MAGA Republican
extremist Abraham
Hamadeh is running
for election to the
U.S. House to
represent Arizona's
8th Congressional
District. He is on
the ballot in the
general election on
November 5, 2024. He
advanced from the
Republican primary
on July 30, 2024. Hamadeh ran
for election for
Attorney General of
Arizona. He lost in
the general election
on November 8, 2022.
"A trio of
high-profile cases
filed by Arizona
Republicans
challenging their
losses to Democrats
in the 2022 election
are over. The
Arizona Supreme
Court on Wednesday
declined to hear
appeals brought by
Kari Lake,
Abe Hamadeh and
Mark Finchem
related to their
losses over two
years ago. The
decision brings
finality to the
cases two days after
another election in
which Arizonans
elected Hamadeh and
Finchem to other
posts."
"The U.S. Chamber's political action committee, or PAC, donated to Hamadeh’s campaign after his victory in a crowded July 30 primary, and Hamadeh has attended their programming in D.C. He’s virtually guaranteed to win the Nov. 5 general election.
Hamadeh’s other industry donors include PACs linked to:
The National Restaurant Association.
The National Federation of Independent Business, a small business group.
"Congressional
candidate Abe
Hamadeh is
declining to
disclose details
about a loan that
experts question,
based on a review of
available records,
as
possibly unethical
or illegal.
To help finance his
campaign, Hamadeh, a
Republican, took out
a loan using a newly
created LLC that is
managed by someone
who has donated the
legal maximum to his
U.S. House bid and
who is business
partners with
Hamadeh’s brother,
public records show.
"
"A super PAC affiliated with venture capitalist Blake Masters' longtime allies in the crypto industry are spending almost $600,000 to boost him in the July 30 Republican primary for Arizona's 8th District, a constituency in the Phoenix's western suburbs that's home to what is now the ugliest House primary in the nation." [ . . . ] "Masters has repeatedly made use of part of an online comment his rival wrote as a teenager in 2009 that included the words "America Was Founded on Islamic Principles." He's also done everything he can to make sure viewers see a photo of his opponent in Mecca, which was taken while Hamadeh was deployed with the Army. Hamadeh himself recently told Business Insider's Bryan Metzger he is "non-denominational" and doesn't affiliate with a specific religion."
"Losing GOP
candidate
Abe Hamadeh,
his lawyers
and
political
supporters
are now on
the hook for
more than
$200,000 in
legal fees
for what a
judge called
“groundless
and
unjustified”
litigation.
In a new
order,
Maricopa
County
Superior
Court Judge
Susan Pineda
said
Hamadeh’s
efforts to
set aside
his loss in
the 2022
attorney
general’s
election to
Democrat
Kris Mayes
were without
legal
justification.
The judge
took a
particular
slap at
attorney
Ryan Heath
for taking
the cases at
all."
"Two years,
two failed
lawsuits and
a new
campaign for
a new office
later,
would-be
Attorney
General Abe
Hamadeh is
still
racking up
losses in
the courts.
On Monday, a
Maricopa
Superior
Court judge
threw out
Hamadeh’s
latest bid
to be
awarded the
seat he lost
in 2022 by
just 280
votes to
Democrat
Kris Mayes.
In January,
the
Republican
filed a writ
of quo
warranto,
claiming
that his
defeat was
due to
unlawful
signature
verification
procedures
being used
by Maricopa
County
officials
and urging
the court to
install him
as the
rightful
winner. "
"Abe
Hamadeh,
a candidate
in the
crowded
Republican
primary for
a U.S. House
seat in the
northwest
Valley,
proudly
proclaimed
that his
campaign and
political
action
committee
raised
nearly $1.3
million in
the last
quarter of
2023. What
he didn’t
say in the
Jan. 10
announcement:
$1 million
of that cash
is from his
brother,
Waseem
Hamadeh." [
. . . ] "Besides
the donation
from his
brother,
just three
other
donations
totaling
$7,750 were
made to the
PAC,
according to
FEC records.
