Kevin Mullin
D · U.S. House, CA-15 · Tier 2/3
Tier 2/3, between “Mainstream pro-Israel” and “Pro-Israel, critical”
Voted Aye on the July 2026 Massie amendment to strip Israel’s military financing, explaining “I cannot agree to continued American support of Netanyahu’s actions in Gaza and the West Bank that I believe stray from American values and law,” that “Netanyahu’s war in Gaza has been a horrific and disproportionate response” to October 7, and that “Innocent Palestinians have suffered” — while noting that “Iron Dome and other purely defensive funding would not have been affected.” His criticism of the war’s conduct dates to December 2023, when he wrote that “Israel risks losing global support unless Netanyahu ceases his indiscriminate bombing campaign”; in 2024 he backed lifting the pause on UNRWA funding, signed the Crow–Deluzio letter urging enforcement of Section 620I against obstruction of aid, and called “adamantly for a ceasefire” (Aug 2024). In 2025 he signed the March and April letters demanding answers on the detention of student activists Mahmoud Khalil and Mohsen Mahdawi, and joined most House Democrats on the September Schneider–Raskin letter opposing annexation of the West Bank. He voted for the April 2024 aid package and the Antisemitism Awareness Act, and against H.R.8369, both ICC-sanctions bills, the casualty-figures amendment and the September 2026 anti-boycott bill.
A 2/3. He backs Israel’s defense and a two-state outcome, but he has criticized the conduct of the war in his own words since December 2023 (“indiscriminate bombing,” a “horrific and disproportionate response”) and has taken a step toward limiting weapons: the Massie Aye, explained as refusing continued U.S. support for actions he believes “stray from American values and law,” following the 2024 Section 620I letter and his call to restore UNRWA’s funding. On that record he reads as a flat 3; the money is what holds him at 2/3 rather than 3: $26,440 through AIPAC’s PAC dated February–October 2024, 3.3% of what his campaign raised that cycle. In May 2026 he said he had taken no AIPAC money that cycle and did not expect to, “because the reality is, I’ve been far too vocal in my criticism of how the war has been executed for that to be an issue.” He has no Block the Bombs or Ceasefire Compliance Act cosponsorship, voted for the April 2024 package and carves out Iron Dome. Counter-case: a flat 3 if the 2024 money is read as past, since none has come in the 2026 cycle and he has said he does not expect any.
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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).