November 9, 2026
SFLAction-Backed Candidates Win Two State Senate & Three State House Races Following Church-Flyering along with other Voter Outreach Efforts
“Michigan voters have elected five pro-life candidates to the State Legislature, giving the Pro-Life Generation important opportunities to advance protections for preborn children. Students for Life Action deployed more than 15 staff members in Michigan, distributed materials at churches, and reached voters through targeted communications. We look forward to working with these elected leaders to advance meaningful pro-life legislation in Lansing,” said Kristan Hawkins, President of Students for Life Action.
Major Victories/Trends in Michigan:
- Five SFLAction-supported candidates won their general election races, including two State Senate and three State House seats.
- SFLAction conducted church-flyering and voter outreach efforts, including 5,114 personal text messages and 3,339 emails.
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LANSING, MI (11-09-2026) – Students for Life Action (SFLAction) celebrated five victories in Michigan’s general election, including two State Senate and three State House races. These victories followed SFLAction’s grassroots engagement efforts across Michigan, including church-flyering deployments, voter education, and targeted digital communications supporting pro-life candidates.
Election Victories:
Michigan State Senate
- Newly elected State Sen. Chris Moraitis (R): State Senate, District 20.
- Newly elected State Sen. Gina Johnsen (R): State Senate, District 33.
Michigan State House
- Newly elected State Rep. Lynn Afendoulis (R): State House, District 90.
- Newly elected State Rep. Brian Bearss (R): State House, District 97.
- Newly elected State Rep. Jaxon Deur (R): State House, District 101.
Significance:
The election of newly elected State Sen. Chris Moraitis and current State Rep. Gina Johnsen to the Michigan State Senate, alongside newly elected State Reps. Lynn Afendoulis, Brian Bearss, and Jaxon Deur to the Michigan State House, represents five victories for SFLAction-supported candidates and strengthens opportunities for pro-life legislative advocacy in Lansing.
Moraitis and Johnsen will serve in the State Senate, where their elections provide opportunities to advance legislation protecting preborn children and addressing the abortion industry’s influence in Michigan.
In the State House, former State Rep. Lynn Afendoulis returns to the Legislature alongside newly elected Brian Bearss and Jaxon Deur. Their victories provide additional opportunities to pursue pro-life legislative priorities, including protections for preborn children and policies addressing chemical abortion pills.
These five victories follow SFLAction’s grassroots engagement in Michigan, where we worked to educate and mobilize voters through church-flyering, personal text messaging, email communications, and social media outreach.
Recent SFLAction Election/State Engagement:
SFLAction deployed more than 15 staff members to Michigan and conducted church-flyering efforts as part of its broader voter education and mobilization strategy.
SFLAction also conducted targeted text messaging, email, and social media outreach to engage voters in support of its pro-life legislative candidates, including Chris Moraitis, Gina Johnsen, Lynn Afendoulis, Brian Bearss, and Jaxon Deur.
These efforts supported SFLAction’s continued work to build a pro-life legislative presence in Michigan and advance policies protecting preborn children.
2026 State Engagement Numbers:
- SFLAction-supported general election victories: 5
- State Senate victories: 2
- State House victories: 3
- Personal text messages sent: 5,114
- Emails sent: 3,339
- Pro-Life Candidate Pledge signers elected: 5
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 Abolishing 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.