November 5, 2026
SFLAction-Backed Candidates Win 2 State Senate and 10 State House Races Following Door-Knocking & Statewide Voter Outreach
“Pennsylvania voters elected 12 pro-life candidates to the state legislature, including two State Senate candidates and ten State House candidates. Students for Life Action knocked on doors and reached voters across Pennsylvania because protecting preborn lives requires electing lawmakers who will stand up for them,” said Students for Life’s Kristan Hawkins.
Major Victories/Trends in Pennsylvania:
- Students for Life Action Celebrates 100% Win Rate in Pennsylvania, with 12 of 12 SFLAction-Supported Pro-Life Candidates Winning Their Elections.
- SFLAction Mobilized Pennsylvania Voters Through Nearly 2,000 Doors Knocked, More Than 2,100 Personal Text Messages, & Over 4,200 Emails.
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HARRISBURG, PA (11-05-2026) – Students for Life Action (SFLAction) celebrated 12 Pennsylvania general election victories, including two State Senate and ten State House races. SFLAction supported these candidates through targeted text messaging, email, and social media outreach, alongside two door-knocking deployments in Pennsylvania.
Election Victories:
Pennsylvania State Senate
- Incumbent State Sen. Patrick Stefano (R): State Senate, District 32.
- Newly elected State Sen. Tom Jones (R): State Senate, District 36.
Pennsylvania State House
- Incumbent State Rep. Aaron Bernstine (R): State House, District 8.
- Incumbent State Rep. Marla Brown (R): State House, District 9.
- Incumbent State Rep. Joe D’Orsie (R): State House, District 47.
- Incumbent State Rep. Stephanie Borowicz (R): State House, District 76.
- Incumbent State Rep. Joe Hamm (R): State House, District 84.
- Incumbent State Rep. Wendy Fink (R): State House, District 94.
- Newly elected State Rep. Dave Nissley (R): State House, District 100.
- Incumbent State Rep. Robert Leadbeter (R): State House, District 109.
- Incumbent State Rep. Jamie Walsh (R): State House, District 117.
- Newly elected State Rep. Melissa Brewer (R): State House, District 130.
Significance:
Incumbent State Sen. Patrick Stefano secured re-election, while newly elected State Sen. Tom Jones defeated a pro-abortion Democratic incumbent in State Senate District 36 following SFLAction’s targeted text messaging and email outreach in the district.
Newly elected State Rep. Dave Nissley secured victory in State House District 100 after defeating pro-choice Republican Bryan Cutler in the Republican primary, where SFLAction endorsed Nissley and knocked on doors to help secure his nomination. His victory represents another significant win for SFLAction’s efforts to elect pro-life lawmakers.
State House incumbents Aaron Bernstine, Marla Brown, Joe D’Orsie, Stephanie Borowicz, Joe Hamm, Wendy Fink, Robert Leadbeter, and Jamie Walsh also won re-election. Melissa Brewer secured the District 130 House seat.
All 12 SFLAction-supported Pennsylvania election winners signed the Pro-Life Candidate Pledge, committing to vote 100% pro-life.
Recent SFLAction Election/State Engagement:
The organization deployed text messaging, email, and social media outreach in all 12 supported races.
2026 State Engagement Numbers:
- SFLAction-supported general election victories: 12
- State Senate victories: 2
- State House victories: 10
- Personal text messages sent: 2,127
- Emails sent: 4,229
- Pro-Life Candidate Pledge signers elected: 12
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
READ MORE HERE: Students for Life Action Knocks on Nearly 3,000 Doors in West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
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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.