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

Mark Alford

Republican · U.S. House, Missouri District 4
✗Supported sending weapons or funding in 6 of 6 tracked votes

Alford said in October 2024 that the United States must "stand shoulder-to-shoulder" with Israel "and ensure that they have the time, space, and resources needed to wipe out Hamas."

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Deep Dive

Alford has represented Missouri's 4th District since 2023.

His statement on the first anniversary of the October 7 attacks is his clearest in the position band: "On this solemn day, we reaffirm America's commitment to our great ally Israel. We must stand shoulder-to-shoulder with them in this fight and ensure that they have the time, space, and resources needed to wipe out Hamas." He also said: "We were sickened by the devastating attack on Israel by the Iran-backed terrorist group Hamas one year ago. These vicious terrorists butchered innocent people, murdering men, women, and children."

The same release records that he had visited Israel in April 2024 and published a video of the trip, and that he planned to return.

In October 2024 he told Missourinet that Israel's operations in Gaza and Lebanon were a fight against Iranian proxies and that Israel has every right to defend itself. That outlet could not be opened, so the wording is the research summary's rather than a verified quotation.

His recorded votes appear as badges on this card and are consistent with those statements.

The record

Supported sending weapons or funding in 6 of 6 tracked votes

Committees

House Committee on Appropriations

Floor votes
H.R. 6126 - Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act2023-11-02 · Passed 226-196
✗ Voted Yes
supported sending it
H.R. 8034 - Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 20242024-04-20 · Passed 366-58
✗ Voted Yes
supported sending it
H.R. 8369 - Israel Security Assistance Support Act2024-05-16 · Passed 224-187
✗ Voted Yes
supported sending it
H.R. 7217 - Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 20242024-02-06 · Failed 250-180 (needed 2/3 under suspension)
✗ Voted Yes
supported sending it
H.Amdt. 55 to H.R. 4016 - strike $500M for Israeli Cooperative Programs2025-07-18 · Failed 6-422 (only 6 voted to cut)
✗ Voted No
voted against limiting it
H.R. 8595 - Massie amendment (Part A No. 8) to bar FY27 funds for Israel and cut $3.3B in Foreign Military Financing2026-07-15 · Failed 104-314
✗ Voted No
voted against limiting it
Bill sponsorship
H.R. 3565 - Block the Bombs ActWould bar transfer of 2,000-lb/BLU-109 bunker busters, JDAMs, 120mm tank rounds, and 155mm artillery shells to Israel. Does not affect Iron
Not sponsoringhas not backed this restriction bill
H.R. 1229 - United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025Formalizes/expands bilateral defense cooperation with Israel.
Not sponsoringhas not backed this support bill
Notable actions

• Vote record imported from official House Clerk roll calls for H.R. 6126, H.R. 8034, and H.R. 8369. Other position fields remain under investigation.

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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Voted to send weapons or funding in more than half of their recorded tracked votes. (Supported sending weapons or funding in 6 of 6 tracked votes.)

The money

$20K in lifetime support from the five lobbying groups we track

Lifetime support from the five lobbying groups we track
AIPAC PAC: $20,000
Support-only OpenFEC data (as of 2026-10-03). Opposition independent expenditures are excluded.
Who these lobbying groups are
AIPAC$20,000The American Israel Public Affairs Committee; its PAC backs candidates it sees as strengthening U.S. ties with the government of Israel, including continued U.S. military aid.Direct contributions and independent expenditures supporting this candidate from the five lobbying groups we track, every cycle each has filed, through 2026. Excludes earmarked and conduit contributions.
Endorsed by AIPAC
AIPACThe American Israel Public Affairs Committee; its PAC backs candidates it sees as strengthening U.S. ties with the government of Israel, including continued U.S. military aid.These endorsements come from groups that back sending U.S. weapons and funding to the government of Israel.

In their words

“On this solemn day, we reaffirm America's commitment to our great ally Israel. We must stand shoulder-to-shoulder with them in this fight and ensure that they have the time, space, and resources needed to wipe out Hamas.”
Source ↗, 2024-10-07
Endorsements

AIPAC (2026 endorsement)

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, 2024-10-07] His one-year-anniversary statement, opened and confirmed word for word: "On this solemn day, we reaffirm America's commitment to our great ally Israel. We must stand shoulder-to-shoulder with them in this fight and ensure that they have the time, space, and resources needed to wipe out Hamas." The release's own framing describes the attack as "the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust" and records that he released a video of his April 2024 trip to Israel and planned to return.
  • [Position, 2024-04-15, reported] Criticised the administration's position against participating in retaliatory action against Iran and restated support for U.S. military assistance and defence capability for Israel. Sources are a Fox Business clip and an undated newsletter; not readable.
  • [After October 7, 2023-10-10] Endorsed the deployment of the USS Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group to the eastern Mediterranean (KWOS). From the weeks right after October 7; not used on the card. Not opened.
  • [After October 7, 2023-11] On Fox Business, argued for a standalone Israel aid package separate from Ukraine aid. From the weeks right after October 7, and the source is a video.
  • His recorded votes appear as badges on this card.

U.S. aid to Palestinians

  • No statement or documented position located.

Characterization of the conflict

  • [Position, 2024-10-07] "We were sickened by the devastating attack on Israel by the Iran-backed terrorist group Hamas one year ago. These vicious terrorists butchered innocent people, murdering men, women, and children" (confirmed verbatim, above).
  • [Position, 2024-10-04] Missourinet reports him framing Israel's operations in Gaza and Lebanon as a fight against Iranian proxies and saying Israel has every right to defend itself. **That host served 548 bytes to every request **, so it could not be read; the wording is summarised rather than quoted anywhere on this record.
  • [After October 7, 2023-10-10] As reported, called Hamas a terrorist organisation that "needs to be eradicated" and named Iran as the backer of the attacks. From the weeks right after October 7.

Related rhetoric and lobbying

  • [Position, 2024-04] Congressional delegation visit to Israel, with a video published on his return (recorded in the confirmed release above).
  • [After October 7, 2023-11, reported] On Newsmax, described campus demonstrations about the war as "not free speech but hate speech." From the weeks right after October 7, and the source is a video; not quoted.

Safety and antisemitism (context)

  • Covered by the campus-demonstration remark above, which is context under the content rule rather than an answer about U.S. weapons or funding.

Note on sources

  • Of thirteen sources found, four are unlabelled YouTube videos, three are undated `alford.house.gov/news/email/show.aspx` newsletters, two are duplicated Fox Business clips and two are duplicates of the KWOS piece. One of the two readable dated items is on a host that served no content. The card rests on the single verified release.

Also in this race

  1. ✓ Jordan Herrera (Democrat)
  2. – KathleenMae Rogers (Independent)
  3. – Thomas Holbrook (Libertarian)

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