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

Austin Magee

Republican · U.S. House, Louisiana District 5
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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 Magee taking a position on U.S. weapons or money for the government of Israel, or on U.S. aid to Palestinians. One source names him, and it is a list of candidates who filed.

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Deep Dive

Magee is a Republican candidate in Louisiana's 5th District, a small business owner from Washington Parish.

This is the thinnest record in the Louisiana field. A single source was located that names him at all, local coverage of the candidates who filed in this district, and it is a list. No campaign website was located, no candidate survey has been completed under his name, and no interview, statement or campaign material was found on any subject, let alone these ones.

That is a fact about how little has been written about him rather than a finding about what he thinks. What was checked to reach that conclusion is listed on this card's research page. You are better placed to change it than we are. Ask Magee directly, or at a candidate forum, 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 2026-09-27) 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.

U.S. aid to Palestinians

  • Nothing located.

Characterization of the conflict

  • Nothing located.

Related rhetoric and lobbying

  • Nothing located.

Safety and antisemitism (context)

  • Nothing located.

Where the absence was checked

  • [Consulted, read 2026-08-20] Local coverage of the 5th District filings. Opened; it names him among those who filed and gives his occupation and parish. This is the only source located that names him.
  • No campaign website was located for him, and none is recorded in our records. The own-site check the standing rule requires could not be run, which is recorded rather than passed over.
  • No candidate survey response was located for him on either of the guides that several of his opponents in this state have completed.

Race and status context

  • Qualified on Louisiana's certified list for the all-candidate November election in the 5th District, with a December runoff between the top two if nobody clears half the vote. Nine candidates are on the ballot in this district, and his is the least documented record among them.
  • He has held no federal office, so there are no recorded votes on this card.

Also in this race

  1. – Gabe Firment (Republican)
  2. ✗ Michael Echols (Republican)
  3. – Misti Cordell (Republican)
  4. – Oscar "Omar" Dantzler (Republican)
  5. ? Stewart Cathey Jr. (Republican)
  6. – Antonio Wilson (Democrat)
  7. ? Dan McKay (Democrat)
  8. – Patricia "Pat" Moore (Democrat)

All Louisiana candidates.

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