Abraham Jamal Hamadeh[1] (born May 15, 1991) is an American politician, former prosecutor, and U.S. Army intelligence officer,[2] who is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Arizona's 8th congressional district, serving since 2025.

[12] He received Trump's endorsement in June 2022 and won the Republican primary election in August, defeating former city councilor Rodney Glassman and former state supreme court justice Andrew Gould.

[13][14] In the general election, Hamadeh faced Democratic Party nominee Kris Mayes, a law professor and former chair of the Arizona Corporation Commission.

The election was considered a tossup by forecasters, citing each candidate's tight leads in polling as well as Arizona's status as a swing state due to recent Democratic victories in statewide races.

[15] On election day, November 8, there was no clear winner, as Mayes held a lead of a few thousand votes over Hamadeh while ballots continued to be counted.

[16] When the final tally was completed on November 21, Mayes led Hamadeh by 510 votes out of 2.5 million cast in the closest attorney general race of the year.

Jantzen ultimately denied the election challenge in a preliminary hearing on December 23, 2022 stating in his closing remarks that "there isn't enough information" that any illegal activity had taken place.

[25] In April 2024, the Arizona Court of Appeals had dismissed Hamadeh's request for a new trial in a split decision, criticizing his failure to swiftly move the case forward.

[31] Hamadeh's campaign garnered significant support from notable Republican politicians, including former president Donald Trump and former news anchor and political candidate Kari Lake.

The Republican primary attracted a field of prominent candidates, including venture capitalist Blake Masters, who lost the 2022 U.S. Senate election against incumbent Democrat Mark Kelly, along with former congressman Trent Franks and state legislators Anthony Kern and Ben Toma.

He has declared support for finishing the Mexico–United States border wall, ending the practice of "catch and release," and designating drug cartels as terrorist organizations.

His older brother, Waseem Hamadeh, works in a Phoenix-based real estate firm and has made $1 million contributions to both of his campaigns.