He was the chief of staff at Boulder City Hospital, and the chief of internal medicine and family practice and on the Board of Directors at St. Rose Dominican Hospital. He has received the Nevada Family Physician of the Year award twice. Sen. Hardy has also served on the Nevada Assembly from 2003-2009 before being elected to the Nevada State Senate in 2011. Sen. Hardy received his undergraduate education at the University of Nevada, Reno and attended Washington University's School of Medicine in St. Louis, Mo.