Derek Dooley Calls for Congressional Term Limits

Atlanta, GA – Earlier this month, political outsider and U.S. Senate candidate Derek Dooley signed the U.S. Term Limits pledge and reiterated his commitment to common-sense reforms that hold elected officials in D.C. accountable to the people. 

“Washington is broken because too many politicians go to D.C. to build careers instead of solving problems for the people who elected them,” said Derek Dooley, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate. “The system rewards career politicians, not the American people. For decades, politicians have signed term-limits pledges, talked about reform, and then done nothing. I’m not interested in symbolism—I’m interested in results.”

Dooley believes twelve years is more than enough time to serve your country, deliver results, and then return home. Yet for decades, career politicians have blocked term limits to protect their own interests and preserve a system that rewards insiders and the status quo.

“Signing a pledge doesn’t mean anything if you’re not willing to reject the status quo and fight for real solutions, and that’s exactly what I’ll do for the people of Georgia in the U.S. Senate,” Dooley added. “I believe the fastest way to force congressional action is to exempt current members—apply term limits only to newly elected officials—and finally break their decades-long inaction.”

Prioritizing term limits is only one part of Dooley’s plan to end business as usual in Washington D.C. When elected, he plans to push for additional reforms that curb corruption, restore transparency, and break the gridlock—so Congress works for the American people again, not itself.

Read Derek’s op-ed on ending business as usual in D.C. here.

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