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

Rudy Recile

Republican · U.S. House, California District 8
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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.

Recile has not spoken publicly on U.S. military aid to Israel or aid to Palestinians; no statements found in source-checked research. On his 2024 iVoterGuide questionnaire he left the question on the U.S.-Israel relationship unanswered.

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Deep Dive

We found no public statement or action from Rudy Recile on U.S. military aid or weapons to the government of Israel, on U.S. aid to Palestinians, or characterizing the Israel/Palestine conflict. On his iVoterGuide questionnaire for the November 2024 general election he left the question "Is the United States' relationship with Israel important, and if so why?" unanswered; this was confirmed against the page.

On an earlier iVoterGuide questionnaire from a prior campaign, an initial search reports he marked "Strongly Disagree" on supporting the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement against Israel. That is a response about a boycott campaign, not about U.S. weapons or money; it sits on the research page, unverified. Recile is a retired U.S. Army major and small business owner who was also the Republican nominee for CA-8 in 2022 and 2024.

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.

The search on 2026-08-10 covered Recile plus Israel/Palestine terms) returned no in-scope statements.

U.S. military aid and weapons to Israel

  • No public statements or actions found. On iVoterGuide questionnaires he left the U.S.-Israel relationship question unanswered [Undated page; 2024 general election cycle; verified]: iVoterGuide (en), iVoterGuide (es)

Characterization of the conflict

  • No public statements, speeches, or writings found. [Nothing found]

Rhetoric and lobbying

  • Earlier iVoterGuide questionnaire [Undated; prior election cycle per URL; unverified]: Marked "Strongly Disagree" on supporting the BDS movement against Israel. A boycott-policy response, not a weapons or funding position. iVoterGuide, earlier cycle. Note: the 2024-general questionnaire page as read shows no BDS question; the claim rests on the earlier-cycle page, unread.

Safety and antisemitism

  • No public statements, policy stances, or actions found. [Nothing found]

Sources consulted (identity and candidacy)

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