The Contract with Missourians: What One Group Wants From the 2027 Session
Freedom Principle MO's PAC is asking the candidates it backs to sign a 2026 Contract with Missourians. Here's what the pledge says, in plain words, and questions to ask.
With two weeks until the November 3 election, it's worth looking past Election Day to what happens in Jefferson City in January. One statewide group has put its answer in writing.
The Freedom Principle MO – Missouri First PAC has published a 2026 Contract with Missourians, a pledge for Republican candidates running for the Missouri House and Senate. The Missouri 82 Alliance, a campaign sponsored by that PAC, is calling on all the candidates it supports to sign it. There are separate House and Senate versions on the [PAC's page](https://www.freedomprinciplemo.org/mo-first-pac).
Seven starting principles
The contract lists seven principles it says the Republican majority should put first on day one of the 2027 session. Legislation should protect American citizenship, keep government to its proper role of guarding life, property, and liberty, follow the Missouri Constitution's single-subject rule, promote citizens' rights and freedoms, defend the right to life for the born and unborn, ensure equal justice for U.S. citizens, and line up with the Missouri Republican Party Platform.
Eight promises
Signers pledge to champion these in 2027:
- Protecting our Constitution: require initiative-petition amendments to pass by a simple majority in each congressional district, not just statewide.
- Election integrity: proof of U.S. citizenship to register, party affiliation for closed primaries, and paper ballots with hand counting.
- Economic prosperity: phase out personal property taxes by 2030, support a constitutional amendment to end the state income tax, and cap spending at the prior year's level plus population growth.
- Fiscal responsibility: balanced budgets that match projected revenue, less reliance on federal money, a 10 percent cut from the prior year's spending, no funding for programs promoting CRT, DEI, or social-emotional learning, and a state version of the federal Department of Government Efficiency.
- Parental educational freedom: school choice, parental rights, a focus on fundamentals, and shrinking the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education back to its original purpose by 2030.
- Medical freedom: the right to refuse unwanted treatment, informed consent for therapies such as mRNA, a ban on certain food additives and synthetic dyes, and a "Make Missouri Healthy Again" agenda.
- Workers and farmers: cut job-killing regulations, promote affordable and reliable energy, bar foreign ownership of farmland, and reject funding tied to racial quotas, ESG standards, or carbon footprints.
- Second Amendment: support the Second Amendment Preservation Act and pass anti-red-flag laws.
Why a written pledge matters
A campaign mailer can promise anything. A written list gives voters something specific to hold a lawmaker to when the votes come up. Whether or not you agree with every plank, it's a fair way to start a conversation with the people asking for your vote.
Questions to ask your candidates
- Have you read the Contract with Missourians, and would you sign it? Why or why not?
- Which of these promises would you work on first?
- How would you pay for phasing out personal property and income taxes?
- How would you vote on changing the initiative-petition process?
Ask them now, while they're knocking on doors, and keep the answers. The 2027 session starts in January, and that's when we'll find out who meant it.
Source
- [Freedom Principle MO – Missouri First PAC](https://www.freedomprinciplemo.org/mo-first-pac), 2026 Contract with Missourians