November 9, 2026
SFLAction-Backed Candidates Wendy Rogers & David Gowan Win State Legislative Races After Signing Pro-Life Candidate Pledge
“Arizona voters have returned two pro-life leaders to the state legislature who have committed to voting 100% pro-life. State Sen. Wendy Rogers and David Gowan signed our Pro-Life Candidate Pledge and supported our legislative priorities, including the ‘Life at Conception Act,’ ‘Anti-Chemical Abortion Pill Trafficking Act,’ and ‘Clean Water for All Life Act.’ Their victories provide opportunities to advance protections for preborn children in Arizona, and we look forward to working with them to turn those commitments into legislative action,” said Kristan Hawkins, President of Students for Life Action.
Major Victories/Trends in Arizona:
- Two SFLAction-supported candidates won legislative races, including one State Senate victory and one State House victory.
- Both winning candidates signed SFLAction’s Pro-Life Candidate Pledge, committing to vote 100% pro-life and supporting the organization’s three major legislative priorities.
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PHOENIX, AZ (11-09-2026) – Students for Life Action (SFLAction) celebrated two legislative election victories in Arizona, with incumbent State Sen. Wendy Rogers winning reelection in Legislative District 7 and David Gowan winning election to the State House in Legislative District 19.
Both candidates signed SFLAction’s Pro-Life Candidate Pledge and supported our legislative priorities. SFLAction conducted voter outreach through text messaging, email, and social media efforts across Arizona during the general election.
Election Victories:
Arizona State Senate
- Incumbent State Sen. Wendy Rogers (R): State Senate, Legislative District 7.
Arizona State House
- Newly elected State Rep. David Gowan (R): State House, Legislative District 19.
Significance:
Incumbent State Sen. Wendy Rogers won reelection to Arizona’s Legislative District 7, preserving a pro-life voice in the State Senate. Rogers signed SFLAction’s Pro-Life Candidate Pledge, committing to vote 100% pro-life, and supported our legislative priorities, including the “Life at Conception Act”, “Anti-Chemical Abortion Pill Trafficking Act”, and “Clean Water for All Life Act”.
Newly elected State Rep. David Gowan won election to Arizona’s State House in Legislative District 19, bringing his previous legislative experience in the Arizona Senate and House to the chamber. Gowan also signed SFLAction’s Pro-Life Candidate Pledge, committing to vote 100% pro-life, and supporting our “Life at Conception Act,” “Anti-Chemical Abortion Pill Trafficking Act,” and “Clean Water for All Life Act” legislative priorities.
Both victories preserve legislative opportunities for SFLAction to advance our model legislation in Arizona, particularly measures addressing protections for preborn children, Chemical Abortion Pill distribution, and abortion-related medical waste.
Recent SFLAction Election/State Engagement:
SFLAction conducted text messaging and email outreach to inform Arizona voters about supported candidates’ pro-life records and legislative commitments. SFLAction team members also worked for multiple days on our Arizona general election effort.
2026 State Engagement Numbers:
- SFLAction-supported general election victories highlighted: 2
- State Senate victories: 1
- State House victories: 1
- Pro-Life Candidate Pledge signers elected: 2
- Personal text messages sent statewide: 7,534
- Emails sent statewide: 15,780
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.