Is Don Bacon pro-Israel or pro-Palestine?

Where does Don Bacon stand on Israel?

Don Bacon (Republican, Nebraska) is tied for the 14th most pro-Israel record in the US House, with a net score of +105: 43 cosponsorships and 19 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): 43 cosponsored bills × 2 = 86 points; 19 aligned floor votes × 1 = 19 points. Subtotal: 105 points pro-Israel.
• Net score: +105 pro-Israel (105 pro-Israel points minus 0 pro-Palestine points).

Campaign finance

2026 cycle, source: FEC, filings through 2026-09-30. Total raised: $1,502,946. Total spent: $1,329,068. Cash on hand: $372,311.

Pro-Israel money

Hardline pro-Israel money supporting Bacon: $1,543,355 (2016–2026, 4 PACs, 88 donors, 1,117 bundled).

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

Where the supporting money comes from

• PAC money: $54,100 (4%, routed + independent expenditures).
• Individual donors: $509,856 (23%, 88 named individuals), of which $154,156 was routed through conduits and is counted once, under bundled.
• Bundled / earmarked: $1,133,555 (73%, 1,117 conduit donors).

How the buckets add up to $1,543,355: PAC money $54,100, plus named individual donors $509,856, minus $154,156 routed through conduits by 55 of those donors (counted once under bundled), plus bundled / earmarked $1,133,555, equals $1,543,355 hardline pro-Israel money supporting Bacon.

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

Scoring and classification: VoteLog methodology.