George Khalaf

George Khalaf
Khalaf in 2026
Member-elect of the Arizona House of Representatives
from the 3rd district
Assuming office
January 2027
SucceedingAlexander Kolodin
Personal details
Born1990 or 1991 (age 34–35)
Lebanon
PartyRepublican

George Khalaf (born 1990 or 1991) is an American pollster and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he is the member-elect for the 3rd district of the Arizona House of Representatives.

Early life and education

Khalaf was born in Lebanon and immigrated to the United States with his parents at 5-years old in 1996 following the Lebanese Civil War. He graduated from Dobson High School and attended Arizona State University under the school's President Barack Obama Scholars scholarship for low-income Arizonans.

Political career

Polling and consulting

Khalaf serves as president of conservative political polling firm Data Orbital, which he founded in 2014, and managing partner of conservative political strategy firm The Resolute Group. In August 2024, Khalaf and The Resolute Group agreed to pay back $120,000 to Republican consulting firm Targeted Victory after the latter firm sued them for blocking payments for consulting work on Mark Brnovich‘s 2022 U.S. Senate campaign. Writing in The Nation in November 2024, Sasha Abramsky noted that Data Orbital had appeared to release numerous unreliable polls to purposefully shift polling averages toward Republican candidates in Arizona elections in 2024 and 2022.

Arizona House of Representatives

In November 2025, Khalaf announced his campaign for the 3rd district of the Arizona House of Representatives. In March 2026, he was one of three candidates put forward to the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors by the local Republican precinct committee to replace incumbent state representative Joseph Chaplik, who resigned. The board ultimately appointed Cody Reim, who was also a candidate in the regularly-scheduled Republican primary election. Khalaf and Reim placed first and second in the Republican primary election, respectively.

Personal life

Khalaf's father, Youssef, served as Kari Lake's campaign treasurer and chairman of Securing Arizona, which The Arizona Republic reported had engaged in a straw donor scheme directing masked donations to Lake and payments to The Resolute Group.

References

  1. ↑ "George Khalaf". Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 3, 2026.
  2. ↑ "Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2026". Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 3, 2026.
  3. ↑ "Arizona Election results". AP News. Retrieved November 3, 2026.
  4. ↑ Office of the Press Secretary (May 13, 2009). "Background on the commencement address at Arizona State University". ObamaWhiteHouse.gov. Retrieved November 9, 2026.
  5. ↑ "George Khalaf". Turning Point Action. Retrieved November 9, 2026.
  6. ↑ Oprysko, Caitlin (August 8, 2024). "Why the Chamber of Progress is endorsing a permitting bill". Politico. Retrieved November 13, 2026.
  7. ↑ Abramsky, Sasha (November 1, 2024). "GOP-Backed Arizona Polls Have It Wrong". The Nation. Retrieved November 9, 2026.
  8. ↑ Thorington, Jakob (November 19, 2025). "Local politico hoping to move from pollster to politician". State Affairs. Retrieved November 13, 2026.
  9. ↑ Thorington, Jakob (March 10, 2026). "Maricopa County Board to decide replacement for Republican Rep. Joe Chaplik". Arizona Capitol Times. Retrieved November 9, 2026.
  10. ↑ "Legislative roundup: Where the closest primaries stand". Arizona Capitol Times. July 21, 2026. Retrieved November 13, 2026.
  11. ↑ Ruelas, Richard (July 19, 2022). "Who paid $2M to promote Kari Lake campaign? The source of donations remains unclear". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved November 9, 2026.