Arizona's 2nd Congressional District

Arizona's 2nd Congressional District

Incumbent

Eli Crane

Assumed office: January 3, 2023

Arizona's 2nd Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Eli Crane (R).

As of the 2020 Census, Arizona representatives represented an average of 795,436 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 712,522 residents.

Elections

• 2030
• 2028
• 2026
• 2024
• 2022
• 2020
• 2018

See also: Arizona's 2nd Congressional District election, 2030

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

See also: Arizona's 2nd Congressional District election, 2028

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

See also: Arizona's 2nd Congressional District election, 2026

General election

The primary will occur on August 4, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 2

Eric Descheenie (D) and Jonathan Nez (D) are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 2 on August 4, 2026.

		Candidate
		Eric Descheenie
		Jonathan Nez

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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 2

Incumbent Eli Crane (R) is running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 2 on August 4, 2026.

		Candidate
		Eli Crane

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See also: Arizona's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024

General election

General election for U.S. House Arizona District 2

Incumbent Eli Crane (R) defeated Jonathan Nez (D), Richard Ester (Independent), David Alexander (D), and Charles Holt Jr. (No party preference) in the general election for U.S. House Arizona District 2 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Eli Crane (R)	54.5	221,413
		Jonathan Nez (D)	45.5	184,963
		Richard Ester (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	28
	Submit photo	David Alexander (D) (Write-in)	0.0	22
	Submit photo	Charles Holt Jr. (No party preference) (Write-in)	0.0	5

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 406,431
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 2

Jonathan Nez (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 2 on July 30, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jonathan Nez	100.0	62,033

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 62,033
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Lindsay Bowe (D)

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 2

Incumbent Eli Crane (R) defeated Jack Smith (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 2 on July 30, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Eli Crane	80.5	89,480
		Jack Smith	19.5	21,637

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 111,117
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Walter Blackman (R)

Libertarian Party primary

The Libertarian Party primary scheduled for July 30, 2024, was canceled.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• David Bies (L)

See also: Arizona's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Arizona District 2

Eli Crane (R) defeated incumbent Tom O'Halleran (D) and Chris Sarappo (Independent) in the general election for U.S. House Arizona District 2 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Eli Crane (R)	53.9	174,169
		Tom O'Halleran (D)	46.1	149,151
		Chris Sarappo (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	76

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 323,396
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 2

Incumbent Tom O'Halleran (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 2 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tom O'Halleran	100.0	71,391

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Randall Friese (D)

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 2

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 2 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Eli Crane	35.8	38,681
		Walter Blackman	24.4	26,399
		Mark DeLuzio	17.1	18,515
		Andy Yates	6.9	7,467
		John W. Moore	6.8	7,327
		Steven Krystofiak	5.5	5,905
		Ron Watkins	3.5	3,810

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 108,104
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Myron Lizer (R)
• Marissa Mitchell (R)

See also: Arizona's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Arizona District 2

Incumbent Ann Kirkpatrick (D) defeated Brandon Martin (R), Iman-Utopia Layjou Bah (Independent), and Brandon Schlass (Common Sense Moderate) in the general election for U.S. House Arizona District 2 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ann Kirkpatrick (D)	55.1	209,945
		Brandon Martin (R)	44.9	170,975
		Iman-Utopia Layjou Bah (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	99
	Submit photo	Brandon Schlass (Common Sense Moderate) (Write-in)	0.0	35

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 381,054
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 2

Incumbent Ann Kirkpatrick (D) defeated Peter Quilter (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 2 on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ann Kirkpatrick	76.3	77,517
		Peter Quilter	23.7	24,035

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 101,552
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Nevin Kohler (D)
• Andres Portela (D)

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 2

Brandon Martin (R) defeated Noran Ruden (R), Joseph Morgan (R), and Jordan Flayer (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 2 on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brandon Martin	42.5	31,730
		Noran Ruden	33.6	25,049
		Joseph Morgan	23.9	17,802
	Submit photo	Jordan Flayer (Write-in)	0.1	52

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 74,633
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jason Bacon (R)
• Mike Boyd (R)
• Mike Ligon (R)
• James Schmidt (R)
• Shay Stautz (R)
• Justine Wadsack (R)

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Arizona District 2

Ann Kirkpatrick (D) defeated Lea Marquez Peterson (R) in the general election for U.S. House Arizona District 2 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ann Kirkpatrick (D)	54.7	161,000
		Lea Marquez Peterson (R)	45.2	133,083
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0%	69

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 294,152 (100% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 2

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 2 on August 28, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ann Kirkpatrick	41.9	33,938
		Matt Heinz	29.6	23,992
		Mary Matiella	9.4	7,606
		Bruce Wheeler	8.4	6,814
		Billy Kovacs	6.6	5,350
		Barbara Sherry	2.6	2,074
		Yahya Yuksel	1.6	1,319

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 81,093 (100% precincts reporting)
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• William Foster (D)

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 2

Lea Marquez Peterson (R) defeated Brandon Martin (R), Casey Welch (R), and Danny Morales (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 2 on August 28, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lea Marquez Peterson	34.2	23,571
		Brandon Martin	28.7	19,809
		Casey Welch	21.0	14,499
		Danny Morales	16.1	11,135

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 69,014 (100% precincts reporting)
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Marilyn Wiles (R)

Previous election results

2016

See also: Arizona's 2nd Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Martha McSally (R) defeated former state Rep. Matt Heinz (D) and Ed Tilton Jr. (L write-in) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Heinz defeated Victoria Steele in the Democratic primary on August 30, 2016.

