“Pledged during his 2016 campaign to serve only two terms and not seek a third term in 2022, describing that election as his last campaign and final term. (He later reversed this and ran for and won a third term in 2022.)”
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Independently verified the two most authoritative cited sources via WebFetch. The PBS NewsHour/AP report confirms: 'Johnson, 66, had long said his preference was to serve just two terms and pledged in 2016 not to run a third time... But Johnson rescinded the pledge in the lead-up to announcing his reelection bid, saying circumstances have changed after Democrats won the White House and control of Congress.' Fox News confirms Johnson's own words: 'During the 2016 campaign, I said it would be my last campaign and final term,' before announcing a third-term run. The facts are undisputed and heavily documented: in 2016 he explicitly pledged 2022 would be his last term and that he would not run again; in January 2022 he did the exact opposite by formally rescinding the pledge, running for a third term, and winning that November. He personally took the direct affirmative action the promise forbade (filing and campaigning for a third term), which is the strongest possible breach rather than mere inaction. Under a party-neutral standard, any politician who pledged term limits and then ran again to break that pledge would receive the same HOSTILE label. Confidence held at 0.98 given the on-record, uncontested facts.
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