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

Jim Casha

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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.

No position located for Casha on U.S. weapons or money for the government of Israel, or on U.S. aid to Palestinians. The one statement an initial search attributed to him turns out, on reading the source, to belong to a candidate for a university board in the same voter guide.

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Your record on weapons and funding for the government of Israel [ref: mi8-casha]

Dear Jim Casha,

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 vote against further weapons and funding for the government of Israel, or for enforceable conditions on that support?

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

Respectfully,
[Your name]

Deep Dive

Casha is the Green Party candidate in Michigan’s 8th District, nominated at the party’s convention in April 2026. He is a retired civil engineering construction inspector whose signature campaign issue across several runs has been foetal alcohol spectrum disorders.

The one statement an initial search attributed to him is not his. It reported that in a 2014 League of Women Voters guide he opposed spending federal money on military operations abroad after the "Israeli assault on Gaza". The guide was read in full: that passage sits in its University of Michigan Regents section, answering a question about tuition and university investments. Casha’s own entry, in the U.S. Senate section, is biographical.

You are better placed to change that than we are. Ask Casha directly, or at a candidate forum, and send us the reply: it goes on this page in their own words, which is worth more than anything we could write about them.

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

**An initial search’s one in-scope claim is a misattribution, established on checking.** It reported that on 2014-11-04, in a League of Women Voters candidate guide, Casha opposed spending federal resources on military operations abroad after the "Israeli assault on Gaza and other parts of Palestine" and argued for redirecting money to education. The 2014 guide was downloaded and its text extracted. Findings:

- The quoted passage reads in full: "I can push for dealing with unions in a more pro-union way; for taking a position against spending U.S. tax money on financing the Israeli assault on Gaza and other parts of Palestine. We need to spend more of our resources on education." It appears in the guide's **University of Michigan Regents** section, in an answer that also discusses tuition, recruiting students of colour, and university investments tied to the occupation of Palestine. The phrases "I can push for" and university investment are a university board candidate's, not a congressional candidate's. - **Casha's own entry is elsewhere in the document**, under "US Senate, Vote For Not More Than 1, Six Year Term", and reads: "JIM CASHA, Green. Campaign Website: www.CashaforCongress.us. Occupation / Current Position: Abolitionist/Activist & Candidate for Congress. Construction Inspector. Education: B.S Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Detroit." No Israel, Gaza or foreign aid content appears in it. - Note also that this places him as a **2014 U.S. Senate** candidate, while an initial search describes him as having run for this House seat in 2014. Excluded from the card and the deep dive as a position of his.

2026 [Current position]: An initial search’s own verdict for the current cycle: "No known personal public statements or actions specifically addressing U.S. military aid or weapons shipments to Israel have been made by Casha during his 2026 campaign."

U.S. aid to Palestinians

Nothing located.

Characterization of the conflict

An initial search attributed the "Israeli assault on Gaza and other parts of Palestine" phrasing to him as a characterization. It is from the same misattributed passage and is excluded for the same reason. Its own verdict for 2026: no statement identified.

Rhetoric and lobbying

Nothing located. An initial search’s verdict: no statements or actions on Israel-related lobbying organisations or rhetoric.

Safety and antisemitism

Nothing located.

Sources consulted and read

The 2014 League of Women Voters guide, listed twice in the sources, read directly. It names him, in the Senate section, biographically.
A 2024 League of Women Voters Midland-area guide, which an initial search records as not naming him in the text we could read.
A CTV News London profile published 2024-10-10, which an initial search cites for biography and not for any position on this question.
His Ballotpedia page, the MI-08 Ballotpedia page and the district's Wikipedia 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 2026-08-11, not a claim that no statement exists anywhere.

Also in this race

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– Thomas J. Smith (Republican)
– C. Mia Pettus (Libertarian)
– Kathy Goodwin (Other)

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