Democrat candidate Bernadette Greene-Placentia tmaintained her early lead over incumbent Republican Abe Hamadeh as returns for Arizona’s 8th Congressional District released were updated at 12:25 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4.
Surprise resident Greene-Placentia received 104,526 of the tabulated votes, or 50.91% of the total. It marks a slight dip from the 50.95% she had in the initial returns just after 8 p.m. Nov. 3. In that first report, she had 100,376 votes.
Hamadeh has a residence in the district but lives in Scottsdale. He had 100,441 votes in the early morning update, and his percentage ticket up to 48.92%. The first report had him at 96,293 votes for 48.87%.
