VICTORY: Arizona House of Representatives Flips to Gun Safety Majority

Everytown Spent $10 Million to Elect Moms Demand Action Volunteers, Flip State Legislative Chambers, and Build Trifectas in Key Battleground States

WASHINGTON - Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund and its grassroots networks, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, declared a major victory today as voters flipped the Arizona House of Representatives to a gun safety majority, establishing a gun safety trifecta.

"This election represents a sea change in Arizona, which hasn't had a gun safety majority in the House in decades," said John Feinblatt, president of Everytown for Gun Safety. "Arizona legislators whose top priority is public safety now have the votes to move lifesaving bills forward in Phoenix, and they can count on Everytown's full support."

"From testifying in committee rooms to winning seats in the chamber, Arizona volunteers helped flip the state House and build a majority that puts gun safety ahead of gun industry profits," said Angela Ferrell-Zabala, executive director of Moms Demand Action. "This is what years of organizing looks like when it pays off. We're proud of every volunteer who ran and every neighbor who knocked doors to elect them."

"For years, Arizona volunteers have counted on a veto to stop dangerous gun bills in their tracks," said Sandra Gutierrez, a volunteer with the Arizona chapter of Moms Demand Action. "This fall we went door to door to elect a state House that will put public safety first, and now we have it. We're ready to get to work with our new majority to keep Arizona families safe."

Everytown's top state-level goal this cycle was building trifectas: establishing gun safety majorities in both legislative chambers alongside a gun safety champion in the governor's office. Across Arizona, Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund, Everytown for Gun Safety Victory Fund, and Everytown for Gun Safety VF MN invested $10 million, running paid media campaigns supporting Moms Demand Action volunteers in key state legislative battleground districts and partnering with the Democratic Governors Association to elect gun safety governors in those states. Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action volunteers made more than 15 million voter contacts in support of gun sense candidates up and down the ballot.

These candidates were among 547 Moms Demand Action volunteers who ran for offices up and down the ballot across 47 states this cycle, including more than 40 who ran for Congress. Many were trained through Demand a Seat, which Everytown for Gun Safety Victory Fund launched in 2021 to train grassroots volunteers and gun violence survivors to run for office. The program has trained more than 1,600 volunteers across 49 states and Washington, D.C. Since 2021, more than 600 former volunteers have been elected, including six who were already serving in Congress before this election.