But What Can You Do? tracks where 2026 candidates stand on U.S. weapons and funding for the government of Israel. How we check
Bob Chew
Other · U.S. Senate, Colorado
?Mixed
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.
Two reviewers, reading the public record as a whole, agree: On his campaign site in May 2026 he describes Iran as "hell-bent on complete genocide of Jews and the destruction of Israel - and Christians", 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.
Chew has not spoken publicly on U.S. weapons or money for the government of Israel, or on U.S. aid to Palestinians. No statement was found in source-checked research across 4 sources.
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An earlier check had already recorded, with a date, that no position on this question was found here, and that finding is preserved in the record.
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 2026-07-13) 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.
What was looked for, and what came back
**U.S. military aid and weapons to Israel:** There is no public record or official campaign statement from Robert Chew specifically addressing U.S. military aid or weapons transfers to Israel.
**Characterization of the conflict:** Material returned; set out in full below.
**Rhetoric and lobbying:** There is no public record of Robert Chew making statements or taking actions regarding Israel-related political lobbying, advocacy organizations, or domestic political rhetoric surrounding the issue.
**Safety and antisemitism:** In his 2026 campaign platform materials, Chew referenced anti-Jewish existential threats in a foreign policy context, writing that the Iranian regime is seeking the "complete genocide of Jews".
What an initial search did return, on the other questions
The card's claim is about what the United States sends, and that question came back empty. These questions did return material. It is reproduced word for word so nothing found is lost, and it is context rather than a position on U.S. weapons or money. Em dashes are rendered as hyphens to satisfy house style; no wording is changed.
### Characterization of the conflict In his 2026 U.S. Senate campaign policy materials, Chew characterized the threat facing Israel and the plight of Palestinians primarily through the lens of Iranian state sponsorship of terrorism. He stated that Iran is "hell-bent on complete genocide of Jews and the destruction of Israel - and Christians".
He further described Iranian proxy groups, including Hamas and Hezbollah, as "the chief funder of terrorists" and "the worst enemy of the Palestinian people," stating that these groups "have kept millions of Palestinians in poverty and regularly use them as human shields and sacrifices to gain world sympathy". While acknowledging these dynamics as "good reasons to contain Iran and eliminate their military capabilities," Chew emphasized that U.S. foreign policy must avoid recklessness and adhere to the War Powers Act, requiring explicit Congressional authorization for foreign military actions.
The rest of what an initial search returned on the questions with no answer
Each line above is the first sentence of what an initial search returned for that question. Where it said more after that sentence, the whole passage is reproduced here word for word, so the qualification stands on the record alongside the finding. Em dashes are rendered as hyphens to satisfy house style; no wording is changed.
### U.S. military aid and weapons to Israel There is no public record or official campaign statement from Robert Chew specifically addressing U.S. military aid or weapons transfers to Israel.
### Rhetoric and lobbying There is no public record of Robert Chew making statements or taking actions regarding Israel-related political lobbying, advocacy organizations, or domestic political rhetoric surrounding the issue.
### Safety and antisemitism In his 2026 campaign platform materials, Chew referenced anti-Jewish existential threats in a foreign policy context, writing that the Iranian regime is seeking the "complete genocide of Jews". Aside from this commentary regarding international state-sponsored threats against Jewish people, there are no documented public statements or policy proposals from Chew directly addressing domestic antisemitism or local community safety issues.
Sources consulted and read (4)
coloradopolitics.com (published 2026-07-14) [does not name the candidate in the text we could read]
ivn.us (published 2026-06-17) [does not name the candidate in the text we could read]
Checked 2026-07-28. "checked the campaign's own site in full -- homepage https://bobchew2026.com/ (biography, no policy planks) and the dedicated issues page https://bobchew2026.com/issues/ (International Conflict and Iran sections; text recorded word for word) -- checked https://www.trackaipac.com/states/colorado (an Israel Lobby Tracker project page for Colorado's delegation; does not mention Chew at all), and ran two news searches: '"Bob Chew" Colorado Senate Forward Party Israel Gaza military aid' and '"Robert Chew" Colorado Senate Forward Party candidate 2026 news'. The issues page contains a substantive Iran-policy section naming Israel (Iran as a threat seeking 'destruction of Israel' and as 'chief funder' of Ha" source
Not found
No position located on U.S. weapons, arms sales or military funding for the government of Israel.
No position located on U.S. aid to Palestinians, UNRWA or Gaza humanitarian funding.
This is a record of what was checked on 2026-08-11, not a claim that no statement exists anywhere.
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