Not an executive order. A public commitment — signed, dated, and handed to you to enforce.
I am not a career politician. I have no party machine behind me, no donor list to protect, no political debts to pay. I am a veteran, a father, and a resident of Minnesota who has been personally failed by the same systems I am asking you to let me fix. What I am offering you is not a platform. It is a record — twelve executive orders, twelve specific actions, twelve commitments with my name on them. And this pledge, which is the most important thing I will sign before any of them.
Every policy position I hold is public, documented, and consistent with what I said during this campaign. There are no private positions. There is no version of Tom Berhane that exists behind closed doors that differs from the one you see here. What you read is what governs.
I will make no agreements, commitments, or understandings with donors, lobbyists, or political interests that are not disclosed publicly. If I made such a deal and you cannot find it, it does not exist. If you find it and I have not disclosed it, you have grounds to demand my resignation. That is not a rhetorical statement. That is the standard I am holding myself to.
I took no PAC money. No large donor money. No money that comes with an expectation of access or favorable treatment. I know what that kind of money costs — it costs you the Governor you elected. I am not for sale. This administration answers to residents. That is not a slogan. That is the only constituency I have.
Every dollar this administration spends will be visible to every resident through the War Room dashboard, established under Directive 12. Not a summary. Not a press release. The actual data. You paid for it. You will see where it went.
Every policy decision I make will be evaluated against one question: does this serve the residents of Minnesota, or does it serve someone else? If I cannot answer that question publicly and clearly, I will not sign it. The resident is the client. Everyone else is a vendor.
When something in this administration is not working, I will say so publicly before anyone else does. Not after it leaks. Not after the press finds it. I will be the first one to tell you when I am wrong. No spin. No cover-up. No managed narrative. The truth, on my timeline, on the record.
I will hold regular public accountability sessions — not scripted press conferences where the questions are pre-approved and the answers are pre-written, but open forums where residents can ask real questions and get real answers from the Governor directly. You hired me. You have the right to question me.
I commit to serving the full term if elected. I will not use the Governor's office as a stepping stone to higher office during that term. I am not running for Governor to get somewhere else. This job is the mission. The residents of Minnesota are not a resume line.
All twelve executive orders will be signed on January 4, 2027. If any cannot be signed on day one due to legal review findings, I will state the reason publicly in writing within 24 hours. No delays without explanation. No explanations without accountability. The clock starts the moment I take office.
I know that words are cheap. I know that every politician who has ever held this office made promises. I know you have heard this before and watched it mean nothing. I am not asking you to take my word for it. I am putting the word in writing, on the record, in public — and I am handing you this document to use against me if I break it.
I built twelve executive orders. Each one is specific. Each one names the statute. Each one has a timeline, a mechanism, a consequence. I did that deliberately — because vague promises are how politicians stay unaccountable. You cannot hold someone to a promise they never specified.
But a promise is only as strong as the person making it. And I know that. You have been promised things by people who held this office before. You have watched those promises expire quietly, replaced by explanations about why things were more complicated than expected, why the timing wasn't right, why the votes weren't there. You have been told to be patient. To trust the process.
I am a veteran. In the Army, your word is a commitment. When you tell someone you will be at a position at 0400, you are at that position at 0400. When you give an order, you own the outcome of that order. When something fails, you do not look for someone else to blame — you fix it, you report it, and you do not repeat it.
I am bringing that standard to this office. Not because it will be easy. Because it is the only standard that means anything.
This pledge is not a legal document. It is not enforceable in a court of law. What it is — is a public record. A timestamp. The exact standard I set for myself, in my own words, before I took a single vote or made a single decision as Governor.
If I break these commitments, you have this document. Use it. Publish it. Put it in front of every camera and microphone you can find. That is not a threat — that is the accountability I am asking you to bring.
Ten commitments. Each one named, explained, and connected to the directive it backs. The architecture of this platform in one place.
Every policy position I hold is public, documented, and consistent with what was said during this campaign. No private positions. No secret priorities. What you see is what governs.
No undisclosed agreements with donors, lobbyists, or political interests. Every understanding that shapes this administration will be on the public record. If it is not disclosed, it does not govern.
No PAC money. No large donor money. No money with strings. This administration answers to residents because residents are the only ones who funded it.
Every dollar this administration spends is visible to every resident through the War Room dashboard. Real data. No paywall. No filter. You paid for it. You see where it went.
Every policy decision is evaluated against one standard: does this serve the residents of Minnesota? If that question cannot be answered clearly and publicly, the policy does not move.
When something in this administration is not working, I will say so publicly — before it leaks, before the press finds it, before anyone else. No spin. No managed narrative. No waiting for the story to break.
Regular public accountability sessions — not press conferences. Open forums. Real questions from residents. Real answers from the Governor. You hired me. You have the right to question me directly.
I will serve the full term. I will not use the Governor's office as a stepping stone during that term. The residents of Minnesota are not a resume line. This job is the mission.
All twelve executive orders will be signed on January 4, 2027. If any are delayed due to legal review, the reason is stated publicly in writing within 24 hours. The clock starts on day one. No exceptions without explanation.
A pledge without enforcement is a press release. These are the specific, named mechanisms built into this platform that give residents real tools to hold this administration accountable. Not "contact my office." Named systems. Named people. Named data.
A publicly accessible, real-time fiscal transparency dashboard showing every major expenditure this administration makes. If the money is moving in a direction that does not match this pledge, the dashboard shows it before I can explain it away. This is not a report — it is a live record.
An independent monitor outside the Governor's chain of command with authority to flag any expenditure that does not meet the transparency standard. The monitor reports to the public — not to me. If I am spending money in ways that contradict this pledge, the monitor finds it and publishes it.
The forensic audit office established on day one. If you believe state money is being misused, directed to political allies, or spent in violation of this pledge — the OFA is the mechanism. Two independent firms. Inspector General referral. Public findings. No cover.
If this administration violates the resident-first standard in the family court system — if the commitment to parental sovereignty is not being upheld — the Office of Parental Rights is the accountability body. It exists to receive complaints and investigate them. Including complaints about this administration.
Regular open forums — not press conferences — where residents can ask the Governor directly about any decision, any expenditure, any departure from this pledge. Bring this document. Bring your questions. I will answer them on the record.
This pledge is published on this website, timestamped, and permanently part of the public record of this campaign. If I break any commitment named in this document, you have the exact language I used, the date I signed it, and my name on every line. That is not by accident. That is the point.
I have spent this entire platform telling you what is broken and what I will do to fix it. Everything I have said is documented. Everything I have promised is specific. Everything I have committed to is now in writing, with my name on it, in a document you can hold in your hands and use against me.
I am asking for your trust. This document is how I earn it.
Twelve directives. One pledge. Everything said, everything signed, everything yours to enforce. The question is not whether this platform is real. The question is whether you will stand behind it.
I Stand With The Resident Solution