The person behind the name
Eli Crane’s public career runs from thirteen years in the U.S. Navy, including deployments with SEAL Team 3, through a veteran-owned business sold in 2022, to two terms as the U.S. Representative for Arizona’s Second District, where the record is built on votes against a Speaker, spending bills and foreign aid rather than on laws enacted. [1][3][5]
The Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress records that Crane was born in Tucson on January 3, 1980, graduated from Cibola High School in Yuma in 1998, attended Arizona Western College from 1999 to 2000 and the University of Arizona from 2000 to 2001, and served in the United States Navy from 2001 to 2014. His official House biography says he left the university during his senior year a week after the September 11 attacks to enlist, and that in thirteen years of service he took part in five wartime deployments, three of them with SEAL Team 3. [3][1]
In 2012 he and his wife, Jen, co-founded a veteran-owned business that makes bottle openers from shell casings. The official biography describes a venture that began in their garage, grew to employ dozens and led to a nationally televised deal, and says they sold the company in 2022. The campaign names the company as Bottle Breacher and says it was featured on Shark Tank; Cronkite News reported that the episode aired on November 7, 2014, that the couple sought $150,000 for a 10 percent stake, and that the company had been started in San Diego. [1][9][62]
Education and professional preparation
The Biographical Directory lists his education as Cibola High School, Arizona Western College and the University of Arizona, and the official biography confirms that he left the university before finishing his senior year; no degree is claimed in either biography, and none is asserted here. His professional preparation was military and then commercial: the Directory lists him as a writer and business owner after his Navy service, and the campaign adds that he is a brand ambassador for Sig Sauer and a former member of the national Advisory Committee on Veteran Business Affairs. [3][1][11]
From political newcomer to two-term incumbent
Crane first ran for office in 2022, in the Second District as redrawn after the 2020 census. Endorsed by former President Trump at a July rally in Prescott Valley, he won a seven-candidate Republican primary on August 2, 2022 with 38,681 votes, 35.8 percent of the total, over state Representative Walt Blackman’s 26,399, then defeated the Democratic incumbent, Tom O’Halleran, in November by 174,169 votes to 149,151, or 53.9 percent. In 2024 he was renominated over Jack Smith, 89,480 votes to 21,637, and re-elected over former Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez, 221,413 to 184,963, 54.5 percent of the vote. The percentages are computed from the canvass and Clerk totals cited. [62][66][63][13][14][74][15][67]
In 2026 he was the only Republican on the July 21 primary ballot and received 89,205 votes, according to the Secretary of State’s official canvass dated August 5, 2026; Nez, alone on the Democratic ballot, received 65,118, and Libertarian Curtis Goodwin 318. The three meet in the November 3, 2026 general election. [12][71]
A note on residence. Cronkite News reported in 2022 that Crane’s federal filings listed a home in Oro Valley, a suburb north of Tucson that lies outside the district, and that Arizona requires only state residence of a congressional candidate; The Arizona Republic wrote in 2023 that he and his family live near Tucson, and his official biography says only that the family lives in Arizona. [62][63][1]
Life & public service
From the Navy to a business, to Congress and a third campaign, the documented milestones show how his record was built.
Born in Tucson
Born January 3, 1980 in Tucson, Pima County; Cibola High School in Yuma, class of 1998. [3]
Three bills through the House
H.R. 837, conveying the Pleasant Valley Ranger District site for a veterans center, passed February 5; H.R. 495, the Subterranean Border Defense Act, passed March 10; H.R. 1829, the Apache County and Navajo County Conveyance Act, passed May 13. None has become law. [5][52][51]
Justice for Warriors Caucus chairman
Named chairman of the Congressional Justice for Warriors Caucus for the 119th Congress, announced October 29, 2025. [54]
Accomplishments, in the record
Roll calls, bill records and the official House pages establish the following work. Outcomes are described at the level those records support, with shared credit where the measure was another official’s initiative.
Forty measures, six through the House, none recorded as enacted
GovTrack’s register of measures Crane has sponsored lists 40 across his two terms, 18 in the 118th Congress and 22 in the 119th. GovTrack’s status field shows none enacted; its 2024 report card for the 118th Congress, which also counts text carried into other laws, records zero, and no equivalent analysis of the 119th Congress was available for this review. Six passed the House: H.R. 1829 of the 118th Congress and H.R. 837 of the 119th, which would convey the Pleasant Valley Ranger District site in Gila County for a rural veterans center (April 9, 2024 and February 5, 2025); the Subterranean Border Defense Act, twice (H.R. 7404 on September 9, 2024 and H.R. 495 on March 10, 2025); the Apache County and Navajo County Conveyance Act (H.R. 1829 of the 119th, May 13, 2025); and the North Rim Restoration Act (H.R. 5729, March 16, 2026). Three more were reported from committee, and H.J.Res. 71, relating to the national emergency declared on May 22, 2003, failed on the floor on July 18, 2023. [5][6][52][51][53]
GovTrack’s 2024 report card for the 118th Congress counted 18 bills and resolutions introduced, the fewest in the Arizona delegation, with 89 cosponsors, five measures that reached the floor and three of the 18 with a cosponsor from the other party. He cosponsored 783 measures, the fifth most among House Republicans (tied with one other member), 1 percent of them introduced by non-Republicans, and the analysis ranked him third most politically right among House freshmen. [6]
Border votes and a tunnel bill
Crane voted Yea on H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act, which passed 219–213 on May 11, 2023, and Yea on the resolution impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, which passed 214–213 on February 13, 2024. In the 119th Congress he voted Yea on S. 5, the Laken Riley Act, which passed the House 263–156 on January 22, 2025. [19][24][28]
His Subterranean Border Defense Act, reintroduced with Democrat Lou Correa of California, would strengthen congressional oversight of illicit cross-border tunnel operations, in his office’s description; it passed the House on September 9, 2024 and again on March 10, 2025 and awaits the Senate. He sits on the Homeland Security Committee’s Subcommittee on Border Security Enforcement. [51][5][2]
No to the debt-limit deal and the 2023 stopgap; Yes to H.R. 1
Crane voted No on the Fiscal Responsibility Act, the 2023 debt-limit agreement, which passed 314–117 on May 31, 2023, and Nay on the September 30, 2023 continuing resolution that prevented a partial government shutdown, which passed 335–91; The Arizona Republic reported that he said he preferred a shutdown to a stopgap that let spending continue unchecked. [20][23][63]
In 2025 he voted Yea on H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, at passage on May 22 (215–214) and Aye on the motion to concur in the Senate amendment on July 3 (218–214), and Yea on the September 19, 2025 continuing resolution, which passed 217–212. The campaign says he “voted for the largest middle class tax cut in history”; it does not name the bill, and the superlative is the campaign’s characterization, not a measure this review made. [30][31][32][10]
Against Ukraine aid, the defense bills and the Iran war-powers resolutions
Crane voted Nay on the Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act on April 20, 2024 (passed 311–112) and Nay on the Ukraine Support Act on June 4, 2026 (passed 226–195). His office reported that his September 2023 amendment to bar the deployment of U.S. troops to fight in Ukraine was adopted by voice vote. On July 21, 2026 the House rejected two of his amendments to the FY2027 defense bill: one to bar the Pentagon from paying the costs of foreign personnel in joint exercises, 61–365, and one to bar Ukraine Security Assistance funds other than embassy security, 76–350. He then voted Nay on the bill itself, which passed 216–212 on July 22, 2026, as he had on the FY2024 bill on July 14, 2023 (219–210), one of four Republicans to do so. [27][39][50][40][44][41][45][42][22]
