Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Announces Fourth Round of Moms Demand Action Volunteer Endorsements, Backing 43 Candidates Across 11 States

Everytown Endorsements Include Candidates Running in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Oregon, and Pennsylvania

NEW YORK - Today, Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund announced its fourth round of endorsements of Moms Demand Action volunteers running for office across the country. The 43 volunteers endorsed today are running for everything from the state legislature to school boards across eleven states, and reflect the growing number of Moms Demand Action volunteers making the move from advocating for gun safety laws to writing them. In the 2026 primaries thus far, 85% of Moms Demand Action volunteers have won their races.

"Every election cycle, more and more Moms Demand Action volunteers are making the leap to elected office, proving that voters will reward candidates who put public safety ahead of the gun lobby," said John Feinblatt, president of Everytown for Gun Safety. "These 42 endorsements across eleven states are proof that our bench of election-ready volunteers has never been deeper, and we're incredibly proud to support their campaigns."

"There is no better training for elected office than years of organizing your community, and Moms Demand Action volunteers have been doing exactly that - showing up, building trust, and winning on gun safety long before they ever decided to run," said Angela Ferrell-Zabala, executive director of Moms Demand Action. "Now we're putting the full force of this movement behind getting them elected."

The Moms Demand Action volunteers receiving Everytown's endorsement today:

Alabama
Marilyn Lands, State Representative, House District 10

Arkansas
Meleah Gretzmier, Benton County Justice of the Peace, District 13

Georgia
Shea Roberts, State Representative, House District 52
Anne Allen Westbrook, State Representative, House District 163
Micheal Garza, Cobb County School Board, Post 4
Maggie Goldman, Fulton County Commissioner, District 1

Illinois
Maria Peterson, State Representative, House District 52

Indiana
Catherine Torzewski, State Senator, Senate District 31
Tiffany Stoner, State Representative, House District 25
Chris Campbell, State Representative, House District 26
Joel Levi, State Representative, House District 37

Kentucky
Adam Moore, State Representative, House District 45
Adrielle Camuel, State Representative, House District 93
Emma Curtis, Lexington City Council, District 4

Michigan
Chedrick Greene, State Senator, Senate District 35

Nebraska
Jayden Speed, State Senator, Senate District 2

Ohio
Cara Jacob, State Senator, Senate District 7
Christine Cockley, State Representative, House District 6
Crystal Lett, State Representative, House District 11
Rachel Baker, State Representative, House District 27
Karen Brownlee, State Representative, House District 28
Desiree Tims, State Representative, House District 38
Erika White, State Representative, House District 41
Jessica Miranda, Hamilton County Auditor
Erin Dickinson, Summit County Council, At-large

Oregon
Deb Patterson, State Senator, Senate District 10
Courtney Neron Misslin, State Senator, Senate District 13
Janeen Sollman, State Senator, Senate District 15
Lisa Reynolds, State Senator, Senate District 17
Lisa Fragala, State Representative, House District 8
Sarah Finger McDonald, State Representative, House District 16
Ben Bowman, State Representative, House District 25
Dacia Grayber, State Representative, House District 28
Jules Walters, State Representative, House District 37
April Dobson, State Representative, House District 39
Emerson Levy, State Representative, House District 53
Christine Lewis, Oregon Metro County Council, District 2

Pennsylvania
Brian Wrightson, State Senator, Senate District 40
Arvind Venkat, State Representative, House District 30
Hadley Haas, State Representative, House District 44
Sara Agerton, State Representative, House District 88
Kristin Egan, State Representative, House District 142
Elizabeth Moro, State Representative, House District 160

In 2021, Everytown Victory Fund launched the Demand a Seat educational program to train grassroots volunteers and gun violence survivors to take the next step in their advocacy efforts by running for office and working on campaigns. Since then, the program has trained more than 1,200 volunteers across 47 states and Washington, D.C. During the 2025 election cycle, 163 former Moms Demand Action volunteers were up for election, and 67% won in 23 states. They join the ranks of the more than 600 volunteers from 42 states who have run and won since the Demand a Seat program was launched. All told, 14 states now have five or more former volunteers serving in the legislature.