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The Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America Gala in Washington, D.C., brought together pro-life advocates from across the country to celebrate recent pro-life victories and honor champions of the movement. The evening was filled with inspiring speeches from some of the top pro-life legislators in Congress, but none more so than those delivered by newly elected Senators Bernie Moreno from Ohio and Tim Sheehy from Montana, both of whom secured major wins in their respective Senate races in the 2024 election.

Both men, having faced uphill battles in their campaigns, took the opportunity to reflect on the pivotal role SBA and its partner Women Speak Out (WSO) Pac’s Voter Contact Program played in their victories. SBA and WSO PAC’s field team, reached more than 10 million persuadable and low-turnout voters during the 2024 election cycle—including over 4 million visits to voters’ homes across eight key battleground states including Ohio and Montana.

 

Senator Bernie Moreno began his remarks by recalling the steep odds he faced early in his campaign. “In my race in Ohio, I started my campaign with a 4% name ID statewide,” he said. “I was up against a 50-year elected official who had won 18 of 19 elections. This is a guy that was deemed to be unbeatable. The field organization that my opponent had has been developed over 50 years—he had unions, he had government employees, he had people that he had seen all over the state his entire life. I had nobody.”

SBA and WSO PAC Canvasser Tanis, who knocked doors for Moreno in Ohio saw this firsthand. “When I first started canvassing, a lot of people didn’t know who Bernie Moreno was… But after months of canvassing, I can see that more people are getting to know him—and they like what they see.” He described how, through direct conversations at the doors, voters were able to learn about Moreno’s pro-life values and compare them to the more radical positions of his opponent, helping to build recognition and support.

Moreno went on to acknowledge how SBA’s early support played a pivotal role in his victory. “The one group that did support me from the very beginning was SBA,”. Moreno emphasized that SBA’s involvement wasn’t just strategic—it was energizing. “Not only did they go out and knock on doors and pass out literature—it was the energy, the enthusiasm that they brought to it,” he said. “You go into a hotel conference room and you’ve got 30 young people who look like they just drank 17 cups of coffee each, and it energizes you.”

That passion wasn’t accidental. SBA and WSO PAC looks for canvassers who are already deeply committed to the pro-life cause and bring real energy to the work. As SBA National Grassroots Program Director Laurie Lee noted in a recent interview, “We don’t want just anyone to canvass for us—we want canvassers who believe in what they’re doing. Passion is a big part of what makes our canvassers effective.”

Olivia, a canvasser who worked on the ground for Senator Moreno in Ohio and was also at the Gala, spoke about the power of seeing her work come full circle. “I was SO excited to see the very candidates I fought so hard for, standing right in front of me,” she said. “The body aches from walking miles, rejection from pro-abortion voters, and jet lag from flights were all so temporary in the grand scheme of how important their elections were!” When Senator Moreno publicly thanked SBA and WSO PAC’s canvassers during his speech, she said it felt personal. “It felt like they were recognizing little old me, Olivia Palma, for being a crucial piece in the puzzle of their campaign and outstanding win. I was beaming ear to ear.”

Senator Tim Sheehy of Montana also took time to reflect on the hard-fought path to victory and the grassroots approach that helped him get there. “This organization, as Bernie described, was absolutely critical,” he said. Facing an entrenched incumbent in Senator Jon Tester, Sheehy knew he couldn’t rely on traditional campaign methods alone. “All the money in the world, they had the media in their back pocket. We knew we could not go head-to-head on the airwaves. That was going to be a no-win strategy.” Instead, they went back to basics. “We fought door to door. We fought a primitive campaign with retail politics, because we knew that if you shook those hands, talked to those people, looked them in the eye, and told them what you stood for—you could still win a race that way.”

Sheehy credited SBA’s team with executing that vision. “And SBA was there from the very beginning. They knocked on over 100,000 doors in our state—with 600,000 voters. That’s a massive amount.” More than just numbers, Sheehy described how SBA helped shape the narrative around his candidacy. “The most important thing they did was shatter the narrative that we were somehow radicals because we wanted to protect the lives of unborn children,” he said. “As SBA’s team went door to door… they explained the realities of what this industry is—the abortion industrial complex… They changed minds. We saw that happen on the ground, door to door.”

Olivia, who also canvassed for Sentor Sheehy in Montana, was especially moved by this part of Sheehy’s remarks. “One of the most important things Sheehy outlined in his speech was that abortion is an industry—and misleads millions of women each year. This is a fact that is not spoken about or addressed enough, and I am glad the Senator called it out.”

For Olivia, the night was a reminder of why the long hours and tough conversations were worth it. “Hearing the Senators voice their gratitude towards SBA really enforced why our organization mobilized to canvass for them. They both have such a heart for the unborn, I wish every voter was able to know these candidates in the ways I’ve grown to, after spending so much of my time canvassing for them!”

Looking back on her time in the field, Olivia said her biggest takeaway is that nothing beats personal connection. “Face-to-face communication through door-knocking is effective,” she said. “I had countless encounters where the voters were either misinformed or on the fence at the beginning of our conversations, and three minutes later, they were ready and excited to vote for our candidates.”

In both Ohio and Montana, the power of SBA and its partner WSO PAC field team was undeniable. The hard work of pro-life canvassers—many of them young students—was a key factor in helping Senators Moreno and Sheehy win their races. As Sheehy put it simply: “This organization makes a huge difference on the ground. It makes a huge difference at the ballot box.”