Stylo Sapaskis
Republican · U.S. House, New York District 15
Nothing located has Sapaskis taking a position on U.S. weapons or money for the government of Israel, or on U.S. aid to Palestinians. He has run for this seat before, losing in 2022, and no campaign website, interview or questionnaire answer on any of these questions was found.
Sapaskis is the Republican candidate in New York's 15th District in the Bronx, running against Rep. Ritchie Torres. Ballotpedia records that his 2026 primary was canceled, that he was the Republican nominee for the same seat in 2022, that he ran for City Council in 2025, and that he has completed no candidate survey in any of those years; it lists no campaign website for him.
This is a genuinely empty record. Two voter-guide questionnaires that carry an Israel item, one from 2016 and one from 2022, show every question unanswered, which says he never filled the forms in, not that he declined on Israel. The only words of his located anywhere are a short 2022 note to a voter guide about inflation and the minimum wage and a two-minute radio segment on Bronx public safety. City & State reported in 2022 that he had filed no fundraising with the FEC.
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Research
U.S. military aid and weapons to Israel
- Nothing located. Both searches (2026-08-11 and 2026-09-03) found nothing on this.
- [Prior, 2016] iVoterGuide, U.S. Rep. District 16, New York primary of June 28, 2016 (read 2026-09-03): 25 items, all "Did not answer", including "The United States should help defend Israel from attack by its enemies." A wall of non-answers is a fact about the guide's coverage, not about the candidate (the questionnaire test, contract 4.11). Confirmed and discounted.
- [Prior, 2022] iVoterGuide, U.S. Rep. District 15, New York general of November 8, 2022 (read 2026-09-03): roughly 40 items, all "Did not answer", including the foreign-policy item and "I support the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement to pressure Israel to withdraw from occupied territories, remove the separation barrier in the West Bank, allow full equality for Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel, and promote the rights of Palestinian refugees." Same status: confirmed and discounted. The page shows he also has a 2026 profile for this district; it was not opened, and it would be subject to the same test.
U.S. aid to Palestinians
- Nothing located.
Characterization of the conflict
- Nothing located. The August search said that in a 2025 City Council voter-guide profile he wrote that resolving "conflicts of wars that are current" would reduce inflation, without naming any conflict. The source is his NYC Votes profile (read 2026-09-03, 437 words: the page renders in a browser and returns only a shell here; the statement text was not retrievable). Unverified, and not about this conflict in any case.
Related rhetoric and lobbying
- Nothing located. City & State NY, 2022-10-24: "Stylo Sapaskis will be the Republican on the ballot but hasn’t reported any fundraising to the Federal Election Commission, as of the end of September." City & State NY's candidate page (read 2026-09-03) summarizes his positions from questionnaire material as inflation, a $20 minimum wage, financial aid for higher education, cutting funding to abortion providers and more police presence; it is a third-party summary and mentions nothing on this topic.
- [Prior, 2022] The one statement in his own words located anywhere is a post-deadline note on the 2022 iVoterGuide page: "Under the current Democratic influences and policies, our country is suffering inflation and the raising of gas and food prices. The Democratic Party does not address the needs of affordable living, more police presence and employment for the disabled. As your Congressman, I purpose to elevate minimum wage to 20 dollars per hour as well as having financial aid to be offered in higher education." Nothing in scope.
Safety and antisemitism (context)
- Nothing located on antisemitism or Jewish community safety.
- [Undated; read 2026-09-03] Red Apple Podcast Network, "Stylo Sapaskis: Public Safety Needs to Be a Top Priority in the Bronx (2 min)": a 77 WABC segment. The page carries the title and no description or date; the search's date of 2025-11-02 is its own claim. General public safety, not this topic.
- [Position, 2025-05-27] Bronx Times, "Meet the candidates for the Bronx’s City Council District 11": "Stylos Sapaskis is running as the Republican candidate for City Council District 11. While information about his platform and campaign remains limited, he is officially listed on the ballot for the seat." Notes he "has launched campaigns for several political offices over the last two decades". Spelled "Stylos" there. Nothing in scope.
Candidacy record (from Ballotpedia, read 2026-09-03)
- 2026: Republican candidate for U.S. House NY-15; the June 23, 2026 Republican primary was canceled and he advanced without appearing on the ballot; general election November 3, 2026 against Ritchie Torres (D). No campaign website listed. "Stylo A. Sapaskis has not yet completed Ballotpedia's 2026 Candidate Connection survey."
- 2025: lost the general election for New York City Council District 11 to incumbent Eric Dinowitz on November 4, 2025. Did not complete the 2025 survey.
- 2022: lost the general election for NY-15 to Ritchie Torres on November 8, 2022. Did not complete the 2022 survey.
- Earlier runs for other offices are recorded there and in the Bronx Times; none concerns this topic.
Not on the card, and why
- The two iVoterGuide questionnaires: every item unanswered, so they show non-participation, not a position or a refusal on Israel. The card does not describe him as having declined to answer (mi10-kirby precedent).
- The "conflicts of wars" remark: unverified (page renders only in a browser) and not about this conflict.
- The radio segment and the Council profile: general public safety and a different office.
- City & State's position summary: third-party summary, nothing in scope.
Sources retrieved for this card (URL, HTTP status, date read 2026-09-03)
- https://ballotpedia.org/Stylo_Sapaskis (200)
- https://ivoterguide.com/candidate/31346/race/2163/election/993?culture=en-us (200)
- https://ivoterguide.com/candidate/31346/race/2164/election/415 (200)
- https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2022/10/2022-general-election-whos-running-congress-new-york/378757/ (200)
- https://www.cityandstateny.com/prediction-markets/candidates/stylo-sapaskis (200)
- https://www.bxtimes.com/candidates-bronx-city-council-district-11/ (200)
- https://www.redapplepodcastnetwork.com/episode/stylo-sapaskis-public-safety-needs-to-be-a-top-priority-in-the-bronx-2-min/ (200; title only)
- https://www.nycvotes.org/whats-on-the-ballot/2025-general-election/city-council/profile/?candidateId=3026&electionCycle=2025&districtID=34&boroughCode=34&officeType=5&partyId=D,WF&bannerTitle=Stylo%20A%20Sapaskis&officelevel=&geoAreaAbbr=34 (200, 437 words: shell; statement not retrievable)
- https://www.votesmart.org/candidate/political-courage-test/65041 (200, 62 words: no content retrievable)
Addresses the searches returned that were not read
- https://results.elections.ny.gov/candidate/51 (403 to the search; a results listing).
- https://converj.net/elections/new_york_city_2025_11_04.html (an election listing that does not name him in the search's retrievable text).
- No campaign website was located for him in either search, on Ballotpedia, or by search on 2026-09-03; the own-site check the standing rule requires was attempted and there is no site to check.
- This is a record of what was checked on 2026-09-03, not a claim that no statement exists anywhere.
Also in this race: Ritchie Torres (Democrat) · All New York candidates.
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