July 8, 2026 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

To my fellow Michigan voters and my wonderful supporters,

I hope everyone had a wonderful Independence Day celebrating our nation’s 250^th birthday!

I would like to inform everyone today, after prayerful consideration, that I am withdrawing my name as a candidate for governor.

This decision was not made lightly, and comes following both productive and meaningful conversations with Perry Johnson and his staff.  The receptive and intelligent discourse within these discussions have led me to this belief: The best opportunity to elect a governor who is willing to work toward the elimination of property taxes, rests with Perry.  I am genuinely impressed with his faculty to truly listen.

I ask all of my supporters to vote for Perry Johnson in the primary this August 4, 2026 and again on November 3, 2026.

This decision allows me to once again refocus on the mission to eliminate property taxes in Michigan.  As you know my primary goal remains, as it has always been, to serve where God leads.  I fully believe that I am being led by God to help the people of Michigan regain their property rights.

We can only achieve actual property rights with the full abolition of the property tax.

This decision is one that I am fully at peace with.  Not being out on the campaign trail will allow me to concentrate my efforts on building the ground work for the next round of Ax MI Tax.  We were so very close last time.  I truly believe with our ongoing and continual growth; we can achieve what naysayers believe to be impossible!

I want to sincerely thank each and every one of my supporters and circulators.  Your hard work and determination are a shining example of what can be done when normal everyday people stand up and work together to make a difference.

I am blessed to know each and every one of you.

God bless you all,

 

 

Karla Wagner – Founder Ax MI Tax

 

 

** March 15, 2026 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE **

Dear fellow Michigan voters,

After careful consideration and a deep examination of the political landscape within our beautiful State of Michigan, it has become succinctly obvious that a good portion of the Michigan Republican party and its leadership is not willing or able to represent the people of Michigan.

Instead, it is willing only to represent itself and its own interests.

I announced my gubernatorial campaign with an ardent desire to serve Michigan’s people and return the Governor’s Seat to We the People.  The longer I have campaigned, the more obvious it has become that being a “servant leader” who can effect change is impossible within the framework of the current Michigan Republican Party.  Some of those who purport to be the “voice of the party”, actively stifle the voice of the people – which is where the inherent power of Government is supposed to rest.

As such, after much prayerful consideration, I have decided that the only way to return the Governor’s Seat to you, the people of Michigan, is for me to continue my campaign as a “NPA” or, Non-Party Affiliated candidate.

It is my sole desire to be able to fully represent the entirety of Michigan.  This is not possible if our leadership is beholden to a donor structure and party leadership which is more concerned about the party, and has near zero concern for the people of Michigan.  Their blatant gatekeeping and obstruction of actual systemic change must end. The only way to do this is through leadership which is not tied to the leash of the party and its corrupt donors.  I am that leader.

This is not to say that there are no good people within both the leadership and activist levels of the MIGOP.  I have met many amazing leaders and passionate Patriots who are similarly tied down by the limitations of the corruption within Michigan’s party system.  I seek to work to free all from the binds that tie us down and subvert our freedom.  It is my prayer that all Constitutional minded, freedom loving Patriots of all parties will join me in this fight.  Only together can we create a movement capable of doing so!

Please join me in this monumental effort to supplant the current false dichotomy that presents the façade of choice between our Republican/Democrat “party system”.  Both serve themselves, and the people are always left holding the bag.

We cannot end the systemic corruption unless we have a movement truly led by the people, free of the corporatist binds that suppress the good people within the party system.

I will provide leadership which is fearless and capable of making choices that no party politician is willing (or able) to do.

God bless us all,

 

 

Karla Wagner, Candidate for Michigan Governor.

Karla brings a wealth of professional experience to the table, wearing multiple hats as a small business owner, real estate agent, holder of a residential builder’s license, and tax preparation associate. She’s also served as a volunteer sheriff’s deputy in her community.

For the last five years, Karla has become a dedicated leader in her attempts to end property tax for all Michigan land owners. She has also gained a wealth of knowledge on how government works (and doesn’t work), and knows how to leverage this knowledge to benefit the people.