But What Can You Do? tracks where 2026 candidates stand on U.S. weapons and funding for the government of Israel. How we check
Todd Achilles
Independent · U.S. Senate, Idaho
–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.
Achilles 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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4 sources checked and read, every one listed on the research page. Most candidates at this level have simply never been asked.
You are better placed to change that than we are. Ask Achilles directly, or at a candidate forum, and send us the reply: it goes on this page in their own words, which is worth more than anything we could write about them.
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.
Verification, 2026-08-12: checked, and the absence holds
An initial search reported that in a candidate questionnaire published on November 5, 2024 he "did not answer questions regarding the U.S. relationship with Israel or Middle Eastern foreign policy". His iVoterGuide entry was rendered and read in full, 1,109 words. It is his own profile, for **Idaho State Representative, District 16B**.
The question "Is the United States' relationship with Israel important, and if so why?" is present and recorded "Did not answer". So are 34 other items on the form, and **not one question on it has a substantive answer**. He returned it blank.
So this stays an absence card, for the same reason as nv-gov-ford-2: a blank form is not a position, and it is not a refusal about this subject either.
The generated record, kept
Everything below comes from an initial search’s own notes, and is kept unchanged so that what was looked for, and what came back, stays on the record.
What was looked for, and what came back
**U.S. military aid and weapons to Israel:** There is no public record, official platform position, or statement from Todd Baker Achilles regarding U.S. military aid, weapons transfers, or defense assistance to Israel.
**Characterization of the conflict:** There is no public record or official statement from Todd Baker Achilles taking a stance on or characterizing the Israel/Palestine conflict.
**Rhetoric and lobbying:** There is no public record or statement from Todd Baker Achilles regarding Israel-related lobbying groups, foreign advocacy, or political rhetoric concerning Israel.
**Safety and antisemitism:** There is no public record or statement from Todd Baker Achilles addressing antisemitism, hate crimes, or safety measures for Jewish communities.
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 is no public record, official platform position, or statement from Todd Baker Achilles regarding U.S. military aid, weapons transfers, or defense assistance to Israel.
### Characterization of the conflict There is no public record or official statement from Todd Baker Achilles taking a stance on or characterizing the Israel/Palestine conflict. In a candidate questionnaire published on November 5, 2024, for his state legislative campaign, Achilles did not answer questions regarding the U.S. relationship with Israel or Middle Eastern foreign policy.
### Rhetoric and lobbying There is no public record or statement from Todd Baker Achilles regarding Israel-related lobbying groups, foreign advocacy, or political rhetoric concerning Israel.
Sources consulted and read (4)
wikipedia.org (published 2024-03-17) [does not name the candidate in the text we could read]
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