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Who pays for Nevada politics?

Since 2006, $1.46B has flowed through Nevada's campaign-finance system in 630,014 reported contributions. This page surfaces the entities — corporations, trade associations, PACs, and political committees — that wrote the largest checks. Source: the Nevada Secretary of State public-filings dataset, deduplicated.

Methodology Full data: NCC

Total contributed

$1.46B

All recorded contributions, 2006–2026.

Contributions

630K

After dedup of superseded reports.

Distinct donors

348K

Individuals + entities combined.

Candidates & committees

All races, all years on file.

Top entity donors · all-time

The largest-check writers

Entities (corporations, trade groups, PACs, political committees) ranked by total contribution since 2006. Names with empty first-name fields are treated as entities; aggregator pseudo-rows ("anonymous", "unitemized") are removed.

#	Entity	Total contributed	Contributions	Active span
1	NV Energy	$64,821,934	848	2008–2026
2	Las Vegas Sands Corp	$28,827,880	369	2008–2026
3	Republican Governors Association	$28,249,532	26	2012–2026
4	Nevada Alliance	$18,829,200	64	2018–2026
5	Article IV	$18,380,000	9	2024–2024
6	Democratic Governors Association	$17,025,111	82	2017–2026
7	Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund	$15,986,393	47	2014–2022
8	Switch	$11,529,490	118	2014–2026
9	NextGen Climate Action	$10,598,537	32	2018–2020
10	AFSCME	$10,149,261	333	2010–2026
11	Unite America	$9,620,000	6	2024–2024
12	UNITE HERE	$8,795,577	114	2013–2026
13	Clark County Education Association	$8,626,086	265	2006–2026
14	Nevada Way PAC	$8,517,133	75	2023–2026
15	Marsy's Law for All Foundation	$8,350,000	6	2018–2018
16	American Comeback Committee	$7,689,573	10	2018–2022
17	Republican Attorneys General Association	$7,244,069	43	2014–2025
18	Sixteen Thirty Fund	$6,967,575	10	2018–2024
19	Republican National Committee	$6,402,418	100	2012–2022
20	LCV Victory Fund	$6,098,000	16	2022–2026
21	Safe Accessible Fair Elections	$6,078,000	14	2022–2022
22	Democratic Attorneys General Association (Nonfederal)	$5,984,917	20	2014–2023
23	National Education Association	$5,839,276	32	2013–2024
24	Sedona Magnet LLC	$5,720,000	5	2021–2022
25	Home Means Nevada	$5,656,000	20	2020–2024

Bipartisan capture · since 2018

Entities funding both parties

Entities that gave at least $50,000 to both Democratic and Republican candidates since 2018, ranked by the smaller of the two party totals (i.e., the most evenly bipartisan givers come first). The pattern is the signal: these aren't ideological donors — they're buying access.

#	Entity	To Republicans	To Democrats	Skew
1	Nevada Realtors PAC	$502,450	$578,500	1.2× D-leaning
2	Boyd Gaming Corporation	$692,809	$333,198	2.1× R-leaning
3	Las Vegas Sands Corp	$293,500	$295,000	Even
4	Golden Entertainment	$305,250	$289,796	Even
5	Caesars Enterprise Services LLC	$426,500	$276,565	1.5× R-leaning
6	Southwest Gas Corporation	$274,250	$438,750	1.6× D-leaning
7	MGM Resorts International	$267,000	$408,500	1.5× D-leaning
8	Nevada Resort PAC	$467,500	$264,500	1.8× R-leaning
9	Station Casinos LLC	$2,454,500	$249,000	9.9× R-leaning
10	South Point Hotel and Casino	$517,000	$236,300	2.2× R-leaning
11	Wynn Resorts	$215,000	$342,000	1.6× D-leaning
12	HCA Nevada Good Government Fund	$256,000	$209,500	1.2× R-leaning
13	Home Building Industry PAC	$203,500	$211,500	Even
14	Citizens for Justice	$203,000	$220,000	Even
15	NVHBA PAC	$212,500	$176,000	1.2× R-leaning
16	PhRMA	$185,500	$154,000	1.2× R-leaning
17	Western Elite	$152,850	$320,250	2.1× D-leaning
18	NVAHF PAC	$145,553	$150,750	Even
19	Nevada Subcontractors Association PAC	$137,500	$132,500	Even
20	Nevada Gold Mines LLC	$1,110,000	$125,500	8.8× R-leaning
21	Summerlin MPC South	$119,000	$406,500	3.4× D-leaning
22	Nevada Power Company dba NV Energy	$108,000	$158,000	1.5× D-leaning
23	Nevada Gold Mines	$170,500	$105,500	1.6× R-leaning
24	Marnell Gaming Management LLC	$165,000	$105,000	1.6× R-leaning
25	Associated General Contractors Build PAC	$138,500	$102,750	1.3× R-leaning

How to read these numbers

Top entity donors ranks the largest cumulative givers since 2006. It includes corporations (NV Energy, Las Vegas Sands, Switch), party committees (Republican Governors Association, Democratic Governors Association), trade-group PACs (AFSCME, UNITE HERE), and ballot-issue committees (Marsy's Law for All Foundation). Each is part of the establishment that funds Nevada politics.

