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U.S. Representative for Arizona’s 8th District

Abraham J. Hamadeh

Republican 1st term Up 2026

Replaced Debbie Lesko in 2025

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$1.4M raised · top PACs: Scalise Leadership Fund, Emmer Victory Committee, Salt River Valley Water Users' Association Political Involvement Committee Breaks with Republicans most onArmed Forces & National Security: broke on 2 of 37 party-line votes (5%; most Republicans: 3%)
99LoyaltyMed 98
99AttendMed 98
10BipartMed 12
5BreaksMed 8
In office
House 2025–now
1 year in CongressMore senior than 3% of the House
Committees
  • Veterans' Affairs 12th majority
  • Armed Services 30th majority
Age
35

2026 election

Running for re-election
General election Nov 3, 2026

Also running

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 2, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date653522666745

Counts, not a score: statements as the Statements tab counts them, bills by introduction date, roll calls the member voted in, breaks on party-line votes.

1

What does he focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Armed Forces and National Security 44% 40%
Crime and Law Enforcement 7% 6%
Government Operations and Politics 15% 23%

StatementsBills

Words go to Armed Forces and National Security, Government Operations and Politics and Immigration; bills go to Armed Forces and National Security and Government Operations and Politics.

  • He talks most about: Military Readiness (Armed Forces and National Security), Veterans Health Care (Armed Forces and National Security), Armed Forces & National Security (Armed Forces and National Security), Immigration Enforcement (Immigration), Voting Access (Government Operations and Politics).
  • 35 bills sponsored, most on Armed Forces and National Security.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
MemberVeterans' Affairs Committee12th majority
MemberArmed Services Committee30th majority

No committee or party leadership post, more senior than 3% of the House, in the majority.

  • 1 year in Congress: more senior than 3% of the House.
  • Majority: Republicans and the independents who caucus with them hold 219 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Democratic bills

11% · peer median 10%

Closest across the aisle

Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Hamadeh.

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Agreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, this Congress · Voteview

11% of his cosponsorships go to Democratic bills (peer median 10%); closest in his party: Johnson and Nehls.

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on his own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Can he get things done?

MethodBills tab →

His billsExpected for a peer

Introduced 29 · expected 23
Action in committee 8 · expected 7
Beyond committee 4 · expected 4
Passed House 2 · expected 2
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 185 of 433 in the House

0.80expected 1.09 · average member 1.00

2 of 29 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.80 against a peer median of 1.09.

  • On the move: H.R. 3393 (out of committee), H.R. 8481 (passed a chamber), H.R. 7103 (out of committee).
  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does he stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE +0.68

With his party on all 12 areas with 10 or more party-line votes so far.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with his party on 10 of the 10 he voted on.

The same ten bills on every profile, chosen by a rule from the roll calls, statements and lobbying filings on file · Method · party column: Republicans yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Republicans on 99% of party-line votes, breaks 5 times (peer median 8).

  • Position: +0.68, inside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Armed Forces & National Security 2 of 37, Environmental Protection 1 of 26.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backs him?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Hamadeh$1.4M raised23%26%24%26%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

49% of what he raised came from individuals; 23% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$1.4M raised, 24% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 13 points.

27 PACs of the 47 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills he faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to him: Budget/Appropriations, Taxation and Defense.

  1. Scalise Leadership Fund0% D
  2. Emmer Victory Committee0% D
  3. Salt River Valley Water Users' Association Political Involvement Committee40% D

What each PAC gave Pro Amounts, the full list and each organization’s lobbying are part of Pro.

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Party split is the PAC’s giving to all federal candidates · FEC

What those organizations lobby on

89 bills

Hamadeh voted Yea on 43, Nay on 3, and sponsored or cosponsored 43 with no recorded vote.

7

Do his words match his actions?

MethodPositions tab →

Positions are being checked before they go public; this question fills in when they are.