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

Tim Long

Other · U.S. Senate, Michigan
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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 as of September 2026 has Tim Long, the U.S. Taxpayers Party nominee, taking a position on U.S. weapons or money for the government of Israel, or on U.S. aid to Palestinians. Ballotpedia lists no campaign website for him, only a campaign Instagram account.

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Deep Dive

Tim Long is the U.S. Taxpayers Party's nominee for the U.S. Senate in Michigan, chosen at the party's convention in July 2026. Ballotpedia records that in 2024 he ran for the Wayne County Commission, and it lists a campaign Instagram account but no website and no questionnaire answers.

We found no statement from him on what the United States sends the government of Israel, or on U.S. aid to Palestinians. His Instagram account, "Tim Long for US Senator in Michigan", could not be read here beyond its name. An empty record carries no implication either way.

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The money

Checked the five lobbying groups we track; no direct 2026 support found

2026 support from the five lobbying groups we track
Nothing recorded (as of 2026-07-13) from the five lobbying groups we track; earlier cycles and earmarked donations not yet tracked.
Support-only OpenFEC data. Opposition independent expenditures are excluded.

Research log

The notes behind this card: what we looked at, what we found, and where each item came from.

Our research for this card began on 2026-08-11 and was brought up to date on 2026-09-26, when every page linked below was opened and read unless the entry says otherwise. Bands: Position (2024-01-26 onward), Reaction window (2023-10-07 to 2024-01-25), Earlier record (before 2023-10-07), Undated. Long has never held federal office, so none of the votes this site tracks is his, and he has no federal campaign committee on file.

U.S. military aid and weapons to the government of Israel

  • Nothing located at any date.

U.S. aid to Palestinians

  • Nothing located at any date.

Characterization of the conflict

  • Nothing located at any date.

Related rhetoric and lobbying

  • Nothing located at any date.

What the campaign site and own pages say

  • He has no campaign website that we found, and his Ballotpedia page lists none. It lists a "Campaign Instagram" and a "Personal Facebook", and says he has not completed Ballotpedia's 2026 Candidate Connection survey.
  • The campaign Instagram account is headed "Tim Long for US Senator in Michigan". Its posts could not be read without signing in, so nothing is taken from them.
  • The personal Facebook page Ballotpedia lists (facebook.com/tim.long.10611111) was not opened.
  • His party's candidate list, the U.S. Taxpayers Party of Michigan's, names him for U.S. Senate.
  • Michigan Advance's voter guide lists him among the minor-party candidates on the ballot and carries no statement from him.
  • News searches for his name with Israel, Gaza or AIPAC on 2026-09-26 returned nothing about him.

The race

  • Timothy Long (U.S. Taxpayers Party), Abdul El-Sayed (D), Mike Rogers (R), Douglas P. Marsh (G), Lydia Christensen (L) and Walter Kristy (Natural Law Party) are running in the general election on November 3, 2026, per Ballotpedia's race page. He advanced from the U.S. Taxpayers Party convention on July 18, 2026.
  • In 2024 he ran for Wayne County Commission District 14 and finished third, with 14.3 percent, per his Ballotpedia page.

Not found

  • No position located on U.S. weapons, arms sales or military funding for the government of Israel.
  • No position located on U.S. aid to Palestinians, UNRWA or Gaza humanitarian funding.
  • This is a record of what was checked on 2026-09-26, not a claim that no statement exists anywhere.

Also in this race

  1. ✓ Abdul El-Sayed (Democrat)
  2. ✗ Mike Rogers (Republican)
  3. ✓ Lydia Christensen (Libertarian)
  4. ✓ Douglas P. Marsh (Green)
  5. – Walter P. Kristy (Other)

All Michigan candidates.

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