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

Antonio Wilson

Democrat · 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 Wilson taking a position on U.S. weapons or money for the government of Israel, or on U.S. aid to Palestinians. He completed a candidate survey in 2026 and it does not touch foreign policy.

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Deep Dive

Wilson is a Democratic candidate in Louisiana's 5th District, a business owner and contractor from Tallulah.

The absence here is documented rather than assumed. He completed a candidate survey in 2026, and it was read in full: local economic development, infrastructure, jobs and accountable government, with nothing on foreign policy of any kind. His campaign site was read through and carries nothing in scope either. A candidate who filled in the form and never reached the subject has told you where his attention is, though not where he stands.

What was checked to reach that conclusion is listed on this card's research page. You are better placed to get an answer than we are. Ask Wilson directly, or at a candidate forum, and send us the reply: it goes on this page in his own words.

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] His Ballotpedia profile. Opened and read in full. It records that he completed the 2026 candidate survey, and the survey's answers concern local economic development, infrastructure, jobs and accountable government. No mention of Israel, Gaza, Palestinians, foreign aid or foreign policy.

⚠ The questionnaire test cutting the useful way: he used the form rather than leaving it blank, so the silence on foreign policy is his rather than a gap in the guide's coverage. It is still not a position and nothing is inferred from it.

  • [Consulted, read 2026-08-20] His campaign site. Opened and read in full; nothing in scope. This is the own-site check the standing rule requires before a card rests on absence.
  • One further address was offered, https://www.facebook.com/100068976587403/posts/elect-wilson-for-congress-a-new-way-forward/1360743922901481/. It is an opaque numeric Facebook carrier, which under the standing rule must be resolved to an owner before use, and it returns 400 to our requests so it cannot be resolved. Treated as unread.
  • A further address, https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/la-court-of-appeal/2017031.html, was supplied as identity disambiguation. It concerns court proceedings involving a person of the same name and carries nothing in scope; nothing from it is used.

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.
  • He has held no federal office, so there are no recorded votes on this card.

Also in this race

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

All Louisiana candidates.

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