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

Katy Tyndell

Democrat · U.S. House, Kansas District 4
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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 has Tyndell taking a position on U.S. weapons or money for the government of Israel, or on U.S. aid to Palestinians. Writing after a 2025 attack on Jewish worshippers abroad, she declared: "we reject antisemitism in all its forms—full stop".

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Deep Dive

Tyndell is the Democratic nominee in Kansas’s 4th District, nominated in the August 2026 primary.

Her one located piece of writing in this territory is a December 2025 newsletter essay, "Standing Against Hate", written after a shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney on the eve of Hanukkah: "You are not alone. We see you, we stand with you, and we reject antisemitism in all its forms—full stop. At a time when too many of our leaders are either too afraid or too willing to look the other way, Leading Kansas will not be silent." An antisemitism statement, not an aid position, and this card keeps the two distinct.

Nothing located has her addressing U.S. military aid, weapons, the conflict, or lobbying organizations. Ask Tyndell directly and send us the reply: it goes on this page in her 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.

In their words

“We see you, we stand with you, and we reject antisemitism in all its forms—full stop.”
Source ↗, 2025-12-16

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.

U.S. aid to Palestinians

  • Nothing located.

Characterization of the conflict

  • Nothing located.

Related rhetoric and lobbying

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

Safety and antisemitism (context)

  • [Position, 2025-12-16] Her Standing Against Hate essay, verified: the rejection quoted on the card, written after the Bondi Beach attack; the em dash inside the quote is her own punctuation.

Where the absence was checked

  • [Consulted] Her Ballotpedia profile; an outlet Facebook post does not open. No campaign-site address was located in the research record.

Race and status context

  • Democratic nominee in a three-way race against the sitting member. She has held no office, so there are no recorded votes on this card.

Also in this race

  1. ✗ Ron Estes (Republican)
  2. – Drew Cranmer (Libertarian)

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