But What Can You Do? tracks where 2026 candidates stand on U.S. weapons and funding for the government of Israel. How we check
Celeste Maloy
- Backed with $20K by PACs we track that support U.S. weapons funding for the government of Israel (lifetime)
- Endorsed by AIPAC
- Sits on House Appropriations
Maloy voted for the tracked aid bills and said from Jerusalem, on an AIPAC-affiliated delegation: “Their fight today will be our fight tomorrow if we don’t support our most important ally in the Middle East.” A 2024 debate remark and its fact-check are inside.
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Deep Dive
Maloy has represented Utah’s district since late 2023 (now running in the 3rd after redistricting). Her recorded votes appear as badges on this card, including Yes on the tracked aid bills and No on the amendments to cut aid to Israel per the official roll calls.
In April 2024 she joined the AIEF freshman delegation to Israel, the AIPAC-affiliated educational trip, and said from Jerusalem: "America stands with Israel. The same forces threatening Israel hate the USA. Their fight today will be our fight tomorrow if we don’t support our most important ally in the Middle East", verified via KSL’s report of her message; she also appeared in an AIPAC promotional video from the trip, per the research record. Her statement on the mandate bill sits with the delegation material in colleague releases.
At an October 2024 debate she described a pro-Palestinian display outside Salt Lake City Hall as "a pro-Hamas display"; KSL’s fact-check, verified, reported the display mourned civilian deaths and carried Free-Palestine posters, finding no Hamas signage; both her words and the fact-check’s finding are carried as their makers’. In 2025 her chief of staff took an AIEF-funded staff trip, per Utah Political Watch. She co-sponsors the Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2025 and the resolution condemning attacks on Jewish individuals, and has pushed Nonprofit Security Grant increases in Appropriations markups, per the trackers and Jewish Insider.
Nothing located has her addressing U.S. aid to Palestinians as a distinct question.
The record
Supported sending weapons or funding in 5 of 5 tracked votes
House Committee on Appropriations
• Vote record imported from official House Clerk roll calls for H.R. 6126, H.R. 8034, and H.R. 8369. Other position fields remain under investigation.
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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Voted to send weapons or funding in more than half of their recorded tracked votes. (Supported sending weapons or funding in 5 of 5 tracked votes.)
The money
$20K in lifetime support from the five lobbying groups we track
In their words
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
- Her recorded votes appear as badges on this card per the official roll calls (Yes on H.R. 6126, H.R. 8034, and H.R. 8369 among them).
- [Position, 2024-04] The Jerusalem message, verified via KSL and quoted on the card.
U.S. aid to Palestinians
- Nothing located at any date.
Characterization of the conflict
- [Episode, 2024-10-14] The debate characterization and KSL’s fact-check, verified: her pro-Hamas description is hers; the no-Hamas-signage finding is the fact-checker’s.
- [Action, 2024-10-07] The Utah delegation’s anniversary letter, per the delegation PDF on her site.
Related rhetoric and lobbying
- [Action, 2024-04-01/08] The AIEF delegation trip and the AIPAC promotional video appearance, per KSL, the ethics disclosure, and the research record.
- [Context, 2025-05] Her chief of staff’s AIEF-funded trip, per Utah Political Watch; a staff fact, not her act.
Safety and antisemitism
- [Actions, 2025] The Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2025 co-sponsorship and H.Res. 481, per the trackers.
- [Actions, 2025/2026] The Nonprofit Security Grant markup pushes, per Jewish Insider’s appropriations coverage.
Race and status context
- Sitting member, nominated in the redrawn 3rd. Her Democratic challenger’s card carries its own record.
Also in this race
- –No Position Found Kent Udell (Democrat)
- –Research Underway Michael R. Stoddard (Libertarian)
- –Research Underway Adonis Hooslyn (Other)
- –Research Underway Ayden Scott (Other)
- –Research Underway Cassie Easley (Other)
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