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

Al Bartell

Independent · U.S. Senate, Georgia

Declared write-in candidate. Not printed on the ballot.

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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.

Bartell has not spoken publicly on U.S. weapons or money for the government of Israel, or on U.S. aid to Palestinians. No statement was found in source-checked research across 2 sources.

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Deep Dive

2 sources checked and read, every one listed on the research page. Most candidates at this level have simply never been asked.

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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 2026-07-13) 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.

What was looked for, and what came back

  • **U.S. military aid and weapons to Israel:** There are no recorded public statements, positions, or actions by Elbert Bartell regarding U.S. military aid or weapons shipments to Israel.
  • **Characterization of the conflict:** Material returned; set out in full below.
  • **Rhetoric and lobbying:** There are no recorded public statements or actions by Elbert Bartell regarding Israel-related political rhetoric or lobbying.
  • **Safety and antisemitism:** There are no recorded public statements or actions by Elbert Bartell specifically addressing antisemitism or safety matters related to Jewish communities.

What an initial search did return, on the other questions

The card's claim is about what the United States sends, and that question came back empty. These questions did return material. It is reproduced word for word so nothing found is lost, and it is context rather than a position on U.S. weapons or money. Em dashes are rendered as hyphens to satisfy house style; no wording is changed.

### Characterization of the conflict There are no detailed public statements or formal policy positions by Elbert Bartell characterizing the Israel/Palestine conflict. During his prior 2020 candidate survey for the Georgia U.S. Senate special election, he left unanswered a questionnaire item asking whether he supported the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel.

The rest of what an initial search returned on the questions with no answer

Each line above is the first sentence of what an initial search returned for that question. Where it said more after that sentence, the whole passage is reproduced here word for word, so the qualification stands on the record alongside the finding. Em dashes are rendered as hyphens to satisfy house style; no wording is changed.

### U.S. military aid and weapons to Israel There are no recorded public statements, positions, or actions by Elbert Bartell regarding U.S. military aid or weapons shipments to Israel.

### Rhetoric and lobbying There are no recorded public statements or actions by Elbert Bartell regarding Israel-related political rhetoric or lobbying.

Sources consulted and read (2)

Not found

  • No position located on U.S. weapons, arms sales or military funding for the government of Israel.
  • No position located on U.S. aid to Palestinians, UNRWA or Gaza humanitarian funding.
  • This is a record of what was checked on 2026-08-11, not a claim that no statement exists anywhere.

Also in this race

  1. ? Jon Ossoff (Democrat)
  2. ✗ Mike Collins (Republican)
  3. ? Christina Clement (write-in) (Republican)

All Georgia candidates.

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