford Bishop GA-2
His campaign website says he strongly supported extending the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts, which it says lowered tax rates across the board for all Americans.¹²¹
Brian Jack GA-3
His campaign website says he supports lowering taxes and expanding President Trump’s middle class tax cuts.¹²²
Rich McCormick GA-7
His campaign website lists lowering taxes among his priorities, along with cutting inflationary spending and unleashing American energy.¹²³
Austin Scott GA-8
His official House website calls the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act a great first step, and says he will keep advocating legislation that expands the economy, grows wages and eases federal regulations.¹²⁴
Houston Gaines GA-10
His campaign website says Congress should cut taxes, as he says he has done in Georgia.¹²⁵
John Cowan GA-11
His campaign website says he would deliver meaningful tax relief for families and small businesses.¹²⁶
Chris Harden GA-11
His campaign website says he will fight for a middle-class tax cut while ensuring that large corporations and the wealthiest Americans pay their fair share.¹²⁷
Rick W. Allen GA-12
An earlier issue page still on his campaign website says that in Congress he cut taxes on the middle class, including lowering personal tax rates, and that he would continue to keep the economy growing.¹²⁸
Ashley Hinson IA Senate
Her campaign's affordability plan calls for making the tax cuts for working families permanent.¹²⁹
Joe Mitchell IA-2
His campaign website says he will cut taxes for middle-class families and job creators and simplify the tax code.¹³⁰
Jim Risch ID Senate
His campaign website says he helped push through President Trump's 2017 tax cuts.¹³¹
Kaylee Peterson ID-1
Her campaign website says she will cut tax rates and regulations on middle-class Americans and local Idaho businesses.¹³²
Ellie Gilbreath ID-2
Her policies page says she will cut taxes for the working class, families and small businesses, simplify the tax code with fewer brackets and loopholes, and close loopholes that favor corporations and the ultra-wealthy.¹³³
Will Johanson ID-2
His campaign website's issues page answers the question of taxation by calling it theft.¹³⁴
Christian Maxwell IL-1
Her issues page says she supports federal tax reforms that reduce pressure on working families, homeowners and small businesses.¹³⁵
Angel Oakley IL-3
Her policy page says she will fight to lower taxes on working families.¹³⁶
Chris Getty IL-4
His campaign website says he opposes unnecessary tax increases, believes everyone should pay what they legally owe and those with greater means can contribute more, and supports enforcing tax laws fairly and closing loopholes that allow large tax breaks.¹³⁷
Tommy Hanson IL-5
His campaign website says he would replace individual income taxes, with corporations making up the difference, and would add sensible tariffs and a Fair Tax to raise federal revenue.¹³⁸
Jeff Walter IL-11
His campaign website says he supports making the Trump tax cuts permanent.¹³⁹
Mike Bost IL-12
His campaign website says he voted for tax reform legislation that, it says, gives an average tax cut of over $2,200 to Southern Illinois families.¹⁴⁰
James T. "Jim" Marter IL-14
His campaign website says working people and families should pay less in taxes.¹⁴¹
Darin LaHood IL-16
His campaign website says he helped deliver the Working Families Tax Cut, including a tax cut for households earning under $100,000 and a higher standard deduction.¹⁴²
William Eric Henry IN-2
His campaign website lists reducing taxes and reforming tax law among his issues.¹⁴³
Lauren Reinhold KS-1
Her campaign website says her American Middle-Class Prosperity Plan would lower taxes for working families through expanded deductions and payroll tax offsets for households under $125,000, and would tax very high earners and large capital gains while closing loopholes.¹⁴⁴
Derek Schmidt KS-2
His campaign website says he is fighting to extend tax relief for Kansas families, small businesses, farmers and ranchers through the Working Families Tax Cut.¹⁴⁵
John Hauer KS-2
His campaign website lists eliminating the federal income tax among his policies.¹⁴⁶
Eric Jenkins KS-3
His campaign website says he would extend and make permanent the Trump-era tax cuts for working families and oppose new broad-based tax increases on Kansas residents.¹⁴⁷
Ron Estes KS-4
