Eli Crane

Arizona’s 2nd (AZ - 02)

Updated: September 23, 2026

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Overview

Eli Crane is Trump’s puppet who votes with him nearly 100% of the time – even when it hurts rural Arizona. Crane is too busy playing party politics and giving perks to his rich donors to represent Arizonans. Meanwhile, former Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez, who grew up without electricity or running water, will work with anyone to meet the needs of rural Arizona starting with protecting water and lowering costs.

SUMMARY

Voters who could be persuaded to vote for Jonathan Nez need to see digital ads on YouTube, streaming, OTT, and Meta and hear radio ads about how: 

  • As President of the Navajo Nation, Jonathan Nez worked with the Trump administration to expand water rights for rural Arizona. Nez has always fought for our water rights. While Eli Crane has been in Congress, Washington has decided Arizona is going to lose a massive share of its water from the Colorado River. This is a major crisis, and Congressman Eli Crane has failed us. Crane has consistently refused to bring funding for projects to his district that keep clean water flowing to rural Arizona, instead we get nothing from Crane while our taxpayer dollars go to states like California. 

Voters who could be persuaded to vote for Jonathan Nez – especially women –  need to see digital ads on YouTube, streaming, OTT, and Meta and hear radio ads about how:

  • Eli Crane voted repeatedly to cover up the Epstein files that exposed a sex trafficking network that exploited girls as young as 14. Crane took tens of thousands of dollars from donors with ties to Jeffrey Epstein. When people demanded transparency and accountability, Crane chose to protect his rich donors. Crane works for the Epstein class, not us.

Voters who could be persuaded to vote for Jonathan Nez – especially men –  need to see digital ads on YouTube, streaming, OTT, and Meta and hear radio ads about how:

  • Congressman Eli Crane put Arizonans’ privacy at risk when he voted against requiring companies to tell customers when their products contain hidden surveillance equipment that records people without their knowledge, and voted to expand the federal government’s ability to spy on American citizens without a warrant.

Voters over 65 need to see digital ads on YouTube, streaming, OTT, and Meta and hear radio ads about how:

  • Crane voted for the largest healthcare cut in history, which is having devastating impacts in Northern Arizona. Because of Crane’s vote, five rural hospitals are at risk of closing. And despite nearly half of Arizona counties being classified as rural, we received the 6th lowest funding for rural hospitals anywhere in the country. Crane failed to deliver for us, and our healthcare is at risk because of it.

Additional Resources

  • Polling shows that Jonathan Nez’s biography is strongest when voters hear that  Jonathan Nez was born in Tuba City and grew up on a ranch with dirt floors and no electricity or running water. He’s dedicated his career to improving the lives of hardworking families like his, not playing politics. As President of the Navajo Nation, he worked with the Trump administration to expand water rights for rural Arizona and broke with his own party to approve oil exploration to create local jobs and lower energy costs. Nez has always fought for our water rights and lower energy costs; that is why we can trust him to regulate data centers so they don’t unfairly use our resources or drive up our costs.
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  • Eli Crane (AZ-02) Research Report



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