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2026 results · Arizona · Arizona 8th District

Abraham "Abe" Hamadeh, the Republican, leads in the race for Arizona's 8th District

Donald Trump carried the district by 15.8 points in 2024; this year's count is a 13.4-point move toward the Democrats.

Arizona 8th District: votes counted for each candidate
CandidateVotesShareShare of the vote
Abraham "Abe" HamadehRepublican, incumbent146,30251.1%
Bernadette Greene-PlacentiaDemocrat139,24248.7%
2 others5970.2%

Not called: the count we can read does not say how much is left, so we make no estimate of the finish. How we call races →

Nearly all of the expected vote counted286,141 votesCount last changed Nov 7, 3:45 PM EST · checked Nov 7, 4:59 PM ESTSource: Arizona Secretary of State

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About the seat

Arizona's 8th District lies within Maricopa County. The Republicans held it before this election. Its voters went R+15.8 for president in 2024. Its move from that vote, 13.4 points toward the Democrats, ranks 7 of 9 among the state's districts, counting from the largest move toward the Democrats.

2024 president
R+15.8
2024 House race, same lines
R+13.0
Move from 2024, rank in state
7 of 9

Shares are of the votes counted this year. The 2024 House figure is the same district, on the same lines.

What the count shows

Added together, the 1 counties compared moved 13.4 points toward the Democrats from the 2024 presidential vote.

How the vote came in

Greene-Placentia did best among early votes (D+1.1) and Hamadeh among Election Day votes(R+22.0).

  1. Early Voting241,479 votes, 84% of the countD+1.1
  2. Election Day35,374 votes, 12% of the countR+22.0
  3. Early A.R.S. 16-5799,226 votes, 3% of the countR+20.7
  4. Provisional62 votes, 0% of the countR+3.2

The office’s own categories, as it reports them. Margins are within each kind of vote.

U.S. HouseBefore the election R 6–3, now D 5–4, counting the leaders in 2 uncalled seats

  1. D+6.9Shah
  2. R+1.2Crane
  3. D+80.6Ansari
  4. D+27.1Stanton
  5. R+3.4Lamb
  6. D+8.0Mendoza
  7. D+43.9Grijalva
  8. R+2.5Hamadeh
  9. R+14.7Gosar

won leads, still counting changed party. Margins are the leader’s share minus the runner-up’s, in points.

Every count on this page is the official count published by the Arizona Secretary of State. Counts are unofficial until the state certifies them. The 2024 comparison is the presidential vote, Kamala Harris against Donald Trump, on the same ground. Margins are the Democrat minus the Republican, in points of all votes.