| National Republicans are PANICKING over vulnerable incumbents Juan Ciscomani and Eli Crane after both voted to gut Arizonans’ health care to pay for tax cuts for billionaires.
The Arizona Mirror reports that Ciscomani received nearly $1 million in 2025, the second most for any Republican incumbent outside of House leadership. Notably, only 7% of Ciscomani’s donations came from small dollar donors.
REMINDER: Ciscomani voiced concerns about cuts to Medicaid, expiring ACA tax credits, and threats to jobs in his district – but ultimately bent the knee and voted with GOP leadership.
Coincidence?
Ciscomani has also been under fire in recent weeks for refusing to condemn one of his major donors, predator and disgraced Congressman Tony Gonzales.
Crane, meanwhile, got nearly $600,000 from Republican leadership – a clear sign that Crane is dependent on D.C. party bosses, who are increasingly worried about this seat. To quote Crane himself:
Read the reporting for yourself…
Arizona Mirror: Money from GOP leaders is flooding into two Arizona House races. Democrats say that’s telling.
- Ciscomani, whose district in southern Arizona is one of the most competitive in the nation and is a prime target for Democrats, has gotten nearly $1 million so far, the second most of any other Republican incumbent … [and] nearly a quarter of all the money Ciscomani has raised.
- Comparatively, approximately 7% of Ciscomani’s 2025 donations came from small donors.
- Crane, whose rural Arizona district leans Republican, also got a boost of funds from House leadership — a first for the far-right congressman who was first elected in 2022.
- So far, he’s received nearly $600,000 from GOP leaders: $438,000 from Johnson’s and $160,000 from Emmer’s.
- Republican leaders know their vulnerable members need money to defend their seats, so they are directing resources to those most likely to face challenging reelection bids.
- For Democrats like Sen. Priya Sundareshan, the influx of cash from GOP leaders shows that Republicans are worried about losing both seats.
- “It shows both of them are vulnerable incumbents, Ciscomani most of all, with districts that are likely to flip as voters recoil from Trump’s policies they have both supported in lockstep — from last year’s HR1 budget vote to decimate health care while spending billions on ICE, to more recently refusing to use their congressional authority to rein in Trump’s war in Iran,” Sundarashan told the Mirror.
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