Lindsay James
Nothing located has James taking a position on U.S. weapons or money for the government of Israel, or on U.S. aid to Palestinians. A Presbyterian minister who co-founded a peace institute, she carries the endorsement of J Street, a liberal pro-Israel group; her located record is interfaith peacebuilding, not policy.
James is the Democratic nominee in Iowa’s 2nd District, a state representative, House minority whip, and Presbyterian minister who won the June 2026 primary.
Her documented work near this subject is interfaith rather than legislative: she co-founded a college peace institute in Dubuque and has worked with interfaith bodies. J Street’s political arm endorses her, which is the organization’s act; she has no located statement adopting or rejecting its positions. When a February 2026 die-in at a district defense contractor over its Israel work put the question to the district’s candidates, she did not respond to the one outlet that asked.
Nothing located has her addressing U.S. military aid, weapons transfers, the conflict, or antisemitism in her own words. Ask James directly and send us the reply: it goes on this page in her own words.
Research
U.S. military aid and weapons to Israel
- Nothing located.
U.S. aid to Palestinians
- Nothing located.
Characterization of the conflict
- Nothing located in her own words. The Washington Reporter noted she did not respond to its request for comment on the February 2026 die-in; a non-response, recorded as that.
Related rhetoric and lobbying
- [Endorsement, read 2026-08-21] J Street PAC’s candidate page, retrieved; the endorser’s act, its positions not imputed to her.
- No tracked funding badge appears because no committee support is recorded for her.
Safety and antisemitism (context)
- Her interfaith-dialogue work (the Dubuque peace institute; engagement with interfaith bodies such as the Children of Abraham coalition) is background, not position material.
Where the absence was checked
- [Consulted] Her Ballotpedia profile, legislative profile, and the district coverage above. A survey profile was offered without in-scope answers. No campaign-site address was located in the research record.
Race and status context
- Democratic nominee in an open-seat race; her Republican opponent’s card carries its own record. Her state-house votes are outside this project’s tracked set.
Also in this race: Joe Mitchell (Republican) · All Iowa candidates.
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