Ben McAdams
Nothing located has McAdams taking a position on U.S. weapons or money for the government of Israel, or on U.S. aid to Palestinians. His 2019 votes as a House member concerned the boycott movement and Israel’s right to self-defence, not what the U.S. sends. More is on the research page.
McAdams is the Democratic nominee in Utah’s 1st District, having represented the old 4th District from 2019 to 2021.
His congressional record carries the card: he co-sponsored and voted for H.Res. 246 opposing the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement and co-sponsored H.Res. 727 affirming Israel’s right to defend itself against Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket attacks, as itemized by the 71 Percent Coalition’s candidate scorecard, an advocacy group critical of U.S. Israel policy whose accounting of his votes is carried with that label. In August 2019 he joined the AIEF-sponsored congressional delegation to Israel, the AIPAC-affiliated educational trip taken by dozens of members that year.
In the 2026 primary his record drew fire from his left: progressive activists criticized his Israel-assistance record, his April 2026 convention speech was interrupted by a delegate protesting Gaza policy (a Salt Lake Tribune Facebook source, not yet confirmed), and the 71 Percent Coalition’s scorecard records that he declined its June 2026 Israel-policy town hall, their claim carried as theirs. Tracked support from Democratic Majority for Israel, a group that backs pro-Israel Democrats, appears as a badge on this card.
Two 2019 quotes the research offered from a JTA essay are off the card: the piece is a first-person account of a talk by two congressmen, and its attributions do not isolate McAdams’s words. As mayor he signed the AJC’s 2015 Mayors United Against Antisemitism initiative and attended a 2018 vigil after the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting.
Research
U.S. military aid and weapons to Israel
- No tracked-bill votes: his House service (2019-21) predates the tracked set.
- Nothing located as a position on U.S. weapons or money. His 2019 votes were H.Res. 246 on the boycott movement and H.Res. 727 on Israel’s right to self-defence, per the 71 Percent Coalition scorecard, an advocacy accounting carried with attribution; both are adjacent to this question rather than about it. A Gottheimer-amendment claim was dropped because the pages offered for it do not name him.
U.S. aid to Palestinians
- Nothing located at any date.
Characterization of the conflict
- [Dropped] Two October 2019 JTA-essay quotes (conflict complexity; partisanship warning); the essay’s attributions cover two congressmen jointly and do not isolate his words.
Related rhetoric and lobbying
- [Action, 2019-08] The AIEF delegation trip; per contemporaneous coverage and trackers, reported, not confirmed directly.
- [Attributed, 2026] Progressive criticism of his Israel-assistance record in the primary (Jacobin and local activists); the convention interruption (Tribune Facebook source, not yet confirmed); and the coalition’s declined-town-hall claim, all carried as their authors’.
- Tracked committee support appears as a badge on this card.
Safety and antisemitism
- [Action, 2015-11] The AJC Mayors United Against Antisemitism signature, per AJC materials.
- [Action, 2018-10] The Pittsburgh-vigil attendance, per community coverage.
Race and status context
- Democratic nominee in UT-1; his Republican opponent’s card carries its own record.
Also in this race: Riley Owen (Republican) · All Utah candidates.
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