But What Can You Do? tracks where 2026 candidates stand on U.S. weapons and funding for the government of Israel. How we check
Tanya Lloyd
Democrat · U.S. House, Texas District 27
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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: On her campaign fundraising page she pledges to reject endorsements and financial backing from AIPAC and allied groups, framing it as "exposing Israel lobby corruption", 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.
No stated position located for Lloyd on U.S. weapons or money for the government of Israel. Her campaign literature calls the Gaza campaign a genocide, and she accepted an endorsement from a "Stop arming Israel" voter guide. Her questionnaire never raises the subject.
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Lloyd is a public school teacher and the Democratic nominee in Texas’s 27th District. She was also the nominee for the same seat in 2024.
An initial search is explicit that she has no stated position: no policy documents, legislative proposals or personal statements setting conditions for U.S. military aid or weapons transfers. What it reports is adjacent. Her 2026 campaign literature describes a "genocide in Gaza". She accepted endorsements from progressive lists aligned with ending military aid to Israel, including a "Stop arming Israel" voter guide. And she pledged to refuse endorsements and money from AIPAC and allied groups.
An endorsement from a list with a position is not the candidate stating that position, and a pledge to refuse money is not a position on what America sends. Both are on the research page rather than treated as her policy.
Her candidate questionnaire was read in full and does not contain the word Israel. An earlier check called that page paywalled, which was a fault in how we read the page; it is readable, and the honest finding is that she was not asked.
You are better placed to change that than we are. Ask Lloyd directly, or at a candidate forum, and send us the reply: it goes on this page in their own words, which is worth more than anything we could write about them.
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.
✓ Endorsed by Track AIPAC
Track AIPACA watchdog on AIPAC-linked money. It backs candidates who reject AIPAC support and call for an arms embargo and conditions on aid to the government of Israel.These endorsements come from groups that push to restrict or end U.S. weapons transfers to the government of Israel. Endorsements from these groups are shown for information; they do not decide the mark.
In their words
Endorsements
Track AIPAC (2026 endorsement)
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
**An initial search’s own verdict, and it is the finding:** "There are no detailed public policy white papers, formal legislative proposals, or direct personal statements on record from Tanya Lloyd specifically outlining conditions for U.S. military aid or weapons transfers to Israel." She has held no federal office, so there is no vote record either.
2026 [Current position; AN ENDORSEMENT, NOT HER STATEMENT]: An initial search reports she accepted endorsements from progressive voting lists aligned with ending military aid to Israel, such as a "Stop arming Israel" voter guide. Appearing on a list that holds a position is not the candidate stating it, so this is recorded rather than rendered as her policy. It is on the card only as what it is.
2026-05-04 [Current position; READ IN FULL 2026-08-11]: Her candidate questionnaire, read in full: it contains **zero occurrences of "Israel"**. She is not asked about it. An earlier check called this page paywalled; that was a fault in how we read the page and is retracted. An initial search reported no in-scope answer from it, and that turns out to be correct for the right reason.
U.S. aid to Palestinians
Nothing located, in either direction.
Characterization of the conflict
2026 [Current position]: In campaign literature and materials associated with her congressional campaign she characterized the military conflict in Gaza as a "genocide in Gaza", positioning her platform in opposition to the military campaign. No specific source page is attached to this.
Rhetoric and lobbying
[A money-refusal pledge must never read as a weapons or funding position.]
2026 [Current position]: She pledged to reject endorsements and financial backing from AIPAC and allied groups, framing her posture as "exposing Israel lobby corruption". A fundraising page titled "Tanya rejects AIPAC" is among the sources.
Safety and antisemitism
Nothing located. An initial search returned no statement from her on antisemitism or community safety.
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