But What Can You Do? tracks where 2026 candidates stand on U.S. weapons and funding for the government of Israel. How we check
Brent Andersen
Republican · U.S. House, Florida District 20
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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.
No recorded votes on the bills we track. We found nothing in their own words about Israel, Gaza or the war.
Nothing located as of September 2026 has Andersen taking a position on U.S. weapons or money for the government of Israel, or on U.S. aid to Palestinians. His campaign platform and his answers to Ballotpedia's candidate survey are entirely domestic.
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Brent Andersen is the Republican nominee in Florida’s 20th District, redrawn this year under the congressional map Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law on May 4, 2026. He lives in Pompano Beach, founded a commercial insurance brokerage in 2010, and spent two decades as an elected member and treasurer of the Massachusetts Republican State Committee before moving to Florida. He defeated Rod Joseph, Carla Spalding and Lateresa Jones in the Republican primary on August 18, 2026, and faces Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Kedner Maxime on November 3.
This is an empty record on these questions rather than a thin one. His campaign site is a biography, a news index, a volunteer form and a contact page, with four news posts, and the biography that carries his platform runs from property insurance and the cost of living through the border, law enforcement, parental rights and the Second Amendment. His launch statement of June 18, 2026 lists the same subjects. He completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey on August 1, 2026, answering at length, including the question that asks what areas of public policy he is personally passionate about; his answer names insurance, the cost of living, workforce and small business policy, fiscal responsibility, borders and public safety, and constitutional rights. None of it is about foreign policy of any kind. His BallotReady profile carries one issue stance, limited government and constitutional principles. On his iVoterGuide profile every question is marked “Did not answer”, including the one asking whether the United States relationship with Israel is important, so that form says nothing about him either way. An empty record carries no implication either way, and everything that was read for this card is set out on his research page.
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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 2026-09-27) 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.
Every page listed below was opened and read on 2026-09-08: his campaign site in full, all four of its news posts, his Ballotpedia page and its Candidate Connection answers, his iVoterGuide profile, his profile and every one of his positions on the Local Candidates guide, his BallotReady profile, and the CBS News Miami report of the primary. Bands: Position (2024-01-26 onward), Reaction window (2023-10-07 to 2024-01-25), Earlier record (before 2023-10-07), Undated. He has not served in Congress or in a legislature, so there are no recorded votes on this record.
U.S. military aid and weapons to the government of Israel
Nothing located, at any date. The word Israel does not appear anywhere on his campaign site, in his Ballotpedia Candidate Connection answers, on his Local Candidates profile or positions, on his BallotReady profile, or in the CBS News Miami report of his primary win. Nothing was found about arms transfers, Foreign Military Financing, the memorandum of understanding, or any bill or amendment on this subject.
[Undated; read 2026-09-08] His campaign site and the biography page that carries his platform. The platform is written as prose rather than as a list of issues: property insurance and the cost of living, economic opportunity and small business, fiscal responsibility, strong borders and law enforcement, parental rights, the Second Amendment and constitutional principles. The site’s news page is an index with no items on it; the four posts are linked from the front page and are listed below. Nothing anywhere on it concerns foreign policy.
U.S. aid to Palestinians
Nothing located, at any date. Gaza, the West Bank, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency and humanitarian funding appear nowhere in anything he has published or answered.
Characterization of the conflict
Nothing located, at any date. There is no adjacent statement either: nothing he has published mentions the Middle East, Iran, or any country outside the United States, apart from Haiti in the Sun Sentinel’s account of its endorsement interview.
Safety and antisemitism (context, not an answer to what America sends)
Nothing located, at any date. The public safety material on his campaign site and on the Local Candidates guide is about law enforcement, safe streets and secure schools, and names no community.
The race
[Position, read 2026-09-08] Ballotpedia: “Incumbent Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Brent Andersen, and Kedner Maxime are running in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 20 on November 3, 2026.” Maxime is the Independent Party of Florida candidate. Andersen defeated Rod Joseph, Carla Spalding and Lateresa Jones in the Republican primary on August 18, 2026.
