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Majordomo. Engineer. Strategist. Future Mayor.


Nadeem Adam Khan helped engineer the Obama presidency and now wants to rebuild DC, the city that Presidency calls home.
Khan has called the District home for 20 years, but he spent the last 20 months in the driver’s seat. He’s the only candidate who signed up for a rideshare app specifically to hear the unfiltered truth from every Ward. From the 5 AM commute to the late-night hustle, Khan has seen our 'Tale of Two Cities' through his windshield. He doesn’t just see the pain points—he’s felt them.
Khan isn't here to diagnose problems; he’s built to solve them. An engineer by trade, he led digital strategy for the AFL-CIO during Obama’s 2008 campaign and scaled global innovators like Accenture, L’Oreal, and Volkswagen. He looks at DC’s toughest challenges and sees a system that needs a major upgrade.
Running as an Independent—and the only candidate in this race refusing every single dollar in donations—Khan isn't beholden to wealthy donors or backroom politics. He’s not here for the money. He’s here to deliver the solutions:
Housing that Makes Sense: Building 100,000 homes with 1-bedroom rents capped at $900—because affordable homes are the best crime prevention tool.
Infrastructure for Life: Khan is committed to replacing DC's lead pipes to ensure no child drinks toxic water, and cleaning up the "filthy air" that triggers respiratory diseases, cancers and violent crime.
A Glittering Future for ALL Our Kids: Introducing 36 weeks paid parental leave, universal/no-cost childcare, $100,000/year base salary for teachers, plus $25/day stipend for students in grades 6-12, and revitalizing our schools by ending the vicious cycle of teacher turnover and student absenteeism.
Khan’s blueprint for a better DC? Safety Through Stability: By addressing the root causes of the surge in crime—lack of affordable housing, poor nutrition and health, devastating pollution, and systemic neglect—Khan will make DC safe for everyone, especially in historically underserved areas like Wards 7 and 8. He isn't asking you to vote for him—he’s asking you to vote for the blueprint. It’s time to stop treating decades old, chronic problems in DC like historical landmarks. It’s time to make "Bold" our default setting. Let’s roll 🫶🏻
Khan’s roadmap is here: khan4dc.org.
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