Bipartisan capture is the more diagnostic table. An entity that gives heavily to both Republican and Democratic candidates is not picking sides on policy — it's hedging access. Nevada's largest gaming, real-estate, energy, and healthcare players appear here together, season after season, regardless of which party holds the legislature.

Both tables describe contribution flows, not allegations of wrongdoing. Inclusion is a fact of who wrote the checks, not a claim about why.

For per-candidate, per-cycle, per-jurisdiction views, the full dataset is published at nevadacampaigncontributions.com. The same underlying records back this page.

Single-donor laundromats

Committees where one donor wrote ≥50% of the money

171 of 358 Nevada committees with ≥$100K in receipts since 2014 are single-donor-dominated. The committee name on the ballot or in the press is rarely a clue to who actually funded it. Below: the 30 largest such committees by total receipts. The "Top funder" column is the one entity that provided 50%+ of the money.

#	Committee	Top funder	Top funder's amount	Total received	Share
1	Coalition to Defeat Question 3	NV Energy	$63,042,201	$63,960,356	98.6%
2	Nevadans for Affordable, Clean Energy Choices	Las Vegas Sands Corp	$22,622,078	$36,870,598	61.4%
3	RGA Nevada PAC	Republican Governors Association	$12,760,000	$21,964,000	58.1%
4	Nevadans for Background Checks	Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund	$10,643,788	$19,849,198	53.6%
5	Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fun, Inc.	Michael Bloomberg	$8,919,706	$11,554,706	77.2%
6	Nevadans for a Clean Energy Future	NextGen Climate Action	$10,548,537	$11,012,576	95.8%
7	Operating Engineers Local Union #3 Statewide PAC	Member contributions (received of under $100)	$6,755,302	$10,023,849	67.4%
8	Nevada Families First	Democratic Governors Association	$5,075,000	$10,020,000	50.6%
9	Nevadans For Secure Elections	Sixteen Thirty Fund	$6,250,000	$9,848,897	63.5%
10	Marsy's Law for Nevada LLC	Marsy's Law for All Foundation	$8,350,000	$9,361,192	89.2%
11	Fair Government Nevada	Nevada Alliance	$7,540,000	$8,118,500	92.9%
12	ACC Nevada PAC	American Comeback Committee	$5,922,073	$7,692,483	77.0%
13	UNITE HERE State and Local Fund - Nevada	UNITE HERE	$7,405,733	$7,615,733	97.2%
14	Nevada Freedom PAC	Republican Attorneys General Association	$7,242,907	$7,269,020	99.6%
15	Safe Accessible Fair Elections Nevada	Safe Accessible Fair Elections	$6,078,000	$6,938,000	87.6%
16	NRA Nevadans for Freedom	National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action	$4,311,835	$6,418,943	67.2%
17	Nevadans for Fair Recovery	Uber Technologies, Inc	$5,000,000	$6,000,000	83.3%
18	Nevada Conservation League Political Action Committee	LCV Political Engagement Fund	$3,930,000	$5,731,270	68.6%
19	Somos Votantes - Nevada	Forward Action Fund	$3,027,807	$5,205,578	58.2%
20	Nevada Conservation Leadership Political Action Committee	LCV Victory Fund	$4,488,000	$4,603,068	97.5%
21	Nevadans for Reliable, Renewable and Affordable Energy	NextEra Energy Resources Inc.	$3,345,000	$4,388,284	76.2%
22	New Day Nevada PAC	New Day Nevada, Inc	$3,203,000	$4,077,608	78.5%
23	Healthy Nevada PAC	PHRMA - PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH & MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA BETTER GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE	$2,252,000	$3,944,415	57.1%
24	DAGA Nevada People's Lawyer Project	Democratic Attorneys General Association (Nonfederal)	$2,729,711	$3,879,711	70.4%
25	Protecting Nevada's Children	Sheldon Adelson	$3,650,000	$3,745,581	97.5%
26	FF PAC Nevada	Future Forward USA Action	$3,587,359	$3,587,359	100.0%
27	JPMorgan Chase & Co. PAC	Non-Nevada Receipts	$3,368,393	$3,503,313	96.2%
28	Strong Public Schools Nevada	National Education Association	$1,810,000	$3,081,700	58.7%
29	Working People Rising	UNITE HERE TIP STATE & LOCAL FUND	$1,899,407	$2,965,709	64.0%
30	No Solar Tax PAC	SolarCity	$1,609,997	$2,956,907	54.5%

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