But What Can You Do? tracks where 2026 candidates stand on U.S. weapons and funding for the government of Israel. How we check
Juan Ciscomani
- Backed with $30K by PACs we track that support U.S. weapons funding for the government of Israel (lifetime)
- Endorsed by AIPAC +1 more
- Sits on House Appropriations
Ciscomani wrote that "US aid to Israel must be Congress's top priority": Israelis "aren't asking Americans to fight for them; they just want the tools needed to defend themselves." He urged passage of the 2024 package pairing weapons funding with $9 billion in humanitarian assistance.
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Deep Dive
Ciscomani represents Arizona's 6th District, Tucson's east side and the southeastern corner of the state, and he is the sitting member.
His fullest statement is a January 2025 op-ed on his own site, "US aid to Israel must be Congress's top priority", in which he called the October 7 attack "the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust", described Israel as "an essential American partner" and the only democratic ally in the region, and wrote that Israelis "aren't asking Americans to fight for them; they just want the tools needed to defend themselves."
When the House passed the April 2024 package he urged the effort forward, backing a bill that carried air defense funding, $3.5 billion for weapons procurement, and $9 billion in humanitarian assistance, and he highlighted $400 million in the same package for combating antisemitism at home. That month he traveled to Israel with a congressional delegation organized with the American Israel Education Foundation, visited Kibbutz Nir Oz and the Nova festival site, called the attack "pure evil", and said defeating Hamas is "not just crucial for Israel, but for the entire world".
Nothing located has him addressing U.S. humanitarian aid for Palestinians as a question distinct from the package provisions he backed.
The record
Supported sending weapons or funding in 6 of 6 tracked votes
House Committee on Appropriations
• Voted Yes on every weapons package. Seeking 3rd term.
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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Voted to send weapons or funding in more than half of their recorded tracked votes. (Supported sending weapons or funding in 6 of 6 tracked votes.)
The money
$30K in lifetime support from the five lobbying groups we track
In their words
AIPAC (2026 endorsement) · Republican Jewish Coalition (2026 endorsement)
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
- His recorded votes on the tracked bills appear as badges on this card, all pointing one way; the grounding for each sits in the record section.
- [Position, 2025-01-03] His op-ed on his own House site, quoted on the card. Opened and confirmed word for word.
- [Position, 2024-04-20] His release on the April 2024 package: urging the aid forward, with the package's $4 billion for Iron Dome and David's Sling, $3.5 billion for weapons procurement, and $9 billion in humanitarian assistance, alongside his border-security bill push and his criticism of the administration's foreign policy as "weakness". Opened. The defensive-systems detail stays off the front of the card under the standing rule and is carried here.
U.S. aid to Palestinians
- Nothing located as a distinct question. The April 2024 package he urged forward carried $9 billion in humanitarian assistance, which the card states as part of that package.
Characterization of the conflict
- [Position, 2024-04-09] His delegation release: the attacks were "pure evil"; Israel's mission "not just crucial for Israel, but for the entire world"; Israel "a beacon of democracy in the Middle East". Opened.
- [Position, 2025-01-03] From the op-ed: "the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust", "egregious acts of war" by "Iran-backed Hamas", Israel "an essential American partner – our only democratic ally in a dangerous region". The Iran attribution stays off the front of the card under the standing rule.
Related rhetoric and lobbying
- [Position, 2024-04] The American Israel Education Foundation delegation trip above, and hosting Christians United for Israel constituent advocates in Washington, per his newsletter. Tracked funding totals appear as a badge on this card.
Safety and antisemitism (context)
- [Reaction window, 2023-10-11] Signed the Walberg letter to the Education Secretary urging Title VI enforcement for Jewish students; a PDF carrier. Not on the card summary.
- [Position, 2024-04-20] He highlighted $400 million for combating domestic antisemitism in the April package, per his release above.
- [Position, 2025-06-25, partly uncorroborated] He met Southern Arizona Jewish leaders in Washington, and the Arizona Jewish Post reports delegation leaders crediting him with helping secure an additional $30 million for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program; we could not corroborate the funding figure in government reporting, and it is recorded here as the delegation's account.
Race and status context
- Sitting representative, nominated, in one of this cycle's priority districts on this site's list. His Democratic opponent's card carries its own record.
Also in this race
- –No Position Found JoAnna Mendoza (Democrat)
- –No Position Found Jereme Lance Peters (Libertarian)
- ✓Opposes Gary Swing (Green)
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