Marilyn Strickland
Strickland backed the April 2024 package and rejected every amendment to cut aid to Israel, but opposed the February 2024 standalone bill: “my support for her right to defend herself against terrorists and their enablers is steadfast”, while refusing “a cynical political ploy that pits one democratic ally against others”.
Strickland has represented Washington’s 10th District since 2021. Her six recorded votes appear as badges on this card: Yes on the April 2024 supplemental, No on the other three aid measures, No on both amendments to cut aid to Israel.
Her February 2024 statement explains the pattern: steadfast support for Israel’s self-defense, paired with refusal to separate Israel funding from allies-and-humanitarian packages. Her April 2024 statement hopes for "a safe Palestinian state, free from Hamas rule" beside a secure Israel, calls Hamas "the greatest threat to the Palestinian people’s safety, right to self-determination and regional peace", and says the IDF "must do more to minimize deaths of innocent Palestinian civilians and aid workers".
Her alliance framing is long-standing: a May 2021 statement condemning Hamas rockets while mourning civilian deaths; 2020-21 interviews backing the relationship and the Abraham Accords. In May 2025 she signed the 41-Democrat statement organized by Democratic Majority for Israel, a group that backs pro-Israel Democrats, on hostages and aid; in 2025 she joined the Schneider-led letter pressing for restored humanitarian aid flow into Gaza. In September 2024 she signed the statement defending Michigan AG Nessel against antisemitic attacks, verified in the signer list, and in May 2026 met the Seattle JCRC’s fly-in delegation. Her November 8, 2023 river-to-the-sea statement and October 25, 2023 security-grant letter are on the research page; her March 2026 THAAD-inventory questioning is there too. AIPAC’s and DMFI’s tracked support appears as badges on this card.
Tracked votes: opposed sending U.S. weapons or funding to the government of Israel in 3 of 6 recorded votes.
Research
U.S. military aid and weapons to Israel
- Her recorded votes appear as badges on this card: No on H.R. 6126, Yes on H.R. 8034, No on H.R. 8369, No on H.R. 7217, No on both amendments to cut aid to Israel.
- [Position, 2024-02-06] The standalone-bill statement, verified and quoted on the card.
- [Iran, 2026-03-05] Her Armed Services questioning on THAAD interceptor expenditure defending against Iranian attacks; Iran material, research page only.
U.S. aid to Palestinians
- [Position, 2024-04-12] The April 2024 statement’s civilian-protection demand, verified.
- [Action, 2025] The Schneider-led humanitarian-aid letter and the DMFI statement (verified with her in the signer list).
Characterization of the conflict
- [Position, 2024-04-12] The war statement, verified and quoted in the deep dive.
- [Position, 2021-05-18] The 2021 statement, verified.
- [Prior positions, 2020-2021 and 2023-07] Jewish Insider and JNS interviews and the July 2023 joint statement (legitimate-homeland language); reported, not confirmed directly on unretrieved or colleague sources.
- Her November 8, 2023 joint statement is off the card.
Related rhetoric and lobbying
- Tracked AIPAC and DMFI support appears as badges on this card.
- [Action, 2026-05] The Seattle JCRC fly-in meeting, verified on the federation’s page.
Safety and antisemitism
- [Action, 2024-09-24] The Nessel-defense statement, verified with her named.
- Her October 25, 2023 DHS/FBI security-grant letter is off the card; later items (Black-Jewish Relations Caucus statement, social-media-content letter) are colleague-source reported, not confirmed directly.
Race and status context
- Sitting member, nominated. Her Republican challenger’s card carries its own record.
Also in this race: Chris D. Chung (Republican) · All Washington candidates.
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