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Elijah Crane

24 dated events on the record · 16 primary-source · 0 contradictions · 2020–2026

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Recent events
2026-04-16 Transactions SECONDARY In the 2025-2026 cycle, Crane raised $1.8 million in Q1 2026 alone, with 99.9% from individual donors. As of April 2026, his estimated net worth is $1.4 million (293rd in Congress), with approximately $0 invested in…
2026-04-16 Transactions PRIMARY [disclosure] According to FEC disclosure data analyzed by MarketBeat and Quiver Quantitative, Crane holds approximately $0 invested in publicly traded assets and has no record of congressional stock trades, meaning the…
2026-03-04 Votes PRIMARY Voted nay on S. 723 / H.R. 2130 (Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act of 2025) on 2026-03-04: Crane was one of only 40 House members to vote against a Republican-led bill to streamline mortgage processing on tribal…
2026-02-09 Votes PRIMARY Voted nay on H.R. 6644 (Housing for the 21st Century Act (bipartisan affordable housing package)) on 2026-02-09: Crane was one of only 9 House members to vote against a bipartisan housing affordability bill that passed…
2025-12-03 Votes PRIMARY [statement] In December 2025, Crane signed a discharge petition to force a vote on banning members of Congress from trading stocks, stating: 'Members of Congress should NOT be allowed to trade stocks.'
2025-11-12 Votes PRIMARY Voted yea on H.R. ___ (November 2025 Continuing Resolution) (Continuing Resolution to end the 43-day government shutdown (November 2025)) on 2025-11-12: After the longest government shutdown in U.S. history (43 days)…
2025-07-03 Votes PRIMARY Voted yea on H.R. 1 (One Big Beautiful Bill Act (Trump's signature 2025 budget reconciliation bill)) on 2025-07-03: Crane voted for sweeping legislation that included deep cuts to Medicaid and SNAP — programs on which…
2025-04-14 Transactions PRIMARY Crane's FEC Q1 2025 filing showed $1,016,774.82 raised in the quarter, with 98.9% from individual donors and cash on hand of $778,605.66. The filing confirmed his near-total reliance on individual contributions over…
2025-01-01 Transactions PRIMARY [disclosure] According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Arizona's 2nd Congressional District is 58.5% White, 18.2% Hispanic, with significant Native American (approximately 20%) and other minority populations. Crane…
2024-12-20 Votes PRIMARY Voted nay on H.R. ___ (December 2024 Continuing Resolution) (Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 (Dec. 20, 2024, government funding bill)) on 2024-12-20: Crane was one of 34 House Republicans to vote against…
2024-07-25 Votes INFERENTIAL Voted yea on H.R. 9053 / H.R. 9054 (Veterans Gun Rights Restoration Act and Safeguarding Veterans 2nd Amendment Rights Act (committee passage)) on 2024-07-25: Crane introduced and advanced two bills to protect…
2024-06-30 Transactions SECONDARY For the 2023-2024 election cycle, Rep. Eli Crane's campaign committee raised $5,363,461. Small individual contributions under $200 accounted for 54.68% ($2,941,215), large individual contributions 43.95% ($2,363,794)…
2024-06-30 Transactions SECONDARY Top industry contributors to Crane's 2023-2024 campaign: Retired ($2,225,170 via small-dollar WinRed contributions), Republican/Conservative ($600,799), Real Estate ($79,216), Health Professionals ($58,101), and…
2024-06-30 Transactions SECONDARY Crane's top PAC contributors for 2023-2024 include House Freedom Fund ($129,423 total, of which $124,423 was individual pass-through), Patriot Freedom PAC ($10,000), and Senate Conservatives Fund ($1,013). Total PAC…
2024-06-05 Votes PRIMARY Voted yea on H.R. 2670 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Crane Amendment on DEI in military)) on 2024-06-05: Crane proposed an amendment to the FY2024 NDAA to prohibit the Pentagon from…
2024-04-20 Votes PRIMARY Voted nay on H.R. 8035 (Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024) on 2024-04-20: Crane was among only 112 House Republicans to vote against Ukraine aid, while 101 Republicans supported it. He argued it…
2024-04-20 Votes PRIMARY Voted nay on H.R. 8034 (Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024) on 2024-04-20: Crane voted against the $26.38 billion Israel aid bill, joining only 20 other Republicans in opposition while 187 House…
2023-10-03 Votes PRIMARY Voted yea on H.Res. 757 (Declaring the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives to be vacant (McCarthy ouster)) on 2023-10-03: Crane was one of only 8 House Republicans (out of 221) to vote with all 208…
2023-07-14 Votes PRIMARY [statement] On July 14, 2023, during floor debate on his NDAA amendment to prohibit the Pentagon from requiring diversity training, Crane referred to Black Americans as 'colored people,' saying: 'My amendment has…
2022-11-08 Votes SECONDARY Crane received nearly $900,000 in support from Kevin McCarthy's political network to win his 2022 House race. Less than a year later, Crane was one of eight hardline Republicans who voted to oust McCarthy from the…
2022-06-22 Other facts PRIMARY [statement] Crane campaigned on fiscal conservatism and raged against the December 2020 COVID relief package, writing '27 Trillion in debt' in a campaign communication, while positioning himself as a critic of 'phony…
2022-04-30 Transactions SECONDARY Crane co-founded Bottle Breacher with his wife Jen in 2011 and appeared on ABC's Shark Tank, securing a $150,000 investment. He and his wife sold the company in April 2022 — the same month Crane announced his…
2020-04-15 Transactions PRIMARY [disclosure] Crane's company, Bottle Breacher, lawfully took nearly $70,000 in a Paycheck Protection Program loan, which was ultimately forgiven by the Small Business Administration. Crane has not publicly returned or…
2020-04-15 Transactions SECONDARY In 2022, Crane's company Bottle Breacher received a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan of nearly $70,000, which was ultimately forgiven by the Small Business Administration. Crane had publicly raged against the…