His campaign
raised
$287,000
during the
same
period."
"Some
Republican
candidates
running for
Congress in
Arizona's
8th district
continue to
argue that
the 2020 and
2022
elections in
Arizona were
stolen from
their party
and made
those
complaints a
central
theme of a
Wednesday
forum." [ .
. . ] "The
8th
Congressional
District
forum was
hosted by
conservative
activist Merissa
Hamilton,
who lost a
bid for
Phoenix
mayor in
2020 and now
runs a
political
group called
EZAZ.org.
Jenna Rayne,
an Arizona
State
University
student and
chair of the
West Valley
Young
Republicans,
moderated
the forum
with
Hamilton. Abe
Hamadeh,
who lost a
bid for
Arizona
attorney
general last
year and
continues to
file
lawsuits
challenging
that
outcome, Masters,
and state
Sen. Anthony
Kern participated. Jacob
Chansley,
often known
as the QAnon
Shaman for
his protest
persona,
attended the
event but
was not
allowed to
speak
because he
plans to run
as a
Libertarian
and the
event was
for
Republican
candidates
only,
according to
the hosts."
"Abe
Hamadeh has
been ordered
to pay more
than $42,000
in legal
fees to Kris
Mayes in his
unsuccessful
attempt to
convince the
Arizona
Supreme
Court to
overturn his
loss in the
2022
attorney
general’s
election. In
a new order
Tuesday,
Chief
Justice
Robert
Brutinel
said the
award is
appropriate
because
Hamadeh’s
lawyers
“misrepresented’’
information
to the
justices."
"Arizona's
top court on
Tuesday
ordered
former
Republican
nominee for
attorney
general Abe
Hamadeh to
pay over
$55,000 for
attorneys
representing
Attorney
General Kris
Mayes and
Secretary of
State Adrian
Fontes." [ .
. . ]
"Hamadeh in
early August
appealed to
the Arizona
Supreme
Court, a
move the
court rarely
takes,
preferring
cases to go
through the
typical
process that
begins with
the state
Court of
Appeals. The
state's top
court
swiftly
rejected the
request,
ordering
Hamadeh to
pay
attorneys
fees to
Mayes and
Fontes,
though at
the time it
didn't put a
dollar
amount on
what Hamadeh
would have
to pay. The
court also
chided
Hamadeh's
legal team
for causing
delays in
the case and
making
misrepresentations
to the court
about prior
rulings."
"Hamadeh also
suffered a
defeat in
his ongoing
bid to
nullify his
2022 loss.
Earlier this
month, the
failed GOP
nominee, who
lost the
attorney
general’s
seat by just
280 votes,
sought
relief from
the state
Supreme
Court after
a Mohave
County
Superior
Court judge
rejected his
request for
a new trial.
In his
special
action,
Hamadeh’s
attorneys
lambasted
the judge
for failing
to issue
final,
signed
orders that
could be
appealed and
for
conducting a
trial in
December in
a way that
made it too
difficult to
present
sufficient
evidence.
Among
Hamadeh’s
many claims
are
allegations
that
inaccurate
election
verification
processes
during the
2022
midterms
cost him the
race; a
statewide
recount
which
identified
507
uncounted
votes in
Pinal County
means more
miscounted
ballots
could exist
elsewhere
that could
sway the
results in
his favor;
and issues
with voter
registration
systems led
to as many
as 1,000
incorrectly
rejected
provisional
ballots. On
Aug. 23, the
Arizona
Supreme
Court shot
down
Hamadeh’s
attempt to
skip the
appeals
court. It
also issued
sanctions
against
Hamadeh’s
legal team
for blatant
lies."
"It was an
alarming
claim that
didn’t take
long to go
viral:
Maricopa
County had
incorrectly
rejected a
ballot from
an Arizona
veteran in
the November
election,
disenfranchising
him. Nearly
a half
million
people saw
the initial
tweet by Abe
Hamadeh,
who narrowly
lost his bid
for attorney
general last
year and is
still
contesting
the
election.
