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Elijah Crane

Elijah Crane

Republican · AZ U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

4 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2023

  • background Born August 29, 1754; died February 21, 1834; a Canton, Massachusetts farmer and inn keeper
  • achievement First Town Clerk of Canton, Massachusetts and served on its first Board of Selectmen
  • achievement First representative to the Massachusetts House of Representatives from Canton
  • role Sheriff of Norfolk County, Massachusetts from May 16, 1810 to 1811 and from June 20, 1812 to 1834
  • role 24th Grand Master of Masons in Massachusetts during 1833 until his death in 1834
  • background Involved with the creation of the Dedham Bank

Issue positions (3)

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

Campaign finance

2026 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House AZ-02 · 2026 General Election

  • $9,481,428 raised
  • $6,957,053 spent
  • $2,841,745 cash on hand
$9.48M
$8.67M
$8.58M
Itemized (≥ $200)$5.20M
Unitemized (< $200)$3.39M
Party committees$1.00K
Other committees (PACs)$85.50K
Transfers from other committees$812.98K
Offsets to expenditures$440.18
$6.96M
Operating expenditures$6.91M
Contribution refunds$43.33K
Other disbursements$4.50K
Cash on hand$2.84M
Debts owed by committee$0.00

Through July 1, 2026 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Jul 1, 2026)

Finance updated: not yet pulled

Over time

Data from FEC per-cycle campaign finance

Money raised, spent, and cash on hand across every election cycle on record — toggle a series in the legend.

Elijah Crane campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2022$3,650,922$3,589,054$61,868
2024$8,556,813$8,301,310$317,370
2026$9,481,428$6,957,053$2,841,745

Top contributors (FEC)

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

Top contributors — 2024 cycle

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor's reported employer (FEC Schedule A).

  • Employer not reported $235,256
  • REITRED $17,341
  • SITE DEVELOPMENT $16,377
  • AUTISM ACADEMY $10,969
  • SAULSBURY INDUSTRIES $9,900
  • MARWEST $9,000
  • SHIPS INN $7,100
  • ULINE $6,600
  • HEADSTORM $6,600
  • HSL PROPERTIES $6,600

Outside spending on this race

Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures

Independent expenditures are money outside groups (PACs / super-PACs) spend to support or oppose a candidate without coordinating with their campaign. What's this? →

  • 2026 cycle $76,105 supporting · $884,346 opposing · 8 outside groups
  • 2024 cycle $554,332 supporting · $4,104 opposing · 9 outside groups

See the outside-money leaderboard →

Documented relationships

Documented facts about Crane, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.

No documented relationships of this kind on record — absence is not a finding.

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Committee activity

Committee votes cast

Proceedings attended

Congress.gov publishes no attendance list, so this reflects the proceedings whose own record names this member — in an opening statement, an attendance roster or a vote sheet. It is not a complete attendance history.

Congressional testimony