Jeff Crank is the first-term Republican U.S. representative for Colorado's 5th Congressional District and is seeking reelection in 2026. Before entering Congress, he worked as a radio host and an executive with Americans for Prosperity; he serves on the House Armed Services and Natural Resources committees. In October voter guides he emphasized lowering housing costs by reducing regulations, building on the Working Families Tax Cuts Act, and keeping missions and jobs at local military installations.
In an August 27, 2026 debate in Colorado’s 5th Congressional District, Crank said the Affordable Care Act (which he referred to as “Obamacare”) gives people an insurance option but argued that insurers are getting excessively wealthy and should be reined in. He also said he and his opponent agreed on the need for greater oversight of insurers, without specifying a detailed replacement plan.
Crank says inflation and grocery prices remain too high and points to the Working Families Tax Cuts Act as putting more money in families' pockets, including through tax relief such as no tax on tips and overtime, a senior exemption, and an expanded child tax credit. He supports tariffs as a negotiating tool but says he opposes long-term tariffs; in the August 2026 debate he also attributed Colorado housing costs partly to government regulation and proposed changing environmental regulations and offering $25,000 in student-loan debt reduction for homebuyers.
Jeff Crank has criticized state-specific energy mandates for increasing housing costs and proposed the FRAMER Act (H.R. 763), which would require states to reimburse builders for the added cost of state energy requirements on homes in federally designated opportunity zones. His stated approach emphasizes housing affordability and consumer choice rather than opposing energy efficiency categorically.
Jeff Crank has taken positions opposed to abortion-rights and reproductive-freedom measures in Congress. Reproductive Freedom for All's congressional scorecard for Jeff Crank (CO-05) reports a 0% 2025 score and records him voting for final passage of H.R. 21 (Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act), the Senate-passed H.R. 1, and H.R. 6703, measures the organization classifies as negatively affecting reproductive freedom; H.R. 1 included a one-year restriction on Planned Parenthood's participation in Medicaid, and H.R. 6703 would restrict abortion coverage in certain health plans.
Crank supports enforcing existing immigration law and prioritizing the removal of people who are in the country unlawfully, particularly violent criminals; in an August 27, 2026 debate he said ICE should not be “chasing after grandmas” but that illegal immigrants who are violent criminals should be deported. He also voted for S. 2, the Secure America Act, which his office said would provide $69.5 billion to fully fund ICE and CBP through September 30, 2029.
Crank says the Second Amendment protects the right of law-abiding adults to own firearms and that he would oppose waiting periods, magazine limits, so-called assault-weapons bans, taxes on ammunition or firearms, and other gun-control measures. He supports stiffer penalties for felons in possession of firearms and interstate concealed-carry reciprocity; his campaign also lists endorsements from the National Rifle Association and Pikes Peak Firearms Coalition PAC. No newer direct firearms statement was located after August 26, 2026 in the reviewed sources.
In the August 27, 2026 Colorado’s 5th Congressional District debate, Crank defended the Trump administration’s military action against Iran, saying he had seen intelligence that Iran was preparing to attack U.S. troops and that the threat should be addressed and the operation concluded as quickly as possible. He said he would not vote to withdraw support from deployed U.S. service members or use war-powers action to pull back while they were fighting. This indicates support for continuing the Iran operation in the near term, rather than an immediate congressional withdrawal of authorization or funding.
Jeff Crank supports shifting education decision-making from the federal government to parents and local governments, including dismantling the U.S. Department of Education while preserving education funding and supporting students. He has also supported greater parental consent in K-12 schools, opposed federally funded instruction involving what he calls gender ideology, voted for the DETERRENT Act's added reporting requirements for foreign gifts to academic institutions, and cosponsored H.R. 899 to terminate the Department of Education.
In the August 27, 2026 Colorado's 5th Congressional District debate, Crank agreed that regulation of data centers should be decided by local jurisdictions. The debate coverage did not identify a broader position from him on artificial-intelligence regulation; he and Jessica Killin also said they use tools such as ChatGPT and Claude.
Jeff Crank supports requiring documentary proof of U.S. citizenship for federal voter registration and backed the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act (H.R. 22). As a U.S. representative for Colorado's 5th District, he cosponsored H.R. 22 and his office said he voted for the bill in April 2025.
Crank emphasizes district-specific support for Southern Colorado, including military installations and veterans, wildfire resilience, public safety, transportation, stormwater and flood-control infrastructure, food access, and health-care capacity. As a sitting representative for CO-05, his FY2027 community-project requests include funding for Colorado Springs-area road and traffic-safety projects, stormwater improvements, a mobile market and food-bank security, primary-care expansion, El Paso County public-safety radios, and Space/Aerospace-related facilities; in an August 2026 CO-05 debate, he also agreed that local jurisdictions should decide data-center regulations.
In an August 27, 2026 debate in Colorado’s 5th Congressional District, Crank said the Affordable Care Act (which he referred to as “Obamacare”) gives people an insurance option but argued that insurers are getting excessively wealthy and should be reined in. He also said he and his opponent agreed on the need for greater oversight of insurers, without specifying a detailed replacement plan.
Worked as legislative assistant and later administrative director for the Colorado congressman
Radio Talk Show Host2008 – 2022
KVOR-AM (The Jeff Crank Show)
Hosted The Jeff Crank Show, a conservative talk radio program on KVOR-AM in Colorado Springs, for about 14 years
Education
Colorado State UniversityBachelor of Arts in Political Science (1989)
Top Donors
Raised roughly $2.18M in the 2025-26 cycle through June 30, 2026, with about $837K from PACs/other committees, $893K from individuals, and $426K transferred from authorized committees (FEC). Defense-sector PAC money jumped from 6% of his PAC receipts during his first 2024 campaign to about 25% in Q1 2025 after he joined the House Armed Services Committee, per OpenSecrets/Colorado Newsline. Koch-network Americans for Prosperity has also supported him, giving $6,555 according to OpenSecrets' organization profile.
Incumbent Republican with near-perfect attendance: he missed only 2 of 645 roll call votes (0.3%) from January 2025 through July 2026 (GovTrack). Heritage Action scores him at 98% conservative for the 119th Congress; he serves on Armed Services and Natural Resources committees. He sponsored the Armed Forces Carry Rights Protection Act, the First Time Homebuyer Debt Reduction Act, and a resolution condemning socialism.