But What Can You Do? tracks where 2026 candidates stand on U.S. weapons and funding for the government of Israel. How we check

Chuck Gray

Republican · U.S. House, Wyoming District 1
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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.

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No recorded votes on the bills we track. We found nothing in their own words about Israel, Gaza or the war.

Gray, Wyoming’s secretary of state, has no located positions on aid to Israel, aid to Palestinians, or the conflict. In a 2022 legislative debate, responding to a Jewish colleague’s objection over his history-education bill, he said the Holocaust is something “we totally disapprove of and condemn”, per JTA.

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Deep Dive

Gray is the Republican nominee for Wyoming’s at-large House seat, currently the state’s secretary of state and previously a state representative.

The research located one Israel-adjacent episode, from his legislative tenure: in February 2022, during debate on a history-education bill he authored, a Jewish colleague, Rep. Andy Schwartz, objected to language he argued could constrain teaching about the Holocaust. JTA’s coverage reports Gray responded that the Holocaust is something "we totally disapprove of and condemn"; the bill failed. The full quoted sentence is carried as the research renders it, since JTA’s page text was only partly retrievable; the Times of Israel also covered the exchange.

No statement on U.S. aid to Israel, aid to Palestinians, the conflict, or Israel-related lobbying was located at any date, in his legislative service, his statewide office, or this campaign. Ask Gray directly and send us the reply: it goes on this page in his own words.

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 2026-09-27) from the five lobbying groups we track; earlier cycles and earmarked donations not yet tracked.
Support-only OpenFEC data. Opposition independent expenditures are excluded.

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

  • Nothing located at any date.

U.S. aid to Palestinians

  • Nothing located at any date.

Characterization of the conflict

  • Nothing located at any date.

Related rhetoric and lobbying

  • Nothing located; no tracked committee support.

Safety and antisemitism

  • [Episode, 2022-02-17] The history-bill exchange, verified as to the episode via JTA’s coverage; his condemnation quote carried as the research renders it, with the page only partly retrievable.

Sources retrieved for this card

Race and status context

  • Republican nominee for WY-1 against Lisa Kinney, whose card carries its own record. Race coverage confirms the matchup.

Also in this race

  1. – Lisa Kinney (Democrat)
  2. – Shawn Johnson (Libertarian)
  3. – Jeffrey Haggit (Other)

All Wyoming candidates.

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