Tom Barrett
Tom Barrett (R), first-term U.S. Representative for MI-7 (the competitive Lansing-area seat, in office since January 2025) and a 22-year U.S. Army veteran, has a thin public record specifically on U.S. military aid and weapons to the government of Israel. As a 2022 U.S. House candidate he described the U.S.-Israel relationship as 'one of the key alliances geopolitically in the world' and said any Israeli-Palestinian political settlement 'would have to originate from those that have the most at stake.' No statements dedicated to U.S. military aid/weapons to Israel, arms sales, conditioning aid, Gaza, UNRWA, boycott-divestment-sanctions/anti-boycott law, or Israel bonds were located on his official House site (barrett.house.gov), his campaign site, or in Ballotpedia/Wikipedia coverage for 2025-2026. His documented foreign-policy activity centers on Iran war powers rather than Israel aid: he introduced an Authorization for Use of Military Force to limit the 2026 U.S.-Iran conflict and has repeatedly voted to wind down those operations. His tracked floor positions (including the July 2026 vote on the amendment to eliminate U.S. military aid to Israel) and tracked committee-support totals are receipted on this record's keyVotes and funding blocks. STATUS/UNCERTAIN: Barrett is the incumbent and presumptive Republican nominee, but MI-7's Republican primary is scheduled for August 4, 2026 and had not yet occurred as of the 2026-07-24 access date, so his general-election nomination is not yet formally confirmed.
Tracked votes: backed sending weapons or funding in 2 of 2 recorded votes.
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