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Elections · U.S. House · Arizona

2026 Arizona House race, District 2

Eli Crane (Republican), Jonathan Nez (Democrat) and Curtis Goodwin (Libertarian) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. House in Arizona District 2, as recorded September 22, 2026.

The November ballot

Crane
$9.5M
Nez
$3.5M

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

Also in this race: Curtis Goodwin (Libertarian).

Official candidate list: Arizona Secretary of State. Faces and bars are the campaigns that hold the seat or have $25,000 raised or outside spending on file; being outside that group is a filing fact, not a mark. Not a prediction.

The seat

Eli Crane

Republican · Holds the seat now

First took office 2023 · Age 46

Discloses no individual stock trades.

Cosponsored a bill that would ban it

From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.

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How to vote in Arizona

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026 

Register 29 days before the election.

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How they won the primary

The primary · 65,118 votes

  • Jonathan Nez Won: Unopposed 65,118

Primary results as recorded October 12, 2026, ordered by votes. Source: Arizona Secretary of State official primary canvass. Certified August 6, 2026. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.

The money on this race

Raised by candidates
$13M
Outside money
$3.3M

Outside money, for and against

Supporting Crane$1.2M
Opposing Crane$944K
Supporting Nez$376K
Opposing Nez$802K

Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing. No outside money is on file for or against the other name on this ballot.

Where each candidate's money comes from

36%$3.4MSmall donors$1.5M42%
55%$5.2MLarge donors$1.7M49%
<1%$86KPACs$213K6%
<1%$1KParty$221<1%
8%$813KOther$99K3%

Small donors give $200 or less; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.

Who is spending on this race

The largest groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.

1 to 5 of 19 groups

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.

Not on the November ballot

1 filed

Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.

How this seat voted last time

R+9 in 2024

  • Eli Crane Won: 54.5%
  • Jonathan Nez: 45.5%

406,431 votes for candidates. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.

Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.

The district

Census context
People
826K
Median household income
$68K
Unemployment
6.3%
Living below the poverty line
16.6%
Without health insurance
12.3%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.

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Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are reported to the FEC through July 1, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers this two-year cycle, the same as the candidate totals. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.