But What Can You Do? tracks where 2026 candidates stand on U.S. weapons and funding for the government of Israel. How we check
Jonathan Chavez
Republican · U.S. House, Georgia District 13
–No Position Found
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.
Chavez 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 4 sources.
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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 2026-07-23) from the five lobbying groups we track; earlier cycles and earmarked donations not yet tracked.
Support-only OpenFEC data. Opposition independent expenditures are excluded.
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 is no public record of Jonathan Chavez making statements or taking actions regarding U.S. military aid, arms transfers, or defense assistance to Israel. Other material came back under this heading; it is set out in full below.
**Characterization of the conflict:** On May 24, 2022, in a candidate profile questionnaire conducted by iVoterGuide during his GA-04 campaign, Jonathan Chavez selected "Strongly Disagree" when asked if he supported the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement to pressure Israel to withdraw from occupied territories, remove the West Bank barrier, grant equal rights to Arab-Palestinian citizens, and promote Palestinian refugee rights. Other material came back under this heading; it is set out in full below.
**Rhetoric and lobbying:** There is no public record of Jonathan Chavez making statements or taking actions regarding Israel-related lobbying groups (such as AIPAC), legislation, or political rhetoric concerning Israel.
**Safety and antisemitism:** There is no public record of Jonathan Chavez making statements or taking actions regarding antisemitism, safety measures for Jewish communities, or related hate crime and security issues.
What else came back
The card's claim is about what the United States sends, and no position was found there. These sections returned material beyond a bare verdict. It is reproduced word for word so nothing found is lost; none of it is a position on U.S. weapons or money. Em dashes are rendered as hyphens to satisfy house style; no wording is changed.
### U.S. military aid and weapons to Israel There is no public record of Jonathan Chavez making statements or taking actions regarding U.S. military aid, arms transfers, or defense assistance to Israel. In a candidate questionnaire released ahead of the November 5, 2024 general election, Chavez left unanswered a prompt regarding whether the U.S. relationship with Israel is important and why.
### Characterization of the conflict On May 24, 2022, in a candidate profile questionnaire conducted by iVoterGuide during his GA-04 campaign, Jonathan Chavez selected "Strongly Disagree" when asked if he supported the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement to pressure Israel to withdraw from occupied territories, remove the West Bank barrier, grant equal rights to Arab-Palestinian citizens, and promote Palestinian refugee rights. Beyond his recorded opposition to BDS, there is no public record of Chavez making further statements characterizing the broader Israel/Palestine conflict.
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