2026 forecast · Arizona 8th

Bernadette Greene-Placentia and Abraham Hamadeh are in a toss up for Arizona's 8th District.

Bernadette Greene-Placentia vs Abraham Hamadeh. The model has Hamadeh ahead by 1.1 points, winning 57 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Toss upModel R +1.1Updated October 22, 2026
Bernadette Greene-Placentia
Democrat
48.5%
170,672 projected votes
Abraham Hamadeh
Republican
49.6%
174,636 projected votes
57%Hamadeh
43%Greene-Placentia
Hamadeh slightly favoredEach square is one simulated election night, Hamadeh wins about 57 of 100
RatingToss up57% chance for Hamadeh
Model marginR +1.1No polls in the race
80 percent rangeD +6.9 to R +9.42,000 simulations
Projected votes351,721Hamadeh 49.7%

The district map

Every district in the state, shaded by its rating

Arizona districts

9 districts
Safe DLikely DLean DToss upLean RLikely RSafe R

Vote share

Each candidate's projected share and the range of 80 percent of simulations

Bernadette Greene-PlacentiaDemocrat · 43% to win
48.5%
Abraham HamadehRepublican · 57% to win
49.6%

Scale runs from 25 to 75 percent. The dot is the forecast, the band is the 80 percent range and the brighter tick marks 50 percent.

Projected district vote

351,721 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Abraham Hamadeh R174,63649.7%
Bernadette Greene-Placentia D170,67248.5%
Jessie Martines L6,4131.8%
Total351,721100%

Each candidate's expected vote in the On Point simulation, at the forecast's projected turnout.

The trend

Each side's chance of winning over the forecast's recent updates

0%25%50%75%100%43% Greene-Placentia57% Hamadeh15 updates agoToday

Polling

Every poll in the average, and how the model reads it

The Arizona governor polling average
30%35%40%45%50%55%MayJunJulAugSepOct49.3Hobbs43.8Biggs
The line is the On Point average: a robust LOWESS fit through the polls, weighted by recency, sample, voter screen and pollster grade, refit three times so outliers count for lessDot size is each poll's weight todayHover or use the arrow keys to read any day
What moves the average today
GrayHouse for Norton (R)Oct 8 · 550 LV · NR19%Hobbs +6.0
Steve Cortes for League of American Workers (R)Oct 6 · 1,513 LV · NR19%Hobbs +5.7
Quantus InsightsAug 17 · 780 LV · Gold19%Hobbs +6.0
GQR for Hobbs (D)Oct 4 · 600 LV · NR18%Hobbs +4.0
Equis ResearchSep 9 · 1,214 RV · NR9.8%Hobbs +6.0
The Tarrance Group (R)Jul 30 · 600 LV · A4.5%Hobbs +4.0
Every other poll together: 11%

This is the same On Point polling average as the full average page. The forecast reads the polls through its own Election Day projection, shown as the On Point average in the table below, and blends it with partisan lean and fundamentals.

Polls of the race

Full average
PollsterSampleAgeMargin
On Point averageWeighted averageNo polls

Each margin is the poll as the pollster published it. The forecast counts every poll after its house effect and the undecided split, which is what the trail above shows; hover a margin for the counted value. Lean R and Lean D mark partisan leaning firms.

Model margin
Hamadeh +1.1
Chance of winning
Bernadette Greene-Placentia43%
Abraham Hamadeh57%
Simulated vote
Bernadette Greene-Placentia48.5%
Abraham Hamadeh49.6%
Jessie Martines1.8%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanD +16.0
FundamentalsR +1.0
With pollsR +1.6
Early vote turnoutD +0.5
With early voteR +1.1

Read from 0 ballots cast so far in Arizona, against the party mix the forecast expected of them, with similar states and primary turnout. Early vote tracker

How we got here

From the state's partisan lean to the forecast, one stage at a time

D +19R +19Partisan leanthe state's baselineD +16.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesR +1.0With pollsno pollsR +1.6With early voteturnout so farR +1.1
Methodology
Every county is rebuilt by simulating voters going to the polls, 2,000 times, from On Point Polling survey data, past results, and the polling average. How the model works.