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

Kelley Dennison

Republican · U.S. House, Colorado District 2
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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.

Nothing located has Dennison taking a position on U.S. weapons or money for the government of Israel, or on U.S. aid to Palestinians. Her pledge refuses contributions "associated with any foreign government or entity", naming no one. Voters on her own site have asked about AIPAC money, unanswered so far.

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Deep Dive

Dennison is the Republican nominee in Colorado’s 2nd District, a 27-year-old who won the June 2026 primary and faces the sitting member.

Her own material was read. Her July 2026 press release, "Pledge to Refuse Foreign Campaign Contributions", pledges "to not receive, and return any campaign contributions associated with any foreign government or entity" and says in terms: "This is not a condemnation of any particular political entity or peoples, but a philosophical stance I believe in." It names no country and no organization, and this card does not convert it into a position on Israel or any lobby.

Her site runs an "Ask Kelley" question page where voters have posted questions ("Will you accept AIPAC donations?" and what steps she would take against "xenophobia, Islamophobia, and antisemitism") with no posted answers from her located.

Nothing located has her addressing U.S. military aid, weapons, the conflict, or aid to Palestinians. The questions are already sitting on her own page; her answers would go here, in her own words. You are better placed to get an answer than we are: ask Dennison directly, or at a forum, and send us the reply.

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 located.

U.S. aid to Palestinians

  • Nothing located.

Characterization of the conflict

  • Nothing located.

Related rhetoric and lobbying

  • [Position, 2026-07-06] Her "Pledge to Refuse Foreign Campaign Contributions", verified: refuses contributions "associated with any foreign government or entity"; explicitly "not a condemnation of any particular political entity or peoples". General; names no one. The research reported she "pledged not to accept campaign funds from pro-Israel lobbying groups like AIPAC"; her release says no such thing, and that sharpening is excluded.
  • [Reported, uncorroborated, unopenable source] An account that she displayed a shirt reading "I don’t accept AIPAC money" at a voter event, from a third-party Facebook photo post that does not open. Reported here as that; nothing claimed. It is not yet confirmed.
  • [Open questions, read 2026-08-21] Her Ask Kelley page carries voter questions on AIPAC donations and antisemitism with no posted answers located; recorded because the questions sit on her own site.
  • No tracked funding badge appears because no committee support is recorded for her.

Safety and antisemitism (context)

  • The unanswered Ask-Kelley questions above are the only located material.

Where the absence was checked

Race and status context

  • Republican nominee facing the sitting member, whose card carries its own record. She has held no office, so there are no recorded votes on this card.

Also in this race

  1. ? Joe Neguse (Democrat)
  2. – Gaylon Kent (Libertarian)

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