His campaign website says he has been a major proponent of lower taxes and supports simplifying the tax code, and it lists making the most meaningful elements of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act permanent among the tax changes Republicans delivered in 2025.^148,149
Andy Barr KY Senate
His campaign website says he wants to cut taxes for every Kentuckian and that he voted for the 2025 tax law.¹⁵⁰
Charles Booker KY Senate
His campaign website says he would cut taxes for working and middle-class families.¹⁵¹
John "Drew" Williams KY-1
His campaign website proposes restoring a tax-free income floor of roughly $100,000, based on the 1913 exemption adjusted for inflation, and replacing tax brackets with a smooth scale rising from 1% at $100,000 to 35% at $1 million and continuing upward.¹⁵²
Jeremy Todd KY-4
His campaign website says he supports cutting and ultimately eliminating income taxes and a dramatic reduction in taxation across the board.^153,154
Pete Lynch KY-6
His campaign website says he supports exempting the first $25,000 of income from federal taxes, lowering taxes for households earning under $250,000 and raising rates for those earning over $1 million.¹⁵⁵
"Jamie" Davis LA Senate
His campaign website says he would roll back parts of the 2025 tax law that it says added as much as $4 trillion to the debt to cut taxes for billionaires.¹⁵⁶
Julia Letlow LA Senate
Her campaign website says she would permanently extend the Trump tax cuts.¹⁵⁷
John Day LA-3
His campaign website lists keeping taxes low for working families and simplifying the tax system among its goals.¹⁵⁸
Tia LeBrun LA-3
Her campaign website's Policy Plans page lists increasing tax relief for middle-class households and closing loopholes that allow billionaires and large corporations to pay lower effective tax rates than working families.¹⁵⁹
Gordon Heslop LA-4
His campaign website says the middle class must not pay a higher tax rate than higher earners, and lists eliminating many of the ways high earners and companies reduce their taxable income among its goals.¹⁶⁰
"Mike" Johnson LA-4
His official House website's Fiscal Responsibility page says Congress should pursue continued pro-growth tax reforms and permanent tax reductions.¹⁶¹
Shiva Ayyadurai MA Senate
His campaign website says he would cut taxes for families and small businesses.¹⁶²
Nadia Donya Milleron MA-1
Her campaign website says she supports eliminating the federal income tax on earnings under $100,000.^163,164
Sam Husseini MD-4
His campaign website lists easing the tax burden on working people and dramatically increasing it on the rich among its platform points, including by closing loopholes and through corporate taxes and a financial transaction tax.¹⁶⁵
Adrian Boafo MD-5
His campaign website says he would lower taxes on working and middle-class families and close loopholes that it says let large corporations and the very wealthy avoid their fair share.¹⁶⁶
April McClain Delaney MD-6
Her campaign website says she opposes tax breaks for the wealthy and well-connected and will support tax relief for the middle class.¹⁶⁷
Robin Ficker MD-6
His campaign website says he will push for lower taxes, fewer regulations and policies that encourage businesses to invest in Maryland's workforce.¹⁶⁸
Moshe Y. Landman MD-6
His campaign website says it would let the individual provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act expire in all brackets, returning the top rate to 39.6%, and that it favors progressive taxation.¹⁶⁹
Troy D. Jackson ME Senate
His campaign website says he would cut taxes for working and middle-class families and make billionaires and large corporations pay what it calls their fair share.¹⁷⁰
Ronald C. Russell ME-1
His campaign website says the temporary tax relief in the Big Beautiful Bill should be protected and made permanent, and that he backs extra inflation adjustments for lower and middle tax brackets.¹⁷¹
Callie Barr MI-1
Her campaign website says she wants the very wealthy to pay their fair share. Its priorities page compares the tax rate on the richest 1 percent in 1960 with the rate today and says tax rates should be fair.^172,173
John Moolenaar MI-2
His campaign website says the Working Families Tax Cuts law he supported made the 2017 tax cuts permanent, and that he plans to keep fighting for lower taxes.¹⁷⁴
Charlotte Magoon MI-2
