Is Ted Budd pro-Israel or pro-Palestine?

Where does Ted Budd stand on Israel?

Ted Budd (Republican, North Carolina) is tied for the 13th most pro-Israel record in the US Senate, with a net score of +82: 3 sponsored bills, 29 cosponsorships, and 15 aligned floor votes on the pro-Israel side, with no recorded activity on the pro-Palestine side.

Net score breakdown

Weights: sponsoring a scored bill 3 points, authoring a scored amendment 3 points, cosponsoring a scored bill 2 points, an aligned floor vote 1 point.

• Pro-Israel activity (additions): 3 sponsored bills × 3 = 9 points; 29 cosponsored bills × 2 = 58 points; 15 aligned floor votes × 1 = 15 points. Subtotal: 82 points pro-Israel.
• Net score: +82 pro-Israel (82 pro-Israel points minus 0 pro-Palestine points).

Campaign finance

2026 cycle, source: FEC, filings through 2026-09-30. Total raised: $1,827,203. Total spent: $1,381,372. Cash on hand: $728,189.

Pro-Israel money

Hardline pro-Israel money supporting Budd: $203,841 (2018–2022, 2 PACs, 29 donors, 57 bundled).

Pro-Israel money spent AGAINST Budd: $0. No tracked pro-Israel money spent against this member.

Where the supporting money comes from

• PAC money: $16,500 (8%, routed + independent expenditures).
• Individual donors: $138,200 (66%, 29 named individuals), of which $2,900 was routed through conduits and is counted once, under bundled.
• Bundled / earmarked: $52,041 (26%, 57 conduit donors).

How the buckets add up to $203,841: PAC money $16,500, plus named individual donors $138,200, minus $2,900 routed through conduits by 1 of those donor (counted once under bundled), plus bundled / earmarked $52,041, equals $203,841 hardline pro-Israel money supporting Budd.

Full committee and donor lists: Israel/Palestine campaign finance.

Scoring and classification: VoteLog methodology.