U.S. House, Arizona District 2 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Martha McSally Incumbent	57%	179,806
	Democratic	Matt Heinz	43%	135,873
Total Votes				315,679
Source: Arizona Secretary of State

U.S. House, Arizona District 2 Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Matt Heinz	52.8%	32,017
Victoria Steele	47.2%	28,658
Total Votes		60,675
Source: Arizona Secretary of State

2014

See also: Arizona's 2nd Congressional District elections, 2014

Arizona's 2nd Congressional District was held by a Democrat heading into the election, but the district had roughly even numbers of registered Democrats and Republicans and was won by the Republican presidential candidate in 2008 and 2012. Incumbent Ron Barber faced no challenger in the Democratic primary. In the Republican primary, Martha McSally defeated Chuck Wooten and Shelley Kais. Barber and McSally faced off in the general election on November 4, 2014, in a rematch of the 2012 general election. The election took over six weeks to decide, and McSally was declared the winner following a mandatory recount that took place after the official canvass and certification of votes on December 1. In 2012, Barber defeated McSally by 0.8 percent of the vote.

U.S. House, Arizona District 2 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Martha McSally	50%	109,704
	Democratic	Ron Barber Incumbent	49.9%	109,543
	Write-in	Sampson U. Ramirez	0%	56
	Write-in	Sydney Dudikoff	0%	48
Total Votes				219,351
Source: Arizona Secretary of State

2012

See also: Arizona's 2nd Congressional District elections, 2012

U.S. House, Arizona District 2 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Ron Barber Incumbent	50.4%	147,338
	Republican	Martha McSally	49.6%	144,884
	Libertarian	Anthony Powell	0%	57
Total Votes				292,279
Source: Arizona Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

2010
On November 2, 2010, Trent Franks won re-election to the United States House. He defeated John Thrasher (D), Powell Gammill (L), William Crum (Write-in) and Mark Rankin (Write-in) in the general election.

U.S. House, Arizona District 2 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Trent Franks incumbent	64.9%	173,173
	Democratic	John Thrasher	31.1%	82,891
	Libertarian	Powell Gammill	4.1%	10,820
	Write-in	William Crum	0%	8
	Write-in	Mark Rankin	0%	2
Total Votes				266,894

2008
On November 4, 2008, Trent Franks won re-election to the United States House. He defeated John Thrasher (D), Powell Gammill (L) and William Crum (G) in the general election.

U.S. House, Arizona District 2 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Trent Franks incumbent	59.4%	200,914
	Democratic	John Thrasher	37.2%	125,611
	Libertarian	Powell Gammill	2.3%	7,882
	Green	William Crum	1.1%	3,616
Total Votes				338,023

2006
On November 7, 2006, Trent Franks won re-election to the United States House. He defeated John Thrasher (D) and Powell Gammill (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Arizona District 2 General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Trent Franks incumbent	58.6%	135,150
	Democratic	John Thrasher	38.9%	89,671
	Libertarian	Powell Gammill	2.5%	5,734
	N/A	Write-in	0%	5
Total Votes				230,560

2004
On November 2, 2004, Trent Franks won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Randy Camacho (D) and Powell Gammill (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Arizona District 2 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Trent Franks incumbent	59.2%	165,260
	Democratic	Randy Camacho	38.5%	107,406
	Libertarian	Powell Gammill	2.4%	6,625
	N/A	Write-in	0%	12
Total Votes				279,303

2002
On November 5, 2002, Trent Franks won election to the United States House. He defeated Randy Camacho (D), Edward Carlson (L) and William Crum (Write-in) in the general election.

U.S. House, Arizona District 2 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Trent Franks	59.9%	100,359
	Democratic	Randy Camacho	36.5%	61,217
	Libertarian	Edward Carlson	3.5%	5,919
	Write-in	William Crum	0%	7
Total Votes				167,502

2000
On November 7, 2000, Ed Pastor won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Bill Barenholtz (R), Geoffrey Weber (L) and Barbara Shelor (Natural Law) in the general election.

U.S. House, Arizona District 2 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Ed Pastor incumbent	68.5%	84,034
	Republican	Bill Barenholtz	26.9%	32,990
	Libertarian	Geoffrey Weber	2.6%	3,169
	Natural Law	Barbara Shelor	2%	2,412
Total Votes				122,605

1998
On November 3, 1998, Ed Pastor won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Ed Barron (R), Rick Duncan (L) and Gregory Schultz (Reform) in the general election.

