Mike Flood
Flood voted for every tracked aid bill and against both amendments to cut aid to Israel, saying in April 2024 “it’s long overdue for America to step up and provide much-needed aid to our friend and ally”. At a July 2026 town hall he said “antisemitism is running rampant”.
Flood has represented Nebraska’s 1st District since 2022. His six recorded votes on the tracked bills, for all four aid measures and against both amendments to cut aid to Israel, appear as badges on this card.
His own releases carry the positions. Voting for the $17.6 billion Israel Security Supplemental in February 2024 and backing the April 2024 foreign-aid package, where he said "It’s long overdue for America to step up and provide much-needed aid to our friend and ally as they continue to root out this evil." In a 2022 iVoterGuide questionnaire, a prior cycle, he wrote "First and foremost we must continue to be strong in our support of the State of Israel."
At a July 2026 Lincoln town hall he addressed civilian casualties directly: operations "should be conducted in a way that respects civilian populations, when they are embedded in Gaza City, at times that was very difficult to separate those two things", and declared "antisemitism is running rampant" while distinguishing disagreement with Israeli policy from anti-Jewish bigotry.
He hosted an Omaha rabbi for Prime Minister Netanyahu’s July 2024 address, traveled to Israel in 2025 on an AIPAC-affiliated delegation, defended that support at a Bellevue town hall in July 2026, on video a volunteer watched, and in February 2026 said the University of Nebraska-Lincoln should “stand against the slander and bigotry” of divestment movements.
Nothing located has him addressing U.S. aid to Palestinians as a distinct question.
Tracked votes: backed sending U.S. weapons or funding to the government of Israel in 6 of 6 recorded votes.
Research
U.S. military aid and weapons to Israel
- His recorded votes appear as badges on this card: Yes on all four tracked aid bills, No on both amendments to cut aid to Israel.
- [Position, 2024-02-06] His release on the $17.6 billion supplemental vote, verified.
- [Position, 2024-04-20] His release on the foreign-aid package, verified and quoted on the card.
- [Context, 2024-12-11] His NDAA release highlighting joint exercises and cooperative missile-defense funding; defensive-systems detail held off the front.
U.S. aid to Palestinians
- Nothing located as a distinct position at any date.
Characterization of the conflict
- [Position, 2026-07-28] The Lincoln town hall, verified: civilian-populations and intelligence-partners remarks, quoted in the deep dive.
- Two October 2023 statements are off the card.
Related rhetoric and lobbying
- [Action, 2024-07-24] Hosting Rabbi Abraham for the Netanyahu address, verified.
- [Action, 2025] The AIEF delegation to Israel, verified via Jewish Insider’s trip report naming him.
- [Statement, 2026-07-08, watched by a volunteer] His Bellevue town-hall defense of AIPAC support and Israel, a Courier Nebraska video; a volunteer watched it in September 2026 and confirmed the event and its subject. His words were not transcribed, so nothing is quoted.
- [Prior cycle, 2022] The iVoterGuide answer, verified; carried with its cycle stated.
- [Iran, 2024-10-01] His release on Iran’s missile attack criticizing the administration’s Iran policy; Iran material, research page only.
- Tracked funding totals appear as a badge on this card.
Safety and antisemitism
- [Position, 2026-07-28] The running-rampant remark at the Lincoln town hall, verified and quoted on the card.
- [Position, 2026-02-03] His statement against the UNL divestment resolution, verified via Nebraska Public Media quoting his post.
- [Action, 2023-08-28] A bipartisan campus-antisemitism letter naming him among signers is carried on colleague-site reprints; reported, not confirmed directly.
Race and status context
- Sitting member, nominated. His Democratic challenger’s card carries its own record.
Also in this race: Chris Backemeyer (Democrat) · All Nebraska candidates.
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