US Midterms 2026
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Jonathan Nez, a Democrat who served as president of the Navajo Nation from 2019 to 2023, faces Republican incumbent Eli Crane for Arizona's 2nd congressional district in 2026, a rematch of their 2024 race.
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Jonathan Nez was born in Tuba City, Arizona. He attended Northland Pioneer College and Northern Arizona University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in political science and a Master of Public Administration. He is married to Phefelia Nez, who was appointed in 2022 to the trustee board of the John F. Kennedy Center of Performing Arts.
Early in his political career, Nez served as vice president of the Navajo Nation's Shonto chapter and as a delegate to the Navajo Nation Council, representing the Oljato, Ts'ah Bii' Kin, Navajo Mountain and Shonto chapters.
In 2015 he was elected vice president of the Navajo Nation on a ticket led by Russell Begaye and was sworn in on May 12, 2015.
On November 6, 2018, he was elected the 9th president of the Navajo Nation, defeating former president Joe Shirley Jr., and he oversaw the nation's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Nez lost his 2022 reelection bid to challenger Buu Nygren.
In national politics, Nez served on the Hillary for America Arizona Leadership Council, was one of seventeen speakers who jointly delivered the keynote address at the 2020 Democratic National Convention, and was one of Arizona's presidential electors in 2020.
He announced a campaign for Arizona's 2nd congressional district on October 16, 2023, and won the uncontested Democratic nomination in 2024, becoming "the first Indigenous political candidate in Arizona to clinch a major party nomination for a congressional seat."
Crane defeated him in the general election by 54% to 45%.
Nez announced on July 22, 2025, that he would run again for the 2nd district, which covers much of northeastern Arizona, including Prescott, Flagstaff and much of the Navajo Nation.
Retired national guardsman David Alexander and former state representative Eric Descheenie withdrew from the Democratic primary, and Nez was unopposed, receiving 65,118 votes.
In the general election on November 3, 2026, he faces Republican incumbent Eli Crane, who was reelected with 54.5% of the vote in 2024.
