Lily Williams
R · U.S. House, NH-2 · Tier 1/2
Tier 1/2, between “Firmly pro-Israel” and “Mainstream pro-Israel”
Stands with Israel in her own words: her October 2023 campaign release on the Hamas attack asked voters to “unite in our resolve to stand with the people of Israel”; at an October 2024 foreign-policy forum she said “we cannot tell Israel what to do” and, as the Concord Monitor reported it, that she would have to see specific bills on aid for Israel but the U.S. should in general keep letting Israel buy weapons. A Chinese-born, libertarian-leaning entrepreneur who lost NH-2 to Maggie Goodlander in 2024 (52.9% to 47.0%), she won the September 2026 GOP primary for a rematch, running on term limits, ethics reform, affordability, border security and free speech; her foreign-policy plank calls for “peace through strength” and “pursuing American interests FIRST,” and names Iran but not Israel. Asked in iVoterGuide’s 2026 primary questionnaire whether the U.S. relationship with Israel is important, Williams answered: “The survival of Israel is very important, but we need to always align with US interests.” In 2024 she answered the same question “Yes, Israel is a democratic country and the only ally we have in the Middle East” (primary) and “Yes, Israel is a democratic country and a long established ally in the Middle East” (general).
A 1/2, on a thin record: a campaign release, three questionnaire answers and her remarks at an October 2024 forum. Her October 11, 2023 release, “Lily Tang Williams Condemns Hamas Atrocities,” said Hamas “launched the single most effective attack on Judaism since the Holocaust” and asked voters to “unite in our resolve to stand with the people of Israel, no matter our political party.” It called for the hostages’ return and an eventual end to the violence but said nothing about Palestinian civilians. Her 2024 iVoterGuide answers called Israel “a democratic country and the only ally we have in the Middle East” and “a long established ally in the Middle East.” Her 2026 answer calls Israel’s survival “very important” but adds that “we need to always align with US interests.” None of the release or the three answers says anything on Gaza, aid or weapons. At the October 2024 forum, as the Concord Monitor reported it, she said she would have to see specific bills on aid for Israel but that the U.S. should in general keep letting Israel buy weapons, and that “we cannot tell Israel what to do”; neither there nor in her WMUR debate answer that month did she mention Palestinian civilians. There is no leadership on the issue: no office and no authored measure. Her issues page backs the administration’s effort to keep Iran from nuclear weapons and faults Congress for waging war without declaring it, but does not mention Israel. Counter-case: unrated, since her 2026 answer ties support for Israel to U.S. interests and her plainest statements date from 2023 and 2024.
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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).