Rebecca Edgeworth

Rebecca Lynn Edgeworth is an American physician and politician serving as a member of the Nevada Assembly from the 35th district since 2024. A member of the Republican Party, she was elected in the 2024 Nevada Assembly election.

Early life and career Edgeworth was born on Nellis Air Force Base near Las Vegas, Nevada, in 1968 and moved frequently as a child. She graduated from the University of South Florida with a Bachelor of Science in biology in 2000 and a Doctor of Medicine in 2004. She completed her residency in internal medicine at the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada.

Since 2013, Edgeworth has worked as an adjunct professor at Touro University Nevada. She served as medical director for the Volunteers in Medicine in Southern Nevada. She defeated Wahab in the general election, flipping the seat and breaking Democrats' supermajority.

Tenure She supports school choice, expanding Medicare to hospice services, and did not support funding universal free school meals for K-12 students.

Electoral history

Personal life Edgeworth is Jewish.