Is Jennifer McClellan pro-Israel or pro-Palestine?

Where does Jennifer McClellan stand on Israel?

Jennifer McClellan (Democrat, Virginia) has a balanced legislative record on Israel and Palestine: 17 points of pro-Israel activity against 17 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): 4 cosponsored bills × 2 = 8 points; 9 aligned floor votes × 1 = 9 points. Subtotal: 17 points pro-Israel.
• Pro-Palestine activity (deduction): 5 cosponsored bills × 2 = 10 points; 7 aligned floor votes × 1 = 7 points. Subtotal: 17 points pro-Palestine.
• Net score: 0, balanced (17 points pro-Israel against 17 points pro-Palestine).

Campaign finance

2026 cycle, source: FEC, filings through 2026-09-30. Total raised: $1,497,688. Total spent: $1,345,438. Cash on hand: $206,332.

Pro-Israel money

Hardline pro-Israel money supporting McClellan: $54,300 (2022–2024, 2 PACs, 2 donors, 26 bundled).

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

Where the supporting money comes from

• PAC money: $21,500 (40%, routed + independent expenditures).
• Individual donors: $2,200 (2%, 2 named individuals), of which $1,250 was routed through conduits and is counted once, under bundled.
• Bundled / earmarked: $31,850 (59%, 26 conduit donors).

How the buckets add up to $54,300: PAC money $21,500, plus named individual donors $2,200, minus $1,250 routed through conduits by 1 of those donor (counted once under bundled), plus bundled / earmarked $31,850, equals $54,300 hardline pro-Israel money supporting McClellan.

Liberal pro-Israel (J Street) money: $37,297, 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.