On each of the five 2026 concurrent resolutions directing the President to remove U.S. forces from hostilities with Iran he voted Nay: H.Con.Res. 38 on March 5 (failed 212–219), H.Con.Res. 75 on May 14 (failed 212–212), H.Con.Res. 86 on June 3 (passed 215–208), H.Con.Res. 89 on July 23 (passed 214–208) and H.Con.Res. 93 on September 15 (passed 220–204). [34][35][36][37][38]
The warrant amendment and the vote against reauthorization
On April 12, 2024 Crane voted Aye on the Biggs amendment to prohibit warrantless searches of U.S. persons’ communications in the Section 702 database of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which failed on a 212–212 tie, and No on the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, which passed 273–147. [25][75][26]
An amendment adopted in a heated debate
On July 13, 2023 the House adopted Crane’s amendment to the FY2024 National Defense Authorization Act, 214–210, with Republicans 213–1 and Democrats 1–209. NBC News reported his description of the amendment as barring the Defense Department from considering race, gender, religion, political affiliation or other ideological concepts as the sole basis for recruitment, training, education, promotion or retention decisions. The exchange during the debate is described in the fuller record below. [21][65]
Committees, caucuses, the Epstein files and an impeachment motion
Crane serves on the Committee on Homeland Security (Subcommittees on Border Security Enforcement and on Transportation and Maritime Security) and the Committee on Oversight (Subcommittees on Cybersecurity, Information Technology and Government Innovation, on Military and Foreign Affairs, and the Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets). He chairs the Congressional Justice for Warriors Caucus, which his office says takes up the cases of service members and veterans it considers wrongfully accused or incarcerated, and lists membership in the House Freedom, Western, Copper, Border Security, El Salvador and Navy & Marine Corps caucuses. On November 18, 2025 he voted Aye on the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which passed 427–1, and on September 15, 2026 he voted Yea on the motion to table H.Res. 1486, a resolution impeaching President Trump, which passed 232–147. As a member of the Homeland Security Committee he questioned the Pennsylvania State Police commissioner at its July 23, 2024 hearing on the attempt on Donald Trump’s life; that exchange is described in the fuller record. [2][54][33][43][73]
Attendance and ideology, measured
GovTrack counts 25 missed votes of 1,917 from January 2023 to September 2026, 1.3 percent, against a median of 2.1 percent for current representatives; in April–June 2026 he missed 11 of 125. Voteview’s DW-NOMINATE first-dimension score places him at 0.750 in both the 118th and 119th Congresses, which ranks 14th of the 230 House Republicans scored in the 118th and 17th of 227 in the 119th, rankings computed from Voteview’s member file for this profile. [4][7]
What the ratings say
Heritage Action scores him 92 percent for the 119th Congress and 93 percent lifetime. The Club for Growth Foundation’s scorecard gives him 93 for 2025 and 98 lifetime, with a rank of 78, 100 in each of 2023 and 2024, and its Defender of Economic Freedom award in all three years. The League of Conservation Voters scores him 0 percent for 2025 and 1 percent lifetime; SBA Pro-Life America grades him A+; the NRA Political Victory Fund grades him A for 2026 and shows Nez with a question mark. [57][58][59][61][60]
Family & community
His official biography states that he and his wife, Jen, live in Arizona with their two daughters, Makenzie and Kennedy; the campaign biography describes him as a husband, father and native Arizonan who is raising his family in the state. [1][9]
The campaign says he helps support numerous veterans’ organizations each year and lists his service as a brand ambassador for Sig Sauer and as a former member of the national Advisory Committee on Veteran Business Affairs; in Congress he chairs the Justice for Warriors Caucus and belongs to the Navy & Marine Corps Caucus. [11][54][2]
Neither the official biography nor the campaign biography states a religious affiliation; the campaign home page calls him “faith-oriented,” and this profile makes no claim about a denomination. [1][9][11]
Mission & priorities
“My message to rural Arizonans has always been simple: I’ll do what I said I was going to do and always, and I mean always, put their needs first.” {9}
The following summarizes the agenda on Crane’s campaign website. These are proposed priorities and campaign claims, not completed accomplishments, and each is set beside what the record shows.
01Keeping the border secure
The campaign says Crane is “working overtime to codify into law the border security policies of President Trump” and is pushing to finish the wall, hire more immigration judges and deploy technology to detect fentanyl. The record shows Yea votes on H.R. 2 in 2023, the Mayorkas impeachment in 2024 and the Laken Riley Act in 2025, and a tunnel-oversight bill that passed the House twice. [10][19][24][28][51]
02Fighting for veterans
“Our nation’s veterans are heroes who deserve the highest standard of care,” the campaign says, setting spending on veterans against foreign aid and non-governmental organizations. In the record: H.R. 837, conveying land in Young, Arizona for a rural veterans center, passed the House in February 2025; the Hire Veterans Act, introduced in 2024 and again in 2025, and three bills on veterans’ Second Amendment rights were introduced without further action; he chairs the Justice for Warriors Caucus. [10][52][5][54]
03Taking on the status quo
The campaign says he “helped advance legislation to ban members of Congress from trading stocks,” opposes lobbying by former members and holds that members should not be paid during shutdowns. The record shows cosponsorship rather than authorship: he joined H.R. 7008, the Stop Insider Trading Act, on January 13, 2026, the day after Representative Bryan Steil introduced it, and voted Yea when it passed the House 232–198 on July 22, 2026; it awaits the Senate. He also cosponsored the Bipartisan Ban on Congressional Stock Ownership Act of 2023, the Restore Trust in Congress Act, introduced in 2025, and a 2025 resolution providing for consideration of a bill to prohibit stock trading and ownership by members. [10][77][76][78]
04Election integrity
05Taxes and the cost of living
The campaign says he is “spearheading the effort to cut taxes, lower costs, defend Arizona jobs, and bring new investment to AZ-02,” and that he “voted for the largest middle class tax cut in history, in addition to eliminating tax on tips, overtime, and Social Security, while expanding the Child Tax credit.” The Yea votes on H.R. 1 are in the record; the campaign does not name the bill, and the law’s authorship and effects are not attributed to him here. [10][30][31]
06Rebuilding after disaster; rural Arizona
The campaign says that after the White Sage and Dragon Bravo fires he “passed legislation to expedite recovery efforts.” The North Rim Restoration Act passed the House unanimously on March 16, 2026 and awaits the Senate; it is not law. The campaign also cites work on copper, rural health care, water, abandoned mines and tribal entrepreneurs; the bills on record include the Legacy Mine Cleanup Act, introduced in 2024 and again in 2025, and the Yavapai-Apache Nation Water Rights Settlement Act, introduced in December 2025, neither of which has advanced from committee. [10][53][5]
07Energy and public lands
The campaign opposes wind and solar projects in rural Arizona, calling them unreliable and a contributor to rising utility bills. His Energy Opportunities for All Act, introduced with Representative Paul Gosar to undo the Interior Department’s land withdrawal around Chaco Canyon, was reported from committee in the 118th Congress and reintroduced in January 2025 as H.R. 606. [10][63][5]
08Abortion and the Second Amendment
The campaign home page describes him as “pro-life, pro-second amendment”; SBA Pro-Life America grades him A+ and the NRA Political Victory Fund A. Cronkite News reported his 2022 statement that Roe v. Wade “was a mistake that has cost millions of innocent lives, and our Constitution never authorized the right to terminate human life.” [11][61][60][62]
How to assess a proposal. A campaign plan states an intention. Enactment, implementation costs, replacement revenue, and measured results are separate questions. These priorities should be read alongside the legislative and voting history above.
