Caitlin Rourk
Role at the time: Democratic candidate for U.S. House in Texas's 10th district, in an emailed statement from her campaign
Statement summary
Caitlin Rourk, the Democratic candidate for U.S. House in Texas's 10th district, would vote to withdraw from the war in Iran, her campaign told Dispute Index by email.
“Caitlin would be a vote to withdraw from the war in Iran.”
Read the full email
Caitlin would be a vote to withdraw from the war in Iran. Here is an article about her stance: https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-told-to-get-worried-about-cost-of-war-in-red-states-by-insurgent-democratic-congress-candidate
Rourk's campaign sent this unsigned reply from its campaign email address to a Dispute Index follow-up of October 20, 2026, which asked whether Rourk would vote for a war powers resolution directing the removal of U.S. forces from hostilities against Iran. The reply describes her position in the third person and links an October 9 Daily Beast article. The link is to the campaign website; the reply itself is not published there. The text is reproduced as sent, without the greeting.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Why we used this label
The case tracks support for continued U.S. military operations against Iran, including whether a candidate would vote for a war powers resolution to remove U.S. forces from hostilities. Rourk's campaign says she would be a vote to withdraw from the war, which opposes continuing the operation, so we labeled it Condemned.