Joshua Kolasinski
Kolasinski has not spoken publicly on U.S. weapons or money for the government of Israel, or on U.S. aid to Palestinians. He was endorsed by a group campaigning for an arms embargo, but an endorsement is a decision about him, not a statement by him. Ask him.
Kolasinski is a Democratic candidate for Ohio's 4th District.
His Ballotpedia page was opened and read in full. It records two endorsements, one of them from a group called "Stop arming Israel," and states that he has not completed Ballotpedia's 2026 Candidate Connection survey. It contains no statement of his on Israel, Gaza or foreign policy.
The endorsement is worth stating carefully. A group campaigning for an arms embargo decided to back him; that is a fact about the group's decision, not evidence of what he has said or would do. He may well share their position. Nothing located establishes it.
His campaign website is reported to oppose foreign military intervention in general terms, arguing federal tax dollars should be spent locally rather than in more wars, and that the United States should oppose military action unless absolutely necessary. Neither sentence names Israel, and no link was given for either. There is only one page for him in all: his Ballotpedia entry.
He has no federal voting record.
You are better placed to get the answer than we are. Ask him directly, or at a candidate forum, and send us the reply: it goes on this page in his own words, which is worth more than anything we could write about him.
Research
U.S. military aid and weapons to Israel
- No statement or documented position located.
- [Position, read 2026-08-12] His Ballotpedia page, opened and read in full, records that he "received the following endorsements": **"Stop arming Israel (Sway voting group by Tariq Habash)"** and "United SHE Stands." It also states that he "has not yet completed Ballotpedia's 2026 Candidate Connection survey," and it carries no statement of his on this subject. **An endorsement is a third party's decision about him and is not evidence of his position**, so nothing is inferred from it.
- [Reported, no source] The research states his campaign website opposes foreign military intervention, that tax dollars should be spent locally rather than "in more wars," and that the United States should "oppose military action unless absolutely necessary." Neither phrase names Israel and **no URL was supplied for either**; the research returned one source in total for this candidate. Recorded, not quoted.
- He has no federal voting record.
U.S. aid to Palestinians
- No statement or documented position located.
Characterization of the conflict
- No statement located. The research records "nothing found" for this dimension.
Related rhetoric and lobbying
- The "Stop arming Israel" endorsement above is the only item, and it is the group's decision rather than his statement. The research records "nothing found" for this dimension otherwise.
Safety and antisemitism (context)
- Nothing located.
⚠ Note on the sources
- **One source, total.** Ballotpedia. It is the thinnest source set of any candidate in this batch of research, and the campaign-website claims in the research have no source at all. That is a research gap rather than a finding about him, and the card is written so that a reader can see the difference.
Also in this race: Jim Jordan (Republican) · All Ohio candidates.
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