Richard Pan
Pan has not spoken publicly on U.S. military aid to Israel or U.S. aid to Palestinians; no statements found in source-checked research. As a state senator he backed hate-crime prevention bills with the Legislative Jewish Caucus and spoke at a 2018 Pittsburgh shooting vigil in Sacramento.
We found no statement from Richard Pan on U.S. military aid or weapons to Israel, U.S. aid to Palestinians, or the Israel/Palestine conflict, across his state Senate record and his 2026 congressional campaign. Pan is a pediatrician and former state senator running in California's 6th district, per Ballotpedia.
His opponent has made the silence itself an issue: a July 2026 press release from Rep. Kevin Kiley, covered by Sierra Wave, called out what it described as Pan's silence on Israel. That is the opponent's framing, not a position from Pan.
Pan's record on community safety and antisemitism is from his state service. In March 2015, after antisemitic incidents in the Sacramento area including swastika vandalism at a UC Davis fraternity, he proposed anti-discrimination training for student governments at California public universities. He spoke at the October 2018 interfaith gathering at Congregation B'nai Israel after the Tree of Life shooting. In February 2021 he joined the Legislative Jewish Caucus to support hate-crime prevention bills, and in March 2021, as Asian Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus chair, he co-led a joint caucus statement condemning hate crimes against minority communities.
Research
U.S. military aid and weapons to Israel
- No public statements or positions found (iVoterGuide; Indivisible El Dorado CA-6 matrix). [Nothing found]
Characterization of the conflict
- No public statements found. [Nothing found]
- 2026-07-15 [Current position; opponent's framing, not Pan's words]: Rep. Kiley press release calling out Pan's silence on Israel. Sierra Wave.
Rhetoric and lobbying
- No public record found. [Nothing found]
Safety and antisemitism (context, not a weapons or funding position; all Earlier record)
- March 2015 [Earlier record; month-only date taken from the text itself; source published 2015-03-10]: After Sacramento-area antisemitic incidents including UC Davis fraternity swastika vandalism, proposed requiring civil rights and anti-discrimination training for student governments at California public universities. JTA.
- 2018-10-29 [Earlier record]: Spoke at the interfaith gathering at Congregation B'nai Israel in Sacramento after the Tree of Life shooting; expressed solidarity with the Jewish community. CapRadio (page undated in metadata; article covers the 2018-10-29 event).
- 2021-02-22 [Earlier record]: Joined Legislative Jewish Caucus members at a Sacramento press conference supporting hate-crime prevention and community protection bills, including security funding for vulnerable institutions. J. The Jewish News.
- 2021-03-18 [Earlier record; joint caucus action]: As API Legislative Caucus chair, co-led a joint condemnation of hate crimes with the Jewish Caucus and other diversity caucuses. Latino Caucus release.
Sources consulted (identity)
- Ballotpedia; Wikipedia; iVoterGuide. A Lassen News item on his primary win would not open and is not linked.
Also in this race: Kevin Kiley (Other) · All California candidates.
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