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

Greg Lopez

Other · Governor, Colorado
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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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Two reviewers, reading the public record as a whole, agree: Speaking about the Israel-Hamas war in a May 2024 debate, he says "We have to remember who started this crisis", without saying where he stands on U.S. weapons and funding for the government of Israel. Reviewed by hand on 2026-10-09. This candidate has no recorded tracked floor votes.

At a May 2024 congressional debate Lopez said U.S. military and financial aid to Israel should continue. He characterized Hamas as having started the conflict, saying "We have to remember who started this crisis".

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Deep Dive

Lopez is a former mayor of Parker and served as U.S. Representative for Colorado’s 4th District from June to December 2024, filling a vacancy. He qualified for the 2026 ballot as an unaffiliated candidate for governor.

His position is on the record from a May 2024 debate during that special election: U.S. military and financial aid to Israel should continue. In the same debate he described Hamas as the instigator, saying "We have to remember who started this crisis".

Earlier, in a 2022 iVoterGuide questionnaire during his gubernatorial campaign, he marked "Disagree" when asked whether he supported the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement.

He briefly held the House seat and so could have voted on these appropriations. Colorado’s governor has no role in them, which is why the card reports what he said rather than what the office would decide.

In their words

“We have to remember who started this crisis”
Source ↗, 2024-05-22

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

  • 2024-05-22 [Current position]: At a debate for Colorado’s 4th Congressional District special election he stated that U.S. military and financial aid to Israel should continue. Reported in the Colorado Sun’s Unaffiliated newsletter (2024-05-24). Direction is unambiguous and he was a congressional candidate at the time, which is the office that decides it.

Characterization of the conflict

  • 2024-05-22 [Current position]: In the same debate he characterized Hamas as the instigator: "We have to remember who started this crisis".
  • 2022 [Earlier record; survey response]: In an iVoterGuide questionnaire during his 2022 gubernatorial campaign he marked "Disagree" on supporting the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement against Israel. Out of scope by the standing content rule, which excludes anti-boycott positions, and recorded here rather than used.

Rhetoric and lobbying

Safety and antisemitism

  • See the campus-antisemitism letter above, whose signatory list an initial search did not confirm.

Identity and ballot status

What came back empty or unusable

  • No statement located on U.S. aid to Palestinians, UNRWA or Gaza humanitarian funding.
  • Nothing located from the 2026 governor campaign itself; his in-scope statement dates from his 2024 congressional run.
  • Whether he signed the September 2024 campus-antisemitism letter would not open.

Also in this race

  1. ? Phil Weiser (Democrat)
  2. – Victor Marx (Republican)
  3. – Eric Mulder (Libertarian)
  4. ✓ Erik Underwood (Other)
  5. ? Jeff Peckman (Other)
  6. – Stephen Hamilton (Other)

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