Glenn Ivey
D · U.S. House, MD-4 · Tier 2/3
Tier 2/3, between “Mainstream pro-Israel” and “Pro-Israel, critical”
A mainstream pro-Israel Democrat whose public brand is local Prince George’s County policy (policing, voting rights, healthcare), not Israel. AIPAC is his all-time top donor — its super PAC spent millions to defeat Donna Edwards in the 2022 primary he won — and he took two AIPAC-sponsored trips to Israel (2023 and 2024). He voted Yea on the April 2024 Israel aid package (which included Gaza humanitarian aid), calls Oct 7 an act of terrorism, and has not called Gaza a genocide. He voted against the earlier aid versions that lacked Gaza humanitarian aid — a humanitarian-attachment objection, not a stance against arming Israel. He did not call for an early ceasefire — ceasefire protesters targeted his office over his silence. In September 2025 he joined most House Democrats on the Schneider–Raskin letter to Netanyahu and his ministers opposing annexation of the West Bank. On Sep 8, 2026 Ivey signed the Dexter–Ruiz letter urging Secretary Rubio to press for the release of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, the Gaza pediatrician and hospital director held by Israel without charge or trial since December 2024. On July 15, 2026 he voted for the Massie amendment to strip Israel’s military financing, saying the relationship “must be reset around accountability, defensive cooperation, respect for international law and a credible path to two states.” He has also cosponsored the U.S.-Israel Defense Partnership Act (H.R.1229), which would deepen U.S.-Israel military cooperation and extend the stockpile of U.S. weapons kept in Israel for its use through 2029, since July 2025. In June 2026 he voted against Rashida Tlaib’s first Lebanon war-powers resolution (H.Con.Res.84) and for the redrafted H.Con.Res.108, saying “Congress must continue to assert its constitutional authority over matters of war and peace and ensure that U.S. troops are not drawn into another unnecessary conflict,” in a statement that also backed the Lebanese Armed Forces’ efforts to “defeat Hezbollah” (June 4, 2026).
A 2/3. He voted for the July 2026 Massie amendment to strip Israel’s military financing and explained it in conditioning terms: the U.S.-Israel relationship “must be reset around accountability, defensive cooperation, respect for international law and a credible path to two states,” and the vote signaled that “Congress cannot continue treating the current aid relationship as automatic.” The same statement backed a surge of aid “to alleviate the suffering of Palestinian civilians” and prosecution of settler violence. He also voted Present on H.Res.894 and against forcing the paused bomb shipment and both ICC-sanctions bills. On the other side, he voted for the April 2024 aid package and the Antisemitism Awareness Act, called the October 7 attack “an act of terrorism,” has not called Gaza a genocide, and called his commitment to the relationship “ironclad.” Through AIPAC’s PAC (direct and earmarked), $64,350 reached his campaign in the 2024 cycle and $39,856 so far in 2026. Counter-case: a flat 2, if the Iran-war rationale running through his statement is read as the real reason for the vote.
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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).