Josh Gottheimer
Josh Gottheimer (D), U.S. Representative for NJ-5 (since 2017), Problem Solvers Caucus vice-chair and House Intelligence Committee member, is one of the most prominent pro-Israel Democrats in the House and a consistent supporter of U.S. military aid and weapons transfers to the government of Israel. He has repeatedly acted to expand and protect that aid: he sponsored the October 2023 'Operation Swords of Iron' Iron Dome Appropriations Act, voted for the November 2023 $14.3B Israel aid package, was among 16 House Democrats who backed the May 2024 Israel Security Assistance Support Act to force the Biden administration to resume paused U.S. bomb shipments to Israel, and introduced the 'Bunker Buster Act' three times (2022, 2024, 2025) to authorize transferring 30,000-pound GBU-57 bombs and delivery aircraft to Israel. He has been an outspoken opponent of conditioning U.S. aid to Israel, led efforts to defund and claw back U.S. money to UNRWA (2024), and co-authored anti-boycott (anti-boycott) legislation with Rep. Mike Lawler. Per this record's keyVotes cells, his tracked floor positions include the July 2026 House vote in which an amendment to eliminate all $3.3B in annual U.S. military aid to Israel failed. He carries roughly $70k in tracked pro-Israel committee support per FEC data on this record's funding block. CONFIRMED as the Democratic nominee: incumbent advancing from the June 2, 2026 primary to the November 3, 2026 general election. (Note: Gottheimer also ran unsuccessfully for the 2025 NJ Democratic gubernatorial nomination; that campaign is outside this Israel-aid record.)
Tracked votes: backed sending weapons or funding in 6 of 6 recorded votes.
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