But What Can You Do? tracks where 2026 candidates stand on U.S. weapons and funding for the government of Israel. How we check
Zachary Nunn
- Backed with $28K by PACs we track that support U.S. weapons funding for the government of Israel (lifetime)
- Endorsed by AIPAC +1 more
Nunn voted for every Israel aid bill and against both amendments to cut that aid. A first-anniversary statement says he championed the aid act to “assist our strongest ally in the Middle East as they fight Hamas and other militant groups”. Nothing located on U.S. aid to Palestinians.
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Deep Dive
Nunn represents Iowa’s 3rd District and is the sitting member, an Air Force intelligence veteran.
His recorded votes on the tracked bills appear as badges on this card, all on the support side, including votes against both amendments to cut aid to Israel. His October 2024 statement, "Nunn Stands Tirelessly with Israel", lists championing the Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act to "assist our strongest ally in the Middle East as they fight Hamas and other militant groups"; the same page’s missile-defense specifics stay on the research page. In September 2025 Jewish Insider covered his push to expand U.S.-Israel defense-technology cooperation.
His rhetoric record runs from a July 2023 "unwavering support" statement to a November 2024 release titled "Antisemitism isn’t welcome." Iran sanctions bills he has introduced stay on the research page.
Nothing located has him addressing U.S. humanitarian aid for Palestinians at any date.
The record
Supported sending weapons or funding in 6 of 6 tracked votes
• Vote record imported from official House Clerk roll calls for H.R. 6126, H.R. 8034, and H.R. 8369. Other position fields remain under investigation.
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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Voted to send weapons or funding in more than half of their recorded tracked votes. (Supported sending weapons or funding in 6 of 6 tracked votes.)
The money
$28K in lifetime support from the five lobbying groups we track
In their words
AIPAC (2026 endorsement) · Republican Jewish Coalition (2026 endorsement)
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
- His recorded votes appear as badges on this card, all support-side; the grounding for each sits in the record section.
- [Position, 2024-10-07] His first-anniversary statement, verified: the championing passage quoted on the card, with Iron Dome replenishment named in the same sentence; defensive-systems detail stays off the front. The page also lists an amendment against Iranian oil revenue (Iran material, kept here).
- [Position, 2025-09] Jewish Insider on his U.S.-Israel defense-technology push, retrieved and naming him throughout.
- [Position, 2025-07-18, own release] FY26 defense appropriations support citing $500 million for Israeli missile defense; defensive-systems detail, research page only.
- [Reaction window, 2023-10-11] Co-sponsorship of the Iron Dome restock act. Not on the card summary; it also concerns defensive systems.
U.S. aid to Palestinians
- Nothing located at any date.
Characterization of the conflict
- [Prior, 2023-07-18] His "unwavering support" statement. Prior band.
- [Reaction window, 2023-10] Iowa-reaction coverage carries his condemnations. Not on the card summary.
Related rhetoric and lobbying
- [Position, 2025-04-01] His maximum-pressure Iran sanctions bill; Iran material, research page only.
- Tracked funding totals appear as a badge on this card. The Republican Jewish Coalition’s newsletter features him; the committee’s own page.
- Two posts on his own account have addresses too long to retrieve reliably that do not open; neither is load-bearing.
Safety and antisemitism (context)
- [Position, 2024-11-22] His "Antisemitism isn’t welcome." release, verified by title and page; body detail recorded but not confirmed.
Race and status context
- Sitting member, nominated, in a competitive district. His Democratic challenger’s card carries its own record.
Also in this race
- –No Position Found Sarah Trone Garriott (Democrat)
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