But What Can You Do? tracks where 2026 candidates stand on U.S. weapons and funding for the government of Israel. How we check
Dwayne Romero
Democrat · U.S. House, Colorado District 3
✗SupportsFrom their own words
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.
No recorded votes on the bills we track. In their own words on June 8, 2026.
Asked in the Colorado Sun’s June 2026 primary guide about U.S. military funding for the government of Israel, Romero said: “Yes, from a defensive perspective, but I do not want to see it so aggressive and offensive where it brings civilians into harm’s way”. Nothing located on aid to Palestinians.
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Romero is the Democratic nominee in Colorado’s 3rd District, an Army combat veteran and former Aspen city councilman who won the June 2026 primary.
His one located position is his own answer to The Colorado Sun’s primary issues guide in June 2026. Asked whether he supports continued U.S. military funding for the government of Israel and whether conditions should attach, he said: “Yes, from a defensive perspective, but I do not want to see it so aggressive and offensive where it brings civilians into harm’s way”. He went on to a “values perspective”: the state of Israel “has been a very strong and consistent strategic partner of ours in the region”, but “there are times when a good nation (has) a bad administration”, and civilians on both sides “being put in harm’s way and injured, killed — that’s beyond the pale.”
That is a yes to defensive funding with a stated objection to its offensive use against civilians, given before his nomination. Nothing located has him addressing U.S. humanitarian aid for Palestinians as a funding question, lobbying organizations, or antisemitism.
If you want to know how he would vote on a specific package, ask him directly and send us the reply: it goes on this page in his own words.
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.
In their words
“Yes, from a defensive perspective, but I do not want to see it so aggressive and offensive where it brings civilians into harm’s way”
“From a values perspective, we need to absolutely recognize that the state of Israel has been a very strong and consistent strategic partner of ours in the region. But I also believe that there are times when a good nation (has) a bad administration, and so you know what’s happening with Gaza and other Israeli citizens, frankly, on both sides, being put in harm’s way and injured, killed — that’s beyond the pale.”
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
[Position, 2026-06-08] The Colorado Sun’s CD3 primary issues guide: his answer under his own name in the guide’s Israel-funding section, quoted on the card word for word. The same section carries his primary opponent Alex Kelloff’s answer (using leverage on offensive weapons and potentially withholding them); those are Kelloff’s words, not Romero’s, and they are not used on this card.
[Iran, 2026-06-08] His answer on the Iran war in the same guide (it “was not a good idea”); Iran material, research page only.
U.S. aid to Palestinians
Nothing located as a funding question; his stated concern is civilians in harm’s way, quoted above.
Characterization of the conflict
[Position, 2026-06-08] From the same guide: the values-perspective frame, the good-nation-bad-administration line, and civilians on both sides being harmed as “beyond the pale”.
Related rhetoric and lobbying
Nothing located. None of the five tracked committees reports support for him this cycle.
[Read 2026-09-25] His campaign issues page covers domestic issues and veterans, and does not mention Israel, Gaza or foreign aid.
Race and status context
Democratic nominee facing the sitting member, whose card carries its own record. He has held local office only, so there are no recorded votes on this card.
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