Republican Eli Crane Defeats Incumbent Tom O’Halleran in Arizona’s 2nd Congressional District

Republican Eli Crane has defeated Democrat incumbent Tom O’Halleran in Tuesday’s election bid for Arizona’s 2nd Congressional District, according to projections.
Polls ahead of Tuesday night had shown that Crane was leading and would likely take O’Halleran’s seat.
Crane was leading with 53.7 percent of the vote as of Wednesday evening, while to O’Halleran’ held 46.3 percent, according to projections from the Associated Press, bringing Republicans one step closer to control of the House.
NBC and ABC called the race in favor of Crane on Wednesday. The Associated Press later called the race at 10:55 p.m. Thursday….}