Jonathan Nez
Democrat · Congress · CD2
Jonathan Nez served as president of the Navajo Nation from 2019 to 2023, after a term as vice president beginning in 2015. He previously sat on the Navajo Nation Council and the Navajo County Board of Supervisors. Nez ran in this district in 2024 against Republican Eli Crane and lost by 9 points.
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If at first you lose by 10 points…: Former Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez is running for Congress again against Republican U.S. Rep. Eli Crane, who defeated Nez by nearly 10 percentage points last year, per the Navajo Times’ Donovan Quintero. (July 23, 2025)
2025-07-23