The fuller record
A useful profile includes policy tradeoffs, the limits of a claim, and responses to material criticism.
The Speaker fights and the 2024 primary
On January 3, 2023 Crane voted for Andy Biggs on the first ballot for Speaker (Jeffries 212, McCarthy 203, Biggs 10) and, on the fifteenth ballot early on January 7, answered Present with five other Republicans; Kevin McCarthy was elected on that ballot with 216 votes to Hakeem Jeffries’s 212. On October 3, 2023 he voted Yea on the motion declaring the office vacant, 216–210, one of eight Republicans to do so. Ballotpedia reported that McCarthy’s allies identified him as a primary target and that his 2024 challenger, Jack Smith, a veteran and former Yavapai County supervisor, criticized him for living in a Tucson suburb; Crane said the challenge came because he “kept my word when I stood up to the GOP Establishment.” The Secretary of State’s canvass records the July 30, 2024 primary as 89,480 votes for Crane to 21,637 for Smith. [16][17][18][63][72][74]
The “colored people” remark
During floor debate on his defense-bill amendment on July 13, 2023, Crane said, “My amendment has nothing to do with whether or not colored people or Black people or anybody can serve.” Representative Joyce Beatty of Ohio asked that the words be taken down; Crane offered to amend them to “people of color,” and the chair struck them by unanimous consent. In a statement he said: “In a heated floor debate on my amendment that would prohibit discrimination on the color of one’s skin in the Armed Forces, I misspoke. Every one of us is made in the image of God and created equal.” Beatty said he did not misspeak, the Congressional Black Caucus called for an apology, and Speaker McCarthy called the remark “not acceptable” while saying he would take Crane at his word. The amendment was adopted 214–210, and Crane was one of four Republicans to vote against the bill the next day. [64][65][21][22]
Statements about the 2020 election and the 2024 shooting
In October 2021 CNN reported that Crane, then a first-time candidate, had called on the Arizona Legislature to “decertify” the 2020 election and on the state Attorney General to open a criminal investigation. KNAU reported in October 2024 that he believes that election was stolen and quoted a 2022 podcast interview: “I believe that there was massive fraud in this last election. For a bunch of different reasons.” After the July 13, 2024 attempt on Donald Trump’s life, Crane twice visited the Butler, Pennsylvania fairground, once with Representative Cory Mills and the commentator Benny Johnson, and posted a video from the rooftop the gunman used: “Had the Secret Service or anybody had sniper teams up there, this guy wouldn’t have made it five feet up this roof.” At the Homeland Security Committee’s July 23, 2024 hearing he played that video, asked the Pennsylvania State Police commissioner who had decided not to place a counter-sniper team on the site’s water tower and, as the printed transcript records, asked: “are you aware, sir, that many Americans believe this was very likely not a lone shooter but a coordinated assassination attempt? Have you been getting those messages from people, like I have?” He also asked whether the gunman’s home had been found unusually clean. KNAU later quoted him: “I don’t put it past some of the people in our government — their willingness to do anything to get rid of President Donald Trump.” The statements are his and are reported here as the transcript and the outlets carry them; this review evaluates none of them. [66][67][68][73]
Impeaching a judge
On February 21, 2025 Crane introduced H.Res. 145, a single article of impeachment against U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer of the Southern District of New York, after the judge’s February 8 order restricting political appointees’ access to Treasury payment systems. His release called the order “judicial overreach and a clear threat to democracy.” Bloomberg Law reported that the filing followed Elon Musk’s call for judicial impeachments and that removal would require two-thirds of the Senate; The Arizona Republic described the effort as breaking with a long-standing norm. The resolution drew twelve Republican cosponsors, was referred to the Judiciary Committee and has had no further action. [47][48][49][46]
The Sharia Free America Caucus
Crane is listed among the members of the Sharia Free America Caucus, launched on December 18, 2025 by Representatives Keith Self and Chip Roy. In the January 15, 2026 announcement he said: “As someone who fought in the Middle East, I know firsthand that this authoritarian ideology cannot coexist with Western values.” The Council on American-Islamic Relations, an advocacy group, published a February 2026 document that designates the caucus an anti-Muslim extremist organization and quotes Crane’s remarks at its inaugural press conference; that designation is the organization’s own judgment, not the finding of any official body, and no response from Crane to it appears in the sources reviewed. [55][56]
Debates, endorsements and the 2026 field
Cronkite News reported in 2022 that Crane declined the Arizona PBS and Citizens Clean Elections Commission debate, did not answer interview requests and gave interviews only to conservative outlets; KNAU reported in 2024 that he did not appear at scheduled debates before that year’s primary or general election. Trump endorsed him at a July 2022 rally in Prescott Valley and, KNAU reported, in both of his campaigns; the campaign’s home page carries the line “Endorsed By President Donald Trump.” Jonathan Nez, the former Navajo Nation president, announced his second challenge on July 22, 2025, arguing that Crane’s votes on Medicaid would harm a district where, he said, nearly one in three residents rely on the program; Crane answered in an emailed statement that the Democrats had “hit rock bottom.” KNAU counts fourteen tribes within the district and nearly 20 percent of its residents as Native American. Through July 1, 2026 his principal committee, Eli Crane for Congress, reported receipts of $9,481,427.94, of which $8,581,510.99 came from individuals ($3,385,826.14 of it unitemized) and $812,976.77 was transferred from other authorized committees, disbursements of $6,957,053.15, cash on hand of $2,841,744.86 and no debts. Inside Elections rates the seat Likely Republican. Endorsements and ratings measure political support, not the record above. [62][67][11][69][8][70][71]
Questions & answers
Who is Eli Crane?
Eli Crane’s public career runs from thirteen years in the U.S. Navy, including deployments with SEAL Team 3, through a veteran-owned business sold in 2022, to two terms as the U.S. Representative for Arizona’s Second District, where the record is built on votes against a Speaker, spending bills and foreign aid rather than on laws enacted. [1][3][5] The Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress records that Crane was born in Tucson on January 3, 1980, graduated from Cibola High School in Yuma in 1998, attended Arizona Western College from 1999 to 2000 and the University of Arizona from 2000 to 2001, and served in the United States Navy from 2001 to 2014. His official House biography says he left the university during his senior year a week after the September 11 attacks to enlist, and that in thirteen years of service he took part in five wartime deployments, three of them with SEAL Team 3. [3][1]
What office is Eli Crane running for in 2026?
Who is Eli Crane running against?
