Victoria Seaman

Victoria Seaman
Official portrait, 2025
Regional Director of the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
In office
August 25, 2025 – current
PresidentDonald Trump
SecretaryRobert F Kennedy Jr.
Member of Las Vegas City Council
from the 2nd Ward
In office
2019 – August 25, 2025
Preceded bySteve Seroka
Succeeded byKara Kelley (Interim)
Member of the Nevada Assembly
from the 34th district
In office
November 15, 2014 – November 9, 2016
Preceded byWilliam Horne
Succeeded byShannon Bilbray-Axelrod
Personal details
Born (1958-10-19) October 19, 1958 (age 67)
Santa Maria, California, U.S.
PartyRepublican
SpouseJohn
Children1
EducationCollege of Southern Nevada
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (BS)
WebsiteCampaign website

Victoria Seaman (born October 19, 1958) is an American politician who served as a member of the Las Vegas City Council from the 2nd ward from 2019 to 2025. A Republican, she formerly represented Clark County's District 34 in the Nevada Assembly from 2014 to 2016, and was the first Republican Latina elected to the body. In 2024, Seaman unsuccessfully ran for mayor of Las Vegas, finishing as the election's runner-up.

Early life and education

Seaman was born on October 19, 1958, in Santa Maria, California. She has an Associate degree in Political Science from the College of Southern Nevada. She has a bachelor's degree in Urban Studies with a minor in Family Studies from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She is an entrepreneur who created and managed day spas, and designed and manufactured a high-end product line for estheticians. She sold those businesses in 2004 and 2009.[citation needed] She worked as a realtor and a licensed esthetician.[citation needed] On August 25, 2025, Seaman resigned from her role as councilmember to begin a position working for the Trump administration. On September 17, 2025, the Las Vegas City Council appointed Kara Kelly to represent Ward 2 as Interim Councilmember when the seat was vacated by Seaman.

Nevada Assembly (2014–2016)

Seaman represented Clark County's District 34 in the Nevada State Assembly for a single term, from 2014 to 2016. She was the first Republican Latina elected to the body. During her term, Seaman was the assistant majority party Whip (South). She was also the vice chair of the Assembly Commerce and Labor Committee, and additionally served on both the Judiciary Committee and the Legislative Operations and Elections Committee.

In her 2014 election, Seaman campaigned against raising taxes. As a member of the assembly, she voted against the commerce tax and the education initiative.

In early March 2015, Seaman voted for a school construction bond issue supported by Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval and introduced by Senate Republicans. Seaman was removed in December 2014 from the Taxation Committee by Assembly Speaker Designate John Hambrick because she opposed Governor Sandoval's tax plan.

In 2016 Seaman co-sponsored a bill, AB-386 to crack down on squatting.

2016 State Senate campaign

Seaman did not seek re-election to the Nevada State Assembly in 2016. Instead, Seaman was the 2016 Republican nominee for District 6 of the Nevada Senate. Seaman defeated Assemblyman Erv Nelson in the primary on an anti-tax platform. On November 8, 2016, Democrat Nicole Cannizzaro defeated Seaman in the general election, 51 percent to 49 percent.

2018 Congressional election

Seaman entered the race for Nevada's 3rd Congressional District in August 2017, but withdrew in March 2018 after a family friend, Danny Tarkanian, entered the race.

Las Vegas City Council (2019–2025)

In mid-2019, Seaman began serving as the 2nd ward member on the Las Vegas City Council. She first won election in a special election held on June 11, 2019, being elected to a term ending in 2021. A special election was called when Councilman Steve Seroka resigned before finishing his term in office. A bill passed by the Nevada Legislature re-scheduling Nevada city elections from odd-years to even election years resulted in this term being extended to 2022. In 2022, she won re-election to another four-year term.

In 2024, Seaman unsuccessfully ran for mayor of Las Vegas. She conceded after losing to former U.S. congresswoman Shelley Berkley in a runoff election. In August 2025, she resigned from the Las Vegas City Council after being appointed as the regional director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Denver.

Electoral history

General election for Las Vegas Mayor 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Shelley Berkeley 133,520 53.2%
Nonpartisan Victoria Seaman 117,390 46.8%
Total votes 250,910 100.0%
Special general election for Las Vegas City Council Ward 2
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Victoria Seaman 2,984 39.6%
Nonpartisan Hilarie Grey 2,358 31.3%
Nonpartisan Valerie Weber 1,238 16.4%
Nonpartisan Richard Plaster 464 6.2%
Nonpartisan Patsy Brown 259 3.4%
Nonpartisan Bruce Feher 125 1.7%
Nonpartisan Derrick Penney 58 .8%
Nonpartisan Michael Tomko 54 .7%
Total votes 7,540 100.0%
NV State Senate 06 Race - Nov 08, 2016
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Nicole Cannizzaro 28,733 50.92%
Republican Victoria Seaman 27,697 49.08%
Total votes 56,430 100.0%
NV State Senate 06 - R Primary Race Jun 14, 2016
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Victoria Seaman 3,894 62.79%
Republican Erv Nelson 2,308 37.21%
Total votes 6,202 100.0%
Nevada State Assembly 34 Race – Nov 4, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Victoria Seaman 6,840 56.23%
Democratic Meghan Smith 5,324 43.77%
Total votes 12,164 100.0%

See also

References

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