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

Maria Jukic

Democrat · U.S. House, Ohio District 14
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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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No recorded votes on the bills we track. We found nothing in their own words about Israel, Gaza or the war.

No position from Jukic on U.S. weapons or money for the government of Israel, or on U.S. aid to Palestinians, could be verified (source-checked research). One sentence offered in her name turned out to be another candidate's. Ask her.

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Deep Dive

Jukic is a Democratic candidate for Ohio's 14th District.

One sentence was offered as hers: that the United States should treat Israel as it would any other allied nation. We read the page cited for it. The sentence is there, but it belongs to a Libertarian candidate for the U.S. Senate answering on the same League of Women Voters guide, not to her. So it is not on this card, and the research page records the mix-up.

Nothing else was located: no statement on U.S. weapons or funding, none on humanitarian aid to Palestinians, and no characterization of the conflict. She has no federal voting record.

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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.

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

  • [Reported, 2026-04-10, unconfirmed] As reported, in the League of Women Voters primary candidate guide she said the United States "should treat Israel as we would any other allied nation." **The source was opened and could not confirm it:** the Portager page returns roughly 3,000 characters of navigation and an introductory note that candidates were invited to participate, and **contains no mention of her at all**. The guide's actual responses are not on that page. The sentence is therefore reported and not quoted as verified.
  • No other statement located on U.S. weapons transfers or funding.
  • She has no federal voting record.

U.S. aid to Palestinians

  • No statement or documented position located.

Characterization of the conflict

  • No statement located. The reported sentence above is about how the United States should treat an ally, not a characterization of the conflict; the research listed it under both dimensions, which made the record look twice as full as it is.

Related rhetoric and lobbying

Safety and antisemitism (context)

  • Nothing located.

⚠ A source that cannot support a claim

  • A localcandidates.org about-page for her was returned by the research. Under our standing rule, a localcandidates.org citation cannot support a claim unless the page is rendered and the position confirmed under the subject's own heading, and that host cannot be rendered without JavaScript. Nothing is taken from it.

Consulted

Also in this race

  1. ✗ David P. Joyce (Republican)

All Ohio candidates.

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