… to Thousands of New England Doors
Click here or on the image above to hear Pudner’s door-to-door kick-off speech in New England, where four days of major events are covered below and in the photo top left, clockwise:
- Door-to-door kickoff in Taunton, MA, with Mayor Shaunna O’Connell standing to Pudner’s right.
- Break for a New Hampshire cruise joined by: former Vermont National Committeewoman Susan Butterfield; NH State Senator and fellow Marquette alum Tim McGough; former NH GOP Chair, legislator, part-time pastor Wayne MacDonald, and hundreds of New England Center-Right leaders.
- Former Massachusetts Lt. Governor Karyn Polito with an award winner, as well as her running mate and former MA Governor Charlie Baker (now head of the NCAA).
- Crowd of hundreds at the Boston event, held the night before another packed cruise in New Hampshire.
- On that NH cruise: former U.S. Senator and Ambassador to New Zealand Scott Brown, Butterfield, MacDonald, NH State Rep. Susie Miles (wife of Sen. McGough and his legislative partner), and Pudner, while protesters gathered just below the deck in the next photo.
Part 2: Pudner Launches Door-Knocking Campaign in Massachusetts; Huge Crowds Across New England (see previous blog for LaVerde in Wisconsin)
Spencer LaVerde led Wisconsin efforts for a few days (see blog above), to free up Wisconsin Faith and Freedom Coalition President John Pudner to travel to New England to help launch a volunteer ground game and explore the possibility of filing to set up Freedom and Family Action organizations in those states to build on the WIFFC success in other states.
Pudner’s tour included three major events:
- A volunteer mobilization kickoff in central Massachusetts, focused on identifying and turning out family-first, pro-liberty voters door-to-door
- A sold-out Boston event with former Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, drawing more than 300 attendees
- A scenic but strategic New Hampshire boat cruise with hundreds of activists, underscoring the growing energy among voters ahead of the 2026 midterms
Kicking off Saturday’s door-to-door efforts with Massachusetts volunteer leaders, Pudner emphasized the importance of issue-based outreach that served so well when WIFFC reached 402,000 voters to turn them out in 2024 when Trump won Wisconsin. He pointed out the success of the program in communities where conservatives have often been written off. Drawing on his experience flipping three state legislative seats across the country and managing Dave Brat’s historic primary win over Eric Cantor, Pudner challenged attendees to reach voters who are “with us on the issues, even if they’ve never voted our way before.” As you can see in the transcript, Pudner thanked Janet Fogarty for suggesting he time his trip to explore setting up Freedom and Family Action efforts in New England around this special election and these two events.
While it was a beautiful day and an unbelievable majority of voters answered the door, we did have two fun encounters with less than supportive New Englanders we captured in the two photos below. The first is a sign at the home of a Massachusetts voter who made it clear she did not want anyone to pass the sign, while the second photo was of liberal protestors outside the cruise.
Below this last photo is a lightly edited transcript of Pudner’s door-to-door kick-off comments, where the goal was to talk for four minutes but then to “stop talking to each other” and go out and talk to voters instead, which we did after this recorded speech.
Prepared Remarks (differ slightly from actual audio of speech) – John Pudner
President, Wisconsin Faith and Freedom Coalition
Kickoff Remarks – Massachusetts Volunteer Launch
Trip on his own dime, no WIFFC funds were used for any of this trip since we attended this partisan event.
Thank you all for being here. I’m thrilled to be back in Massachusetts—and I’ve got to say, this trip has been one of the most encouraging I’ve had in years.
We just wrapped up a New Hampshire boat event with hundreds of energized folks, and then had a phenomenal night in Boston with former Governor Charlie Baker and more than 300 people in the room. These weren’t just politicos—they were business owners, parents, pastors, students. People who care about freedom and family, and are tired of both parties ignoring them.
But this, what we’re doing here today, is the most important part of all. Why? Because if we don’t get back to the basics, door knocking, real conversations, and voter registration, we lose the country.
I’ve been doing this for a long time. I managed Dave Brat’s campaign when we beat Eric Cantor—one of the biggest upsets in political history. Before that, I lived in three states, and we flipped all three legislatures before I moved to the next state. And I’m telling you: door-to-door contact with the right message is what wins.
We’ve learned that voters—especially faith-based, constitutional-minded voters—will respond if you talk to them about the issues they care about. And we don’t mean vague talking points. We mean real issues: government overreach, parental rights, inflation, the weaponization of the justice system, and yes, the moral collapse that’s infecting schools and culture.
This is Massachusetts, I know. But don’t believe for a second that there aren’t thousands of people here who agree with us—they’re just waiting to be asked to vote, maybe for the first time in years.
That’s why our team is launching this campaign. We’ll be deploying volunteers block by block, targeting voters who lean our way but haven’t shown up. It’s what we did in Wisconsin, where we targeted 402,000 faith-based, low-propensity voters in 2024 and Trump pulled the upset, and it’s what we’re going to do here.
We’re not asking for people to become political junkies. We’re asking them to stand up once for their family, their faith, and their future. You’re the ones who are going to give them that opportunity.
So, thank you for stepping up. Sign up to knock on doors. Help with voter guides. Talk to your churches. Let’s show the country that even in Massachusetts, the grassroots still matter.
