VICTORY FOR GUN SAFETY: Moms Demand Action Volunteer Christina Bohannan Wins in Iowa’s 1st Congressional District

Everytown for Gun Safety Victory Fund Ran a More Than $43 Million Paid Media Campaign Focused on Moms Demand Action Volunteers in Must-Win Battleground U.S. House Districts

Everytown Supporters, Alongside Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Volunteers, Made More Than 15 Million Voter Contacts To Support Gun Safety Candidates

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 elected former Moms Demand Action volunteer Christina Bohannan to represent Iowa's 1st Congressional District.

"Christina Bohannan has been a champion for gun safety in southeast Iowa, and now she's taking that fight to Congress," said John Feinblatt, president of Everytown for Gun Safety. "Everytown congratulates Representative-elect Bohannan on a hard-won victory, and we're proud to have her in a gun safety majority in Washington."

"Moms Demand Action volunteers in southeast Iowa know Christina Bohannan as one of their own, a fellow volunteer who has always shown up for their families," said Angela Ferrell-Zabala, executive director of Moms Demand Action. "They knocked doors across the district making sure voters knew it too. Now she's headed to Washington, and our movement is proud to have helped send her there."

"Christina Bohannan has been a champion for gun safety in southeast Iowa, and we couldn't be happier to send her to Congress," said Lori Durian, a volunteer with the Iowa chapter of Moms Demand Action. "We talked to neighbors all over the district about what this race meant for our kids. Now we're ready to roll up our sleeves and work with her in Washington to keep Iowa families safe."

Flipping the House was Everytown's top federal priority this cycle, and electing as many of the more than 40 Moms Demand Action volunteers running for Congress was the center of that strategy. Everytown for Gun Safety Victory Fund invested $42 million in House races to elect former volunteers in eight of the most competitive districts in the country: AZ-06, FL-22, IA-01, IA-02, IA-03, MI-08, MI-10 and PA-08. That included a $10 million campaign with House Majority PAC to highlight the strong public safety records of endorsed candidates and the threat MAGA extremists pose to commonsense gun safety laws and our communities. 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.