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

Anthony Hudson

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Hudson told WCMU in 2024 he would have voted against February 2024's border bill as carrying too much funding for Ukraine and Israel, while still supporting U.S. aid for the defense of Israel and opposing funds for other Middle East conflicts.

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Your record on weapons and funding for the government of Israel [ref: mi-gov-hudson]

Dear Anthony Hudson,

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 commit to opposing further weapons and funding for the government of Israel, and to using the powers of the office, including state contracts and public investments, consistently with that position?

I may share your answer publicly so other voters can see it.

Respectfully,
[Your name]

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Deep Dive

Hudson, a Grand Blanc Township trucking-company owner, entered the governor's race as a Republican and took the Libertarian nomination at the party's June 28, 2026 convention.

His one located position on this issue is from his 2024 House run, on WCMU's page: asked about the failed February 2024 comprehensive immigration bill, he said he would not have voted for it because it had too much funding for Ukraine and Israel and not enough for the border. In the same interview, per the station's reporting, he still believes in supporting the defense of Israel but does not want those funds extended to other potential conflicts in the Middle East. Both sentences are the reporter's account of his words; he is not directly quoted.

In late October 2025 he claimed Dearborn was enforcing "Sharia law" and called for an "American Crusade" march, suggesting National Guard deployment. On November 14, 2025, after visiting three mosques and spending time in Dearborn, he publicly apologized, said his claims were based on misinformation, canceled the march, and called for bringing communities together. That episode is about Michigan communities, not about what America sends; it is carried here as dated context with his own correction.

The record

Notable actions

• His campaign platform page, read in full on this date, sets out 21 planks: eliminating property tax, eliminating the state income tax, a part-time legislature, at-fault auto insurance, no solar or wind farms on state land, local control of energy siting, ending annual vehicle registration, ending renewable-energy mandates, natural gas, medical transparency and informed consent, the Second Amendment, economic development, infrastructure, abolishing the state transport department, no data centres or Flock cameras, immigration enforcement, parental rights, veterans and homelessness, school safety, affordable healthcare, mental health and child trafficking. Every one of them is a Michigan state matter; nothing on the page concerns U.S. weapons or U.S. money to the government of Israel, or U.S. aid to Palestinians.

• His Ballotpedia profile, opened and read in full on this date, contains no reference to Israel, Gaza, UNRWA, Palestinians or foreign aid of any kind.

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.

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

[Position, 2024-07-08] WCMU interview during his House run (page, read in full, 184KB): "When asked if he would have supported the failed comprehensive immigration bill from February, Hudson said he would not have voted for it. He says the bill had too much funding for Ukraine and Israel and not enough on the border itself." And: "Hudson said he still believes in supporting the defense of Israel but does not want to extend those funds to other potential conflicts in the Middle East." Both are the reporter's paraphrase; his only direct quotes on the page concern the border and Ukraine. The "federal foreign aid package" description in an earlier account is imprecise: the bill was the February 2024 border/immigration package.

U.S. aid to Palestinians

Nothing located.

Characterization of the conflict

[Position, 2024-07-08] Same interview: broadly characterized the U.S. as overly focused on global issues while domestic infrastructure decays (America First framing). No characterization of the Israel/Palestine conflict itself located.

Related rhetoric and lobbying

Nothing located.

Safety and antisemitism (context)

[Position, 2025-10, reported] Claimed Dearborn was enforcing "Sharia law"; called for an "American Crusade" march; suggested deploying the Michigan National Guard.
[Position, 2025-11-14] Public apology after visiting three Dearborn mosques: claims were based on misinformation; canceled the march; called for community unity (Arab American News; a Metro Times source returned 403; two Facebook sources returned 400).

Race context

[Position, 2026-06-28] Secured the Libertarian nomination at the state convention (Dave Bondy News, Ballotpedia), CBS Detroit profile).

Also in this race

? Jocelyn Benson (Democrat)
✗ John James (Republican)
– Douglas Campbell (Green)
– Donna Brandenburg (Other)

All Michigan candidates.