Pay for Play Nevada
Stub record Last verified 2026-05-17 Data last changed 2026-06-29

Biography

  • Education: Bachelor's, University of Kansas, 1993; Law, University of Kansas, School of Law, 1996
  • Career: Attorney

Electoral history

YearTypeOfficeResultVote %Opponents
2016GeneralHLost [source]——

Campaign finance

Source: Nevada Secretary of State Aurora campaign-finance dataset. Aggregates from gnomey.cf_contributions and cf_expenditures.

Total raised$1,074,581
Contributions on file853
Total spent$848,763
Burn rate (spent / raised)0.79 (steady-state)

Vs state median

Benchmark group: federal peers (n=283).

MetricThis politicianPeer medianComparison
Total raised$1,074,581peer median $38,98527.6× the office-level median
Total spent$848,763peer median $9,96385.2× the office-level median

Top donors

DonorTotal#
Mgm Grand Inc Pac (Aka: Mgm Fed-Pac)$10,0002
Modrn Political Action Committee$5,0001
Sierra Pacific Employees Political Action Committee$5,0003
American Society Of Anesthesiologists Incorporated Political Action Committee$5,0001
Las Vegas Sands Corp. Political Action Committee (Sands Pac)$5,0001
Southwest Gas Corporation Political Action Committee$5,0002
American Bankers Association Bankpac$5,0001
Build Political Action Committee Of The National Association Of Home Builders$5,0001
Fidelity National Financial Inc Pac 2001$5,0001
Harrah'S Entertainment Inc Employees' Political Action Committee F/K/A Promus/Harrah'S Pac$5,0003

Donors who are also registered lobbying clients

2 of this legislator's donors are NRS 218H–registered Carson City lobbying clients (83rd 2025 Session). Cross-referenced from NPE's lobbyist-client registry. When a donor also pays a lobbyist, the contribution becomes one surface of a multi-channel influence relationship.

ClientDonated to this legislator# contributions Client's total NV political $# registered lobbyists
Southwest Gas$5,0002$2,276,07711
Nevada Realtors$5,0001$7,274,5269

Auditor research leads

Statistically-suspicious patterns flagged by the Nevada Political Establishment auditor pipeline. Each finding is a research lead, not an allegation; consult the cited public-records source before drawing conclusions. Frameworks: NRS 281A.420 (conflict-of-interest), NRS 218H (lobbying), NRS 294A (campaign finance).

State-contractor donor findings (2)

Vendors who received payments from Nevada state agencies AND donated to this candidate (typically via a registered lobbying client umbrella). Frameworks: NRS 333 (state purchasing), NRS 218H (lobbying), NRS 294A (campaign finance).

State vendorLobbying client umbrellaVendor total state paymentsYears activeState agenciesDonated to this candidate
3M COMPANY3M$7,962,5477 yrsINFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC SAFETY$1,000
ENTERPRISE HOLDINGS INCEnterprise Holdings$1,649,5487 yrsCOMMERCE & INDUSTRY, FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION, INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC SAFETY, SPECIAL PURPOSE AGENCIES$10,500

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