Crane first ran for office in 2022, in the Second District as redrawn after the 2020 census. Endorsed by former President Trump at a July rally in Prescott Valley, he won a seven-candidate Republican primary on August 2, 2022 with 38,681 votes, 35.8 percent of the total, over state Representative Walt Blackman’s 26,399, then defeated the Democratic incumbent, Tom O’Halleran, in November by 174,169 votes to 149,151, or 53.9 percent. In 2024 he was renominated over Jack Smith, 89,480 votes to 21,637, and re-elected over former Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez, 221,413 to 184,963, 54.5 percent of the vote. The percentages are computed from the canvass and Clerk totals cited. [62][66][63][13][14][74][15][67]
What are Eli Crane's stated priorities?
The following summarizes the agenda on Crane’s campaign website. These are proposed priorities and campaign claims, not completed accomplishments, and each is set beside what the record shows. The campaign lists: Keeping the border secure; Fighting for veterans; Taking on the status quo; Election integrity; Taxes and the cost of living; Rebuilding after disaster; rural Arizona; Energy and public lands; Abortion and the Second Amendment.
What does the public record show?
Roll calls, bill records and the official House pages establish the following work. Outcomes are described at the level those records support, with shared credit where the measure was another official’s initiative. GovTrack’s register of measures Crane has sponsored lists 40 across his two terms, 18 in the 118th Congress and 22 in the 119th. GovTrack’s status field shows none enacted; its 2024 report card for the 118th Congress, which also counts text carried into other laws, records zero, and no equivalent analysis of the 119th Congress was available for this review. Six passed the House: H.R. 1829 of the 118th Congress and H.R. 837 of the 119th, which would convey the Pleasant Valley Ranger District site in Gila County for a rural veterans center (April 9, 2024 and February 5, 2025); the Subterranean Border Defense Act, twice (H.R. 7404 on September 9, 2024 and H.R. 495 on March 10, 2025); the Apache County and Navajo County Conveyance Act (H.R. 1829 of the 119th, May 13, 2025); and the North Rim Restoration Act (H.R. 5729, March 16, 2026). Three more were reported from committee, and H.J.Res. 71, relating to the national emergency declared on May 22, 2003, failed on the floor on July 18, 2023. [5][6][52][51][53]
How was this profile researched?
Reviewed September 17, 2026, and fact-checked against the cited documents the same day. This is a documented overview of publicly available biography, major actions and stated priorities, not an exhaustive vote-by-vote record; 40 roll calls were read for it and the defining ones are cited. Numerical claims retain their original meaning and attribution; vote percentages are computed from the canvass and Clerk totals cited, which report counts only. Historical sources do not imply current positions. Bar records, degree years, personal financial disclosures, military service records beyond the official biographies, and the private polls reported on the race board were not part of this review. The Secretary of State’s 2024 and 2026 primary canvasses are scanned documents without a text layer and were read from Internet Archive copies of the page images. Filings and campaign pages may change after this review.
Sources & methodology
Government records anchor the profile: the Clerk’s roll calls, the Secretary of State’s canvasses, the Clerk’s election statistics, the Federal Election Commission’s summary and the official House pages. Independent analyses (GovTrack, Voteview) and advocacy ratings (Heritage Action, Club for Growth, LCV, SBA Pro-Life America, the NRA’s political action committee) are labeled as such rather than as government records; original reporting supplies responses and scrutiny; campaign materials are used for the candidate’s own priorities and claims.
- 01About Eli | Congressman Eli Crane (official House biography)crane.house.gov · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Official biography: enlisted a week after September 11, thirteen years in the Navy, five wartime deployments (three with SEAL Team 3); the veteran-owned bottle-opener business co-founded with his wife Jen in 2012 and sold in 2022; two daughters, Makenzie and Kennedy; no religious affiliation stated.Government record - 02Committees and Caucuses | Congressman Eli Cranecrane.house.gov · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Homeland Security and Oversight assignments with subcommittees; caucus memberships including House Freedom, Western, Copper, Border Security and Justice for Warriors.Government record - 03CRANE, Eli — Biographical Directory listing (C001132)Office of the Historian, U.S. House of Representatives · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Born Tucson, January 3, 1980; Cibola High School 1998; Arizona Western College 1999–2000; University of Arizona 2000–2001; U.S. Navy 2001–2014; writer; business owner; elected to the 118th and 119th Congresses.Government record - 04Rep. Eli Crane — member page and missed-votes recordGovTrack.us · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Attendance: 25 of 1,917 roll calls missed January 2023–September 2026 (1.3%), median 2.1%; 11 of 125 missed April–June 2026; committee list; issue areas of sponsored bills.Independent analysis or rating - 05Bills and resolutions sponsored by Eli Crane, 2023–2026 (40 records)GovTrack.us (API) · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Status of every sponsored measure: 18 in the 118th Congress and 22 in the 119th; six passed the House; three reported; one failed on the floor; none enacted.Independent analysis or rating - 062024 Report Card, Rep. Eli Crane (118th Congress)GovTrack.us · Updated Feb. 13, 2025
18 bills introduced, 89 cosponsors, 783 measures cosponsored (1% by non-Republicans), 3 of 18 with a cosponsor from another party, 0 enacted, 5 out of committee, 10 of 1,241 votes missed; ranked 3rd most politically right among House freshmen.Independent analysis or rating - 07DW-NOMINATE member data (HSall_members.csv)Voteview (UCLA) · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
First-dimension score 0.750 in the 118th and 119th Congresses. Rankings among House Republicans were computed from this file for this profile.Independent analysis or rating - 08CRANE, ELI — candidate overview, 2026 cycle (H2AZ01354)Federal Election Commission · Coverage through July 1, 2026
Principal committee Eli Crane for Congress: receipts $9,481,427.94, disbursements $6,957,053.15, cash on hand $2,841,744.86, no debts; leadership PAC Trident Political Action Committee; statement of candidacy filed December 12, 2024.Government record - 09About | Eli Crane for CongressEli Crane for Congress (campaign) · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Campaign biography: SEAL Team 3, five wartime deployments, Bottle Breacher and Shark Tank, two daughters; the quoted statement of his message to rural Arizonans. Self-descriptions.Campaign or advocacy material - 10Issues | Eli Crane for CongressEli Crane for Congress (campaign) · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
The campaign planks quoted in this profile: border, veterans, the status quo, taxes and costs, disaster recovery, rural Arizona, land and energy. Proposals and claims, not record.Campaign or advocacy material - 11Home | Eli Crane for CongressEli Crane for Congress (campaign) · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Self-description as faith-oriented, pro-life and pro-Second Amendment; Sig Sauer brand ambassador; former member of the Advisory Committee on Veteran Business Affairs; the line Endorsed By President Donald Trump; links to the campaign's social accounts.Campaign or advocacy material - 122026 Primary Election Official Canvass (Internet Archive copy, captured Aug. 26, 2026) (Internet Archive copy, captured Aug 26, 2026)Arizona Secretary of State (Internet Archive copy) · Report dated Aug. 5, 2026
