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Republican Eli Crane wins Arizona House race, AP projects

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The Western Journal, The Epoch Times and Fox News report that Republican Rep. Eli Crane has held his Arizona House seat. The Associated Press projected his win on Monday, November 9, over Democrat Jonathan Nez, a former president of the Navajo Nation. The Epoch Times reports 162,753 votes for Crane (49.64 percent) and 158,919 for Nez (48.47 percent). Fox News reports the two were separated by 3,834 votes at the time of the call. Nez has not conceded, and neither candidate responded to requests for comment. The Western Journal also reports that Democrats flipped two other Arizona congressional seats and the state legislature.

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The Associated Press projected on Monday, November 9, that Republican Rep. Eli Crane won reelection in Arizona’s Second Congressional District.
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The Western Journal, The Epoch Times, Fox News
Crane received 162,753 votes (49.64 percent) and Democrat Jonathan Nez received 158,919 votes (48.47 percent), according to the reported count.
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Crane and Nez were separated by 3,834 votes at the time of the race call.
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Nez has not conceded the race.
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Crane and Nez did not respond to requests for comment before publication.
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Democrats flipped two other Arizona congressional seats and the state legislature, according to The Western Journal.
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The outlets report that the Associated Press projected Crane’s reelection over Nez by a narrow margin, and that Nez has not conceded. Only right-side coverage is in the sample, which frames the result as a Republican hold.

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All three outlets, each rated Far Right, cast the race as a Republican hold, stressing Crane’s party and Navy SEAL service and, in Fox News’s headline, the narrowness of the result.
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Arizona Republican holds House seat, surviving re-election scare
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The Western JournalFar Right
Breaking: GOP Navy SEAL Vet Holds on to House Seat in Battleground State
Republican Navy SEAL vet Eli Crane managed to hold on to his House seat, despite Arizona Democrats flipping two other congressional seats and the state legislature. Arizona’s official general election
37 min agoRead at The Western Journal (opens in a new tab)
The Epoch TimesFar Right
GOP Congressman Narrowly Wins Reelection
Rep. Eli Crane will serve another term in the House of Representatives.
1 hr agoRead at The Epoch Times (opens in a new tab)
Fox NewsFar Right
Arizona Republican holds House seat, Sensational language“surviving re-election scare”The headline dramatizes a close but routine race as a scare, a judgement beyond the reported margin.More neutral: in a tight rematchDisagree with this highlight?
Republican Rep. Eli Crane thanked rural Arizonans and vowed to fight the status quo in Congress after defeating Jonathan Nez in their Arizona rematch.
2 hr agoRead at Fox News (opens in a new tab)

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The Epoch TimesFar RightNov 9, 3:18 PM EST
The Western JournalFar RightNov 9, 4:27 PM EST

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Republican Eli Crane wins Arizona House race, AP projects

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Breaking: GOP Navy SEAL Vet Holds on to House Seat in Battleground State

GOP Congressman Narrowly Wins Reelection

Arizona Republican holds House seat, Sensational language“surviving re-election scare”The headline dramatizes a close but routine race as a scare, a judgement beyond the reported margin.More neutral: in a tight rematchDisagree with this highlight?

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GOP Congressman Narrowly Wins Reelection

Arizona Republican holds House seat, surviving re-election scareSensational language“surviving re-election scare”The headline dramatizes a close but routine race as a scare, a judgement beyond the reported margin.More neutral: in a tight rematchDisagree with this highlight?

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