Bradley Smith
D · U.S. House, WI-6 · Tier 3
Tier 3, “Pro-Israel, critical”
In his 2026 iVoterGuide questionnaire he wrote that America “should stand with its allies and against terrorism, while also demanding that military force be used responsibly,” and that the partnership with Israel “should include support for Israel’s security, protection of civilians, humanitarian aid, and a serious commitment to a lasting peace and security for both Israelis and Palestinians.” At a July 22, 2026 League of Women Voters forum in Ripon he said Netanyahu is “complicit in causing war crimes,” that “Our first principles are we should not be harming innocent civilians and children,” and “I also don’t think we should be a party to it, nor supporting things beyond reasonable defense for themselves and certainly not offensive capacity,” and he opposed binding the U.S. and Israeli militaries more closely in the 2027 defense bill. His campaign does not accept AIPAC money. A Wisconsin National Guard veteran (14 months deployed in support of the Global War on Terror) and former software executive challenging Rep. Glenn Grothman, he runs on wages, family farms, health care toward universal coverage, data-center accountability and a moratorium on license-plate-reader networks.
A 3, on a thin record: one questionnaire answer and one primary-forum answer, reported by one local paper. At a July 22, 2026 League of Women Voters forum in Ripon he said “we should not be harming innocent civilians and children” and that the U.S. should not be “a party to it, nor supporting things beyond reasonable defense for themselves and certainly not offensive capacity”: no offensive weapons for Israel, the substance of the Block the Bombs Act, though he named no bill. He called Netanyahu “complicit in causing war crimes,” while leaving his prosecution or removal to Israel’s voters, the Ripon Commonwealth Press reported. His 2026 iVoterGuide answer asks that military force “be used responsibly” and that the partnership with Israel include “protection of civilians, humanitarian aid.” His campaign does not accept AIPAC money. Counter-case: 2, since the offensive-arms line is a single forum answer, he named no bill, and his written answer leads with “support for Israel’s security”; read as boilerplate, it points as far toward the pro-Israel end as 1/2.
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elect26 places 2026 midterm candidates on a six-tier spectrum, from 1 (most pro-Israel) to 6 (most critical of Israel).