But What Can You Do? tracks where 2026 candidates stand on U.S. weapons and funding for the government of Israel. How we check
Russ Fulcher
- Backed with $23K by PACs we track that support U.S. weapons funding for the government of Israel (lifetime)
- Endorsed by AIPAC
Fulcher voted for every Israel aid bill and against both amendments to cut aid to Israel. At a June 2026 town hall he called Israel a friend, saying that, with support from Israeli leaders, the U.S. is trying to wind down the $3.8 billion yearly aid agreement expiring in 2028.
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Deep Dive
Fulcher represents Idaho’s 1st District and is the sitting member.
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 most current framing came at a June 2026 telephone town hall: "They’re a friend, they’re another country that’s a friend, and you want to take care of your friends, our friends need to take care of you." The same report carries his most specific aid position: the roughly $3.8 billion-a-year agreement expires in 2028, and the United States, "with support from Israeli leaders", is trying to wind that support down, a wind-down framing few of his colleagues in this panel state out loud.
His support runs back to a 2019 pledge to be an outspoken proponent of the relationship and a 2019 co-sponsorship authorizing assistance through 2028. On antisemitism, The Jerusalem Post has carried his "shut it down" position, and he appears in coverage of the Idaho delegation’s campus-antisemitism letters.
Three statements the research offered ride on other people’s Facebook accounts so they are not used here. Nothing located has him addressing U.S. aid to Palestinians.
The record
Supported sending weapons or funding in 6 of 6 tracked votes
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
$23K in lifetime support from the five lobbying groups we track
In their words
AIPAC (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, 2026-06-04] The telephone town hall, verified: the friends quote and the MOU wind-down passage ("The U.S., with support from Israeli leaders, is trying to wind down that support, Fulcher said", the outlet’s attribution). The same report notes House Republicans preparing a resolution to end the yearly aid.
- [Prior, 2019-01] His JNS interview and the 2019 co-sponsorship of the Middle East security act; prior band.
U.S. aid to Palestinians
- Nothing located at any date.
Characterization of the conflict
- [Excluded, misattributed sources] An October 7, 2023 statement (a private individual’s Facebook page), a 2024 anniversary post (Senator Mullin’s account), and an October 2025 peace-deal characterization (Representative Dean’s account) are all cited to accounts that are not his. Another person’s page cannot carry his words; excluded entirely. The first two would be in-window or anniversary material besides.
Related rhetoric and lobbying
- Tracked funding totals appear as a badge on this card.
- His candidate-survey profile was consulted; no in-scope free-text answers were found there.
Safety and antisemitism (context)
- [Position] The Jerusalem Post’s "Shut it down" piece (title verified; body recorded but not confirmed) and Jewish Insider’s Idaho-delegation coverage.
Race and status context
- Sitting member, nominated. His Democratic challenger’s card carries its own record.
Also in this race
- ?Mixed Kaylee Peterson (Democrat)
- –Research Underway Sarah Zabel (Independent)
- –Research Underway Brendan J. Gomez (Other)
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