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Arizona’s 2nd District

U.S. House · AZ-2

Election day November 3, 2026 · forecast of October 15, 2026

Our forecast gives the Republicans a 52% chance of winning, with an average lead of 5.7 points.

Toss-up. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: 53%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 50.2%

    Eli Crane, incumbent

  • Democrat 49.8%

    Jonathan Nez

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Republican Democrat
AZ-2 50.2%49.8%
National averageUnited States 44.2%+5.9 54.5%−4.7

Simple average of the 435 districts, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Polls in this district

2 polls

Each poll as the pollster published it; these are not the Vote-Scope projection. When a pollster tests several ballots (with or without a given candidate), each one is shown as a scenario.

Local profile

Latino citizens aged 18 and over14.2% (± 0.3)

Share of all citizens aged 18 and over (ACS 2020–2024 estimate). Not a share of registered or actual voters.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, citizen voting-age population by race and ethnicity, ACS 2020–2024, 119th Congress districts

Current member

Eli Crane · Republican

Primary results

Held July 21, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary Jonathan Nez 100.0% 65,118 votes
Republican primary Eli Crane 100.0% 89,205 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Republican Incumbent

    Eli Crane

    source
  • Democrat Challenger

    Jonathan Nez

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Republicans won by 9.0 points.

Our current projection: the Republicans ahead by 5.7 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • AZ-1 Democrat, toss-up
  • AZ-8 Republican, toss-up
  • AZ-4 Democrat, safe seat
  • AZ-5 Republican, competitive
  • AZ-3 Democrat, safe seat
  • AZ-9 Republican, safe seat

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. KY-6Republican53%5.8-point gap
  2. VA-1Republican58%5.8-point gap
  3. WI-1Republican52%5.8-point gap
Forecast updated