But What Can You Do? tracks where 2026 candidates stand on U.S. weapons and funding for the government of Israel. How we check
Jonathan Nez
Democrat · U.S. House, Arizona District 2
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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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Nez is the Democratic candidate in Arizona's 2nd District and served as President of the Navajo Nation from 2019 to 2023.
His own material says nothing on these questions. His campaign's Warrior Up Agenda covers healthcare, housing, water security, small business, veterans and anti-corruption, with no foreign policy heading at all. The one Israel-related act in his record is from his Navajo Nation presidency: a self-funded 2020 cultural and economic exchange trip to Jerusalem, where he met foreign ministry and development officials and praised Israel's advances in technology, tourism and agriculture as a model for Navajo development. That is economic diplomacy from a prior office, not a position on this conflict.
Organizations have spoken about him where he has not. The Jewish Democratic Council of America, a Democratic advocacy group, endorsed him in June 2026, describing its endorsees as committed to "defense of democracy, combating antisemitism, and supporting Israel’s future as a Jewish and democratic state." JStreetPAC, the political arm of J Street, lists him as a priority candidate in this race and takes donations for his campaign; J Street describes itself as the political home for "pro-Israel, pro-peace, pro-democracy Americans". DMFI PAC, which says it works to elect pro-Israel Democrats to Congress, contributed to his 2024 campaign. Endorsements and contributions are the givers' acts, and none of them is a statement of his.
What was checked to reach that conclusion is listed on this card's research page. You are better placed to get his own answer than we are. Ask Nez directly, or at a candidate forum, and send us the reply: it goes on this page in his own words.
The money
$3K in lifetime support from the five lobbying groups we track
Lifetime support from the five lobbying groups we track
DMFI: $3,000
Support-only OpenFEC data (as of 2026-10-03). Opposition independent expenditures are excluded.
Who these lobbying groups are
DMFI PAC$3,000Democratic Majority for Israel's PAC; calls itself the home for pro-Israel Democrats and backs Democratic candidates who support a strong U.S. alliance with the government of Israel.Direct contributions and independent expenditures supporting this candidate from the five lobbying groups we track, every cycle each has filed, through 2026. Excludes earmarked and conduit contributions.
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. No personal statement, campaign material or action addressing U.S. military aid, security assistance or weapons transfers was found under his name, in this campaign or his prior one.
U.S. aid to Palestinians
Nothing located.
Characterization of the conflict
[Prior, 2020-02-06, reported 2020-02-10] As Navajo Nation President he took a self-funded exchange trip to Jerusalem, meeting Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its development agency MASHAV, per ICT. Opened and confirmed; his quoted statement praises Israel's technology, tourism, agriculture and economy as a model for Navajo development. Economic diplomacy from a prior office; no characterization of the conflict itself was located at any date.
Related rhetoric and lobbying
[Position, 2026-06-16] The Jewish Democratic Council of America's endorsement release lists "Jonathan Nez (AZ-02)" by full name and says: "The candidates who have earned JDCA’s support this cycle have demonstrated a commitment to the issues of importance to Jewish voters, including defense of democracy, combating antisemitism, and supporting Israel’s future as a Jewish and democratic state." The endorsers' act, not his statement, and the card says so.
[Undated, 2024 campaign, source could not be opened] A reported DMFI PAC endorsement of his 2024 run rests on a Facebook photo post whose address could not be opened, so the endorsement itself is not confirmed and nothing is claimed from it.
[Position, 2026-06-03] JStreetPAC's candidate page for him, published 2026-06-03 and updated 2026-09-17, marks him "Priority", says he "is running to unseat GOP incumbent Eli Crane in Arizona's 2nd congressional district", and takes donations for his campaign ("Donate to Jonathan Nez via JStreetPAC"). JStreetPAC is the political arm of J Street, which describes itself as "the political home and voice for pro-Israel, pro-peace, pro-democracy Americans". The endorser's act, not his statement.
Safety and antisemitism (context)
[Position, 2026-06-16] The JDCA release above describes its endorsed slate as committed to combating antisemitism; that is the organization's framing of its slate, recorded here. No statement of his own on antisemitism was located.
Where the absence was checked
[Read 2026-08-21, again 2026-09-26] His campaign's agenda page: twenty headings, all domestic (healthcare, housing, water, food, infrastructure, crime, veterans, disasters, corruption). No occurrence of Israel, Gaza, Palestinians or the word foreign. His campaign's home page and endorsements page do not mention them either.
His ICT trip coverage and the endorsement and contribution records above are the whole of the located record.
Race and status context
The Democratic nominee in one of this cycle's priority districts, facing the sitting member, whose card carries its own record. He ran for this seat in 2024 as well.
He has held no federal office, so there are no recorded votes on this card.
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