Eli Crane

Eli Crane and his wife, Jen, began their manufacturing business in their garage, turning shell casings into bottle openers.¹ They founded the company in 2012, expanded it into a business employing dozens and negotiated a deal on national television before selling it in 2022.¹

Crane grew up in Arizona and was in his senior year at the University of Arizona when the September 11 attacks occurred.¹ He left college to enlist in the Navy a week later and served for 13 years, completing five wartime deployments, including three with SEAL Team 3.¹

He entered Congress in 2023 and now serves on the Homeland Security and Oversight committees.²³ His assignments include border enforcement, transportation security and government technology oversight, and he belongs to the House Freedom Caucus and Western Caucus.³

Crane supports stronger border enforcement, removal of people unlawfully in the country and additional resources for border barriers, agents and surveillance.⁴ He introduced a proposal to pause new H-1B visas for three years before restarting the program with revised rules.⁵ He faces Democrat Jonathan Nez in a rematch for a largely rural northern Arizona district that both parties are contesting more heavily this year.²⁶