ABOUT ELI CRANE

Eli Crane is a combat veteran, small-business owner, husband, father and Native Arizonan.

After 9/11, Eli enlisted in the Navy, eventually becoming a member of SEAL Team 3. During his service, Eli went on five wartime deployments, three of which to Iraq and served our country for 13 years – protecting and defending America’s freedom, way of life, and Constitution.

About Eli Crane

Crane was born on July 3, 1986, in San Diego, California. He graduated from the University of Arizona with a degree in business administration. Before entering politics, he founded a company that specializes in manufacturing and selling custom knives.

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But Eli’s most important mission to date has been raising his two daughters. He is proud to be raising his family in Arizona and is determined to continue fighting for their future.

Eli Crane is a Native Arizonan. He graduated from the University of Arizona with a degree in business administration. He is raising his two daughters in Arizona.

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After 9/11, Eli enlisted in the Navy, eventually becoming a member of SEAL Team 3. During his service, Eli went on five wartime deployments, three of which to Iraq and served our country for 13 years – protecting and defending America’s freedom, way of life, and Constitution.

Upon returning to civilian life, Eli and his wife Jen started a successful company, Bottle Breacher, featured on Shark Tank that made its products in the USA and employed and gave back to veterans nationwide. Eli knows the struggles small business owners and employees in Arizona face; that is why he believes in low taxes, less regulation, and supporting pro-growth, pro-job policies.

Eli Crane served in the U.S. Navy for 13 years and was a member of SEAL Team 3. After leaving military service, he and his wife started Bottle Breacher.

Eli Crane

Eli Crane is a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Arizona's 2nd congressional district. He assumed office on January 3, 2023. Crane is a former Navy SEAL and businessman.

In the 2022 elections, Crane ran for the U.S. House of Representatives in Arizona's 2nd congressional district. He won the Republican primary and went on to defeat the Democratic incumbent in the general election.

Eli currently serves as the U.S. representative for Arizona's 2nd Congressional District. He was elected in 2022 and assumed office in 2023.

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Crane 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.

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Crane has also taken on the out-of-touch bureaucrats who are trying to regulate our ranchers, farmers, and miners out of business, in addition to the big corporations who think they can pull the rug out from under American workers by importing cheap foreign labor.

DELIVERING FOR RURAL ARIZONA

Eli Crane is relentlessly focused on one thing and that’s putting Rural Arizona first. He’s worked to grow Arizona’s copper industry, improve rural healthcare, protect Arizona’s water supply, clean up abandoned mines posing a serious health and safety hazard, and improve opportunities for tribal entrepreneurs.

Voted for tax cuts that would eliminate taxes on tips, overtime, and Social Security benefits and expand the Child Tax Credit.

Opposes regulations on ranchers, farmers, and miners that he says could put them out of business, and importing foreign labor that he says undercuts American workers.

Supports growing Arizona's copper industry and expanding opportunities for tribal entrepreneurs.

- Voted for tax cuts that would eliminate taxes on tips, overtime, and Social Security benefits and expand the Child Tax Credit.
- Opposes regulations on ranchers, farmers, and miners that he says could put them out of business, and importing foreign labor that he says undercuts American workers.
- Supports growing Arizona's copper industry and expanding opportunities for tribal entrepreneurs.

Economy

Our nation’s veterans are heroes who deserve the highest standard of care. Crane is championing solutions to ensure these heroes have greater access to healthcare, better outcomes, and more opportunities once they re-enter civilian life.

Supports improving rural healthcare access.

Advocates greater access to healthcare for veterans and better health outcomes.

- Supports improving rural healthcare access.
- Advocates greater access to healthcare for veterans and better health outcomes.

Healthcare

After serving in harm’s way defending our way of life and our electoral system, Crane has led the charge to pass national voter ID to ensure only living American citizens vote in our elections.

Advocates for national voter identification requirements.

- Advocates for national voter identification requirements.

Voting & Elections

Crane is pushing hard to finish the wall, hire more immigration judges, and deploy new technology to detect deadly fentanyl.

Advocates deploying technology at the border to detect fentanyl.

- Advocates deploying technology at the border to detect fentanyl.

Public Safety

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Education

KEEPING THE BORDER SECURE

The border crisis unleashed on Arizona during the Biden-Harris administration must never be allowed to happen again. After supporting funding for thousands more Border Patrol agents, better technology, and more wall, Eli Crane is working overtime to codify into law the border security policies of President Trump to keep the border the most secure it has ever been in American history.

FIGHTING FOR VETERANS

Instead of giving money to countries who hate us and propping up fraud-ridden nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), Eli Crane believes we should be focused on taking care of those who risked it all for our freedom.

Advocates finishing the border wall, hiring more immigration judges, increasing Border Patrol staffing, and deploying technology to detect fentanyl.

Believes federal spending should prioritize veterans over countries he says “hate us” and “fraud-ridden” nongovernmental organizations.

- Advocates finishing the border wall, hiring more immigration judges, increasing Border Patrol staffing, and deploying technology to detect fentanyl.
- Believes federal spending should prioritize veterans over countries he says “hate us” and “fraud-ridden” nongovernmental organizations.

Foreign Policy and Immigration

When the White Sage Fire and Dragon Bravo Fire raged through Northern Arizona, Eli Crane stepped up and passed legislation to expedite recovery efforts because families, workers, and businesses cannot afford to wait for their communities to bounce back.

PROTECTING OUR LAND

Eli Crane has a message for the radical environmentalists – their Green New Deal scams are not welcome in Rural Arizona. That includes their wind and solar farms. These projects aren’t just ugly, they’re unreliable and a major contributor to rising utility bills.

Passed legislation to expedite recovery efforts after the White Sage Fire and Dragon Bravo Fire.

Supports protecting Arizona's water supply and cleaning up abandoned mines that pose health and safety hazards.

Opposes wind and solar farms in rural Arizona.

- Passed legislation to expedite recovery efforts after the White Sage Fire and Dragon Bravo Fire.
- Supports protecting Arizona's water supply and cleaning up abandoned mines that pose health and safety hazards.
- Opposes wind and solar farms in rural Arizona.

Energy & the Environment

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