Arizona · U.S. House · District 02 · 2026

Arizona District 02 House race

General election in 50 days · Nov 3, 2026

The read · Arizona District 02 House race

Elijah Crane has raised more than 3 times the next candidate.

Candidates in the Arizona District 02 House race, 2026 report raising $12.1M between them. Elijah Crane reports $8.7M and Jonathan Nez reports $3.4M, a gap of $5.2M. Of what Elijah Crane reports, 99% came from individuals and 1% from PACs. Outside groups spent against CRANE, ELI ($771,113) and for CRANE, ELI ($26,046).

Public campaign-finance filings, 2026 cycle. Candidate rows are filers on record, not final ballot lists. Totals are rounded to whole dollars.

Every candidate on file

Ranked by money raised. Each row shows the campaign money mix and a plain-English read.

Elijah Crane

RIncumbent

R · incumbent

Small-donor heavy. 99% from individuals and 1% from PACs.

99% individuals1% PACs0% other

$8.7M

raised

Jonathan Nez

D · challenger

Small-donor heavy. 93% from individuals and 6% from PACs.

93% individuals6% PACs1% other

$3.4M

raised

Eric Descheenie

D · challenger

Small-donor heavy. 100% from individuals and 0% from PACs.

100% individuals0% PACs0% other

$4K

raised

Where the money came from

$26K in itemized outside money is on file for this cycle. Candidate fundraising is shown separately below.

Ideological / Leadership$48K

Small donors & unclassified$44K

Law & Lobbying$4K

Real Estate & Construction$3K

Health & Pharma$2K

Biggest itemized outside spenders

CLUB FOR GROWTH PAC · pac$13K
SENATE CONSERVATIVES FUND · pac$12K
SENATE CONSERVATIVES ACTION · super pac$11K
AMERICAN REVIVAL PAC · pac$10K
BUCKEYE LIBERTY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE · pac$10K
SALT RIVER VALLEY WATER USERS' ASSOCIATION POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT COMMITTEE ( SRPPIC) · pac$10K
SEAL PAC SUPPORTING ELECTING AMERICAN LEADERS PAC · pac$10K
LETS GET TO WORK PAC · pac$7K

PACs vs the people

This split is from the candidates' own reported fundraising.

97%

2% PACs97% individuals1% other

The incumbent's record

Elijah Crane is the linked incumbent for this race.

Net worth (2025)

$1.4M

$882K - $2.0M. down $833K since 2021.

Stock trades

None on file

No disclosed individual stock transactions.

Committees

Current full committee seats on file.

Where they sit

House Committee on Homeland Security
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

Who funds them

This is the incumbent's own funding by donor sector for the cycle.

Ideological / Leadership$48K

Small donors & unclassified$44K

Law & Lobbying$4K

Real Estate & Construction$3K

Health & Pharma$2K

Full profile: net worth, donors, trades, and votes ->

The tale of the tape

Money, side by side. Green marks the leader on each line.

Elijah Crane R · incumbent	vs	JN Jonathan Nez D · challenger
$8.7M	Raised	$3.4M
$2.8M	Cash on hand	$1.9M
1%	From PACs	6%
99%	From individuals	93%
Ideological / Leadership	Top donor sector	Too few to rank
Yes	Incumbent	No