Her campaign website says billionaires use loopholes to pay tax rates below those paid by nurses, teachers and factory workers. It says the wealthiest Americans should pay their fair share, with the money going to health care, education, infrastructure and other services families rely on.¹⁷⁵
Tom Barrett MI-7
His campaign website says he has signed the Taxpayer's Protection Pledge and will try to reduce taxes for all Americans in Congress, and it lists lowering taxes among his economic priorities.^176,177
Thomas J. Smith MI-8
His campaign website says he will fight to lower taxes and reduce regulations so families keep more of what they earn.^178,179
Ray Pooley MI-9
His campaign website says he wants a simpler tax code that makes the ultra-wealthy pay their fair share, so taxes can be cut for working families.¹⁸⁰
Lisa McClain MI-9
Her campaign website says she will support tax cuts for hardworking Americans and a rollback of regulations that hamper small businesses.¹⁸¹
Donavan McKinney MI-13
His campaign website says the ultra-wealthy should pay their fair share of taxes and that raising taxes on billionaires could fund investments the community needs.¹⁸²
Lydia Christensen MI Senate
Her campaign website says she would end federal income tax on earnings under $150,000 a year as a step toward eliminating the federal income tax.¹⁸³
Michele Tafoya MN Senate
Her campaign website says she will oppose any tax increase on the middle class and opposes repealing the tax cuts it calls the Working Family Tax Cuts.¹⁸⁴
Tyler Bass MN-3
In his answers to a WCCO candidate questionnaire posted on his campaign website, he says he would work in Congress to lower federal income taxes, end double taxation and preserve families’ ability to leave assets to loved ones.¹⁸⁵
Tom Emmer MN-6
The same page says that law makes the tax cuts passed under President Trump permanent for families and businesses.¹⁸⁶
Doug Chapin MN-6
It says the budget law known as H.R. 1 extended tax cuts it describes as benefiting the super-wealthy, and that he will vote to repeal tax cuts for billionaires.¹⁸⁷
Tom Schmitz MO-1
His campaign website calls for a system of voluntary taxation and says Libertarians regard taxation as theft, and it lists the income tax among the taxes it says both major parties impose.^188,189
Chris Stigall MO-6
His campaign website says he supports making President Trump's tax cuts permanent and will oppose any effort to raise taxes on working Americans.¹⁹⁰
Josh Smead MO-6
His campaign website lists reversing the Republican tax cuts for the wealthy.¹⁹¹
Andy Maidment MO-6
His campaign website says taxation is theft and that markets spread wealth more efficiently than government, and says the income tax and the Federal Reserve's money printing are destroying people's ability to live for themselves and that it is time for that to end.¹⁹²
Eric W. Burlison MO-7
His campaign website lists lower taxes among his priorities, and says he would cut wasteful government spending so that Missourians keep more of what they earn.¹⁹³
Kevin Craig MO-7
His campaign website includes a small-government pledge that says he will vote for legislation to shrink taxes, spending and debt and against all tax increases.¹⁹⁴
Jason T. Smith MO-8
His campaign website’s Meet Jason page says that on the Ways and Means Committee he has focused on simplifying the tax code and easing the load that the federal tax system puts on small businesses, farmers and families.¹⁹⁵
Scott Colom MS Senate
His campaign website says he would work to end the federal income tax for Mississippians making under $75,000, starting with teachers and law enforcement officers.¹⁹⁶
Cindy Hyde-Smith MS Senate
Her campaign website says she has always supported lower taxes and backs the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act signed by President Trump.¹⁹⁷
Ty Pinkins MS Senate
His campaign website says he would work to cut taxes for middle-class families.¹⁹⁸
Michael A. Chiaradio MS-3
His campaign website describes a balanced tax plan with moderate ordinary income taxes and says significant tax increases should be restrained in the near term.¹⁹⁹
Jeffrey Hulum III MS-4
His campaign website’s FAQ page says when the federal budget is cut, the first thing to go should be the tax cuts that benefit the wealthiest Americans, before Head Start, SNAP or children’s summer meal programs.²⁰⁰
Troy Downing MT-2
His campaign website says he advocates for lower taxes and less government regulation.²⁰¹
