But What Can You Do? tracks where 2026 candidates stand on U.S. weapons and funding for the government of Israel. How we check
Victoria Spartz
- Backed with $23K by PACs we track that support U.S. weapons funding for the government of Israel (lifetime)
- Endorsed by AIPAC
Spartz voted for every Israel aid bill and against the 2026 amendment to cut that aid, missing the other. Her aid-conditions statements concern Ukraine (lethal aid only, border security first), not Israel; nothing located has her addressing Israel aid or aid to Palestinians since the war’s first weeks.
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Deep Dive
Spartz represents Indiana’s 5th District and is the sitting member, the first Ukrainian-born member of Congress.
Her recorded votes on the tracked bills appear as badges on this card: for all four aid bills, against the 2026 Massie amendment, and a missed vote on the amendment striking cooperative-programs funding. What she has said about aid conditions is about Ukraine: reporting on her April 2024 position records her refusing Kyiv funding other than "only lethal aid" and conditioning packages on border security. The research presented that as an Israel-inclusive position; the cited page does not support that, and this card does not.
Her October 9, 2023 release urging Middle East allies to stand with Israel is on the research page. Her role in the 2023 vote removing Representative Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee is prior-band context on the research page.
Nothing located has her addressing U.S. aid to Palestinians at any date.
The record
Supported sending weapons or funding in 5 of 5 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 5 of 5 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
- Her recorded votes appear as badges on this card as the front states; the grounding for each sits in the record section.
- [Research sharpening, corrected] The April 2024 lethal-aid position was reported by the research as covering "allies including Israel"; the cited page is about Ukraine funding and the border condition, and never states an Israel aid position. The card carries what the page supports.
- [Reaction window, 2023-10-09] Her release urging Middle East allies to stand with Israel; title and date verified on her site. Not on the card summary.
U.S. aid to Palestinians
- Nothing located at any date.
Characterization of the conflict
- The October 2023 release above; in-window.
Related rhetoric and lobbying
- [Prior, 2023-02] Her vote to remove Representative Omar from Foreign Affairs, per contemporaneous coverage; prior band, rhetoric context.
- Tracked funding totals appear as a badge on this card. An adversary tracker keeps a page on her; nothing adopted. A hearing PDF and video sources were offered and not read or watched; nothing claimed.
Safety and antisemitism (context)
- Nothing located in the position band.
Race and status context
- Sitting member, nominated. Her Democratic challenger’s card carries its own record.
Also in this race
- –No Position Found J.D. Ford (Democrat)
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