But What Can You Do? tracks where 2026 candidates stand on U.S. weapons and funding for the government of Israel. How we check
Michael Minogue
Republican · Governor, Massachusetts
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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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Minogue built and ran Abiomed, the Danvers heart-pump company later bought by Johnson & Johnson, and served as an Army infantry officer during Operation Desert Storm. He won the Republican primary for governor on September 1, 2026 and faces Gov. Maura Healey in November.
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Research log
The notes behind this card: what we looked at, what we found, and where each item came from.
One search was read as a lead list for this card, run 2026-09-04, and every page cited below was opened and read on 2026-09-04 unless marked otherwise. Bands: Position (2024-01-26 onward), Reaction window (2023-10-07 to 2024-01-25), Earlier record (before 2023-10-07), Undated. A Massachusetts governor casts no federal votes, so there is no vote record to restate.
U.S. military aid and weapons to Israel
Nothing located. No statement, interview answer, platform line or questionnaire response by Michael Minogue on U.S. military aid or weapons for the government of Israel was found. The search queries were: "Mike Minogue" "Foundation to Combat Antisemitism"; "Mike Minogue" OR "Michael Minogue" Israel; Michael Minogue governor Massachusetts 2026; "Mike Minogue" OR "Michael Minogue" antisemitism. A further search on 2026-09-04 for his name with Israel, Gaza, Palestinian and antisemitism, and for the Republican primary debates with Israel or foreign policy, returned nothing new.
[Position, read 2026-09-04] His campaign's platform page, "We Can Do Better", has four headings: Accountability (an audit of the Legislature, state debt, the $62 billion budget), Affordability (taxes, energy and utility costs, housing, the MBTA Communities Act and Net Zero mandate), Opportunity (jobs, regulation, healthcare spending, the federal tax-credit scholarship program) and Keep Communities Safe (immigration enforcement, constitutional rights, girls' sports). Nothing on foreign policy, Israel, Gaza or foreign aid. The homepage, Meet Mike and In The News pages were also read: nothing on the subject.
[Position, 2025-11-25] WBUR's "We asked, they answered" interview covers immigration, his strategy against Gov. Healey, his past support for President Trump and federal funding cuts to Massachusetts. Nothing on Israel, Gaza or foreign aid.
[Position, 2026-08-14] The Swampscott Tides profile (Monica Sager) covers costs, the state budget, an audit of the Legislature and his business record. Nothing on the subject.
[Position, read 2026-09-04] Ballotpedia records that he has not completed its 2026 Candidate Connection survey; the campaign-website text it reproduces (dated August 28, 2026) is the platform above.
[Undated; read 2026-09-04] An iSideWith page titled "Mike Minogue's policy on Israel" says: "This candidate has not responded to our request to answer this question yet." The answer it displays to "Should the U.S. continue to support Israel?" is labelled the Republican Party's answer, not his. A third party's inference; research page only.
U.S. aid to Palestinians
Nothing located on UNRWA, Gaza humanitarian funding or the aid pipeline.
Characterization of the conflict
Nothing located from Minogue characterizing the conflict.
[Position, 2026-03-02] Not this topic, recorded because a reader may look for it: after the U.S. strikes on Iran, GBH reported his statement that he and his wife Renee were praying for military servicemembers and "pray that these actions bring greater stability to the region and create an opportunity for the Iranian people to seize their own future free of tyranny," and quoted two further passages from the statement: "Having served overseas myself, I understand the burden our troops carry and the sacrifice shared by their families at home," and "When America acts, it carries enormous responsibility. Our service members execute difficult missions with courage and professionalism in defense of our national security and the cause of freedom." Israel, Gaza and Palestinians are not mentioned. Iran material stays out of the card summary.
Related rhetoric and lobbying
Nothing located: no statement on lobbying organizations, endorsements sought or refused, or anti-boycott legislation.
Safety and antisemitism (context, not a position on what America sends)
[Position, read 2026-09-04] His campaign biography says the Michael & Renee Minogue Foundation, established in 2015, "has since donated over $10M to support faith-based education, military veterans, healthcare innovation and causes for children," and lists the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism among its grantees, with the Catholic Schools Foundation, the West Point Association of Graduates, MedTechVets, the Patriots Foundation, Boston Children's Cardiac Surgery and others. The Swampscott Tides (2026-08-14) repeats the list. No amount or date is given for that grant, and he is not quoted about it.
Earlier finding, preserved
Checked 2026-07-18: "checked campaign site and news; no stance found on sending weapons/money to Israel."
Not on the card, and why
The Iran statement (March 2026): not this topic; kept out of the card summary by standing rule and quoted above.
The iSideWith page: a third party's display of a party position under his name, with its own note that he has not answered; not his words.
The Foundation to Combat Antisemitism grant: context, not a position; one sentence in the deep dive, nothing on the front.
The card leads with his platform rather than the federal question because a governor does not decide U.S. weapons or money; the federal sentence closes the front.
Sources read for this card (address; opened or could not open; date read)
https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/11/25/massachusetts-governor-candidate-mike-minogue (opened; 2026-09-04; published 2025-11-25)
https://swampscotttides.org/news/meet-the-candidates-mike-minogue-governor/ (opened; 2026-09-04; published 2026-08-14)
https://www.wgbh.org/news/politics/2026-03-02/mass-gop-candidates-call-for-trump-to-talk-to-congress-about-iran-strikes (opened; 2026-09-04; published 2026-03-02)
https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/09/01/massachusetts-gop-governor-primary-minogue-shortsleeve (opened; 2026-09-04; published 2026-09-01)
https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2026/09/01/minogue-defeats-gop-rival-shortsleeve-setting-up-clash-with-healey/ (opened; 2026-09-04; published the evening of 2026-09-01)
https://insideelections.com/person/mike-minogue/ (opened; 2026-09-04; a race-rating page, identity only)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/combat-veteran-turned-ceo-has-new-mission-flip-governors-office-blue-state (opened; 2026-09-04; published 2025-10-01; campaign-launch profile, nothing on the subject)
This is a record of what was checked on 2026-09-04, not a claim that no statement exists anywhere.
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