U.S. Representative, District 2: Eli Crane (REP) 89,205, the only Republican listed; Jonathan Nez (DEM) 65,118; Curtis Goodwin (LBT) 318; Alex Flores (LBT, write-in) 10. Scanned canvass without a text layer, transcribed from the page image for this profile.Government record - 132022 Primary Election Official Canvass (Internet Archive copy) (Internet Archive copy, captured Nov 9, 2022)Arizona Secretary of State (Internet Archive copy) · Report dated Aug. 22, 2022
District 2 Republican primary: Crane 38,681; Blackman 26,399; DeLuzio 18,515; Yates 7,467; Moore 7,327; Krystofiak 5,905; Watkins 3,810 (108,104 total; Crane 35.8%).Government record - 142022 General Election Official Canvass (Internet Archive copy) (Internet Archive copy, captured Jan 16, 2023)Arizona Secretary of State (Internet Archive copy) · Report dated Dec. 5, 2022
District 2: Crane 174,169; O'Halleran 149,151; Sarappo (write-in) 76 (323,396 total; Crane 53.9%).Government record - 15Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 2024Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives · Published Mar. 10, 2025
Arizona, Second District: Elijah Crane (R) 221,413; Jonathan Nez (D) 184,963; three write-ins 28, 22 and 5 (406,431 total; Crane 54.5%).Government record - 16Roll call 2, Jan. 3, 2023 — election of the Speaker, first ballotClerk of the U.S. House · Jan. 3, 2023
Crane voted for Biggs; Jeffries 212, McCarthy 203, Biggs 10, Jordan 6.Government record - 17Roll call 20, Jan. 7, 2023 — election of the Speaker, fifteenth ballotClerk of the U.S. House · Jan. 7, 2023
Crane recorded Present with Biggs, Boebert, Gaetz, Good and Rosendale; McCarthy 216, Jeffries 212, Present 6.Government record - 18Roll call 519, Oct. 3, 2023 — H.Res. 757, declaring the office of Speaker vacantClerk of the U.S. House · Oct. 3, 2023
Crane recorded Yea; passed 216–210.Government record - 19Roll call 209, May 11, 2023 — H.R. 2, Secure the Border Act, passageClerk of the U.S. House · May 11, 2023
Crane recorded Yea; passed 219–213.Government record - 20Roll call 243, May 31, 2023 — H.R. 3746, Fiscal Responsibility Act, passageClerk of the U.S. House · May 31, 2023
Crane recorded No; passed 314–117.Government record - 21Roll call 310, July 13, 2023 — Crane of Arizona Amendment No. 32 to H.R. 2670 (FY2024 NDAA)Clerk of the U.S. House · July 13, 2023
Agreed to 214–210; Republicans 213–1, Democrats 1–209; Crane recorded Aye.Government record - 22Roll call 328, July 14, 2023 — H.R. 2670, National Defense Authorization Act, passageClerk of the U.S. House · July 14, 2023
Crane recorded Nay with Biggs, Buck and Massie, the four Republican nays; passed 219–210.Government record - 23Roll call 513, Sept. 30, 2023 — H.R. 5860, Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024Clerk of the U.S. House · Sept. 30, 2023
Crane recorded Nay; passed 335–91 under suspension of the rules.Government record - 24Roll call 43, Feb. 13, 2024 — H.Res. 863, impeaching Secretary Alejandro MayorkasClerk of the U.S. House · Feb. 13, 2024
Crane recorded Yea; passed 214–213.Government record - 25Roll call 114, Apr. 12, 2024 — Biggs of Arizona Amendment No. 1 to H.R. 7888 (FISA Section 702 warrant requirement)Clerk of the U.S. House · Apr. 12, 2024
Crane recorded Aye; failed on a 212–212 tie.Government record - 26Roll call 119, Apr. 12, 2024 — H.R. 7888, Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, passageClerk of the U.S. House · Apr. 12, 2024
Crane recorded No; passed 273–147.Government record - 27Roll call 151, Apr. 20, 2024 — H.R. 8035, Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, passageClerk of the U.S. House · Apr. 20, 2024
Crane recorded Nay; passed 311–112.Government record - 28Roll call 23, Jan. 22, 2025 — S. 5, Laken Riley Act, passageClerk of the U.S. House · Jan. 22, 2025
Crane recorded Yea; passed 263–156.Government record - 29Roll call 102, Apr. 10, 2025 — H.R. 22, SAVE Act, passageClerk of the U.S. House · Apr. 10, 2025
Crane recorded Yea; passed 220–208.Government record - 30Roll call 145, May 22, 2025 — H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act, passageClerk of the U.S. House · May 22, 2025
Crane recorded Yea; passed 215–214.Government record - 31Roll call 190, July 3, 2025 — H.R. 1, motion to concur in the Senate amendmentClerk of the U.S. House · July 3, 2025
Crane recorded Aye; passed 218–214.Government record - 32Roll call 281, Sept. 19, 2025 — H.R. 5371, Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026, passageClerk of the U.S. House · Sept. 19, 2025
Crane recorded Yea; passed 217–212.Government record - 33Roll call 289, Nov. 18, 2025 — H.R. 4405, Epstein Files Transparency ActClerk of the U.S. House · Nov. 18, 2025
Crane recorded Aye; passed 427–1.Government record - 34Roll call 85, Mar. 5, 2026 — H.Con.Res. 38, removal of U.S. forces from hostilities in IranClerk of the U.S. House · Mar. 5, 2026
Crane recorded Nay; failed 212–219.Government record - 35Roll call 170, May 14, 2026 — H.Con.Res. 75, removal of U.S. forces from hostilities against IranClerk of the U.S. House · May 14, 2026
Crane recorded Nay; failed on a 212–212 tie.Government record - 36Roll call 199, June 3, 2026 — H.Con.Res. 86, removal of U.S. forces from hostilities with IranClerk of the U.S. House · June 3, 2026
Crane recorded Nay; passed 215–208.Government record - 37Roll call 282, July 23, 2026 — H.Con.Res. 89, removal of U.S. forces from hostilities with IranClerk of the U.S. House · July 23, 2026
Crane recorded Nay; passed 214–208.Government record - 38Roll call 307, Sept. 15, 2026 — H.Con.Res. 93, removal of U.S. forces from hostilities with IranClerk of the U.S. House · Sept. 15, 2026
Crane recorded Nay; passed 220–204.Government record - 39Roll call 207, June 4, 2026 — H.R. 2913, Ukraine Support Act, passageClerk of the U.S. House · June 4, 2026
Crane recorded Nay; passed 226–195.Government record - 40Roll call 263, July 21, 2026 — Crane of Arizona Part A Amendment No. 14 to H.R. 8800 (FY2027 NDAA)Clerk of the U.S. House · July 21, 2026
Crane recorded Aye; failed 61–365 (Republicans 61–151, Democrats 0–213).Government record - 41Roll call 264, July 21, 2026 — Crane of Arizona Part A Amendment No. 15 to H.R. 8800 (FY2027 NDAA)Clerk of the U.S. House · July 21, 2026
Crane recorded Aye; failed 76–350 (Republicans 76–136, Democrats 0–213).Government record - 42Roll call 278, July 22, 2026 — H.R. 8800, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027, passageClerk of the U.S. House · July 22, 2026
Crane recorded Nay; passed 216–212.Government record - 43Roll call 298, Sept. 15, 2026 — motion to table H.Res. 1486, impeaching President TrumpClerk of the U.S. House · Sept. 15, 2026
Crane recorded Yea; the motion passed 232–147 with 47 voting Present.Government record - 44H.Amdt. 251 (Crane) to H.R. 8800 — vote recordGovTrack.us · July 21, 2026
Identifies roll call 263 as the Crane amendment to prohibit the Defense Department from paying the costs of foreign military personnel in joint exercises; failed 61–365.Independent analysis or rating - 45H.Amdt. 252 (Crane) to H.R. 8800 — vote recordGovTrack.us · July 21, 2026
Identifies roll call 264 as the Crane amendment to prohibit funds for Ukraine Security Assistance except U.S. embassy security; failed 76–350; Freedom Caucus members 25–5 in favor.Independent analysis or rating - 46H.Res. 145 (119th Congress): Impeaching Paul Adam Engelmayer, United States District Court JudgeGovTrack.us · Introduced Feb. 21, 2025
Sponsor Eli Crane; 12 Republican cosponsors; referred to the House Judiciary Committee; no further action recorded.Independent analysis or rating - 47Crane Introduces Articles of Impeachment For U.S. District Judge Paul EngelmayerOffice of Rep. Eli Crane (press release) · Feb. 21, 2025
The February 11 announcement, the filing, his statement calling the order judicial overreach, and the text of the single article of impeachment.Government record - 48House Republican Moves to Impeach Judge Who Blocked Trump’s DOGEBloomberg Law · Feb. 19, 2025
