November 9, 2026
SFLAction-Supported Candidates Win One U.S. House Seat, Five State Senate Seats, and One State House Seat
“Missouri voters elected seven candidates supported by Students for Life Action, including U.S. Congressman Bob Onder, a Students for Life of America alumnus and longtime pro-life champion. Our team supported Onder’s campaign through door-knocking and direct voter outreach. These congressional and state legislative victories give the Pro-Life Generation opportunities to work with elected leaders to advance protections for preborn children,” said Kristan Hawkins, President of Students for Life Action.
Major Victories/Trends in Missouri:
- Seven SFLAction-supported candidates won congressional and state legislative elections in Missouri.
- Victories include incumbent U.S. Rep. Bob Onder, five State Senate candidates, and Israel Baeza in the State House.
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JEFFERSON CITY, MO (11-09-2026) – Students for Life Action (SFLAction) celebrated seven Missouri election victories, including the re-election of U.S. Rep. Bob Onder and victories in five State Senate districts and one State House district. SFLAction supported these candidates as part of its 2026 election engagement.
Election Victories:
U.S. House
- Incumbent U.S. Rep. Bob Onder (R): U.S. House of Representatives, Congressional District 3.
Missouri State Senate
- Newly elected State Sen. Jake Vogel (R): State Senate, District 6.
- Newly elected State Sen. Mike Deering (R): State Senate, District 10.
- Newly elected State Sen. Bill Hardwick (R): State Senate, District 16.
- Newly elected State Sen. Lori Rook (R): State Senate, District 20.
- Newly elected State Sen. Sam Alexander (R): State Senate, District 28.
Missouri State House
- Newly elected State Rep. Israel Baeza (R): State House, District 52.
Significance:
The seven election victories include one U.S. House seat, five Missouri State Senate seats, and one Missouri State House seat. Together, they represent SFLAction-supported wins at both the federal and state levels.
Incumbent U.S. Rep. Bob Onder won re-election in Missouri’s 3rd Congressional District. Onder is a Students for Life of America alumnus and longtime pro-life champion; SFLAction supported his campaign through door-knocking and direct voter outreach.
Jake Vogel (Senate District 6), Mike Deering (Senate District 10), Bill Hardwick (Senate District 16), Lori Rook (Senate District 20), and Sam Alexander (Senate District 28) won State Senate races supported by SFLAction. Israel Baeza won State House District 52, bringing the release’s total to seven SFLAction-supported candidate victories.
Newly elected State Rep. Israel Baeza victory is notable as he had defeated outspoken abolitionist Philip Sherman in the GOP primary in August. Sherman had told Missourian voters to vote NO on Amendment 3, the constitutional amendment which would have put the abortion law back to the way it had been before Amendment 3 had passed in 2024, as he said he was “but I’m not in support of putting an amendment in the Constitution unless it’s actually going to help Missourians.” Baeza won the primary by 38 points after SFLAction informed voters of Sherman’s stance, then went on to win the General Election as well by 32 points.
Recent SFLAction Election/State Engagement:
SFLAction supported Missouri congressional and state legislative candidates during the 2026 election cycle. Its documented work for U.S. Rep. Bob Onder included door-knocking and direct voter outreach. SFLAction also conducted statewide election engagement activities, including surveys, voter interactions, personal text messages, and emails; the available figures do not identify how much of that activity was directed toward each winning candidate.
The following are reported statewide election engagement totals; they are not broken down by candidate.
2026 State Engagement Numbers:
Missouri leads on volume with 22,396 doors.
- Statewide ballot measure victories: 1
- SFLAction-supported candidate victories: 7
- U.S. House victories: 1
- State Senate victories: 5
- State House victories: 1
- Personal text messages sent: 7,149
- Emails sent: 10,218
- Pro-Life Candidate Pledge signers elected: 7
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
FOR MORE ON SFLA EFFORTS IN MISSOURI, CLICK HERE
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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.