Hanadi Nadeem
American politician from Nevada
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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]
Hanadi Nadeem | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Nevada Assembly from the 34th district | |
| Assumed office November 6, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1972 (age 53–54) |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Nadeem Tariq |
| Children | 5 |
| Website | Campaign website Legislature website |
Career
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]
Nevada House of Representatives
Nadeem ran for the Nevada General Assembly in 2024 to succeed Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod, who unsuccessfully ran for the Clark County Commission. A Committee supporting her Republican opponent, Brandon Davis, paid for billboards showing a publicly available photo of Nadeem with links to a website showing evidence she supported terrorist sympathizers over Facebook posts where she had supported Imran Khan[3] A website launched by the Committee linked on the signs described Nadeem a "far left extremist", leading to condemnation by Nadeem, Assembly speaker Steve Yeager, and U.S. senator Catherine Cortez Masto.[4]
In 2025, Nadeem received criticism alongside nine other Democrat Nevada Legislators for leaving the Assembly in a deliberate attempt to avoid voting on SB179, a bill to add Antisemitism to the list of considerations when conducting an investigation into an alleged unlawful discriminatory practice in housing, employment or public accommodations.[5][6]
Personal life
Nadeem is Muslim and married to internal medicine doctor Nadeem Tariq, with whom she has five children. She is the first Muslim woman elected to the Nevada State Legislature.[2]
Electoral history
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Hanadi Nadeem | 16,452 | 53.25% | |
| Republican | Brandon Davis | 14,441 | 46.75% | |
| Total votes | 30,893 | 100% | ||
