Teresa Leger Fernandez
Leger Fernández voted in 2026 to cut $3.3 billion from U.S. aid to Israel: “Peace cannot be built with more bombs”, opposing “blank checks for offensive military assistance to Netanyahu’s government”. In April 2024 she backed the supplemental as defensive-only while condemning the military’s “indiscriminate and immoral bombing” in Gaza.
Leger Fernández has represented New Mexico’s 3rd District since 2021. Her six recorded votes, mixed across the tracked bills, appear as badges on this card: No on three aid measures, Yes on the April 2024 supplemental, No on the amendment to cut $500 million for Israeli missile-defense programs, Yes on the 2026 amendment to cut $3.3 billion from aid to Israel.
Her April 2024 supplemental vote came with sharp conditions. Her statement: "I strongly condemn how Prime Minister Netanyahu has conducted this war. His military has engaged in indiscriminate and immoral bombing of children and families in Gaza", while noting the administration’s commitment that the aid "will only be used to replenish the Iron Dome and missile defense systems used to protect Israeli civilians", backed by a delegation letter demanding enforcement.
By July 2026 she voted to cut $3.3 billion: "Peace cannot be built with more bombs... the United States cannot continue writing blank checks for offensive military assistance to Netanyahu’s government as he causes such death and destruction for innocent Palestinian civilians". The same statement holds both sides of her frame: "Israel has the right to exist and to live in security. Both sides deserve to practice their religion and faith." In September 2025 she co-sponsored the Block the Bombs Act restricting offensive transfers.
In February 2025 she joined 143 House Democrats urging President Trump to retract his Gaza-relocation comments, the letter calling October 7 "the deadliest mass murder of Jews since the Holocaust" while opposing forced displacement. Her November 2023 statement is on the research page.
Tracked votes: opposed sending U.S. weapons or funding to the government of Israel in 4 of 6 recorded votes.
Research
U.S. military aid and weapons to Israel
- Her recorded votes appear as badges on this card: No on H.R. 6126, Yes on H.R. 8034, No on H.R. 8369, No on H.R. 7217, No on the amendment to cut $500 million for Israeli missile-defense programs, Yes on the 2026 amendment to cut $3.3 billion from aid to Israel.
- [Position, 2024-04-20] The supplemental statement, verified and quoted on the card, with the delegation letter to the President on defensive-only use.
- [Position, 2025-09-22] The Block the Bombs Act co-sponsorship, reported by the IMEU Policy Project newsletter naming her.
- [Position, 2026-07-15] The cutting-vote statement, verified and quoted on the card.
U.S. aid to Palestinians
- [Reaction window, 2023-11-03] Her support for humanitarian assistance appears in an October 2023 to January 2024 statement; off the card. Post-window, her aid demands appear within the statements above.
Characterization of the conflict
- [Position, 2024-04-20] The indiscriminate-bombing condemnation, verified.
- [Position, 2026-07-15] The right-to-exist and both-sides passages, verified.
- [Context, 2021-05-18] Her statement on the 2021 escalation, verified by date: both peoples free from terror, violence, and fear.
- [Action, 2025-02-13] The forced-displacement letter, verified; joint letter language attributed to the signatories collectively.
Related rhetoric and lobbying
- [Context, 2021] Jewish Insider reported she declined a 2021 AIEF freshman delegation to Israel and profiled her multicultural approach to Jewish community relations; reported, not confirmed directly.
- Tracked committee support appears as badges on this card.
Safety and antisemitism
- [Reported, 2024-04-17] Her floor remarks during the antisemitism-legislation debate and her account of UNM Jewish students’ harassment reports are carried only on Reddit threads; unused. The February 2025 letter’s Holocaust framing is verified above.
Race and status context
- Sitting member, nominated. Her Republican challenger’s card carries its own record.
Also in this race: Martin Zamora (Republican) · All New Mexico candidates.
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