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
Carlos Fernandez
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.
2 detector flag(s) on file for this lobbyist
The Nevada Political Establishment auditor cross-references this lobbyist against every Tier A/B/C/D/E1 detector. Each flag below is a research lead, not a published claim — verify against authoritative records before treating as evidence of wrongdoing. Most flags reflect structural patterns the public has a right to see, not necessarily violations.
NRS 218H disclosed expenditures: $0. Detected money flow: $5,036 (campaign-account payments received: $1,635; unambiguous personal political contributions: $3,401). Gap: $5,036. NRS 218H scope is gifts/benefits to legislators, not personal income — the gap is a transparency signal, not a violation per se.
Cross-reference of cf_expenditures (NV SOS) against the registered-lobbyist roster: $1,635 received from 2 candidate/committee account(s) across 3 payment(s).
| Payer | Amount | # |
|---|---|---|
| Carlos Fernandez | $1,135 | 2 |
| Nevada Faculty Alliance PAC | $500 | 1 |
Reported $0 in legislator gifts/benefits for the 83rd Session
The Nevada Legislature's official lobbyist-expenditure report shows this lobbyist filed monthly returns for the 83rd Session and reported no benefits provided to any legislator or staff member. Source: NV Legislature 83rd Session Lobbyist Expenditures Report.
This lobbyist sits in a 30-member coalition cluster (47 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: Nevada Multifamily Alliance, Google LLC and its Affiliates, City of Sparks:
Sam Anastassatos 6760, Francisco Avalos 6983, Chris Bosse 6324, Caleb Cage 6361, Alexia Chen 7356, Mark Fiorentino 6748, Kate Franko 6279, Michael Hillerby 6756, Jennifer Kleven 7309, Wendy Kveck 7292, Colin Larson 7016, Jennifer Lazovich 6754 +17 more
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
$3K
All Nevada filings, 2024–2026.
Contributions
8
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 | Carlos FernandezBoard of Regents, District 1 · NV SOS | $3,050 | 4 |
| 2 | Esmeralda VilledaOffice Not Specified · UNKNOWN | $101 | 1 |
| 3 | DDaniele Monroe-MorenoState Assembly, District 1 · CLARK COUNTY | $100 | 1 |
| 4 | DHoward Watts IIIState Assembly, District 15 · CLARK COUNTY | $100 | 1 |
| 5 | NPIda ZeilerOffice Not Specified · UNKNOWN | $50 | 1 |
Every contribution, newest first
8 individual contributions on file in the Nevada Secretary of State campaign-finance dataset, deduplicated.
| Date | Recipient | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-18 | DHoward Watts IIIState Assembly, District 15 · CLARK COUNTY | Monetary Contribution | $100 |
| 2025-09-23 | NPIda ZeilerOffice Not Specified · UNKNOWN | Monetary Contribution | $50 |
| 2025-09-23 | Esmeralda VilledaOffice Not Specified · UNKNOWN | Monetary Contribution | $101 |
| 2025-09-06 | DDaniele Monroe-MorenoState Assembly, District 1 · CLARK COUNTY | Monetary Contribution | $100 |
| 2025-01-03 | Carlos FernandezBoard of Regents, District 1 · NV SOS | Monetary Contribution | $1,500 |
| 2024-12-02 | Carlos FernandezBoard of Regents, District 1 · NV SOS | Monetary Contribution | $500 |
| 2024-04-11 | Carlos FernandezBoard of Regents, District 1 · NV SOS | Monetary Contribution | $1,000 |
| 2024-03-20 | Carlos FernandezBoard of Regents, District 1 · NV SOS | Monetary Contribution | $50 |
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 | |
|---|---|---|
| AB458 · 1 exhibit on file | ||
| Support | Letter · American Institute of Architects | |
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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