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

Gene Douglass

Republican · U.S. House, North Carolina District 2
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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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Two reviewers, reading the public record as a whole, agree: Answering an August 2026 voter-guide question, he calls Israel "an important ally in the Middle East, vital for our national defense", without saying where he stands on U.S. weapons and funding for the government of Israel. Reviewed by hand on 2026-10-09. This candidate has no recorded tracked floor votes.

Asked whether the U.S. relationship with Israel is important, Douglass answered that Israel is "an important ally in the Middle East, vital for our national defense." No position on U.S. weapons or funding for Israel was located. Ask him.

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Deep Dive

Douglass is the Republican candidate for North Carolina's 2nd District.

His one located statement is an iVoterGuide questionnaire answer. Asked "Is the United States' relationship with Israel important, and if so why?", he wrote in full: "Yes, because Israel is the state of the Jewish people, and many US Citizens live there or have relatives there. It is also an important ally in the Middle East, vital for our national defense."

That is a statement about why the relationship matters. It says nothing about what the United States should send, or on what terms.

He has no federal voting record, and only three sources were located for him in total, two of them the same questionnaire.

What is not on the record is any position on U.S. weapons or funding for the government of Israel, on conditioning assistance, or on U.S. aid to Palestinians.

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

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 2026-07-23) from the five lobbying groups we track; earlier cycles and earmarked donations not yet tracked.
Support-only OpenFEC data. Opposition independent expenditures are excluded.

In their words

“Yes, because Israel is the state of the Jewish people, and many US Citizens live there or have relatives there. It is also an important ally in the Middle East, vital for our national defense.”
Source ↗, 2026-08-12

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

  • No position located on U.S. weapons transfers, funding measures or conditioning assistance.
  • [Position, read 2026-08-12] iVoterGuide questionnaire, opened and confirmed word for word. Question: "Is the United States' relationship with Israel important, and if so why?" His entire answer: "Yes, because Israel is the state of the Jewish people, and many US Citizens live there or have relatives there. It is also an important ally in the Middle East, vital for our national defense." Undated form, read at this date. He answered other questions on the same form at greater length, so this is the full extent of what he chose to say here.
  • He has no federal voting record.

U.S. aid to Palestinians

  • No statement or documented position located.

Characterization of the conflict

  • [Position, read 2026-08-12] Israel as "the state of the Jewish people" and "an important ally in the Middle East" (confirmed verbatim, above). Nothing located on the war in Gaza, on Palestinian statehood, or on the conduct of either side.

Related rhetoric and lobbying

  • Nothing located.

Safety and antisemitism (context)

  • Nothing located beyond the questionnaire answer's reference to Israel as the state of the Jewish people.

Consulted

  • Three sources in total: the iVoterGuide questionnaire, cited twice, and his FEC candidate filing. This is a thin source set, and the card reflects that rather than stretching the one answer he gave.

Also in this race

  1. ? Deborah K. Ross (Democrat)
  2. – Matthew Laszacs (Libertarian)

All North Carolina candidates.

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