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
Chaunsey Chau-Duong
2 clients 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.
1 detector flag(s) on file for this lobbyist
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Tier D
Donor-as-state-contractor — clients are state vendors who contribute politically
Direct submit correction
1 of this lobbyist's client(s) appear in Nevada state-vendor payment records (checkbook.nv.gov, FY 2019-2025) AND make political contributions. The pattern is the rent-seeking signal under Buchanan/Tullock 1962. Citation: NRS 333 / NRS 332 (state purchasing), NRS 294A.
| Client / vendor name | State payments | Political contributions | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Las Vegas Valley Water District vendor: LAS VEGAS VALLEY WATER DISTRICT | $37,904,592 | $0 | 7 |
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.
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.
Las Vegas Valley Water District — 4 federal registrant(s)
| Federal registrant firm | Client name at LDA | Filings | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| CASSIDY & ASSOCIATES, INC. | LAS VEGAS VALLEY WATER DISTRICT | 1 | LDA filing |
| BIRCH, HORTON, BITTNER & CHEROT | LAS VEGAS VALLEY WATER DISTRICT | 1 | LDA filing |
| THE RHOADS GROUP | LAS VEGAS VALLEY WATER DISTRICT | 1 | LDA filing |
| MARCUS G. FAUST, PC | LAS VEGAS VALLEY WATER DISTRICT | 1 | LDA filing |
This lobbyist sits in a 7-member coalition cluster (9 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: Southern Nevada Water Authority, Las Vegas Valley Water District, Las Vegas Springs Preserve:
Andy Belanger 6381, Kathleen Flanagan 6254, Joseph Guild 6779, Bryce Pollock 7202, Annalise Porter 6382, Peggy Ygbuhay 6249
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
$800
All Nevada filings, 2014–2025.
Contributions
4
After dedup of superseded reports.
Recipients
4
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 | NPJoe Hardy Jr.District Court Judge, District 8, Department 15 · CLARK COUNTY | $250 | 1 |
| 2 | RStavros AnthonyLieutenant Governor · NV SOS | $200 | 1 |
| 3 | DErica MoscaState Assembly, District 14 · CLARK COUNTY | $200 | 1 |
| 4 | NPSoonhee "Sunny" BaileyDistrict Court Judge, District 8, Family Div, Department I · CLARK COUNTY | $150 | 1 |
Every contribution, newest first
4 individual contributions on file in the Nevada Secretary of State campaign-finance dataset, deduplicated.
| Date | Recipient | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-20 | DErica MoscaState Assembly, District 14 · CLARK COUNTY | Monetary Contribution | $200 |
| 2020-01-28 | NPSoonhee "Sunny" BaileyDistrict Court Judge, District 8, Family Div, Department I · CLARK COUNTY | Monetary Contribution | $150 |
| 2015-02-15 | RStavros AnthonyLieutenant Governor · NV SOS | Monetary Contribution | $200 |
| 2014-09-02 | NPJoe Hardy Jr.District Court Judge, District 8, Department 15 · CLARK COUNTY | Monetary Contribution | $250 |
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 | |
|---|---|---|
| AB104 · 1 exhibit on file | ||
| Amendment | Amendment · Las Vegas Valley Water District | |
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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