1. Abraham Jamal Hamadeh was born on May 15,1991 and is an American politician, US Army intelligence officer, and former prosecutor currently serving as the USrepresentative for Arizona's 8th congressional district since 2025.
23 Facts About Abraham Hamadeh
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In 2022, Abraham Hamadeh was the Republican nominee for Arizona attorney general, narrowly losing to Arizona corporation commissioner and Democratic nominee Kris Mayes by 280 votes.
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In 2024, Abraham Hamadeh defeated Blake Masters, former congressman Trent Franks, Arizona House speaker Ben Toma, and state senator Anthony Kern in a hard fought primary for Arizona's 8th congressional district.
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Abraham Hamadeh went on to defeat Democratic nominee Greg Whitten in the general election.
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Abraham Hamadeh was sworn into office by House speaker Mike Johnson on January 3,2025.
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Abraham Hamadeh was born in Chicago, Illinois, and later moved to Phoenix, Arizona.
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Abraham Hamadeh is the youngest child in a family of Syrian immigrants and grew up in a mixed-faith household, with a Muslim father and a Druze mother.
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Abraham Hamadeh has served in the US Army Reserve as an intelligence officer since 2016, attaining the rank of captain.
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Abraham Hamadeh was deployed to Saudi Arabia in 2020 after al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for the terrorist attack on Naval Air Station Pensacola in December 2019.
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Abraham Hamadeh trained members of the Saudi armed forces for 14 months before returning to the US in 2021, receiving a Meritorious Service Medal for his service.
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Abraham Hamadeh passed the Arizona Bar Exam in 2016, and two months later began working in the Maricopa County Attorney's Office as a prosecutor.
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Abraham Hamadeh resigned from this role in September 2021, citing his intent to focus on his political campaign and his absence from the office following his military deployment in July 2020.
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Abraham Hamadeh 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.
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Abraham Hamadeh made his first attempt to challenge the results of the election after the final tally was completed, although his case was dismissed by Judge Randall Warner due to a state law that requires election challenges to be filed after the certification of results.
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In December 2024, the Arizona Supreme Court rejected Abraham Hamadeh's appeal, ending this lawsuit.
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In November 2023, Abraham Hamadeh initiated another lawsuit against the 2022 election result by claiming that the 2022 election violated his constitutional rights; this lawsuit was rejected in July 2024 by Judge Scott Blaney of the Maricopa County Superior Court, who ruled that Abraham Hamadeh filed the lawsuit too late, because it was filed seven months after a report was published on the 2022 election's ballot issues, instead of within a five-day limit for an election challenge.
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Abraham Hamadeh announced his campaign for in October 2023, shortly after incumbent representative Debbie Lesko announced her retirement from the seat.
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Abraham Hamadeh's campaign garnered significant support from notable Republican politicians, including former president Donald Trump and former news anchor and political candidate Kari Lake.
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Abraham Hamadeh took office to the 119th United States Congress on January 3,2025.
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Abraham Hamadeh became one of the first two Middle Eastern Americans to represent Arizona in Congress, alongside Democrat Yassamin Ansari.
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Abraham Hamadeh opposes Green New Deal policies, believing they would only further aggravate high living costs and worsen energy reliability.
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Abraham Hamadeh has pointed to California as an example of failed energy policy.
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Abraham Hamadeh believed that he was better accepted as a Druze in Israel than in neighboring Lebanon, which further cemented his support.