Which Texas Senate candidates have received endorsements from major pro-Israel or pro-Palestine organizations in 2026?
Executive summary
A review of the supplied reporting finds no documented endorsements in 2026 from major pro‑Israel groups (such as DMFI PAC/AIPAC‑aligned efforts) or from major pro‑Palestine organizations (such as Track AIPAC) specifically for Texas U.S. Senate or Texas State Senate candidates; national pro‑Israel PACs have announced Senate slates but those named in the sources are outside Texas, and Track AIPAC’s public endorsements list does not show Texas Senate picks in the supplied excerpts (DMFI PAC; Track AIPAC) [1] [2] [3].
1. What the major pro‑Israel groups have publicly announced — and who’s missing for Texas
Pro‑Israel political groups in the supplied reporting have been active in 2026: DMFI PAC published a first round of Senate endorsements naming Democrats in battleground states and emphasized backing candidates who “champion the U.S.‑Israel relationship,” but the DMFI release cited lists Pappas, Stevens, Craig and Cooper — none from Texas — as the initial Senate slate in the source materials [1]. DMFI’s broader House and Senate activity is documented in a separate press release outlining a large 2026 endorsement program for pro‑Israel Democrats, yet again the documented beneficiaries in the excerpts are not Texas Senate campaigns [4]. The supplied DMFI items therefore show national pro‑Israel investment but do not substantiate any 2026 DMFI or allied pro‑Israel endorsement directed to a Texas Senate candidate in the materials provided [1] [4].
2. What pro‑Palestine / Track AIPAC lists show — aim and scope, not Texas Senate endorsements
Track AIPAC, a self‑described pro‑Palestinian endorsement tracker, publishes lists of “Our Endorsements” and candidate graphics and signals which candidates reject AIPAC and support Palestinian rights; the excerpts show federal House and some Senate entries across states but the supplied snippets do not show named Texas U.S. Senate endorsements in 2026, only mentions of some House districts and generic candidate entries [2] [3]. The Track AIPAC materials in the dataset describe the organization’s criteria — backing candidates who condition U.S. aid and support Palestinian statehood — but the supplied pages do not document a Track AIPAC endorsement of any Texas Senate contender in 2026 [2] [3].
3. Independent databases list Texas races and endorsements broadly, but don’t confirm pro‑Israel/pro‑Palestine endorsements in the sources
Ballotpedia and Wikipedia entries in the supplied collection enumerate who is running for U.S. Senate in Texas and document other formal endorsements and timelines for the race, naming major candidates (John Cornyn, Wesley Hunt, Ken Paxton among Republicans; Democrats including Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico) and promising to track endorsements, but the provided Ballotpedia/Wikipedia excerpts do not record endorsements from DMFI, AIPAC, Track AIPAC, or equivalent groups for Texas Senate contests in the supplied snippets [5] [6] [7]. Ballotpedia’s general endorsement tracker exists and is cited, yet the specific endorsements sought by this query are not present in the provided captures [8].
4. Money and influence data exist but don’t substitute for explicit endorsements in these materials
OpenSecrets provides a longstanding mapping of “Pro‑Israel” industry contributions and recipients through 2024 and is cited as a resource that can show which incumbents or candidates receive pro‑Israel industry money, but the supplied OpenSecrets snippet is a methodological pointer and does not substitute for concrete 2026 endorsement announcements for Texas Senate candidates in the excerpts provided [9]. Thus, while financial tracing could reveal pro‑Israel donor relationships for Texas politicians, the present dataset does not contain that analysis applied to 2026 Texas Senate candidates [9].
5. Conclusions, alternative explanations, and limits of the reporting
Based on the supplied sources, there is no documented evidence here that major national pro‑Israel groups (per DMFI materials) or pro‑Palestine endorsement trackers (per Track AIPAC) have publicly endorsed Texas U.S. Senate or state Senate candidates in 2026; the national pro‑Israel PAC materials show endorsements in other states, and Track AIPAC’s lists in the excerpts do not include Texas Senate picks [1] [4] [2] [3]. This conclusion is limited to the provided reporting — it does not claim that such endorsements do not exist elsewhere or were not announced after the captured documents; Ballotpedia and local outlets are set up to record endorsements as they appear, and OpenSecrets can supplement with contribution data if a user wishes to pursue the financial angle [8] [9] [10].