Mayor, senator and regional deputy, 2007–2024 Nevado was first elected to her hometown's city council in 2007. In 2011, she ran for mayor and won an absolute majority for the PP, taking the leadership from the
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) candidate after an election in which five of the six lead candidates were women. She was elected to the
Senate of Spain in
2011 for the
Cáceres constituency; amid controversy over holding both offices, she took the lower salary from the senate and a far reduced salary for the basics of being mayor. In the
2015 local elections, she lost her absolute majority and was sworn in for a second term in coalition with
Citizens (Cs), on condition that she leave the senate. Nevado declined to run for a third term as mayor in 2019. She was put in 6th place on the PP list in the
Cáceres constituency for the
2019 Extremaduran regional election. Her party took 20 seats in the
Assembly of Extremadura, remaining in opposition to the PSOE. She left her regional seat when she was elected in the
2024 European Parliament election in Spain.
Member of the European Parliament, 2024–present Nevado was placed 20th on the PP list for the
2024 European Parliament election in Spain. While
Spain is one constituency in the European Parliament, the PP was the most voted party in Extremadura for the first time in such elections, up over 15
percentage points. She was one of two residents of the region to be elected, the other being incumbent PSOE member
Nacho Sánchez Amor. In parliament, Nevado has since been serving on the
Committee on Regional Development and the Subcommittee on Public Health. In addition to her committee assignments, she is part of the parliament's delegation for relations with the countries of Central America. ==References==