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

Samuel Gallucci

Republican · U.S. House, California District 26
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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.

Has not spoken publicly on U.S. military aid to Israel or aid to Palestinians. He did not answer an iVoterGuide question on the U.S.-Israel relationship ahead of the June 2026 primary, and a Palestine-focused voter tracker lists him as silent.

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Deep Dive

Gallucci, a former technology executive and Oxnard pastor running in CA-26, returned an empty first search across all four questions. He has no recorded statements on U.S. military aid or weapons sales to the government of Israel, none on U.S. aid to Palestinians, none characterizing the conflict, and none on antisemitism.

The two affirmative traces are both absences: he submitted "Did not answer" to an iVoterGuide question on whether and why the U.S. relationship with Israel is important, ahead of the June 2, 2026 primary, and the Vote Palestine tracker classifies him as "Silent" on Israel and Palestine issues.

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.

U.S. military aid and weapons to Israel

  • Nothing found. Undated [profile for the June 2, 2026 primary]: Submitted "Did not answer" to the iVoterGuide question on the U.S.-Israel relationship. iVoterGuide.

Characterization of the conflict

  • Nothing found. Undated: The Vote Palestine tracker classifies him as "Silent" on Israel and Palestine issues. Vote Palestine California page (a statewide list page; the page itself did not confirm his name on it).

Rhetoric and lobbying

  • Nothing found. No statements, campaign events, or actions on Israel-related lobbying or foreign policy rhetoric.

Safety and antisemitism

  • Nothing found. No statements, speeches, or positions on antisemitism or Jewish community safety.

Background and sources consulted

Also in this race

  1. ? Jacqui Irwin (Democrat)

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