Rep. Nabeela Syed On Running For Re-Election and Her Commitment To Young Voters

In Her Campus’s series Gen Leaders, we interview Gen Z candidates running for office in 2024. This month, Nabeela Syed — who is running for re-election the Illinois House of Representatives — discusses her accomplishments from her first term, hopes for her second term, and dedication to young voters.

Nabeela Syed made history when she flipped Illinois’s 51st district to become a state representative in 2022, beating out the Republican incumbent and becoming the youngest member of the Illinois General Assembly at age 23. At the time, she told Her Campus she hadn’t planned to run for office so young. Now, two years later, she’s more than ready for round two.

“We kind of know what we’re doing, right? We know how to run a campaign, and it’s exciting to be able to just do it,” Syed, now 25, tells Her Campus in an exclusive interview. “It’s nice to go in with a record that reflects some of the promises that I made on the campaign trail, and then also shows that we’re trying to make progress toward the other promises.”