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Democrat seeks to unseat Republican in red Arizona district
Bernadette Greene-Placentia, a Democrat and former long-haul truck driver with 27 years on the road, is running to unseat Republican U.S. Rep.
Updated Oct 16, 2026, 2:28 PM ET
Bernadette Greene-Placentia, a truck driver, is the Democratic nominee for Arizona's 8th congressional district in 2026, facing Republican incumbent Abraham Hamadeh in the November general election.
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2026 race
Bernadette Greene-Placentia, a truck driver, is the Democratic nominee in the 2026 election for Arizona's 8th congressional district, which is based in the northern and western suburbs of Phoenix, including northern Glendale and Peoria.
The seat is held by Republican Abraham Hamadeh, who was elected in 2024 with 56.5% of the vote and was unopposed in the 2026 Republican primary. Greene-Placentia won the Democratic primary with 31,312 votes, or 65.7%, defeating Raymond Keeler, a software engineer and veteran, who took 34.3%.
In the general election on November 3, 2026, she faces Hamadeh.