Nez, Crane set for November rematch in Arizona’s 2nd District
Navajo Times | Donovan QuinteroDemocratic candidate Jonathan Nez, the former Navajo Nation president, who’s running for Congressional District 2 in Arizona, says he has more experience than current incumbent, Rep. Eli Crane. (R-AZ). File photo: October 2022.
Posted by Donovan Quintero | Jul 23, 2026 | News |
A day after unofficial results showed him winning the Democratic primary in Arizona’s 2nd Congressional District, former Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez headed to the Flagstaff Family Food Center, where he said the line of people waiting for food reflected an issue he would carry into his November rematch against U.S. Rep. Eli Crane, R-Ariz.
“I just drove by a long, long line of people coming to the food bank to get food here at the Flagstaff Family Food Center,” Nez said in an interview Wednesday. “Leaders should be helping to make people, families, get food on the table if they need help.”
Tuesday’s statewide primary set a repeat of the 2024 contest, when Crane defeated Nez …