But What Can You Do? tracks where 2026 candidates stand on U.S. weapons and funding for the government of Israel. How we check

Ammie Akin

Republican · U.S. House, Alabama District 7
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How this mark works

We track key votes on sending U.S. weapons and money to the government of Israel. A check means every tracked vote they cast came down against sending more, on the side of peace and de-escalation. A question mark means a mixed record: they sided with sending up to half of the time. An X means they voted to send more weapons and money in over half of their tracked votes, even as the way those weapons and dollars were being used became more and more obvious. At exactly half, money this election cycle from a lobbying group we track, or an endorsement from a group that backs sending weapons, makes it an X. Only votes actually cast are counted. Where a candidate has no recorded votes on these bills, the mark comes instead from a reviewed reading of their public record (money from the lobbying groups we track, endorsements, and their own words since January 26, 2024). There an X also covers fully backing the conduct of the war by the government of Israel without significant reservations, and a question mark also covers speaking about Israel without saying clearly where they stand on U.S. weapons and funding. A dash means No Position Found: we found nothing in their own words about Israel, Gaza or the war.

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No recorded votes on the bills we track. We found nothing in their own words about Israel, Gaza or the war.

Akin, the Republican nominee against Rep. Terri Sewell, did not answer iVoterGuide’s foreign-policy questions, and her platform is district-focused: education, small business, rural healthcare, infrastructure. No statements located on any tracked topic at any date.

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Deep Dive

Akin is the Republican nominee in Alabama’s 7th District, a safe Democratic seat.

The research located no tracked-topic material: her iVoterGuide questionnaire leaves the foreign-policy and foreign-intervention questions unanswered, and her campaign site, checked directly, carries no Israel, Gaza, or antisemitism content. Her safety planks concern local law enforcement and first responders.

An empty record carries no implication either way. Ask Akin directly and send us the reply: it goes on this page in her own words.

The money

Checked the five lobbying groups we track; no direct 2026 support found

2026 support from the five lobbying groups we track
Nothing recorded (as of 2026-09-27) from the five lobbying groups we track; earlier cycles and earmarked donations not yet tracked.
Support-only OpenFEC data. Opposition independent expenditures are excluded.

Research log

The notes behind this card: what we looked at, what we found, and where each item came from.

U.S. military aid and weapons to Israel

  • Nothing located; the questionnaire’s foreign-policy questions are unanswered.

U.S. aid to Palestinians

  • Nothing located at any date.

Characterization of the conflict

  • Nothing located at any date.

Related rhetoric and lobbying

  • Nothing located; no tracked committee support.

Safety and antisemitism

  • Nothing located; her safety platform is local policing.

Sources retrieved for this card

Race and status context

  • Republican nominee against Rep. Terri Sewell, whose card carries a detailed record. Ballotpedia confirms the nomination.

Also in this race

  1. ? Terri Sewell (Democrat)

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