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

Steven Jacob

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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.

Nothing located in readable form has Jacob taking a position on U.S. weapons or money for the government of Israel, or on U.S. aid to Palestinians. A Facebook comment attributed to him reportedly demanded candidates condemn Israel and Netanyahu; its source does not open; research page.

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Your record on weapons and funding for the government of Israel [ref: ks1-jacob]

Dear Steven Jacob,

You're asking for my vote, and there is one question I can't find your answer to: should the United States keep sending weapons and funding to the government of Israel?

Your campaign hasn't said where you stand, and for many voters in this race it decides the vote. A short answer would help: will you vote against further weapons and funding for the government of Israel, or for enforceable conditions on that support?

I may share your answer publicly so other voters can see it.

Respectfully,
[Your name]

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Deep Dive

Jacob is the Libertarian nominee in Kansas’s 1st District’s three-way general election.

The one item the research found is a March 2026 Facebook comment, reportedly asking of Kansas candidates "Anybody condemn Israel? Criticizing Trump isn’t enough" and saying Prime Minister Netanyahu "needs to be publicly condemned". The source is a comment thread on a news outlet’s post that does not open for us, so the wording is as our research recorded it, kept on the research page, unconfirmed. If verified it would be a sharp condemnation demand, which is why it is flagged rather than dropped.

A district newsletter’s race coverage and his Ballotpedia profile carry race facts only; our research’s disambiguation separated him from a Minnesota legislator of the same name. Ask Jacob directly and send us the reply: it goes on this page in his own words.

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

Nothing located in readable form.

U.S. aid to Palestinians

Nothing located.

Characterization of the conflict

[Position, 2026-03-08, unopenable source, reported] The Facebook comment demanding candidates "condemn Israel" and publicly condemn Prime Minister Netanyahu; a comment on a news outlet’s post, unopenable; our research. Comment-thread attributions are the weakest source class we use; even the account identity is unverified. It is not yet confirmed.

Related rhetoric and lobbying

Nothing located. No tracked funding badge appears because no committee support is recorded for him.

Safety and antisemitism (context)

Nothing located.

Identity notes

Distinct from Minnesota State Representative Steven Jacob (R); our research’s disambiguation held and nothing of the namesake’s is used.

Where the absence was checked

[Consulted] The district newsletter and Ballotpedia. Three other Facebook sources do not open; none is load-bearing. No campaign-site address was located.

Race and status context

Libertarian nominee in a three-way general election; the other cards carry their own records. He has held no office, so there are no recorded votes on this card.

Also in this race

✗ Tracey Mann (Republican)
? Lauren Reinhold (Democrat)

All Kansas candidates.