U.S. House, Arizona District 2 General Election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Ed Pastor incumbent	67.8%	57,178
	Republican	Ed Barron	28%	23,628
	Libertarian	Rick Duncan	3.1%	2,646
	Reform	Gregory Schultz	1.1%	911
Total Votes				84,363

1996
On November 5, 1996, Ed Pastor won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Jim Buster (R) and Alice Bangle (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Arizona District 2 General Election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Ed Pastor incumbent	65%	81,982
	Republican	Jim Buster	30.8%	38,786
	Libertarian	Alice Bangle	4.2%	5,333
Total Votes				126,101

1994
On November 8, 1994, Ed Pastor won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Robert Macdonald (R) and James Bertrand (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Arizona District 2 General Election, 1994
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Ed Pastor incumbent	62.3%	62,589
	Republican	Robert Macdonald	32.7%	32,797
	Libertarian	James Bertrand	5%	5,060
Total Votes				100,446

1992
On November 3, 1992, Ed Pastor won election to the United States House. He defeated Don Shooter (R) and Dan Detaranto (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Arizona District 2 General Election, 1992
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Ed Pastor	66%	90,693
	Republican	Don Shooter	30%	41,257
	Libertarian	Dan Detaranto	3.9%	5,423
	N/A	Write-in	0%	5
Total Votes				137,378

1990
On November 6, 1990, Morris Udall won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Joseph Sweeney (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, Arizona District 2 General Election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Morris Udall incumbent	65.9%	76,549
	Republican	Joseph Sweeney	34.1%	39,586
	N/A	Write-in	0%	44
Total Votes				116,179

District map

Redistricting

2020-2021

See also: Redistricting in Arizona after the 2020 census

On January 24, 2022, Arizona enacted its new congressional map after the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission transmitted its finalized congressional map plan to the secretary of state. The commission initially voted to finalize and certify the congressional map plan on Jan. 18. The commission's nonpartisan chairwoman, Erika Neuberg, joined the two Republican members—David Mehl and Douglas York—voting in favor of the map. The commission's two Democratic members—Shereen Lerner and Derrick Watchman—were opposed. This map took effect for Arizona's 2022 congressional elections.

The commission previously voted in favor of the congressional map by a 5-0 vote on Dec. 22, 2021, which was followed by a period for counties to request administrative changes before the final vote on Jan. 18.

How does redistricting in Arizona work? The Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission is responsible for drawing both congressional and state legislative district lines. The commission is composed of five members. Of these, four are selected by the majority and minority leaders of each chamber of the state legislature from a list of 25 candidates nominated by the state commission on appellate court appointments. These 25 nominees comprise 10 Democrats, 10 Republicans, and 5 unaffiliated citizens. The four commission members appointed by legislative leaders then select the fifth member to round out the commission. The fifth member of the commission must belong to a different political party than the other commissioners. The governor, with a two-thirds vote in the Arizona State Senate, may remove a commissioner "for substantial neglect of duty, gross misconduct in office, or inability to discharge the duties of office." The Arizona State Legislature may make recommendations to the commission, but ultimate authority is vested with the commission.

The Arizona Constitution requires that both congressional and state legislative districts be "contiguous, geographically compact, and respect communities of interest–all to the extent practicable." The state constitution further mandates that district lines "should [follow] visible geographic features, city, town, and county boundaries, and undivided census tracts." In addition, the constitution requires that "competitive districts be favored where doing so would not significantly detract from the goals above."

2020

2024

2010-2011

This is the 2nd Congressional District of Arizona after the 2001 redistricting process.

See also: Redistricting in Arizona after the 2010 census

In 2011, the Arizona State Legislature re-drew the congressional districts based on updated population information from the 2010 census.

District analysis

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores

2026

Heading into the 2026 elections, based on results from the 2024 and 2020 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district is R+7. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 7 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Arizona's 2nd the 171st most Republican district nationally.

2024

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+6. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 6 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Arizona's 2nd the 181st most Republican district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Donald Trump (R) would have defeated Joe Biden (D) 53.2%-45.3%.

2022

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+6. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 6 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Arizona's 2nd the 179th most Republican district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 45.3% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 53.2%.

2018

Heading into the 2018 elections, based on results from the 2016 and 2012 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+1. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 1 percentage point more Republican than the national average. This made Arizona's 2nd Congressional District the 232nd most Republican nationally.

FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 0.94. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 0.94 points toward that party.

See also

• Redistricting in Arizona
• Arizona's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024
• Arizona's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022
• Arizona's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020
• Arizona's 2nd Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack District 2

Footnotes

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Arizona's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Ruben Gallego (D)

Mark Kelly (D)

Representatives

District 1

David Schweikert (R)

District 2

Eli Crane (R)

District 3

Yassamin Ansari (D)

District 4

Greg Stanton (D)

District 5

Andy Biggs (R)

District 6

Juan Ciscomani (R)

District 7

Adelita Grijalva (D)

District 8

Abraham Hamadeh (R)

District 9

Paul Gosar (R)

Republican Party (6)

Democratic Party (5)