{"id":81109,"date":"2026-11-09T14:54:54","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T19:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/09\/arizona-republican-holds-house-seat-surviving-re-election-scare\/"},"modified":"2026-11-09T14:54:54","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T19:54:54","slug":"arizona-republican-holds-house-seat-surviving-re-election-scare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/09\/arizona-republican-holds-house-seat-surviving-re-election-scare\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona Republican holds House seat, surviving re-election scare"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rep. Eli Crane, R-Ariz.,<\/a> narrowly won re-election to a second term, defeating Democratic challenger Jonathan Nez in a tight rematch, The Associated Press projected Monday.<\/p>\n

Crane, a former Navy SEAL combat veteran, previously defeated Nez, a former president of the Navajo Nation, in the 2024 general election.<\/p>\n

Crane and Nez were separated by 3,834 votes at the time of the AP race call. The Fox News Power Rankings had rated the seat Likely R in the lead-up to Election Day.<\/p>\n

Nez has not yet conceded the race. His most recent social media post, from Nov. 5, said that counting every ballot “takes time” in the large district.<\/p>\n

BLUE WAVE NEARLY SWALLOWED SOME OF AMERICA’S REDDEST STATES AS ELECTION DATA EXPOSES GOP’S CLOSE CALLS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

In a post on X, Crane thanked rural Arizonans and his staff while praising Nez for stepping into the arena again.<\/p>\n

“I’m going to keep fighting against the status quo in Congress<\/a>,” Crane wrote. “Both parties have been driving this country into the ground for decades, and the American people are sick of it.”<\/p>\n

TRUMP TORCHES DEMOCRATS AT ARIZONA RALLY, WARNS THEY WILL \u2018DESTROY OUR COUNTRY\u2019 AHEAD OF MIDTERMS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Crane was backed by President Donald Trump<\/a>, who endorsed the GOP lawmaker as an “America First Patriot.”<\/p>\n

At the same time, Trump targeted Nez, labeling him a “Radical Left Democrat” who opposes eliminating taxes on tips, overtime and Social Security.<\/p>\n

DEMOCRATS ARE CHANGING THEIR TRANSGENDER MESSAGE. REPUBLICANS SAY THEY\u2019RE JUST FLIP-FLOPPING<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“He wants massive Tax Increases, Open Borders, Men playing in Women\u2019s Sports<\/a>, and Transgender Mutilation of your Children. Jonathan Nez is Reckless, Radical, and Dangerous!” Trump wrote.<\/p>\n

Crane noted that he will stand in the way of anyone “trying to move this country in the wrong direction.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rep. Eli Crane, R-Ariz., narrowly won re-election to a second term, defeating Democratic challenger Jonathan Nez in a tight rematch, The Associated Press projected Monday. Crane, a former Navy SEAL combat veteran, previously defeated Nez, a former president of the Navajo Nation, in the 2024 general election. Crane and Nez were separated by 3,834 votes … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81109\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}