Former Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez enters Arizona House Race to Unseat MAGA Extremist Eli Crane. Help Him Flip the Seat.
Jonathan Nez who led the Navajo Nation as President through the roughest days of the COVID-19 pandemic has declared his candidacy for the US House to take on MAGA extremist Eli Crane, one of the eight Republicans who voted to vacate Speaker Kevin McCarthy, because he wanted a more radical right-wing leader in the House.
As president of the Navajo Nation, Nez led his people through the COVID-19 pandemic, secured funds to construct new healthcare facilities and homes for veterans, invested in infrastructure improvements, and brought clean water and electricity to thousands of previously unserved residents.
Prior to running for Congress, Crane created a 50-caliber bullet bottle opener to open beer bottles, which is more firepower than necessary to pop open a Bud Lite, but Mr. Crane loves guns and bullets as also evidenced by his constituent newsletter which is titled "One in the Chamber" and takes bullet points a bit too literally with sub-headings "Live Fire" "Trigger Points" and "High-Caliber Rounds" introducing constituents to his meager accomplishments in Congress and featuring podcasts with renowned public policy experts---ahem--- like Steve Bannon, Andy Biggs and Matt Gaetz.
Arizona's 2nd Congressional District is a vast expansive district that is almost 60,000 square miles in area and includes 14 of Arizona's 22 Native American tribes, covering over half the state's land area. Many of the rural areas are deep red. The district overall went for Trump by 7.9 percentage points in 2020, but with Nez on the ballot, increased tribal turnout could put the race in play and also help deliver Arizona's 11 Electoral Votes to Joe Biden again in 2024.
The opportunity for a historic upset, and for getting another Native voice in the US Congress, is there but it will take resources to build a robust tribal outreach campaign even larger than the one that helped deliver the state for Joe Biden in 2020 and to persuade voters in the more conservative Yavapai, Gila and Pinal Counties.
You can help Jonathan Nez become the first Native American to represent Arizona in Congress, and remove MAGA extremist Eli Crane, by contributing here:
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The Kos community has always risen to the occasion to help fund grassroots efforts on Arizona's tribal lands and now we ask you to help elect a great leader from the Navajo Nation to represent Arizona's 2nd Congressional District in Congress. Thank you.
[Author’s note: This post is a community volunteer post and is not directly affiliated with any campaign nor any paid position within a campaign]