Eric Yonce

Deep Dive

Eric Yonce is the Democratic nominee in Florida's 6th District, which runs from south of St. Augustine down the coast through Daytona Beach and inland to Palatka, DeLand and the edge of Ocala. He was born in Hollywood, Florida, grew up in Citra, graduated from North Marion High School, spent more than twenty years managing large retail stores, and now runs a small business in Ormond Beach restoring vintage Airstream trailers. He won the Democratic primary on August 18, 2026 with 32 percent against three other candidates, and faces Representative Randy Fine on November 3, along with the Libertarian Andrew Parrott, Michael Gist, who has no party affiliation, and a write-in candidate.

He answered the question directly in a candidate questionnaire that Florida Politics published unedited on August 9, 2026. Asked whether he would vote to continue funding the defense of the government of Israel, and whether he would impose conditions, he began with two words, at this time, no, and went on: the United States should not continue providing military aid to Israel, or any nation, that is actively engaged in actions that violate international law or amount to war crimes. He set out what would have to change first, saying that the government of Israel must demonstrate full compliance with international humanitarian law, allow independent investigations into alleged violations, and ensure accountability for those responsible, and that America should stand for a lasting peace that provides security, dignity, and self-determination for both Israelis and Palestinians.

The same position, in milder words, has been on his record for a year. In the survey he gave Ballotpedia on August 22, 2025, listing what he saw as the country's greatest challenges over the next decade, his second item was that the United States relationship with Israel and its financing of conflicts in the Middle East require careful oversight, to make sure American resources are used responsibly and in ways that align with the national interest. His campaign's issues page carries a foreign policy plank whose three lines are to prioritise diplomacy and genuine strategic threats, to reduce military intervention when the United States is not directly threatened, and to condition foreign assistance on international law and human rights; none of the three names a country.

Two things are missing from this record and are worth saying plainly. He has said nothing that could be found about what the United States sends Palestinians, whether humanitarian funding for Gaza, the aid pipeline, or the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees. And the sharpest material attributed to him, two posts on his campaign's own Facebook page from August 19, 2026 and a reply about the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in a local Facebook group, could not be read here, so none of it is quoted. Their addresses are on his research page so that anyone who can open them may look.

The money

Checked the five lobbying groups we track; no direct 2026 support found

In their words

Research log

The notes behind this card: what we looked at, what we found, and where each item came from.

Our research for this card began with a search run on 2026-09-07, and every page below was opened and read on 2026-09-08 unless the entry says otherwise. His campaign site was read in full, including its issues, about and media pages, and his Ballotpedia survey was read question by question under his own heading. Bands: Position (2024-01-26 onward), Reaction window (2023-10-07 to 2024-01-25), Earlier record (before 2023-10-07), Undated. Yonce has never held office, so none of the congressional votes this site tracks is his, and no funding from the committees this site tracks is recorded on this record. Nothing found for this card is dated in the reaction window.

U.S. military aid and weapons to the government of Israel

• [Position, 2026-08-09] The candidate questionnaire Florida Politics published, which the publication says it prints unedited so voters can hear directly from candidates. The question: "Would you vote to continue funding Israel’s defense? Are there any conditions you want to impose on that funding?" His whole answer: "At this time, no. The United States should not continue providing military aid to Israel, or any nation, that is actively engaged in actions that violate international law or amount to war crimes. Before military assistance resumes, Israel must demonstrate full compliance with international humanitarian law, allow independent investigations into alleged violations, and ensure accountability for those responsible. America should stand firmly with the protection of human rights, the rule of law, and the pursuit of a lasting peace that provides security, dignity, and self-determination for both Israelis and Palestinians." The same questionnaire records his profession, his priorities, the bills he would introduce, and his answers on inflation, artificial intelligence, healthcare, China, Iran and Ukraine, daylight saving time and the direction of his own party. He answered every question on the form.
• [Position, 2025-08-22] His Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey, submitted on August 22, 2025. Asked what he perceives to be the United States' greatest challenges as a nation over the next decade, he gave five numbered items. The second reads: "Our international commitments, including our relationship with Israel and our financing of conflicts in the Middle East, require careful oversight to ensure that U.S. resources are being used responsibly and in ways that align with our national interests." He answered every question on that form too, including the optional ones.
• [Position, read 2026-09-08; page undated] His campaign's issues page sets out eleven numbered issues. The sixth is Foreign Policy, summarised as "American resources should strengthen security without fueling endless conflicts", with three points: "Prioritize diplomacy, partnerships, and genuine strategic threats.", "Reduce military intervention when the United States is not directly threatened.", and "Condition foreign assistance on international law and human rights." No country is named anywhere on the page. The page carries no date and is recorded on the date we read it.
• [Position, 2026-08-19] Our research reported a post on his campaign's Facebook page in which he criticised his opponent for encouraging the government of Israel to use its largest bombs, and reported him as writing that he does not cheer for killing civilians and does not take a dime from anyone who does. The page is his, and is linked from his own campaign site, but the post does not open here and the words could not be checked, so nothing from it is on the card. Its address, printed rather than linked because it does not open, is https://www.facebook.com/ericyonce.congress/posts/please-watch-this-dont-scroll-away-a-sitting-united-states-congressman-said-we-s/122271944282037942/

