Hanadi Nadeem | |
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Member of the Nevada Assembly from the 34th district | |
Assumed office November 6, 2024 | |
Preceded by | Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod |
Personal details | |
Born | 1972 (age 52–53) Riyadh,Saudi Arabia |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Nadeem Tariq |
Children | 5 |
Residence | Summerlin,Nevada |
Website | Campaign website Legislature website |
Hanadi Nadeem (born 1972) is an American physician and politician serving as a member of the Nevada Assembly since 2024. [1] A member of the Democratic Party,she was elected in 2024 to represent the 34th district,which includes Summerlin in Las Vegas. [2]
Nadeem was born in Riyadh,Saudi Arabia,and raised in Islamabad,Pakistan,in a family of physicians. She initially moved to the United States for her husband’s medical residency in Philadelphia,then the couple moved to Chicago and finally Las Vegas. [2]
Nadeem runs the Shifa Medical Center,a primary care clinic,in Las Vegas. [2]
Nadeem ran for the Nevada General Assembly in 2024 to succeed Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod,who unsuccessfully ran for the Clark County Commission. Her Republican opponent,Brandon Davis,paid for billboards depicting Nadeem in a hijab—which she does not normally wear—and claimed she supported terrorist sympathizers over Facebook posts where she had supported Imran Khan. [3] A website launched by Davis linked on the signs described Nadeem a "far left extremist" and utilized the hijab imagery,leading to condemnation by Nadeem,Assembly speaker Steve Yeager,and U.S. senator Catherine Cortez Masto as an Islamophobic attack. [4]
Her election made her the first Muslim woman elected to the Nevada State Legislature. [2]
Nadeem is Muslim and married to internal medicine doctor Nadeem Tariq,with whom she has five children. [2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Hanadi Nadeem | 16,452 | 53.25% | |
Republican | Brandon Davis | 14,441 | 46.75% | |
Total votes | 30,893 | 100% |