[Position, 2026-08-01] His Ballotpedia Candidate Connection answers, submitted on August 1, 2026. He answered four questions in full. Asked for three key messages he gave lower costs for Florida families, economic opportunity and common-sense leadership, and constitutional principles and strong communities. Asked what areas of public policy he is personally passionate about, he answered: “I am most passionate about the issues that hit Florida families the hardest every day: property insurance reform and lowering the cost of living, expanding economic opportunity through practical workforce and small-business policies, fiscal responsibility, strong borders and public safety, and protecting the constitutional rights and American heritage that have always defined our country.” Under the questionnaire test this silence is a fact about him rather than about the form, because the form gave him an open question and he used it at length on other subjects.
[Undated; read 2026-09-08] His iVoterGuide profile records “Did not answer” against every question on the questionnaire, including “Is the United States' relationship with Israel important, and if so why?” A wall of unanswered questions is a fact about the guide’s coverage, not about the candidate, so nothing is inferred from it.
[Undated; read 2026-09-08] His profile on the Local Candidates guide, at https://www.localcandidates.org/politicians/brent-andersen/about/eace262b-872b-41c4-9368-c91ca28d52e9 , and his positions on it, at https://www.localcandidates.org/politicians/brent-andersen/positions/be1f66ea-f47a-4d2f-a2f9-39919a5882e6 . Both pages opened once and then would not load again the same day, so they are printed here as plain text rather than linked. The guide carries three sections of biography and seven positions: property insurance, homeownership, policing and law enforcement, jobs and workforce, small business, investing in neighbourhood growth, and investing in community life. Each is written as a short list of commitments. None concerns foreign policy.
[Undated; read 2026-09-08] His BallotReady profile lists a single issue stance, under the heading Government Reform: “Unwavering dedication to limited government and constitutional principles”.
[Position, 2026-06-18] His campaign launch release: “Andersen’s campaign will focus on restoring common sense in Washington, securing the border, standing with law enforcement, protecting taxpayers, strengthening small businesses, defending parental rights, and putting Florida families first.”
[Position, 2026-08-19] His statement after winning the primary: “Tonight, voters sent a clear message that they are tired of political opportunism, self-serving leadership, and everything that is so broken about Congress. I am incredibly grateful for the support of my neighbors and for the opportunity to listen to and learn from them over the course of this campaign. I’m running because I simply refuse to accept that the status quo is the best we can do. I look forward to a spirited conversation with Congresswoman Wasserman Schultz about the future of our country.”
[Position, 2026-08-18] CBS News Miami’s report of the primary. It records that he “centered his campaign on public safety, education and lowering insurance costs” and quotes him on what Congress could do about insurance: “In Congress, there's some things that we can do. We can cut red tape. We can work on tort reform. We can make reinsurance treaties easier again, less red tape with that, and I think that would help a lot.” Israel is not mentioned in the report.
[Position, 2026-07-10] His campaign’s post about the Sun Sentinel’s primary endorsement, which reproduces the parts of the editorial that concern him. The editorial recommends him for the Republican nomination, records that he was “more realistic than most Republican candidates” about the Social Security and Medicare trust funds, and that he and one rival both oppose returning Haitians to Haiti at present. It says nothing about Israel. The editorial itself, at https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2026/07/09/for-u-s-house-district-20-wasserman-schultz-andersen-endorsement/ , did not open.
Places that were not read, so nothing is claimed from them
His campaign accounts on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/brentandersenfl , on X, https://x.com/brentjandersen , and on Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/brentandersenfl/ . None was read here. They are printed as plain text rather than linked, because nothing on them has been checked.
The insurance, housing, cost of living, small business, policing, education, immigration, parental rights and Second Amendment material on his campaign site, in his Ballotpedia answers and on the Local Candidates guide: out of scope, none of it is about U.S. weapons or money for the government of Israel or about U.S. aid to Palestinians. It is listed above so the absence is checkable.
His endorsements: an endorsement is other people’s recommendation, not the candidate’s statement, and no position is inferred from one.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s record: it belongs on her own card.
Sources read for this card (address; opened or could not open; date read)
https://www.localcandidates.org/politicians/brent-andersen/about/eace262b-872b-41c4-9368-c91ca28d52e9 and https://www.localcandidates.org/politicians/brent-andersen/positions/be1f66ea-f47a-4d2f-a2f9-39919a5882e6 (opened; 2026-09-08; both refused to load again later the same day, so neither is linked on this card)
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