More than
1,000 people
shared it.
Hamadeh, a
Republican,
repeatedly
referenced
the
veteran’s
vote, saying
that the
situation
was “exactly
why I’m
fighting.”
But there’s
more to the
story than
the
veteran’s
own
confusion,
which
appears to
be genuine.
He was not
registered
to vote in
Maricopa
County in
2022. In
fact, he
updated his
voter
registration
to Navajo
County in
2021, was
given a
receipt at
the time
showing as
much, and
was notified
by Navajo
County
before the
2022
election
that he was
registered
there,
according to
documents
obtained by
Votebeat. In
other words,
the process
appears to
have worked
as it
should."
"Democrat
Kris Mayes
is the
winner of
Arizona's
attorney
general
race, a
state judge
announced
Thursday.
Mayes
defeated
Republican Abraham
Hamadeh by
280 votes
after a
mandatory
recount was
triggered
due to how
close they
were
separated
after the
initial
tally in
November,
when Mayes
led by
roughly 500
votes out of
2.5 million
cast.
Maricopa
County
Superior
Court Judge
Timothy
Thomason
unveiled the
results of
the recount
in a hearing
on
Thursday."
"Mohave
County
Superior
Court Judge
Lee F.
Jantzen on
Friday
denied
Republican
attorney
general
candidate Abe
Hamadeh's
election
challenge.
Hamadeh
trailed 511
votes behind
Democrat
Kris Mayes
in one of
Arizona's closest
statewide
elections.
Jantzen
ruled from
the bench
after
closing
arguments in
the
approximately
three-hour
trial. His
decision
came after
the lawyer
for the
plaintiffs,
Tim LaSota,
acknowledged
that based
on the
sample size
of the
ballot
inspection
on Thursday,
he wouldn't
get to 511
votes.
Afterward,
Mayes'
attorney,
Dan Barr,
called for
LaSota to be
sanctioned
for bringing
the election
contest. The
plaintiffs
in the case
included:
Hamadeh, the
Republican
National
Committee,
and two
Mohave
County
voters, The
defendants
were: Mayes,
Arizona
Secretary of
State Katie
Hobbs, and
various
local
elections
officials.
Ultimately,
the judge
agreed with
the
defendants
that there
was not
enough
evidence to
support the
claims."
"Though he’s
running to
be Arizona’s
top law
enforcement
officer,
multiple
reports have
indicated
that he has
repeatedly
broken the
law. First,
he made
far-fetched
accusations
of election
fraud in
the Trump v.
Biden race.
Next, he
hypocritically
admitted to
committing
voter fraud
by altering
votes on his
mother’s
absentee
ballot.
Next,
there’s the
reporting
that he
failed to
list two
jobs and
potential
conflicts of
interest to
the voters
on campaign
disclosure.
Finally, a
United
States Army
Reserve
spokesperson
confirmed an
investigation
in August,
including
Hamadeh –
although he
won’t tell
us why. Abraham
Hamadeh currently
serves as an
officer in
the United
States Army
Reserve and
rightfully
should be
proud of his
military
service.
From 2020 to
2021, he
mobilized to
Saudi Arabia
for an
active duty
tour as an
intelligence
officer,
during which
Mr. Hamadeh
now claims
he took the
photo that
he recently
posted on
Twitter.
Somehow,
Hamadeh had
plenty of
time to
leave his
desk in
Saudi Arabia
and head to
a local
photographer
for
uniformed
glamor
shots."
"Republican
candidate
for Arizona
Attorney
General Abe
Hamadeh accepted
a $1,000
donation
from a fake
elector and
then three
months later
appointed
the elector
to a
position
within his
campaign."
"When
Republican
candidate
for state
attorney
general Abe
Hamadeh was
a first-year
law student,
he and his
two siblings
were hit
with a
lawsuit in a
dispute
about
control of
vacant
properties
in several
Arizona
counties.
