Riding profile

AZ-2

US House district — AZ · Mixed · us az

The question

AZ-2: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

AZ-2, a mixed riding in AZ, elected a member with the Republicans in the previous cycle, with a 9-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Republicans ahead at 52% vote share, against 48% for the Democrats, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

CRANE, ELI

Sits with Republican

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Republican Incumbent

    Crane, Eli

  • Democrat Challenger

    Nez, Jonathan Michael

Current forecast

Republican

Toss-up

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
4.2
P(close race)
69%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 52.1%
  • Democrat 47.9%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Republican Democrat
HereAZ-2 52.1%47.9%
National averageUnited States 46.6% +5.5 51.9% −4.0

Nationwide averages computed across the 435 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

District polls

Polls in this district

1 poll

Pollster Field dates Sample Pop. Topline Source
Gbao 11–Jun 15 500 LV
Republican 44 Democrat 41
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District-level polls, topline only. Vote-Scope reports each published poll as the pollster released it; figures are not the Vote-Scope projection.

Previous election · US HOUSE_2024

Won by
Republican
Margin
9.0 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-4.7 pts
Last model run
Cycle
us_house_2026