NRA-favorites Barbara Comstock, Mike Coffman, Jason Lewis, and John Culberson were all defeated and replaced with Giffords-endorsed candidates, committed to strengthening America’s gun laws. Giffords was victorious in all four districts. Giffords Wins Big Return on Investment: Giffords PAC ran an aggressive independent expenditure campaign of nearly $7 million to take on four Republican Members of Congress in battleground, suburban congressional districts because they sided with the NRA at the expense of reducing gun violence in their communities.With the NRA approval rating reaching record lows and families’ fear of gun violence reaching record highs, this election cycle Giffords made sure critically important voters knew the truth about their Members of Congress who voted to weaken gun laws or opposed background checks while taking contributions from the gun lobby. We are still awaiting results from 10 additional outstanding races. Of those endorsements 249 candidates were victorious. This election cycle, Giffords endorsed 307 candidates. And gun safety groups like Giffords outspent the NRA by tens of millions of dollars, even in the deepest of red states, like Texas. Campaign ads touting gun safety far outnumbered ones focused on gun rights. Millions of voters-young and old, Democrat and Republican, urban and suburban-rallied for stronger gun laws and the candidates who support them. In 2018, was saw gun safety move from third rail to top issue in some of the most contentious campaigns. The House majority is now in lockstep with the majority of the American people in the belief that our schools, our churches, our places of work, our streets should be safe from gun violence. That even includes House races in traditionally conservative regions of the country, like Texas.Īmericans now have a gun safety majority in the House of Representatives. In swing races where Giffords ran large, aggressive ad campaigns on the issue, we won. In short, when candidates in swing districts had the courage to run on the issue of gun safety, those candidates were victorious. The 2018 election marked a historic shift in the way campaigns will forever approach the issue of gun safety in this country. On Tuesday, voters from across the country took to the polls and made one thing crystal clear: the politics of guns has shifted dramatically. TO Interested Parties FROM Peter Ambler, Executive Director, GiffordsPAC DATE NovemRE Giffords Took on the NRA and Won
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