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

Eunice Lehmacher

Democrat · U.S. House, South Carolina District 3
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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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Two reviewers, reading the public record as a whole, agree: Answering a 2026 voter-guide question, she says "Should Israeli government commit crimes (as defined by international law), they should be held accountable", without saying where she stands on U.S. weapons and funding for the government of Israel. Reviewed by hand on 2026-10-09. This candidate has no recorded tracked floor votes.

Lehmacher’s iVoterGuide answer supports Israel as a U.S. ally while adding: “should Israeli government commit crimes (as defined by international law), they should be held accountable”. Nothing else located on aid, aid to Palestinians, the conflict, or antisemitism.

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Deep Dive

Lehmacher is the Democratic nominee in South Carolina’s 3rd District, challenging Rep. Sheri Biggs.

Her located record is her iVoterGuide profile, verified against the page: she frames Israel as an ally the U.S. should support alongside other allies, with the accountability caveat quoted on the card. That is a single questionnaire answer, and the card carries it as exactly that: no aid-level position, no arms-transfer position, and no statement on the conflict’s conduct, Palestinians, or antisemitism was located anywhere else, including her campaign site.

The card can be updated if she publishes fuller positions during the general-election campaign.

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.

In their words

“Should Israeli government commit crimes (as defined by international law), they should be held accountable.”
Source ↗, 2026-08-21

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

  • Nothing located as an aid position. [Framing, cycle 2026] The iVoterGuide answer, verified and quoted on the card: ally support subject to international-law accountability.

U.S. aid to Palestinians

  • Nothing located at any date.

Characterization of the conflict

  • Nothing located beyond the questionnaire framing above.

Related rhetoric and lobbying

  • Nothing located; no tracked committee support.

Safety and antisemitism

  • Nothing located at any date.

Race and status context

  • Democratic nominee against Rep. Sheri Biggs, whose card carries its own record.

Also in this race

  1. ✗ Sheri Biggs (Republican)
  2. – Brian Corriea (Libertarian)

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