Donna Brandenburg

Other · Governor of MI

Asked in a 2022 candidate questionnaire whether she supported the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement against Israel, Brandenburg selected "Choose not to answer". She answered most other questions on that form. No later statement has been located.

Brandenburg is a Michigan business owner who has run for governor before and is running again in 2026.

In her 2022 iVoterGuide candidate questionnaire she was asked whether she supported the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement to pressure Israel. She selected "Choose not to answer". Asked what the United States should do about Islamic terrorism, she is recorded as "Did not answer".

She answered most of the rest of that questionnaire, including on school choice, immigration and religious liberty, which is what makes the two non-answers a choice rather than an unreturned form. Nothing more recent has been located, and Michigan's governor has no role in federal aid or arms decisions.

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She gave substantive answers elsewhere on the same form, including "Strongly Agree" on school choice and on Judeo-Christian values, and an answer on immigration. So these are selective non-answers.

U.S. military aid and weapons to Israel

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The page above was rendered in a browser and read in full, 1,074 words, and is her own profile.

The gather cited a second iVoterGuide url for her, `ivoterguide.com/candidate/54295/race/8525/election/898`. That page is the profile of **Gary Mitchell**, a candidate for Michigan State Representative in District 42. It is not hers and nothing rests on it.

**Two quotations the gather attributed to her are not used.** It reported that in campaign questionnaires she said foreign interventions are "not our business" and that "we do not need to police the world". Neither phrase is on the verified page, so neither is published.

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### U.S. military aid and weapons to Israel Donna Brandenburg has not taken a detailed public stance or issued direct policy proposals specifically regarding U.S. military aid or weapons sales to Israel.

Her broader foreign policy stance aligns with a non-interventionist platform. In campaign questionnaires during her gubernatorial candidacies, she stated that foreign interventions are "not our business" and that "we do not need to police the world". However, when asked directly in candidate surveys about specific policies involving Israel (such as foreign policy choices or the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement), she selected "Choose not to answer".

### Characterization of the conflict There are no known public statements, policy positions, or speeches in which Brandenburg personally characterizes the broader Israel/Palestine conflict. While guest commentators on her online platform, the *Brandenburg News Network*, have discussed the region's conflict (such as in a November 2024 broadcast), Brandenburg herself has not released official candidate statements defining or taking a personal position on the conflict.

### Rhetoric and lobbying Brandenburg has not made formal candidate statements or taken specific actions regarding Israel-related lobbying or political rhetoric. In voter guide questionnaires, she declined to answer specific questions regarding the BDS movement and Israel-focused policy initiatives, adhering to her general campaign stance against U.S. involvement in foreign affairs.

### Safety and antisemitism Brandenburg has not published a formal public safety or policy platform specifically addressing antisemitism.

On June 19, 2026, she made a brief reference to the topic on her official campaign Telegram channel, writing about how the label "anti-Semitism" is utilized in political discourse, stating that "'Anti-Semitism' has become a universal override... Real anti-Semitism...". Beyond this social media post, she has not outlined explicit platform proposals regarding antisemitism or community safety measures for religious minorities.

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Also in this race: Jocelyn Benson (Democrat), Douglas Campbell (Green), Anthony Hudson (Libertarian), John James (Republican) · All Michigan candidates.

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