Overview
- The Associated Press called the contest for Republican incumbent Eli Crane on Monday after a volatile count that saw the lead flip as counties reported results.
- Crane beat Democrat Jonathan Nez by about 1.2 percentage points, finishing roughly 49.7% to 48.5% according to the AP call.
- Crane is a former Navy SEAL, a close ally of President Trump and a member of the House Freedom Caucus, and he has represented CD2 since 2023.
- Nez, a former Navajo Nation president who does not live inside the district, campaigned on delivering federal resources to rural and tribal communities and narrowed the margin from his 2024 loss.
- The tight outcome in CD2 was one of several unexpectedly close GOP defenses in Arizona that, combined with other results, will change the state’s U.S. House delegation balance to a projected Democratic majority next year.