Mark Tedford

Republican · U.S. House, Oklahoma District 1

In a voter guide for Oklahoma's June 2026 primary, Tedford said “The United States should stand with Israel, protect our shared security interests, and support Israel’s right to defend itself.” Nothing located has him addressing U.S. weapons or money for the government of Israel, in either direction.

Mark Tedford is the Republican nominee in Oklahoma's 1st District and faces John Croisant on November 3, 2026 for a seat with no incumbent running. He has represented District 69 in the Oklahoma House since 2022 and owns a Tulsa insurance agency. A state legislature does not vote on what the United States sends abroad, so there is no voting record here to set beside what he says.

He has answered a direct question about Israel in writing, and the answer is about the relationship rather than about the transfers. A questionnaire published for the June 16, 2026 primary by iVoterGuide, a candidate guide run by AFA Action, asked whether the United States' relationship with Israel is important and why. He answered yes, and that Israel is one of America's most important allies and a critical partner in the fight against terrorism and radical Islamic extremism, and that the United States “should stand with Israel, protect our shared security interests, and support Israel’s right to defend itself.” Nothing in it names a weapon, a dollar figure, a package, an aid condition or the Memorandum of Understanding, and it does not say whether transfers should continue, grow or be restricted.

The same form asked him to pick a description of American foreign policy from four options. He chose the one reading that the United States has become too involved in others' policies and should remain focused on issues regarding our own sovereignty unless in imminent danger, and wrote that the country should “maintain a strong military, support key allies, and avoid foreign entanglements that do not serve a clear American interest.” He did not say which entanglements he means, and he did not apply the limit to any named country or programme, so the two answers sit side by side without either resolving the other.

Nothing else of his addresses the question. His campaign site has no foreign policy heading and no mention of Israel, Gaza, foreign aid, weapons or military assistance on any of its three pages, and neither does the Ballotpedia survey he submitted in May 2026. A Tulsa voter guide that asked every candidate in this race what the United States' role in the Middle East should be records that he did not respond to its survey request. What was read, including his recorded absence from two votes in the Oklahoma House on defining antisemitism, is on his research page. You are better placed than we are to close the gap. Ask Tedford directly what the United States should send, and send us the reply: it goes on this page in his own words.

Research

Our research for this card began with a search run on 2026-08-21. Every page cited below was opened and read on 2026-09-07, and his campaign site was read in full, all three pages of it, along with his Ballotpedia entry, all four of his voter guide profiles and the roll calls named below. Bands: Position (2024-01-26 onward), Reaction window (2023-10-07 to 2024-01-25), Earlier record (before 2023-10-07), Undated. This card replaces an older summary of his record; both quotations in it were checked again at the source. He has no recorded federal votes on this record and no tracked funding.

U.S. military aid and weapons to the government of Israel

U.S. aid to Palestinians

Characterization of the conflict

Related rhetoric and lobbying

Safety and antisemitism (context, not a position on what America sends)

The race

Not on the card, and why

Sources read for this card (address; opened or could not open; date read)

Also in this race: John Croisant (Democrat) · All Oklahoma candidates.

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