But What Can You Do? tracks where 2026 candidates stand on U.S. weapons and funding for the government of Israel. How we check
Steve Toth
Republican · U.S. House, Texas District 2
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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.
Two reviewers, reading the public record as a whole, agree: As of July 2025 his campaign page says he will "defend our allies like Israel" and make sure "every dollar spent abroad serves the interests of the American people", without saying where he 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.
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Toth is a Texas state representative, a pastor and a small-business owner. On March 3, 2026 he won the Republican primary in Texas’s 2nd District, unseating the incumbent Dan Crenshaw.
His position is support for Israel inside an America First frame. His campaign issues page, under "Our National Security", says: “Protecting American citizens and interests is paramount.” It goes on: “I’ll work with President Trump to advance peace through strength, defend our allies like Israel, and make sure every dollar spent abroad serves the interests of the American people.” It names no aid package, weapons transfer or condition. He is also reported to have criticized Crenshaw during the primary for being too focused on foreign aid; the Texas Tribune report on that primary carries none of it, and no other source for it was located.
His firmest recorded answer is old. On a 2016 candidate survey, when he was running for Congress in the 8th District, he marked "Strongly Agree" to the statement that the United States should help defend Israel from attack by its enemies. The card carries that as dated history. On a separate 2018 survey for his state house seat he marked "Strongly Disagree" on boycott and divestment measures and added: "God’s Word says I will bless those who bless Israel."
Nothing located has him setting out conditions on, or a position on, individual U.S. weapons transfers or specific aid packages for the government of Israel.
In May 2025 he wrote that "There’s a special place in hell for Hamas and those that support them", and authored a Texas House resolution in memory of two Israeli embassy staff killed in Washington. One earlier resolution of his sits on the research page.
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
“I’ll work with President Trump to advance peace through strength, defend our allies like Israel, and make sure every dollar spent abroad serves the interests of the American people.”
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
2025-07-01 [Position; the page's own publication date, live when read on 2026-10-01]: His campaign issues page, under "Our National Security": “Protecting American citizens and interests is paramount. As a member of the Texas House, I worked to ensure China, Iran, and other foreign adversaries couldn’t own Texas land. American citizens, security, and sovereignty must come first. I’ll work with President Trump to advance peace through strength, defend our allies like Israel, and make sure every dollar spent abroad serves the interests of the American people.” General ally language; it names no aid package, weapons transfer or condition. The Texas Tribune's report on the primary contains no occurrence of Israel, foreign aid or peace through strength.
2026 [Current position; reported, no source located]: During the primary he is reported to have criticized Crenshaw for being overly focused on foreign aid generally, contrasting it with an America First focus on border security and domestic priorities, while maintaining that foreign assistance should be aligned with defence of key allies like Israel.
2016-03-01 [Earlier record; closes the card as history]: In a candidate survey for the March 1, 2016 Texas primary in the 8th District he marked "Strongly Agree" to "The United States should help defend Israel from attack by its enemies" (iVoterGuide; a second iVoterGuide record is also in the sources). Earlier record by a decade, so it appears at the end of the card as history.
Nothing located in which he sets out conditions on, or a position on, individual U.S. weapons transfers or specific aid packages for the government of Israel.
U.S. aid to Palestinians
Nothing located, in either direction.
Characterization of the conflict
Undated survey [Earlier record; OUT OF SCOPE by the content rule]: Asked about boycott, divestment and sanctions measures he marked "Strongly Disagree" and wrote: "God's Word says I will bless those who bless Israel." Boycott and divestment measures are named out of scope; the quotation is recorded because it is his stated ground.
Undated survey [Earlier record; OUT OF SCOPE, and recorded as written]: On national security and Islamic terrorism he wrote: "America needs to take off the gloves in respect to Islam. We never make Islamic states to pay the price for this evil." Not a position on what the United States sends to this conflict. Preserved because accurate research is never deleted, and quoted rather than paraphrased so it is not softened or sharpened in our words.
2023-12-04 [Months after October 7, 2023; on this page only]: He co-authored Texas House Resolution 103, led by Rep. Brian Harrison, seeking to remove Democratic committee chairs in the Texas House after the state Democratic party called for a ceasefire in Gaza, characterising that position as siding with Hamas (Texas Scorecard, listed twice).
2025-05-23 [Current position]: He wrote: "There's a special place in hell for Hamas and those that support them. I stand with @stateofisrael."
Rhetoric and lobbying
2025-05-30 and 2025-06-03 [Current position]: He authored Texas House Resolution 1481 in memory of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, two Israeli embassy staff killed in Washington; the Texas House adopted it on 2025-06-03. A bill record is among the sources, and a video on his own page carries no retrievable text.
2026 [Current position]: He criticized Washington lobbying and the revolving door, arguing representatives should prioritise constituents and national security over foreign policy influence in Washington.
[Context only, never the answer to what America sends.]
2023-10 [Months after October 7, 2023]: After controversy over a Texas political action committee leader meeting the white supremacist Nick Fuentes, he issued a statement denouncing Fuentes and antisemitism. Coverage would not open.
2023-12-02 [Months after October 7, 2023]: He posted: "I stand with Israel and, as I have repeatedly made my position abundantly clear, I will not tolerate antisemitism. The values of the Republican Party stand with Israel and condemn antisemitism", calling for party platform rules against association with Holocaust deniers or Nazi sympathisers.
2025-05-23 [Current position]: "America loses the blessing of free speech if we don't use that right to speak out against these evil actors."
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