U.S. aid to Palestinians

• Nothing located, at any date. Neither the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, nor humanitarian funding for Gaza, nor the aid pipeline appears in his questionnaire answers, on his campaign site, in his Ballotpedia survey, or in any report about his campaign read for this card. The one place he addresses Palestinians directly is the closing sentence of his Florida Politics answer, quoted above, which is about the shape of a settlement between Israelis and Palestinians rather than about assistance.

Characterization of the conflict

• [Position, 2026-08-09] In the same questionnaire he described the conduct at issue as "actions that violate international law or amount to war crimes", and said America should pursue "a lasting peace that provides security, dignity, and self-determination for both Israelis and Palestinians". He does not use the word genocide anywhere in the answer.
• [Position, 2026-08-09] Answering a separate question about Iran and Ukraine, he said: "Both Ukraine and Iran show the consequences of decades of foreign policy decisions that have kept us engaged in conflicts around the world while people here at home are struggling. We have spent trillions of dollars on wars while forgetting the needs of our own communities." The Iran material is not on the card.
• [Position, 2026-08-19] Our research reported a second post on his campaign's Facebook page, with a video, condemning his opponent's remarks about bombing Gaza, and reported him as writing that his opponent celebrates genocide in the country’s name. The post does not open here and the words could not be checked, so nothing from it is on the card. Its address, printed rather than linked because it does not open, is https://www.facebook.com/ericyonce.congress/posts/even-tucker-carlson-went-after-my-congressman-randy-fine-when-a-maga-star-says-y/122271943940037942/

Israel-related rhetoric and lobbying

• [Position, reported late January 2026] Our research reported that, replying to a commenter in a local Facebook group who called for dropping the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, he answered that he could not agree more. The group post does not open here, the reply could not be checked, and a reply to a member of the public is not treated as a statement by a candidate on this site. Nothing from it is on the card. The address, printed rather than linked because it does not open, is https://www.facebook.com/groups/VolusiaIssues/posts/4316797505272593/ . Whatever it says, a position about a lobbying organisation's money is not a position on what the United States sends.
• [Undated; read 2026-09-08] Ballotpedia lists his endorsements as the Democratic Environmental Caucus of Florida, Emgage Action, and two voter lists run by individuals through the Sway platform. Emgage Action describes itself as a Muslim American organisation that lobbies Congress and endorses candidates, and says it holds elected officials accountable on civil rights, foreign policy and democracy. No statement by him about that endorsement, or about any other advocacy organisation on this subject, was found.
• No pledge about money from any organisation on this subject was found under his name, and his own account of his fundraising is that it comes from small donors: Flagler County Buzz reported in April 2026 that his first-quarter total was about $128,000, nearly all of it in small contributions. Ballotpedia records $325,710 raised for the cycle.

Safety and antisemitism

• Nothing located, at any date. Nothing in his published material addresses antisemitism or the safety of any religious community. His campaign's issues page includes a plank called Human Sovereignty whose third line is about defending freedom of religion and freedom from government-imposed religion, which is a statement about the establishment clause rather than about the safety of any community.

What his platform actually says

• [Undated; read 2026-09-08] His issues page lists eleven issues: cost of living, economic development, workers' rights, Medicare and Social Security, human sovereignty, foreign policy, immigration, responsible gun ownership, education, environment and resilience, and first responders and veterans. Ten of the eleven are domestic.
• [Position, 2026-08-09] His Florida Politics answers give his top three priorities as ending the influence of money in politics, bringing tax money back home from overseas spending, and environmental, worker and privacy protections before further data centre and artificial intelligence development. The bills he says he would introduce are a national rent stabilisation bill and a Human Sovereignty Act.
• [Position, 2026-03-31] A piece he wrote for the Daily Kos community section argues the district is winnable through door knocking and small donations. It says nothing about foreign policy.

