This number reflects what the lobbyist has personally given to candidates, parties, and political committees in Nevada — not what their clients have given. The two channels frequently overlap: a paid advocate who also writes a personal check to the legislator they're lobbying is using both kinds of access at once.
Paid Non-Profit
Benjamin Challinor
1 client represented in the 83rd Session
Each client below is a corporation, trade association, non-profit, or other organization that has registered this lobbyist as their advocate before the Nevada Legislature for the 2025 session. Click any client to see what they have spent on Nevada candidates and political committees.
Disclosed lobbyist expenditures — $3,286.00 for 83rd Session
NRS 218H requires registered lobbyists to file monthly reports disclosing every gift, meal, entertainment, or other benefit provided to a Nevada legislator or staff member. The records below are sourced verbatim from the NV Legislature's official report.
Source: NV Legislature 83rd Session Lobbyist Expenditures Report · NRS Chapter 218H
| Month | Description | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | Alzheimer's Association Day Breakfast and Lunch | $3,286.00 |
U.S. Senate LDA filings for 1 of this lobbyist's clients
Federal Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) registrant + filing records sourced from lda.senate.gov, joined to this lobbyist's client roster by tokenwise-normalised name match. Shows the federal-side lobbying firms representing the same clients this lobbyist represents at the Nevada legislature.
Alzheimer's Association — 10 federal registrant(s)
| Federal registrant firm | Client name at LDA | Filings | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION | ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION | 1 | LDA filing |
| CAVAROCCHI RUSCIO DENNIS ASSOCIATES, L.L.C. | ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION | 1 | LDA filing |
| THE OB-C GROUP, LLC | ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION | 1 | LDA filing |
| I STREET ADVOCATES | ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION | 1 | LDA filing |
| TARPLIN, DOWNS & YOUNG, LLC | ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION | 1 | LDA filing |
| S-3 GROUP | ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION | 1 | LDA filing |
+4 more federal registrants on file for this client.
This lobbyist sits in a 4-member coalition cluster (1 client(s) in cluster)
Derived by Louvain community detection (Blondel et al. 2008) on the bipartite lobbyist-client representation graph — clusters are industries-as-observed, not pre-labeled. Other lobbyists in this same observed coalition · representative clients: Alzheimer's Association:
James Fitzpatrick 6355, Phillip Kalsman 6429, Nicola Rubarth 6428
Their own giving
Contributions made personally under this lobbyist's first and last name in the Nevada Secretary of State campaign-finance dataset.
Total personally given
$451
All Nevada filings, 2017–2020.
Contributions
16
After dedup of superseded reports.
Recipients
5
Distinct candidates, parties, or committees.
Who received their personal checks
Up to ten recipients of this lobbyist's personal contributions, ranked by total amount. Amounts are cumulative across all reporting years on file. Recipients can be candidates, parties, or political committees.
| # | Recipient | Total | Contributions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DNelson AraujoSecretary Of State · NV SOS | $125 | 5 |
| 2 | DWendy Jauregui-JackinsAssessor, Washoe County · WASHOE COUNTY | $125 | 1 |
| 3 | DNicole CannizzaroState Senate, District 6 · CLARK COUNTY | $101 | 1 |
| 4 | DChris GiunchiglianiGovernor · NV SOS | $75 | 8 |
| 5 | DHoward Watts IIIState Assembly, District 15 · CLARK COUNTY | $25 | 1 |
Every contribution, newest first
16 individual contributions on file in the Nevada Secretary of State campaign-finance dataset, deduplicated.
| Date | Recipient | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-06-27 | DWendy Jauregui-JackinsAssessor, Washoe County · WASHOE COUNTY | Monetary Contribution | $125 |
| 2019-12-31 | DNicole CannizzaroState Senate, District 6 · CLARK COUNTY | Monetary Contribution | $101 |
| 2018-05-19 | DChris GiunchiglianiGovernor · NV SOS | Monetary Contribution | $10 |
| 2018-05-18 | DHoward Watts IIIState Assembly, District 15 · CLARK COUNTY | Monetary Contribution | $25 |
| 2018-05-17 | DNelson AraujoSecretary Of State · NV SOS | Monetary Contribution | $25 |
| 2018-04-19 | DChris GiunchiglianiGovernor · NV SOS | Monetary Contribution | $10 |
| 2018-04-17 | DNelson AraujoSecretary Of State · NV SOS | Monetary Contribution | $25 |
| 2018-03-19 | DChris GiunchiglianiGovernor · NV SOS | Monetary Contribution | $10 |
| 2018-03-17 | DNelson AraujoSecretary Of State · NV SOS | Monetary Contribution | $25 |
| 2018-02-19 | DChris GiunchiglianiGovernor · NV SOS | Monetary Contribution | $10 |
| 2018-02-17 | DNelson AraujoSecretary Of State · NV SOS | Monetary Contribution | $25 |
| 2018-01-19 | DChris GiunchiglianiGovernor · NV SOS | Monetary Contribution | $10 |
| 2018-01-18 | DChris GiunchiglianiGovernor · NV SOS | Monetary Contribution | $5 |
| 2018-01-17 | DNelson AraujoSecretary Of State · NV SOS | Monetary Contribution | $25 |
| 2017-12-19 | DChris GiunchiglianiGovernor · NV SOS | Monetary Contribution | $10 |
| 2017-10-18 | DChris GiunchiglianiGovernor · NV SOS | Monetary Contribution | $10 |
Exhibits filed at NELIS bill hearings
Records of 1 exhibit filed under this lobbyist's name in the Nevada Legislature's NELIS bill-hearing exhibits, across 1 bill. Each entry links to the original PDF document filed with the Legislature. Position labels (Support / Opposition / Neutral / Amendment / Presented) come from the exhibit naming convention used by NELIS staff.
| Position | Document & organisation | |
|---|---|---|
| SB329 · 1 exhibit on file | ||
| — · Alzheimers Association of Nothern California and Northern Nevada .pdf | ||
Source: NELIS — Nevada Electronic Legislative Information System. Match by tokenwise normalisation of submitter name vs lobbyist registration. Exhibits filed under a different name spelling won't appear here even if filed by this lobbyist.
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