Is Madeleine Dean pro-Israel or pro-Palestine?

Where does Madeleine Dean stand on Israel?

Madeleine Dean (Democrat, Pennsylvania) has a balanced legislative record on Israel and Palestine: 21 points of pro-Israel activity against 21 points of pro-Palestine activity across the bills and votes VoteLog tracks.

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): 5 cosponsored bills × 2 = 10 points; 11 aligned floor votes × 1 = 11 points. Subtotal: 21 points pro-Israel.
• Pro-Palestine activity (deduction): 7 cosponsored bills × 2 = 14 points; 7 aligned floor votes × 1 = 7 points. Subtotal: 21 points pro-Palestine.
• Net score: 0, balanced (21 points pro-Israel against 21 points pro-Palestine).

Campaign finance

2026 cycle, source: FEC, filings through 2026-09-30. Total raised: $1,877,395. Total spent: $1,431,649. Cash on hand: $1,414,487.

Pro-Israel money

Hardline pro-Israel money supporting Dean: $1,000 (2022, 0 PACs, 1 donor, 1 bundled).

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

Where the supporting money comes from

• PAC money: $0 (0%, routed + independent expenditures).
• Individual donors: $500 (50%, 1 named individual).
• Bundled / earmarked: $500 (50%, 1 conduit donor).

Liberal pro-Israel (J Street) money: $57,436, tracked in its own tier and not included in the hardline total.

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

Scoring and classification: VoteLog methodology.