Between Brendan Boyle and Jessica Arriaga, I will be voting for Arriaga.

Brendan Boyle Boyle has received a career total of over **$437,000** from tracked pro-Israel lobby groups. This includes approximately **$110,000** specifically during the current 2026 election cycle.

Boyle has consistently **voted in favor of military and defensive aid to Israel** and explicitly rejects accusations of genocide or moral equivalence between the Israeli government and Hamas.

Arriaga has accepted $0.00 from pro-Israel lobby groups, and has not explicit taken a public stance either way on the conflict. I can at least work with that. A blank slate is easier to work with than someone who clearly already has an ideological position.

Arriaga is also from North Philly, born and raised, so she has solis roots in the city and understands the local issues people care about.

I don’t care what party someone is in. I take people on an individual basis, and if Brendan Boyle is someone who can support the mass murder of women and children while denying it’s happening, that shows he is of low character and not worth my vote. I will be voting Republican for the first time in my life.