2026 forecast · Arizona 2nd

Eli Crane is slightly favored to win Arizona's 2nd District.

Jonathan Nez vs Eli Crane. The model has Crane ahead by 2.9 points, winning 70 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Lean RModel R +2.9Polls R +0.0Updated October 22, 2026
Jonathan Nez
Democrat
47.6%
167,592 projected votes
Eli Crane
Republican
50.5%
177,872 projected votes
70%Crane
30%Nez
Crane favoredEach square is one simulated election night, Crane wins about 70 of 100
RatingLean R70% chance for Crane
Model marginR +2.9Polls R +0.0
80 percent rangeD +4.6 to R +10.62,000 simulations
Projected votes351,890Crane 50.5%

The district map

Every district in the state, shaded by its rating

Arizona districts

9 districts
Safe DLikely DLean DToss upLean RLikely RSafe R

Vote share

Each candidate's projected share and the range of 80 percent of simulations

Jonathan NezDemocrat · 30% to win
47.6%
Eli CraneRepublican · 70% to win
50.5%

Scale runs from 25 to 75 percent. The dot is the forecast, the band is the 80 percent range and the brighter tick marks 50 percent.

Projected district vote

351,890 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Eli Crane R177,87250.5%
Jonathan Nez D167,59247.6%
Curtis Goodwin L6,4261.8%
Total351,890100%

Each candidate's expected vote in the On Point simulation, at the forecast's projected turnout.

The trend

Each side's chance of winning over the forecast's recent updates

0%25%50%75%100%30% Nez70% Crane15 updates agoToday

Polling

Every poll in the average, and how the model reads it

The Arizona governor polling average
30%35%40%45%50%55%MayJunJulAugSepOct49.3Hobbs43.8Biggs
The line is the On Point average: a robust LOWESS fit through the polls, weighted by recency, sample, voter screen and pollster grade, refit three times so outliers count for lessDot size is each poll's weight todayHover or use the arrow keys to read any day
What moves the average today
GrayHouse for Norton (R)Oct 8 · 550 LV · NR19%Hobbs +6.0
Steve Cortes for League of American Workers (R)Oct 6 · 1,513 LV · NR19%Hobbs +5.7
Quantus InsightsAug 17 · 780 LV · Gold19%Hobbs +6.0
GQR for Hobbs (D)Oct 4 · 600 LV · NR18%Hobbs +4.0
Equis ResearchSep 9 · 1,214 RV · NR9.8%Hobbs +6.0
The Tarrance Group (R)Jul 30 · 600 LV · A4.5%Hobbs +4.0
Every other poll together: 11%

This is the same On Point polling average as the full average page. The forecast reads the polls through its own Election Day projection, shown as the On Point average in the table below, and blends it with partisan lean and fundamentals.

Polls of the race

Full average
PollsterSampleAgeMargin
On Point averageWeighted averageR +0.0

Each margin is the poll as the pollster published it. The forecast counts every poll after its house effect and the undecided split, which is what the trail above shows; hover a margin for the counted value. Lean R and Lean D mark partisan leaning firms.

Model margin
Crane +2.9
Chance of winning
Jonathan Nez30%
Eli Crane70%
Simulated vote
Jonathan Nez47.6%
Eli Crane50.5%
Curtis Goodwin1.8%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanD +15.0
FundamentalsR +2.8
With pollsR +3.4
Early vote turnoutD +0.5
With early voteR +2.9

Read from 0 ballots cast so far in Arizona, against the party mix the forecast expected of them, with similar states and primary turnout. Early vote tracker

How we got here

From the state's partisan lean to the forecast, one stage at a time

D +18R +18Partisan leanthe state's baselineD +15.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesR +2.8With pollsaverage R +0.0R +3.4With early voteturnout so farR +2.9
Methodology
Every county is rebuilt by simulating voters going to the polls, 2,000 times, from On Point Polling survey data, past results, and the polling average. How the model works.