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

Mike Sell

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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 Sell taking a position on U.S. weapons or money for the government of Israel, or on U.S. aid to Palestinians. He answered a voter guide at length without reaching foreign policy, and his campaign site is domestic throughout.

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Your record on weapons and funding for the government of Israel [ref: fl4-sell]

Dear Mike Sell,

You're asking for my vote, and there is one question I can't find your answer to: should the United States keep sending weapons and funding to the government of Israel?

Your campaign hasn't said where you stand, and for many voters in this race it decides the vote. A short answer would help: will you vote against further weapons and funding for the government of Israel, or for enforceable conditions on that support?

I may share your answer publicly so other voters can see it.

Respectfully,
[Your name]

Deep Dive

Sell is the Florida Forward Party candidate in Florida’s 4th District, an operational-excellence professional with a career in healthcare systems.

The absence here is his own rather than a gap in coverage. He answered the News4JAX voter guide at length: biography, systems-reform themes, his case against career politicians. Foreign policy never appears in his answers, while another candidate’s answers on the same guide carry detailed positions on U.S. aid to the government of Israel. His campaign site was rendered and read: 3,715 characters, all domestic. A candidate who wrote this much without reaching the subject has told you where his attention is, though not where he stands.

What was checked to reach that conclusion is listed on this card's research page. You are better placed to get an answer than we are. Ask Sell directly, or at a candidate forum, 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 2026-09-27) 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.

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

Nothing located.

Safety and antisemitism (context)

Nothing located.

Where the absence was checked

[Consulted, read 2026-08-21] The News4JAX 2026 voter guide for this district, a multi-candidate guide read under his own heading per the standing rule. His answers run through his professional biography and systems-reform themes with no foreign policy; a different candidate’s answers on the same page carry explicit Israel positions, which is why the blank is his rather than the guide’s. The questionnaire test is satisfied: he used the form at length.
[Consulted, read 2026-08-21] His campaign site: domestic throughout, no Israel or Gaza content. The required own-site check.
[Consulted] His Ballotpedia profile and state filing record. Administrative and race facts only.

Race and status context

A third-party candidate in one of this cycle’s priority districts; the Texas candidate with the same surname in our records contributed nothing here and every carrier names him with his Florida biography. He has held no federal office, so there are no recorded votes on this card.

Also in this race

✗ Aaron Bean (Republican)
– LaShonda "L.J." Holloway (Democrat)
✓ Todd Schaefer (Other)

All Florida candidates.