Representative · AZ-2 · Republican · since Jan 2023

Elijah Crane

Bills authored 9Missed votes 15 of 524Party unity 69% derived

Counted from 524 roll calls and 104 sponsorship records on file.

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Who they are · every sentence carries its source

Before the votes, a life.

Elijah James Crane was born in 1980 in Tucson, Arizona, and raised in Yuma, where his father worked as a pharmacist.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Eli Crane} After graduating from high school in 1998, he studied sociology at Arizona Western College and the University of Arizona before leaving to join the United States Navy in 2001.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Eli Crane} He served as a Navy SEAL during a military career that included five deployments, and later co-founded a company that manufactured bottle openers from bullet casings before selling the business in 2022.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Eli Crane}

Crane first ran for public office in 2022 and was elected to the United States House of Representatives to represent Arizona's 2nd congressional district.^{Source 1: Elijah Crane — Biographical Directory of the United States Congress}^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Eli Crane} He was re-elected in 2024 and serves on the Homeland Security and Oversight and Government Reform committees.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Eli Crane}

In their own words

“I unintentionally voted against the Bentz Amendment No. 2 to H.R. 7567, Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026. I want to reflect that I support this amendment and intended to vote YES.”

Congressional Record · Apr 30, 2026 · Source

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The path here

2001-2014
Served in the United States Navy, including deployments as a Navy SEAL.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Eli Crane}
2014
Pitched his manufacturing company, Bottle Breacher, on the television show Shark Tank.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Eli Crane}
2022
Sold his business and was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Eli Crane}
2023-Present
Serves as U.S. representative for Arizona's 2nd congressional district.^{Source 1: Elijah Crane — Biographical Directory of the United States Congress}^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Eli Crane}

Next election: Nov 3, 2026general · in 51 days

97.14% attendance · all roll calls we have ingested

2 sources

1Elijah Crane — Biographical Directory of the United States Congressbioguideopen source
3Wikipedia: Eli Cranewikipediaopen source archived copy

Full record card

The record card · sourced from Bioguide, the Clerk and the FEC

3.7YRS

In office · 2nd term · since Jan 2023

36,450VOTES

2024 margin of victory · 8.97%

Certified result

97.14%

Attendance

house median 97.9% (431 members)

NOV'26

Next election · general

in 51 days

Figures cover all roll calls we have ingested.

Before Congress

2001-2014 Served in the United States Navy, including deployments as a Navy SEAL.
2014 Pitched his manufacturing company, Bottle Breacher, on the television show Shark Tank.
2022 Sold his business and was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
2023-Present Serves as U.S. representative for Arizona's 2nd congressional district.

House Committee on Homeland SecurityHouse Committee on Oversight and Government ReformHouse Committee on Homeland Security · Border Security and Enforcement subcommitteeHouse Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation subcommitteeHouse Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · Military and Foreign Affairs subcommitteeHouse Committee on Homeland Security · Transportation and Maritime Security subcommittee9 bills authored · 0 enacted

Says vs. does · 72 issues in 6 clusters

Stated position vs. voting record.

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The stats, cluster by cluster

6 clusters · 72 issues · sorted by gap size

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Receipts · recent votes on passage

How they voted.

Money & ties

Who's behind them.

How complete is this money picture?

46%of the money categories we track are publicly disclosed for this member, counting those that lawfully lag.

Campaign financeThrough Jul 1, 2026Current · 34%
Corporate-PAC shareNot yet derived · 22%
Disclosed tradesLagged · 12%
Lobbyist meetingsNot disclosed · 32%

Disclosed by the FEC; we have not built the honest derivation — same for every member.

Members must disclose trades within 45 days; this picture is always at least that far behind.

A gap in the disclosure system, not a statement about this member — lobbyist meetings are not federally disclosed for any member of Congress.

Weights are fixed product-wide and disclosed, so this percentage is comparable across members.

Who funds them · 2026 cycle · FEC through Jul 1, 2026

$9.5MTotal raised · 1 ▪ = $250.0K · 38 units, rounded up

PAC contributions$85.5K · 0.9%
Itemized individual$5.2M · 54.8%
Small-dollar (≤$200)$3.4M · 35.7%
All other$814.4K · 8.6%

FEC filing totals ↗

Disclosed trades

We hold no disclosed-trade filings for this member. That is a gap in what we have loaded; it does not mean none were filed.

FEC OpenFEC · disclosed trades: House Clerk / Senate filings.

Ideology placement

Economic (dim 1)0.747

Social (dim 2)-0.665

Voteview DW-NOMINATE · retrieved Sep 7, 2026 — an external attributed reference, shown as context.

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