PHOENIX – Congressional candidate Abe Hamadeh, an attorney who secured an early endorsement from former President Donald Trump, has won the Republican nomination for Arizona’s 8th Congressional District.The Associated Press called the race for Hamadeh at 5:27 p.m. MDT on Wednesday.Unofficial results showed Hamadeh leading the crowded field by several points. His top rivals — venture capitalist Blake Masters, Arizona House Speaker Ben Toma, and former U.S. Rep. Trent Franks, and State Sen. Anthony Kern — trailed him at some distance.In Hamadeh, West Valley voters picked a Trump-styled candidate who built his political profile around factually dubious or discredited election theories. While running for Congress, he continued to contest his loss in the 2022 race for Arizona attorney general, one of the narrowest election margins in state history.On the campaign trail, Hamadeh promoted familiar GOP policies surrounding immigration and pandemic-era inflation, and he stuck to Trump’s position that the issue of abortion ought to be left to the states.In the bright-red district, Hamadeh is all but guaranteed to sail to victory in the November general election, succeeding the retiring Rep. Debbie Lesko. He could plausibly hold the seat for years to come.The race was hard-fought and saw several campaign setbacks for Hamadeh. May brought the revelation that Hamadeh privately called election deniers “crazies” in 2023 text messages. In the months leading up to the election, Masters spent significant campaign resources attacking Hamadeh’s personal and religious background. And in the campaign’s final days, Trump announced he would support Masters, too, as publicly released polling failed to show Hamadeh with a decisive lead.“They underestimated me because they underestimate the American people. We are stronger than they can ever even imagine,” Hamadeh wrote on social media after the race was called.“The good guys still have a shot…let’s roll.” …
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