The race

• [Undated; read 2026-09-08] Ballotpedia: "Incumbent Randy Fine, Eric Yonce, Andrew Parrott, Michael Gist, and Alec Pavlik are running in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 6 on November 3, 2026." And: "Eric Yonce defeated Ronnie Murchinson-Rivera, Steve Morgan, and Robert Cooper II in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 6 on August 18, 2026." Andrew Parrott is the Libertarian nominee and advanced without a primary, Michael Gist has no party affiliation, and Alec Pavlik is a write-in candidate with no party affiliation.
• [Position, 2026-08-19] Florida Politics' report of the primary result gives his share as 32 percent and records the endorsement of Josh Weil, who ran against Fine in the April 2025 special election. One detail in that report does not match his own account: it calls him a veteran law enforcement officer who served in the Ocala Police Department. His own Ballotpedia biography says it is his father who is a retired police officer, and his own questionnaire gives his profession as twenty years in retail and a current small business. The card follows his own account.
• No profile for him on iVoterGuide could be found for this race, and no candidate guide that asks about foreign policy was found to carry an answer from him other than Florida Politics and Ballotpedia.

Places that could not be read, so nothing is claimed from them

• His campaign's own Facebook page and the two posts described above, https://www.facebook.com/ericyonce.congress , and the local Facebook group post about the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. The page is named as his on his own campaign site, so it is his; its contents could not be read here.
• His other accounts, https://www.instagram.com/eric_yonce and https://x.com/ericyonceforFL , both linked from his campaign site and not read here.
• The video of the Democratic primary debate that his campaign links from its media page, https://www.wesh.com/article/floridas-6th-congressional-district-democratic-primary-debate/71837483 , which did not open on 2026-09-08. It is the one place a question about this subject might have been put to him in front of the other primary candidates.

Not on the card, and why

• His answers on the cost of living, artificial intelligence, healthcare, China, rent stabilisation, the environment, guns, immigration and his own party: real positions, but not about United States weapons or money for the government of Israel, or about United States aid to Palestinians. They are listed above so the shape of the record can be checked.
• His answer on Iran and Ukraine, including the sentence about trillions spent on wars: Iran is a different question from what the United States sends to the government of Israel. It is above.
• The two Facebook posts and the reply about the lobbying organisation: none of them could be read here, and the reply is in any case an answer to a member of the public rather than a statement of his own.
• The Emgage Action endorsement, beyond the fact of it: an endorsement is not a statement by the candidate.
• Randy Fine's, Michael Gist's and Andrew Parrott's records: they belong on their own cards.

Sources retrieved for this card (address; opened or could not open; date)

• https://floridapolitics.com/archives/812257-eric-yonce-what-critics-call-far-left-is-fighting-for-basic-human-needs-and-rights/ (opened; 2026-09-08; published 2026-08-09)
• https://floridapolitics.com/archives/814935-eric-yonce-wins-democratic-nomination-to-take-on-randy-fine-in-november/ (opened; 2026-09-08; published 2026-08-19)
• https://ballotpedia.org/Eric_Yonce (opened; 2026-09-08; survey submitted 2025-08-22)
• https://ballotpedia.org/Florida%27s_6th_Congressional_District_election,_2026 (opened; 2026-09-08)
• https://www.yonceforcongress.com/ , https://www.yonceforcongress.com/top-issues and the about and media pages (opened; 2026-09-08; undated)
• https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/3/31/2375657/community/this-red-district-is-cracking-people-power-can-flip-it/ (opened; 2026-09-08; published 2026-03-31)
• https://www.flaglercountybuzz.com/2026/04/15/fl-6-candidate-eric-yonce-raises-128k-in-q1-nearly-all-from-small-donors-giving-an-average-of-19/ (opened; 2026-09-08; published 2026-04-15)
• https://emgageaction.org/ (opened; 2026-09-08)
• https://ivoterguide.com/voter-guide/state/fl and its search (opened; 2026-09-08; no profile for him found)
• https://www.facebook.com/ericyonce.congress and the two posts described above (could not open; 2026-09-08)
• https://www.facebook.com/groups/VolusiaIssues/posts/4316797505272593/ (could not open; 2026-09-08)
• https://www.instagram.com/eric_yonce and https://x.com/ericyonceforFL (not read; 2026-09-08)
• https://www.wesh.com/article/floridas-6th-congressional-district-democratic-primary-debate/71837483 (could not open; 2026-09-08)
• This is a record of what was checked on 2026-09-07 and 2026-09-08, not a claim that no other statement exists.