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Nov 15 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
SHE DID IT!!! Katie Hobbs - a @momsdemand gun sense candidate - just won the Arizona governor's race: nbcnews.to/3O5LsMO
.@Everytown spent over $1.4M in Arizona this election, including support for Katie Hobbs. @MomsDemand and @StudentsDemand volunteers made over 6M voter contacts and Arizona volunteers participated in dozens of events to support gun sense candidates and Sec of State Katie Hobbs.
We also released polling this fall showing that the vast majority of voters in Arizona support common-sense gun safety laws, including 86% for background checks on all gun sales. gunsensevoter.org/wp-content/upl…
Katie Hobbs’ victory in a swing state is proof that the political calculus on this issue has shifted in favor of gun safety. Now @MomsDemand and @StudentsDemand volunteers will do everything in our power to help Hobbs pass the lifesaving gun laws Arizonans are demanding. #azleg

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Nov 14
"Remove young women from the equation, and neither women nor young people delivered much to the Democrats on Tuesday."

Young women - specifically, young BIPOC women - won the midterm elections. Not seeing that reflected in media coverage... thehill.com/homenews/campa…
Media could reach out to Illinois @MomsDemand volunteer @NabeelaforIL who was just elected to the Illinois State House. Nabeela - a 23-year old Muslim, Indian-American woman - just flipped a GOP-held district and will be the youngest member of the Illinois General Assembly.
Media could reach out to Makayla Jordan (@makaylajrdn), 18, a first-time voter and @StudentsDemand advisory board member from Alabama. She got involved in activism after a teen in her community, 17-year-old Courtlin Arrington, was shot and killed in class.
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Nov 12
As the dust settles and races are called on an election that was fought and won on many fronts, one thing is clear: gun safety is a winning issue - from the US Senate to Governors races to state legislatures - bringing out voters in droves this cycle to elect gun sense champions.
And exit polls confirm what we saw in these races: the fundamental politics on guns has changed. 56% of 2022 voters supported stricter gun safety measures and gun safety consistently ranked among the top concerns for voters. nbcnews.com/politics/2022-…
We charted the course for gun sense candidates to use gun safety to go on offense and make the case that gun lobby candidates are a risk to health and public safety by supporting abortion bans and opposing gun safety laws, endangering families and police. coloradopolitics.com/elections/watc…
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Nov 12
NEW: With some votes still being counted, the tally of @MomsDemand volunteers who won election for office up and down the ballot across the US this week stands at 125, highlighting the political power of our volunteers as candidates for office: demandaseat.org 🧵 Image
In Minnesota, six @MomsDemand volunteers – all women – won their elections, flipping the state Senate and delivering a gun sense trifecta, including people like @ErinMayeQuade, one of the first Black women and one of the first LGBTQ+ women elected as a state senator there.
In Rhode Island, seven of eight @MomsDemand volunteers who ran for office won, including Jennifer Boylan, who served as a volunteer leader for a decade, helping to pass strong gun laws in her state. Now, she’ll lead on this issue as the State Representative for District 66.
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Nov 9
Last night’s election results prove what @momsdemand volunteers already knew: Gun safety is a priority issue among a majority of American voters - especially women - and it persuades, mobilizes, and serves as a litmus test. 🧵
That didn't happen in a vacuum - during this election cycle, our volunteers reached out to over 6M and campaigned for a record-breaking 5,000 Gun Sense Candidates in all 50 states and Washington, DC, including over 270 of our own volunteers. news9.com/story/636163cd…
We helped flip the Michigan and Minnesota legislatures and the Pennsylvania House to gun sense majorities, and we took two governorships to usher in the first woman and openly LGBTQ+ governor of Massachusetts, Maura Healey, and the first Black governor of Maryland, Wes Moore.
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Nov 7
Easy access to guns is deadly for women & families. While you hear most about mass shootings in public places like schools, churches or grocery stores, the fact is over half are domestic violence-related. Horrifically this weekend alone, two men shot and killed entire families 🧵
In Maryland, Sara Mann, her mother Sommaly, brother Kai, and acquaintance Javon Watson were shot and killed by her ex-boyfriend before he shot and killed himself.
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In Florida, a man shot and killed his girlfriend, her sister, her 49-year-old mother, and a 4-year-old girl while two other small children hid for safety. wesh.com/article/orland…
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Nov 6
That’s a wrap! Eight weeks, 14 states (Oregon twice), over 20 cities, and so many gun sense candidates supported. @MomsDemand and I are leaving it all on the field this election. You should, too!

TWO MORE DAYS: momsdemandaction.org/events/
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