Former Navajo Nation president announces his candidacy for Arizona’s 2nd Congressional District





FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Former Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez announced Monday that he’s running for Congress.Nez, a 48-year-old Democrat, will vie for the seat occupied by incumbent Eli Crane, a Republican who has represented Arizona’s redrawn 2nd Congressional District since last year.The district covers a large portion of northern and eastern Arizona and includes 14 of the 22 federally recognized tribes within the state.“I grew up in a rural, low-income home, in a long-overlooked community where my family lived paycheck-to-paycheck, worried about how we’d make ends meet. I understand the struggles that many Arizona families are facing right now,” Nez said in a statement Monday.Nez was born in Tuba City and grew up in Shonto, both located on the vast Navajo reservation.He was the Navajo Nation’s president from 2019-23 after serving four years as the tribe’s vice president.Nez lost in his p …

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