Abe Hamadeh lost the 2022 race for Arizona attorney general by 280 votes. He did not accept that result. He does not appear to have accepted it still.
FOUR LAWSUITS. NINE LOSSES.
After losing by a narrow margin, Hamadeh filed four separate lawsuits to overturn the election — resulting in nine total court losses including appeals. Democracy Docket documented the full losing streak.
His fourth lawsuit was dismissed as “untimely” — filed outside the five-day window Arizona law requires.
Nine losses. In every court. At every level.
SANCTIONED FOR LYING TO THE COURT
It gets worse. In August 2023, the Arizona Supreme Court sanctioned Hamadeh — along with Kari Lake and Mark Finchem — for “misrepresenting facts in court.”
The state’s highest court found that Hamadeh had misrepresented facts while trying to overturn his election loss. That’s not a failed argument. That’s a finding of dishonesty before the judiciary.
THE “BURNED BALLOTS” FANTASY
Hamadeh has continued to push election denialism even outside the courtroom. He has claimed that 9,000 ballots from the 2022 race were “burned” — an explosive accusation without evidence.
Garrett Archer, a former Arizona Secretary of State employee and ABC15 reporter with deep knowledge of Arizona election administration, responded to that claim: “Because this take is delusional.”
FROM SUING TO LEGISLATING
Despite losing the AG race by 280 votes, filing four lawsuits to overturn it, being sanctioned by the Arizona Supreme Court, and making claims that election experts called “delusional,” Hamadeh won a special election for Congress in 2024.
He now sits in the U.S. House of Representatives — a body that itself certifies presidential election results.
The man who spent years trying to overturn his own election loss is now part of the institution responsible for certifying America’s elections.