Rick Brattin
R · U.S. House, MO-5 · Tier 1
Tier 1, “Firmly pro-Israel”
He is a Missouri state senator (since 2021) and chair of the Senate Education Committee. In February 2026 he introduced SB 1770 — word for word the bill Sen. Carter had prefiled in December 2025 as SB 1244 — which would bar Missouri state agencies from using the term West Bank and require the name Judea and Samaria for the land Israel took from Jordan in 1967. He voted for the Senate's March 2024 resolution urging Congress to give Israel full and unequivocal support, financial and otherwise, for as long as it takes and affirming Israel's right to prosecute the war until Hamas is eradicated, and for the April 2026 law requiring Missouri schools and colleges to police antisemitism, including a test for criticism of Israel.
A 1, on a thin record: one bill he filed, three unanimous Senate votes and one House vote he argued for on the floor. As a Missouri state senator he is the sole sponsor of SB 1770 (February 2026), a bill “relating to recognition of the area known as Judea and Samaria in the state of Israel” that would bar state agencies from using the term West Bank in official materials. He also voted for the Senate’s February 2023 resolution supporting Israel’s right to exist and recognizing Jerusalem as its eternal capital, its March 2024 resolution affirming Israel’s right to prosecute the war until the threat from Hamas is eradicated, and for the April 2026 law requiring Missouri schools and colleges to police antisemitism, including a test for criticism of Israel. As a state representative in April 2018 he voted for HB 2179, barring state contracts with companies that boycott Israel (passed 111–35), and argued for it on the floor: “We’re choosing to stand with a nation that has undergone a huge amount of attacks and persecution from those in the Middle East.” No concern for Palestinian civilians appears in his record, and his congressional platform never mentions Israel. Counter-case: a 1/2, since SB 1770 repeats Sen. Carter’s earlier SB 1244 word for word, was filed late in the session during his congressional primary, was not referred to committee until May 7 and never got a hearing, which makes it closer to joining a colleague’s bill than to leading one.
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