November 5, 2026
Attorney General Who Defended South Carolina’s Heartbeat Law Wins Governorship; SFLAction-Backed Candidates Deliver Victories Across the State
“Alan Wilson didn’t just campaign on protecting preborn children. As South Carolina’s attorney general, he went to court to defend the state’s Heartbeat Abortion Ban against Planned Parenthood. Now voters have elected him governor, while returning pro-life legislators to Columbia and sending Wes Climer to Congress. These victories give South Carolina leaders who have already fought for life and candidates who have committed to doing so,” said Kristan Hawkins, President of Students for Life Action.
Major Victories/Trends in South Carolina:
- Students for Life Action celebrates a 100% win rate in South Carolina, with all 14 SFLAction-supported candidates winning their elections, including the governor’s race, one U.S. House seat, and 12 State House seats.
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COLUMBIA, SC (11-05-2026) – Students for Life Action (SFLAction) celebrated victories by Attorney General Alan Wilson in South Carolina’s gubernatorial election, State Senator Wes Climer in the 5th Congressional District, and 12 State House candidates. The organization conducted door knocking, text, email, and social media outreach supporting its candidates throughout the general election.
Election Victories:
Governor
- Attorney General Alan Wilson (R): Governor.
U.S. House
- State Sen. Wes Climer (R): U.S. House of Representatives, Congressional District 5.
South Carolina State House
- Incumbent State Rep. April Cromer (R): State House, District 6.
- Incumbent State Rep. Thomas Beach (R): State House, District 10.
- Incumbent State Rep. John McCravy (R): State House, District 13.
- Incumbent State Rep. Dianne Mitchell (R): State House, District 21.
- Incumbent State Rep. Sarita Edgerton (R): State House, District 34.
- Incumbent State Rep. Brandon Newton (R): State House, District 45.
- Incumbent State Rep. Jay Jordan (R): State House, District 63.
- Incumbent State Rep. Melissa Oremus (R): State House, District 84.
- Incumbent State Rep. Jay Kilmartin (R): State House, District 85.
- Incumbent State Rep. John Lastinger (R): State House, District 88.
- Incumbent State Rep. Case Brittain (R): State House, District 107.
- Incumbent State Rep. Jordan Pace (R): State House, District 117.
Significance:
Attorney General Alan Wilson defended South Carolina’s “Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act” against legal challenges, including litigation brought by Planned Parenthood. The South Carolina Supreme Court upheld the state’s 2023 heartbeat law. Wilson also completed SFLAction’s candidate pledge.
State Sen. Wes Climer won South Carolina’s 5th Congressional District after serving in the state Senate, bringing his legislative experience to the U.S. House.
State Rep. John McCravy won re-election to South Carolina’s State House District 13 after introducing SFLAction’s “Human Life Protection Act” in the State House for the last 4 years. McCravy had been targeted earlier this year in his primary by his own House leadership for advancing pro-life legislation.
April Cromer, Thomas Beach, John McCravy, Dianne Mitchell, Sarita Edgerton, Brandon Newton, Jay Jordan, Melissa Oremus, Jay Kilmartin, John Lastinger, Case Brittain, and Jordan Pace signed SFLAction’s Pro-Life Candidate Pledge, committing to vote 100% pro-life.
The legislative victories preserve SFLAction-backed voices in the State House as the organization advocates for the “Anti-Chemical Abortion Pill Trafficking Act” and “Human Life Protection Act”.
Recent SFLAction Election/State Engagement:
SFLAction conducted door knocking, text messaging, email, and social media outreach supporting the governor’s race, the 5th Congressional District contest, and State House candidates, highlighting their pro-life positions and legislative commitments.
2026 State Engagement Numbers:
- SFLAction-supported general election victories: 14
- Governor’s race victories: 1
- U.S. House victories: 1
- State House victories: 12
- Pro-Life Candidate Pledge signers elected: 14
- Personal text messages sent: 19,996
- Emails sent: 35,619
2026 Total Nationwide Engagement Numbers
Since general election door-knocking began, SFLAction has knocked on 58,400+ doors and flyered 100 churches in 10 states.
- 58,400+ doors knocked
- 19,592 interactions
OUR TRACK RECORD: SFLAction has engaged in the business of introducing and passing pro-life laws since Roe fell and has now worked in 36 states, passing 47 bills, with a state power base of more than 1,700 groups and more than 250,000 trained grassroots advocates. Committed pro-life voters represent the ground game of legislative results. Of the 47 bills, 14 were SFLAction measures, and 33 were SFLAction-inspired efforts.
At the federal level, SFLAction has championed 6 unique bills and inspired a “Life at Conception Act,” with legal protections from the very beginning of a human being’s time on earth.
LEARN MORE ABOUT SFLACTION’S POLICY AGENDA HERE: The Pro-Life Generation’s Political Roadmap to Abolish Abortion
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The Pro-Life Generation (PLG) is an umbrella organization encompassing cutting-edge engagement opportunities for a Vote Pro-Life First community. PLG includes Students for Life Action (SFLAction), a 501(c)(4), and its 501(c)(3) sister organization, Students for Life of America (SFLA). Together, they make up the nation’s largest pro-life youth organization, managing grassroots political and policy operations that engage Americans of all ages, with special emphasis on the largest segment of voters: the Youth Vote. Headquartered in Fredericksburg, Virginia, PLG, SFLA, and SFLAction serve more than 1,700 groups on middle school, high school, college, medical school, and law school campuses nationwide. Our team has more conversations with the generation targeted by the abortion lobby than any other pro-life operation in the world. Each week, we reach more than 18 million people across social media platforms and average nearly 15 million video views. In addition to SFLA and SFLAction, PLG leads multiple initiatives that serve the future of the pro-life movement, including the Campaign for Abortion Free Cities, Standing With You, and the Demetree Institute for Pro-Life Advancement. Over more than 20 years, PLG CEO Kristan Hawkins has grown the operation into a nearly $25 million organization that is now preparing for an abortion-free America.