The 2013
lawsuit
claimed that
the siblings
were in
breach of
contract and
had unjustly
enriched
themselves
by moving
the land out
of a trust
and into
their own
companies,
where they
had total
control of
the
properties.
The dispute
was a family
affair on
both sides.
The person
who brought
the case was
the Hamadeh
siblings'
father,
Jamal
Hamadeh, who
has
contributed
$72,000 to
his son's
campaign for
attorney
general.
[...] The
lawsuit came
after the
children
initiated an
unauthorized
land
transfer
from a trust
set up by
their father
to benefit
the
children.
The move
violated a
written
contract the
family had
about the
land, the
lawsuit
alleged.
[...] If you
told me the
person who
did this is
now a
lawyer, I
would say
that's
something
that needs
to go to the
Bar because
that is a
serious
breach of a
fiduciary
duty. If you
told me that
it's not
only a
member of
the state
Bar but
someone
who's
running for
attorney
general, I'd
say complete
disqualification
from the
office just
on that
alone."
Tara Kavaler / Arizona Republic via Rose Law Group Reporter, Sep. 13, 2022
"Abe Hamadeh is a Republican running for Arizona attorney general in the 2022 election.
Newly obtained court records show Republican attorney general nominee Abe Hamadeh’s father overstayed a visa by nearly seven years and was not in the country legally when the candidate was born.
The records shed further light on Hamadeh’s family situation. They also challenge the completeness of Hamadeh’s earlier response to an Arizona Republic question of why his father faced a deportation order in 1996.
Asked in August about that deportation order, Hamadeh declined an interview with reporters but gave a written response to The Republic that said in part, ” … my parents proudly came to the United States LEGALLY in 1989 and were rewarded for waiting in line LEGALLY with U.S. citizenship in 2007 and 2009.”
The response did not acknowledge that his father overstayed a visa, faced an order of deportation and cited his American-born children as a reason to be allowed to remain in the United States.
Hamadeh’s father, Jamal Hamadah, whose last name is spelled multiple ways in public records, came to the U.S. from Syria on a visitor’s visa on May 29, 1989, according to records obtained by The Republic.
The visa expired about six months later, on Nov. 27 of that year. Abe Hamadeh was born in Illinois in May 1991.
In 1996, after coming under scrutiny in a criminal investigation in which charges were dropped, the federal government issued an order of deportation for Hamadah. He was granted a stay and also sought relief under a section of immigration law. That section was repealed the next year, according to longtime Phoenix immigration attorney Nicomedes Suriel.
As part of his filings with the court, Hamadah highlighted his family situation and that two of his children who were born in the U.S.
“If the petitioner were deported from the United States, not only he, but his immediate family would suffer irreparable harm and he would be separated from his family for (a) long period of time,” his filing with U.S. District Court in Illinois states."
"Abe
Hamadeh,
the GOP
nominee for
Arizona
Attorney
General,
filed a
financial
disclosure
statement
that failed
to include
his income
from two
jobs, board
membership
and his
interests in
businesses.
Hamadeh's
response to
the missing
items in the
legal
document he
signed in
March "under
penalty of
perjury"? He
was busy and
admitted the
document was
wrong."
"Abe
Hamadeh has
built his
campaign for
attorney
general
around
cleaning up
elections in
Arizona. Yet
as a
teenager, he
boasted to
an online
message
board about
voting
before he
was legally
allowed to
and altering
his mom's
ballot," the
Phoenix New
Times
reported.
"The posts
were among
thousands
Hamadeh made
to an online
message
board
beginning in
2007. When
he wasn't
bragging
about
altering
ballots, he
was offering
antisemitic
and sexist
rants,
backing
Sheriff Joe
Arpaio and
arguing that
voting
should be
limited to
college
graduates
who pass
intelligence
tests."
Hamadeh has
vowed to
prosecute
based off of
the debunked
"2000 Mules"
movie by
Dinesh
D’Souza."
