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Arizona House race, District 2

Eli Crane holds this seat and is running to keep it against Jonathan Nez.

The November ballot

Crane
$9.5M
Nez
$3.5M

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

General-election ballot as recorded August 27, 2026. Not a prediction.

The seat

Eli Crane

Republican · Holds the seat now

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, 2026In 10 weeks

Register 29 days before the election.

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How they won the primary

The primary · 65,118 votes

  • Jonathan NezWon100%65,118

Primary results as recorded August 27, 2026, in the canvass's own published order. Via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), which cites each state's canvass. A primary result is a filed fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.

The money on this race

Raised by candidates
$13M
Outside money
$80K

Outside money, for and against

Supporting Crane$72K
Opposing Crane$4.5K
Supporting Nez$3.8K
Opposing Nez-

Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing.

Where each candidate's money comes from

36%$3.4MSmall donors$1.5M42%
55%$5.2MLarge donors$1.7M49%
<1%$86KPACs$213K6%
9%$813KOther$99K3%

Small donors give under $200; 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 9 groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.

1 to 5 of 9 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

  • Elijah CraneWon54.5%
  • Jonathan Nez45.5%

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; money figures carry their own coverage dates. Dataset built 2026-08-27. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.