Eli Crane
Republican Representative of Arizona's 2nd district
Representative
Arizona, district 2
January 3, 2023 - January 3, 2025
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Congresses Served
1
House Terms
January 3, 1980 (45 years old)
Birthday
- Elected as the U.S. representative for Arizona’s 2nd congressional district since 2023
- Served in the United States Navy SEALs
- Co-founded Bottle Breacher, a company making bottle openers from .50 caliber shell casings
- Defeated incumbent Democrat in the 2022 House elections
- Born and raised in Arizona
- Dropped out of college post-9/11 to enlist in the Navy
- Deployed five times during his military career
- Appeared on Shark Tank with his company, securing investments
- Sold Bottle Breacher in 2022
- Endorsed by Donald Trump in his 2022 campaign
- Promoted false conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election
- Did not support Kevin McCarthy for House Speaker in 2023
- Used controversial language during a debate, later stating he “misspoke”
- Voted in favor of removing U.S. troops from Syria within 180 days in 2023
- Voted against the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023
- Supported a moratorium on aid to Ukraine and a ban on cluster munitions to Ukraine in 2023
- Voted to provide Israel with support following a Hamas attack in 2023
- Member of the Freedom Caucus
- Protestant, lives in Oro Valley, Arizona