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

Fredrick Love

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Love, Arkansas's Democratic nominee for governor, was one of thirty-four state senators who commended Israel on its seventy-fifth anniversary and backed its people's right to defend their country. He has said nothing about U.S. weapons or money for the government of Israel, or aid to Palestinians (research).

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Your record on weapons and funding for the government of Israel [ref: ar-gov-love]

Dear Fredrick Love,

You're asking for my vote, and there is one question I can't find your answer to: should the United States keep sending weapons and funding to the government of Israel?

Your campaign hasn't said where you stand, and for many voters in this race it decides the vote. A short answer would help: will you commit to opposing further weapons and funding for the government of Israel, and to using the powers of the office, including state contracts and public investments, consistently with that position?

I may share your answer publicly so other voters can see it.

Respectfully,
[Your name]

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Deep Dive

Love has served in the Arkansas legislature since 2011, in the House and then the Senate, and is the Democratic nominee for governor.

The one item on this subject with his name on it is a state resolution from the spring before the war. He was one of thirty-four senators sponsoring Senate Resolution 60, which commends the modern state of Israel on the seventy-fifth anniversary of its establishment and expresses support for the Israeli people's right to live in freedom and to defend their land and their country. A resolution carried by most of a chamber supports only its own collective wording, and it says nothing about what the United States should send.

On that question we found nothing from him at all: not on weapons or money for the government of Israel, not on aid to Palestinians, not on the conflict since it began. His campaign site is about school vouchers, Medicaid, a proposed prison and regional economies, and the candidate guide covering his race records no answers from him on any subject.

If you want his position, you are better placed to get it than we are: ask Love directly and send us the reply. It goes on this page in his own words.

The record

Notable actions

• No Israel-aid, weapons, aid-conditioning, Gaza, UNRWA, or boycott/boycott-divestment-sanctions (boycott, divestment and sanctions) position, vote, or statement by Fred Love was found. Negative searches (July 2026) included: 'Fred Love / Fredrick Love Arkansas Israel Gaza aid position statement'; 'Fred Love Arkansas Israel AIPAC boycott boycott-divestment-sanctions Palestine ceasefire'; and 'Fred Love Arkansas governor campaign foreign policy issues platform 2026 debate.' His Wikipedia biography, the Arkansas Advocate primary-victory report, and campaign coverage describe only domestic priorities (school vouchers/LEARNS Act, Medicaid expansion, Franklin County prison, regional economic hubs, teacher pay, free school lunch) with no foreign-policy or Israel content. It is not confirmed whether he has any private/undocumented position; none is public. As a legislator he was in the General Assembly when Arkansas Act 710 (anti-boycott) passed in 2017, but no record of his individual vote or statement on it was located. The Arkansas Advocate corroborates the domestic-only record; a second check could not repeat the web searches or reach the Wikipedia citation, but nothing found contradicts the empty result.

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.

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. Checks recorded in this record on 2026-07-18 and 2026-07-24 covered his campaign site, his biography and coverage of the race, and a further search in August 2026 found nothing further.

U.S. aid to Palestinians

Nothing located.

Characterization of the conflict

[Earlier record, 2023-04-06] Sponsored Arkansas Senate Resolution 60, adopted 2023-05-01, commending the modern state of Israel on its seventy-fifth anniversary, recognising its contributions, and expressing support for the Israeli people "for their right to live in freedom and to defend their land and their country". His name appears as "F. Love" among thirty-four sponsors on the resolution's own text, opened and read on 2026-08-18. Predates the war; kept as history. Collective wording only, and no personal statement accompanies it.
[Aggregator] The same resolution is tracked at BillTrack50, which is where our later search found it. The legislature's own document is used instead.

Related rhetoric and lobbying

Nothing located.

Safety and antisemitism (context)

Nothing located.

Race and status context

Democratic nominee facing the incumbent governor and a Libertarian candidate, per Ballotpedia and the Arkansas Advocate's report.
Platform per his campaign site and that coverage: ending the school-voucher program, protecting Medicaid expansion, opposing a proposed Franklin County prison, regional economic hubs, teacher pay, free school lunches.
[Consulted, read 2026-08-18] His iVoterGuide profile reads "Did not answer" against every question on the form, including the one on the United States' relationship with Israel. A blank form is a fact about the guide, not a position, and nothing is inferred from it.
A biographical detail that is unconfirmed: his chamber dates and a former leadership title come from Wikipedia and were not independently re-verified. Not used on the card.
He has held no federal office, so there are no recorded votes on this card.

Also in this race

✗ Sarah Huckabee Sanders (Republican)
– Colt Shelby (Libertarian)

All Arkansas candidates.