"Republican Abe
Hamadeh has
made border
security an
integral
part of his
campaign for
Arizona
attorney
general. His
hard-line
positions
include
saying he
would
prosecute as
trespassers
those who
illegally
enter the
country via
the southern
border.
Similar
hard-line
policies
against
people who
are not in
the country
legally
could have
affected
Hamadeh and
his family
in the
1990s. In
1996,
Hamadeh's
father, who
is from
Syria, had
an order of
deportation,
meaning he
faced
removal from
the U.S. for
not being in
the country
legally,
according to
a court
document and
news
articles
about the
case. Jamal
Hamadah
remained in
the U.S.,
however.
News
articles
about the
case
indicate he
sought to
stay because
his two
younger
sons,
including
Abe, were
born in the
country and
were U.S.
citizens."
"Abe
Hamadeh has
built his
campaign for
attorney
general
around
cleaning up
elections in
Arizona. Yet
as a
teenager, he
boasted to
an online
message
board about
voting
before he
was legally
allowed to
and altering
his mom's
ballot. The
posts were
among
thousands
Hamadeh made
to an online
message
board
beginning in
2007. When
he wasn't
bragging
about
altering
ballots, he
was offering
antisemitic
and sexist
rants,
backing
Sheriff Joe
Arpaio and
arguing that
voting
should be
limited to
college
graduates
who pass
intelligence
tests."
No candidate was more crafty in his approach to Trump than Abe Hamadeh.
Did Hamadeh inflate his campaign account?
The 31-year-old first-time candidate hooked the big fish in June and immediately rose to top-tier status in a crowded Republican primary for attorney general.
It’s the bait that makes his story so interesting.
It appears that Hamadeh snagged Trump by taking a page out of Trump’s own book – inflating his campaign bank account in order to look like a major player in the race.
Hamadeh brushes off suspicions that he suckered Trump into an endorsement, calling the stories that have circulated since his latest campaign finance filing “fake news”.
The Arizona Republic via The Rose Law Group Reporter
Jul. 15, 2022
"Elected officials and candidates for office in 2022 continue to challenge and question the results of the 2020 presidential election in Arizona.
The results have been examined and re-examined, challenged in court and in a monthslong ballot review. No evidence has been found of widespread fraud or error in the results.
Yet candidates deny the outcome. Others don't quite go as far. But they raise questions about potential irregularities they say could have influenced the vote and should be examined.
The Arizona Republic is listing candidates by category by the race that they are entered in. This list is not complete and will be updated throughout the 2022 election season.
Election deniers
These candidates in Arizona races deny that Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election, either in Arizona or nationwide."
Conscience Rights for Creative Professionals: Allowing creative professionals (photographer, baker, wedding vendor) to decline to participate in events or create messages that violate their moral or religious beliefs. (Religious Freedom Laws)
Support
5.
Conscience Rights for Faith-Based Organizations: Exempting faith-based organizations from regulations that cause them to violate their sincerely held religious beliefs. (Religious Freedom Laws)
Support
8.
Women's Sports: Preventing biological males who identify as female from competing in women's sports. (Transgender Discrimination)
Support
9.
Gender Identity Counseling: Allowing parents to obtain professional counseling for children struggling with gender identity issues to help them reach their desired outcome. (Dangerous Reparative Therapy)
Support
10a.
Protected Class for Sexual Orientation: Adding “sexual orientation” as a protected class alongside race, religion, sex, age, and disability in nondiscrimination law. (Candidate supports LGBTQIA Discrimination)
Opposed
10b.
Protected Class for Gender Identity: Adding “gender identity” as a protected class alongside race, religion, sex, age, and disability in nondiscrimination law. (Candidate supports LGBTQIA Discrimination)
Opposed
15.
Medical Rights of Conscience: Allowing health care workers and providers the freedom to practice medicine in accordance with their personal beliefs and conscience. (Religious Freedom Laws)
Support
16.
Parental Rights for Healthcare Disclosure: Requiring schools to disclose to parents if the school is providing counseling or medical services to a child who desires to undergo “gender transition.”
