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

Jennifer Todd

Democrat · U.S. House, Illinois District 15
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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.

No position from Todd on U.S. weapons or money for Israel's government, or on U.S. aid to Palestinians, was located (source-checked research). Her 2026 voter-guide answers are about infrastructure and health care, with a general line on supporting allies and oversight of defense funding.

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Deep Dive

Todd is the Democratic candidate for Illinois's 15th District, running against Rep. Mary Miller.

The research found nothing from her on U.S. weapons or funding for Israel's government, nothing on U.S. aid to Palestinians, and nothing characterizing the conflict. Her WTTW voters' guide answers, read in full, are about the district: infrastructure, Community Project Funding, and health care costs in a district with about 700,000 residents. On foreign policy her general answer emphasized supporting allies and keeping defense funding subject to oversight and accountability, without naming Israel or any aid programme.

That is what the record shows, so the card says it plainly rather than stretching a general answer into a position.

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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

  • No position or personal statement located. The research's own summary was "Nothing found."
  • [Context, published 2026-08-12] Her WTTW 2026 voters' guide answers were read in full. Her stated priorities are infrastructure ("roads, bridges, water systems") and health care, including restoring Community Project Funding and price transparency. Her general foreign-policy answer, as reported, emphasized "supporting our allies" and oversight and accountability for defense funding; **Israel is not named anywhere in her answers.** Recorded so a reader can see what was checked rather than only that nothing was found.
  • She has no federal voting record.

U.S. aid to Palestinians

  • No statement or documented position found by the research.

Characterization of the conflict

  • No documented public statements, campaign materials or actions found.

Related rhetoric and lobbying

  • Nothing located.

Safety and antisemitism (context)

  • Nothing located.

Consulted

Also in this race

  1. ✗ Mary Miller (Republican)

All Illinois candidates.

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