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

Stephen Wagley

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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 Wagley taking a position on U.S. weapons or money for the government of Israel, or on U.S. aid to Palestinians. His own campaign site carries nothing on it, and he has not completed the candidate survey.

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Your record on weapons and funding for the government of Israel [ref: la6-wagley]

Dear Stephen Wagley,

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]

Deep Dive

Wagley is a Republican candidate in Louisiana's 6th District, an education executive who is chief operating officer of Delta College.

His campaign site was read straight through and carries nothing on Israel, Gaza, Palestinians, foreign aid or foreign policy. His Ballotpedia profile records that he has not completed that site's 2026 candidate survey, which is where the question would sit. Coverage of the ten-candidate field in this district carries nothing from him on these questions either.

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 Wagley 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 campaign site. Opened and read in full; no mention of Israel, Gaza, Palestinians, foreign aid or foreign policy. This is the own-site check the standing rule requires before a card rests on absence.
[Consulted, read 2026-08-20] His Ballotpedia profile. Opened; it records that he has not completed the 2026 candidate survey.
[Consulted, read 2026-08-20] Coverage of the district's ten-candidate field and coverage of qualifying. Both open and name him; nothing in scope.
⚠ **Name collision, recorded so it is never used.** Three addresses supplied under his name concern a scholar and managing editor of academic reference works: a university programme item, a document listing for an atlas of medieval Jewish history and a curriculum vitae listing. None is about this candidate. The second is squarely adjacent to this project's subject matter, which is what makes the collision worth writing out. Nothing from any of them is used.

Race and status context

Qualified on Louisiana's certified list for the all-candidate November election in the 6th District, with a December runoff between the top two if nobody clears half the vote. Ten 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

– Blake Miguez (Republican)
– Larry Davis III (Republican)
– Michael Mebruer (Republican)
? Monique Appeaning (Republican)
? Rick Edmonds (Republican)
– Chauna Banks (Democrat)
? Lindsay "Rubia" Garcia (Democrat)
– Patrick "Pat" Forbes (Democrat)
– Rufus Craig (Libertarian)

All Louisiana candidates.