Van Orden's articles, Crane's promised filing and draft, Elon Musk's call for judicial impeachments, and the two-thirds Senate vote removal would require.Independent reporting - 49This Arizona Republican’s norm-defying impeachment effort gets him noticed by Elon MuskThe Arizona Republic (Laura Gersony and Rey Covarrubias Jr.) · Feb. 27, 2025
The Republic's characterization of the impeachment effort as breaking with a long-standing norm. The article is behind a paywall; only its opening paragraph was readable for this review.Independent reporting - 50Crane Amendment Prohibiting Deployment of U.S. Troops to Ukraine Passes HouseOffice of Rep. Eli Crane (press release) · Sept. 27, 2023
His amendment to the Department of Defense appropriations bill barring the deployment of U.S. troops to fight in Ukraine, adopted by voice vote; his floor statement.Government record - 51Rep. Eli Crane’s Bipartisan Border Security Bill Passes U.S. HouseOffice of Rep. Eli Crane (press release) · Mar. 10, 2025
The Subterranean Border Defense Act, reintroduced with Rep. Lou Correa (D-Calif.), passed the House; the release describes the bill as strengthening congressional oversight of illicit cross-border tunnel operations.Government record - 52Crane Bill to Support Rural Veterans in Northern Arizona Passes HouseOffice of Rep. Eli Crane (press release) · Feb. 5, 2025
H.R. 837, conveying 232 acres in Young, Arizona to Gila County for a veterans center, passed the House; the release credits Reps. Gosar and O'Halleran and Sen. Kelly with earlier work on the measure.Government record - 53Rep. Crane’s Bill to Accelerate Grand Canyon Recovery Unanimously Passes U.S. HouseOffice of Rep. Eli Crane (press release) · Mar. 16, 2026
The North Rim Restoration Act (H.R. 5729), giving the National Park Service emergency contracting authority after the Dragon Bravo Fire, passed the House; introduced October 9, 2025; reported January 22, 2026.Government record - 54Rep. Crane Chairs Congressional Justice for Warriors Caucus in the 119th CongressOffice of Rep. Eli Crane (press release) · Oct. 29, 2025
The caucus, founded in 2019, takes up cases of service members and veterans it considers wrongfully accused or incarcerated; members Crane (chairman), Webster, Burlison and Mills.Government record - 55Congressman Self and Congressman Roy’s Sharia Free America Caucus Surges in CongressOffice of Rep. Keith Self (press release) · Jan. 15, 2026
Lists Eli Crane among the caucus's twenty-six members and carries his quoted statement on the Middle East and Western values.Government record - 56Sharia Free America Congressional Caucus Anti-Muslim Extremist DesignationCouncil on American-Islamic Relations (advocacy) · February 2026
The advocacy group's designation of the caucus as an anti-Muslim extremist organization and its account of members' statements and bills. An organization's judgment, not a finding.Independent analysis or rating - 57Scorecard: Rep. Eli Crane, 119th CongressHeritage Action for America · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Session score 92%, lifetime 93%.Independent analysis or rating - 58Congressional Scorecard — Rep. Eli Crane (AZ-02), legislator page C001132Club for Growth Foundation · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
2025 score 93, lifetime 98, rank 78; 100 in 2023 and 2024; Defender of Economic Freedom award 2023, 2024 and 2025. Keyed to the Bioguide identifier the Clerk of the House uses.Independent analysis or rating - 59National Environmental Scorecard: Eli CraneLeague of Conservation Voters · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
2025 score 0%; lifetime 1%.Independent analysis or rating - 60Grades & Endorsements — Arizona 2026NRA Political Victory Fund · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
U.S. House, 2nd District: Eli Crane (R, incumbent) A; Jonathan Nez (D) shown with a question mark.Independent analysis or rating - 61House ScorecardSBA Pro-Life America · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Eli Crane (AZ-02) graded A+.Independent analysis or rating - 62U.S. House, District 2: Eli Crane limits public access, doesn’t live in district – but is Trump endorsedCronkite News (Albert Serna Jr.) · Oct. 14, 2022
Federal filings listing a home in Oro Valley, outside the district; the state's residence rule; the Shark Tank episode of November 7, 2014 and the $150,000 ask; Trump's July 2022 rally endorsement; the declined Clean Elections debate; his statement on Roe v. Wade.Independent reporting - 63Who is Eli Crane? What to know about the Arizona Republican who voted to oust Kevin McCarthyThe Arizona Republic (Ryan Randazzo) · Oct. 4, 2023
One of eight Republicans who voted to remove McCarthy; his stated preference for a shutdown over a continuing resolution; family living near Tucson; the district's counties; tribal issues including the San Juan Southern Paiute bill and the Energy Opportunities for All Act with Rep. Gosar.Independent reporting - 64Arizona GOP Rep. Eli Crane says he “misspoke” when he referred to “colored people” on House floorCBS News · July 14, 2023
The floor exchange with Rep. Joyce Beatty, the words struck by unanimous consent, Crane's statement, Beatty's response, the Congressional Black Caucus statement and Speaker McCarthy's reaction.Independent reporting - 65Rep. Eli Crane refers to Black Americans as ‘colored people’ on House floorNBC News (Zoë Richards) · July 13, 2023
Second account of the exchange; the amendment's stated scope; Crane's statement; the 214–210 adoption.Independent reporting - 6612 GOP ‘Young Guns’ embrace Trump’s election falsehoodsCNN (KFile) · Oct. 28, 2021
Reports that Crane, as a 2022 candidate, called on the Arizona Legislature to decertify the 2020 election and on the Attorney General to open a criminal investigation, linking his September 2021 post.Independent reporting - 67Eli Crane, Jonathan Nez face off in election for Arizona’s 2nd Congressional DistrictKNAU Arizona Public Radio (Bree Burkitt) · Oct. 29, 2024
His 2022 podcast statement on fraud in the 2020 election; the Butler site visits and his quoted claims; Trump's endorsements in both campaigns; missed debates in 2024; Nez's reasons for running.Independent reporting - 68GOP lawmakers with sniper, combat experience scope out Trump shooting siteFox News (Sarah Rumpf-Whitten) · July 26, 2024
Crane's two visits to the Butler fairground, the rooftop video and his quoted words about sniper teams.Independent reporting - 69Nez announces second bid to challenge Crane for congressional seatKNAU Arizona Public Radio · July 23, 2025
Nez's July 22, 2025 announcement and Medicaid argument; fourteen tribes and nearly 20% Native American residents in the district; Crane's emailed response.Independent reporting - 70Trump-backed candidates sweep to victory in Arizona primariesRoll Call (Daniela Altimari) · July 22, 2026
Crane and Nez unopposed in their 2026 primaries; the 2024 margin of nine points; Inside Elections rating of Likely Republican.Independent reporting - 712026 Election: These competitive Arizona races could decide control of US HouseArizona’s Family (KOLD/AZFamily) · Sept. 14, 2026
Congressional District 2 rated Likely Republican; the November field of Crane, Nez and Libertarian Curtis Goodwin.Independent reporting - 72Incumbent Eli Crane (R) defeated Jack Smith (R) in the Republican primary in Arizona’s 2nd Congressional DistrictBallotpedia News (David Luchs) · Aug. 1, 2024
Cited for the McCarthy allies' targeting of Crane, Smith's residency criticism and Crane's statement; its preliminary count (Crane 79.0%, Smith 21.0% as of July 31, 2024) is superseded in this profile by the Secretary of State's canvass.Independent analysis or rating - 73Examining the Assassination Attempt of July 13 — hearing before the Committee on Homeland Security, Serial No. 118-76 (printed transcript)U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo) · July 23, 2024
