Former Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez has announced he’s running for Congress. Nez says he will challenge incumbent Eli Crane. Crane has represented Arizona’s redrawn 2nd Congressional District since last year.
Nez said he will challenge incumbent Eli Crane, who has represented Arizona’s redrawn 2nd Congressional District since last year.
In an interview with the Arizona Daily Sun, Nez said he’s disappointed with the divisiveness in politics, the dysfunction in the capitol and the role Arizona representatives have played in that dysfunction.The toll of heat deaths in the Phoenix area soars after the hottest summer on record“Being a Democrat, a father, a husband, a faith-based individual and just wanting something better for all our children into the future. That’s why I’m in this race,” Nez told the newspaper.
Nez, 48, was the Navajo Nation’s president from 2019-23 after serving four years as the tribe’s vice president.
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