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

Nathan M. Berning

Other · U.S. House, Hawaii District 1
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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 Berning taking a position on U.S. weapons or money for the government of Israel, or on U.S. aid to Palestinians. An independent running in a four-way general election, his campaign runs on poverty and economic freedom and does not reach foreign policy.

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Deep Dive

Berning is a nonpartisan candidate in Hawaii’s 1st District’s four-way general election.

His own material was read: his campaign site, retrieved directly (an address the research did not offer, found by search) argues that poverty takes away choices and that America should make it easier for people to do the right thing. Israel, Gaza and foreign policy appear nowhere in it, and no interview or statement of his was located that reaches these questions. The research’s whole located record for him is a single reference profile, which is stated here so the thinness of the search is visible rather than hidden.

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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.

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. No tracked funding badge appears because no committee support is recorded for him.

Safety and antisemitism (context)

  • Nothing located.

Where the absence was checked

  • [Consulted, read 2026-08-21] His campaign site, retrieved: poverty and economic-freedom themes, no Israel/Gaza/foreign-policy content. The research offered only Ballotpedia; the site was found by search, and we checked it ourselves.

Race and status context

  • Nonpartisan candidate in a four-way general election against the sitting member, a Republican and a Green; their cards carry their own records. He has held no office, so there are no recorded votes on this card.

Also in this race

  1. ✗ Ed Case (Democrat)
  2. – Adriel C. Lam (Republican)
  3. – Jordan S. Conley (Green)

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