Crane's questioning of Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Christopher L. Paris: the video from the site, the water tower and counter-sniper placement, his statement that many Americans believe the attack was not a lone shooter but a coordinated attempt, and his questions about the condition of the gunman's home.Government record - 742024 Primary Election Official Canvass (Internet Archive copy, captured Apr. 28, 2025) (Internet Archive copy, captured 2025)Arizona Secretary of State (Internet Archive copy) · Report dated Aug. 16, 2024
U.S. Representative, District 2, July 30, 2024 primary: Eli Crane (REP) 89,480; Jack Smith (REP) 21,637; Jonathan Nez (DEM) 62,033. Scanned canvass without a text layer, transcribed from the page image for this profile; county figures sum to the totals.Government record - 75H.Amdt. 876 (Biggs) to H.R. 7888 — vote recordGovTrack.us · Apr. 12, 2024
Identifies roll call 114 as the Biggs amendment to prohibit warrantless searches of U.S. person communications in the FISA Section 702 database, with stated exceptions; failed 212–212.Independent analysis or rating - 76Bills cosponsored by Eli Crane matching the term stock (GovTrack API query)GovTrack.us (API) · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Among his cosponsorships: H.R. 1679 (118th Congress, Bipartisan Ban on Congressional Stock Ownership Act of 2023, Rep. Jayapal); H.R. 5106 (Restore Trust in Congress Act, Rep. Roy, introduced Sept. 3, 2025); H.Res. 665 (Rep. Luna, Aug. 29, 2025, providing for consideration of H.R. 1908 to prohibit stock trading and ownership by members); H.R. 7008 (Stop Insider Trading Act, Rep. Steil, introduced Jan. 12, 2026, passed the House July 22, 2026).Independent analysis or rating - 77H.R. 7008, Stop Insider Trading Act — cosponsorsGovTrack.us · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Lists Rep. Bryan Steil as sponsor and 93 cosponsors, with Eli Crane joining on January 13, 2026.Independent analysis or rating - 78Roll call 280, July 22, 2026 — H.R. 7008, Stop Insider Trading Act, passageClerk of the U.S. House · July 22, 2026
Crane recorded Yea; passed 232–198 (Republicans 218–0, Democrats 13–198).Government record
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Voting in Arizona: official dates, deadlines and rules
The general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. The dates and rules below were read from the Arizona Secretary of State; the authority's own page, linked beside each one, is the final word.
Dates and deadlines
- Voter registration deadlineOctober 5, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. is the last day to register to vote in the November 3, 2026 general election. The Secretary of State prints this single date and time and gives no separate cutoff for registering online or in person; a paper form sent by mail has its own postmark-and-receipt rule, listed separately. Arizona's registration form says you must register at least 29 days before the election to vote in that election. Read from: azsos.gov/elections/calendar-dates
- Registration deadline for forms sent by mailOctober 5, 2026 is also the deadline for a paper form sent by mail. Arizona's registration form says a mailed application must be postmarked by the deadline and received by the County Recorder by 7:00 p.m. on Election Day, or dated on or before the deadline and received by the County Recorder no later than 5 days after the deadline. Read from: azsos.gov/sites/default/files/docs/AZ-State-Voter-Registration-Form-Dec2025-fillable.pdf
- Early ballots start being mailedOctober 7, 2026: early ballots are mailed to voters on the Active Early Voting List (AEVL) and to voters who have requested a one-time ballot-by-mail. The Secretary of State's voter site, Arizona.Vote, says mail ballots begin going out October 7. Read from: azsos.gov/sites/default/files/docs/HB2022-Primary-Date-Change-2025-2026-calendar-05052026.pdf
- Early voting beginsOctober 7, 2026. The Secretary of State's procedures page says early in-person voting starts 27 days before Election Day and runs until the Friday before Election Day. Read from: azsos.gov/elections/calendar-dates
- Last day to vote early in personOctober 30, 2026 is the deadline to vote early in person. After that, the Secretary of State's calendar provides for emergency early voting, in a manner prescribed by the county Board of Supervisors, for an emergency occurring between 7:00 p.m. on October 30, 2026 and 5:00 p.m. on November 2, 2026 that would prevent the voter from voting at the polls. Read from: azsos.gov/sites/default/files/docs/HB2022-Primary-Date-Change-2025-2026-calendar-05052026.pdf
- Deadline to request a ballot-by-mailOctober 23, 2026 is the deadline to request a ballot-by-mail for the November 3, 2026 election. The Secretary of State's procedures page says the request must be received by the County no later than 5:00 p.m. on the 11th day before the election. The same 11-day cutoff applies to joining the Active Early Voting List in time for this election and to asking for a replacement ballot-by-mail. Read from: azsos.gov/sites/default/files/docs/HB2022-Primary-Date-Change-2025-2026-calendar-05052026.pdf
- Deadline to return a ballot-by-mail (received by)November 3, 2026, 7:00 p.m. A voted ballot-by-mail must be delivered to the County Recorder, the officer in charge of elections, an official ballot drop-off site, or any voting location in the voter's county no later than 7:00 p.m. on Election Day. This is a received-by deadline; the Secretary of State's pages give no postmark alternative. Its voter site, Arizona.Vote, says to mail the ballot by October 27. Read from: azsos.gov/elections/about-elections/elections-procedures/early-voting-procedures
- Polling place hours on Election Day6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Election Day, November 3, 2026. Anyone who is in line to vote by 7:00 p.m. should be allowed to vote. Read from: azsos.gov/elections/about-elections/elections-procedures/election-day-operations
Rules to know
- What to bringAt the polls you announce your name and place of residence and present one form of identification from List #1, or two different forms from List #2 or List #3. The Secretary of State's voter site, Arizona.Vote, says the same lists apply to early in-person voting, emergency voting and voting on Election Day. List #1 (photo ID including name and address; one required): valid Arizona driver license; valid Arizona non-operating identification card; tribal enrollment card or other form of tribal identification; valid United States federal, state, or local government-issued identification. List #2 (ID without a photograph that bears the name and address; two required): utility bill dated within 90 days of the date of the election (electric, gas, water, solid waste, sewer, telephone, cellular phone, or cable television); bank or credit union statement dated within 90 days of the date of the election; valid Arizona vehicle registration; Indian census card; property tax statement of the voter's residence; tribal enrollment card or other form of tribal identification; Arizona vehicle insurance card; Recorder's Certificate; valid United States federal, state, or local government-issued identification, including a voter registration card issued by the County Recorder; any mailing to the voter marked “Official Election Material.” List #3 (two required): a valid List #1 photo ID whose address does not reasonably match the precinct register, together with a List #2 item whose address does reasonably match; or a U.S. passport without address and one valid List #2 item; or a U.S. military identification without address and one valid List #2 item. A voter who does not provide acceptable proof of identity is issued a conditional provisional ballot and, for it to be counted, must provide proof of identity to the County Recorder after Election Day: the Secretary of State's 2025-2026 election calendar lists November 8, 2026 as the last day, while its Voting in Elections page describes the deadline as 5:00 p.m. on the 5th business day following a general election that includes a federal office. Members of federally recognized tribes are not required to have an address or photo on their tribal identification in order to cast a provisional ballot. Read from: azsos.gov/elections/voters/voting-elections
