VICTORY FOR GUN SAFETY: Moms Demand Action Volunteer Sarah Trone Garriott Wins in Iowa’s 3rd 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 Sarah Trone Garriott to represent Iowa's 3rd Congressional District.

"In one of the toughest House races in the country, voters chose Sarah Trone Garriott, a mom, state senator and former Moms Demand Action volunteer who has spent years fighting for safer communities," said John Feinblatt, president of Everytown for Gun Safety. "Her victory shows that standing up for public safety is a winning message in districts across the political spectrum."

"Iowa volunteers knocked doors across this district for months because they believed in Sarah Trone Garriott, and that work paid off," said Angela Ferrell-Zabala, executive director of Moms Demand Action. "She is exactly the kind of leader our movement has been working to elect: someone who organized in her own community as a Moms Demand Action volunteer before she ever asked for its vote. We're proud to see one more volunteer-turned-candidate head to Congress."

"Sarah Trone Garriott knows what it takes to keep Iowa communities safe, and voters just trusted her to take that fight to Washington," said Hope Johnson, a volunteer with the Iowa chapter of Moms Demand Action. "We're proud to have helped elect a gun safety champion and fellow volunteer, and we'll be right beside her as she gets to work."

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.