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

Peter Soule

Republican · U.S. House, California District 16
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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.

Soule has taken no public position on U.S. military aid to Israel or aid to Palestinians; he left iVoterGuide survey questions on U.S. foreign policy and the U.S.-Israel relationship unanswered. No statements found in source-checked research.

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Deep Dive

We found no public statement or position from Peter Soule on U.S. military aid or weapons to Israel, on U.S. aid to Palestinians, or on the Israel/Palestine conflict. In his 2026 iVoterGuide candidate profile he left the questions on U.S. foreign policy and the importance of the U.S. relationship with Israel unanswered.

Soule (Peter Sundin Soule) is the Republican candidate for the U.S. House in California's 16th district, advancing from the June 2, 2026 top-two primary to the November 3, 2026 general election, per Ballotpedia. His campaign site's issues page, under public safety and religious freedom, says he advocates "Supporting legislation that targets bigotry against Christians, Jews and others"; that is a community-safety plank, not a position on weapons or aid.

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 2026-07-23) 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.

Identity: Peter Soule (Peter Sundin Soule), Republican, CA-16, advanced from the 2026-06-02 top-two primary to the 2026-11-03 general. Ballotpedia. An Associated Press syndication page at kens5.com would not open (unlinked; the primary-advance fact rests on Ballotpedia).

U.S. military aid and weapons to Israel

  • No statements or positions found. [Nothing found] In his 2026 iVoterGuide survey profile he left the U.S. foreign policy and U.S.-Israel relationship questions unanswered [undated survey page]. iVoterGuide.

Characterization of the conflict

  • No statements or positions found. [Nothing found]

Rhetoric and lobbying

  • No statements, lobbying activity, or PAC-related actions found. [Nothing found]

Safety and antisemitism (context, not a weapons or funding position)

  • Undated [2026 campaign site]: Under "Public Safety and Security" and "Religious Freedom" platform sections, advocates "Supporting legislation that targets bigotry against Christians, Jews and others." Campaign issues page. Two localcandidates.org pages would not open (unlinked; the platform quote rests on the campaign site).

Also in this race

  1. ✗ Sam T. Liccardo (Democrat)

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