- Voting by mail (ballot-by-mail)All eligible voters may request a ballot-by-mail; the Secretary of State's pages list no excuse requirement. There are two ways to get one: join the Active Early Voting List (AEVL), whose voters are automatically sent a ballot-by-mail for all elections in which they are eligible to vote, or make a one-time request. A one-time request can be made on the Secretary of State's Voter Information Portal (my.arizona.vote), by calling your County Recorder, by sending the written ballot-by-mail request form to the County Recorder's office by mail, fax or email, or by emailing the County Recorder the identifying information listed on the Secretary of State's Early Voting page. The portal refers Maricopa County and Pima County voters to their own county's request page. For the November 3, 2026 election the deadline to request a ballot-by-mail is October 23, 2026; the request form says the request must be received by 5:00 p.m. on the 11th day before the election. There is no deadline to join the AEVL, but to get a ballot-by-mail for an upcoming election you must sign up at least 11 days before Election Day. For an election that includes a federal office, first-time voters who registered to vote by mail must prove their identity before requesting a ballot-by-mail. All early ballots come with a postage-paid return envelope; sign and date the return envelope and include a phone number in case election officials need to follow up with you. Mail the voted ballot back (Arizona.Vote says by October 27) or drop it off at your County Recorder's office, any official ballot drop-box, any early voting location, or any Election Day voting location in your county; it must be received no later than 7:00 p.m. on Election Day, November 3, 2026. If your ballot-by-mail is lost or damaged, contact your County Recorder for a replacement no later than 11 days before Election Day, or visit a voting location on or before Election Day to vote in person. Read from: azsos.gov/elections/voters/early-voting
- Early voting in personEarly in-person voting starts 27 days before Election Day and runs until the Friday before Election Day; for this election the Secretary of State's calendar gives October 7, 2026 as the start and October 30, 2026 as the deadline to vote early in person. The County Recorder must establish on-site early voting at the County Recorder's office during the early voting period, and Arizona.Vote says voters may vote early in person at the county elections office or any early voting site in their county. Voters must present valid ID in order to vote early in person; the identification lists are the same ones used at the polls. Arizona.Vote notes that available voting options, locations and hours may vary by county and election; the Secretary of State's County Election Officials Contact Information page lists, for each of the 15 counties, the County Recorder's office that handles voter registration and early voting. After October 30, the calendar provides for emergency early voting, in a manner prescribed by the county Board of Supervisors, for an emergency occurring between 7:00 p.m. on October 30, 2026 and 5:00 p.m. on November 2, 2026 that would prevent the voter from voting at the polls. Read from: azsos.gov/elections/about-elections/elections-procedures/early-voting-procedures
- Registering: no Election Day registration, and proof of citizenshipArizona's registration form says you must register at least 29 days before the election to vote in that election, and the Secretary of State's pages describe no registration at the polls on Election Day; for November 3, 2026 the last day is October 5, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. (the calendar lists later deadlines for certain military and overseas voters). You can register online through AZMVDNow (azmvdnow.gov) if you have an Arizona driver license or non-operating ID card issued by the Motor Vehicle Division, by mailing the state form to your County Recorder's office, or in person at your County Recorder's office. To be eligible to vote a “full ballot” — all federal, state, county, and local races and ballot questions — Arizona requires proof of citizenship. The Secretary of State's Registration Requirements page lists the accepted proof: the number of a valid Arizona driver's license or nonoperating identification card issued after October 1, 1996; an Indian Census Number, Bureau of Indian Affairs Card Number, Tribal Treaty Card Number or Tribal Enrollment Number; a photocopy of U.S. naturalization documents, or an Alien Registration Number; a legible photocopy of a birth certificate, with supporting legal documentation (such as a marriage certificate) if the name on the birth certificate is not the same as your current legal name; a legible photocopy of the pertinent pages of a U.S. passport; or a legible photocopy of a Tribal Certificate of Indian Blood or Bureau of Indian Affairs Affidavit of Birth. A registrant who attests to being a citizen but does not provide proof, and whose citizenship is not otherwise verified, is a “federal only” voter, eligible to vote only in federal elections, and becomes eligible for a full ballot after providing valid proof to the County Recorder's office. The Registering to Vote page says proof must be submitted with the registration form or by 5:00 p.m. on the Thursday before Election Day; the state form (revised December 2025) says with the form or by 7:00 p.m. on Election Day. If you are only updating your name, party affiliation or address after moving within the state, you do not need to resubmit proof you already gave. Read from: azsos.gov/elections/voters/registering-vote
- If there is a question about your signatureBefore an early ballot is tabulated, the signature on the affidavit envelope is compared to signatures on file for the voter, which come from documents including MVD records, voter registration forms, or previous early ballots. If election officials have questions about the signature, they contact the voter to confirm its validity, and the voter may have to provide additional information; the Secretary of State asks voters to sign and date the return envelope and to include a phone number in case election officials need to follow up. The Secretary of State's 2025-2026 election calendar lists November 8, 2026 as the last day for signature cure of early ballots in this election, and notes that the cure period runs in calendar days, so the Sunday deadline does not move to the next day; it prints no time of day. In a July 22, 2026 news release about the primary, the Secretary of State said a voter whose signature cannot be verified will be notified and given an opportunity to confirm their identity before the deadline, and that Arizona counties use Text2Cure, a secure mobile tool: the voter receives a text message with a secure link, confirms their identity, uploads a photo of an Arizona driver's license or state-issued identification card, and verifies the signature electronically. That release gave the primary's cure deadline as 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, July 26, 2026, five days after the July 21, 2026 primary. The ballot status tool at my.arizona.vote shows whether your ballot was accepted and the signature verified. Read from: azsos.gov/sites/default/files/docs/HB2022-Primary-Date-Change-2025-2026-calendar-05052026.pdf
Read from: Calendar Dates | Arizona Secretary of State · Arizona Secretary of State Election Calendar 2025-2026 · Voting in Elections | Arizona Secretary of State · Early Voting | Arizona Secretary of State · Registering to Vote | Arizona Secretary of State · Election Day Operations | Arizona Secretary of State — Rules and dates as of Sep 17, 2026
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