Brian J Miller MT-2
His campaign website's national debt page says raising revenue from the wealthy is part of the way to control the debt, and credits periods with what it calls fair tax rates on higher earners with strong economic growth.²⁰²
Michael D Eisenhauer MT-2
His Issues page says he will support targeted tax relief for middle- and lower-income Americans, and says it is unfair to cut taxes for multimillionaires and billionaires while the middle class shoulders the tax burden.²⁰³
Laurie Buckhout NC-1
Her campaign Issues page says she will fight to cut taxes so that working families can get ahead.²⁰⁴
Virginia Foxx NC-5
Her campaign website says a fair tax system starts with low taxes and that she strongly supported the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which it says lowered tax rates for families and small businesses.²⁰⁵
Chuck Hubbard NC-5
His campaign website says the tax base should shift further toward wealthy individuals and corporations.²⁰⁶
Pete Ricketts NE Senate
His campaign website says he helped pass what it calls the largest federal tax cut in American history.²⁰⁷
Dan Osborn NE Senate
His campaign website says he supports a middle-class tax cut that lowers rates on wage income, paired with closing loopholes at the top.²⁰⁸
John E. Sununu NH Senate
His campaign website says he will oppose all middle-class tax increases.²⁰⁹
Robbie Mahrou NH-2
His campaign website proposes exempting each household's first $105,000 of income from federal income tax, phasing the break out for households above $750,000 and leaving the rates on income above that amount unchanged.²¹⁰
Jeff Van Drew NJ-2
The page says he supports, and recently voted for, making the tax cuts enacted during President Trump's first term permanent.²¹¹
Zack Mullock NJ-2
The tax plan says it aims for a progressive system in which no one who earns a living from work has an effective tax rate higher than a billionaire living off wealth, and it calls for high-income households to pay the same rates on capital gains and dividends as on wages.²¹²
Ramon Mora Jr. NJ-2
The General Cost Savings page lists no income tax on earnings under $40,000 a year.²¹³
Analilia Mejia NJ-11
Her campaign issues page says people who work full time should pay no federal tax on their first $40,000 of wages.²¹⁴
Andres Jinete NJ-12
His campaign website calls for shifting the tax burden to the top 1% of earners and ending income taxes on households with middle or low incomes.²¹⁵
Winston Jordan NJ-12
His policy platform website lists a 50-year tax holiday for the bottom 99% as part of its American Economic Security Act.²¹⁶
Gabriel Vasquez NM-2
His campaign website says he supports repealing the Trump tax cuts, which it says benefited the wealthy and were paid for through reductions in health care and food assistance, and supports policies that cut taxes on working families.²¹⁷
Greg Levy OH Senate special
His campaign website calls for repealing President Trump's tax cuts, which it describes as tax cuts for the rich.²¹⁸
Kevin Hern OK Senate
His campaign website says he worked to extend President Trump's tax cuts and to add new tax cuts for seniors, workers and families.²¹⁹
Chris Henry OR Senate
His platform says he would consider substantially higher tax rates on the highest incomes and lower rates on lower incomes, and his voters' pamphlet statement calls for ending tax breaks for billionaires.^220,221
Annie Andrews SC Senate
Her affordability plan proposes simplifying the income tax to three brackets of 10%, 20% and 35%, and her taxpayer pledge says she will vote against any tax increase on families earning less than $500,000 a year.^222,223
Darline Graham SC Senate
Her campaign website says she will work to make the Trump tax cuts permanent and supports lower taxes and less red tape for small businesses.²²⁴
Brian L Bengs SD Senate
His campaign website says the wealthiest Americans should again pay their fair share, as in the 1960s, and that taxes can be lowered for small businesses and working people.²²⁵
Ted Brown TX Senate
His campaign website says he would repeal the federal income tax and abolish the IRS without replacing them with a flat tax, a national sales tax or any other tax.²²⁶

§3Related bills

Why this matters: Bills from 2023–2026 that bear on this issue, with how Congress handled them.

2025 tax and spending law: tax cuts, Medicaid and SNAP changes, border funds, debt limitH.R. 1
Became law