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David Cherry

240 S. Water Street, MSC 141, Henderson NV 89015

[email protected] · 702-267-2055

Lobbyist #6216 · 83rd (2025) Nevada Legislative Session · official source

Clients

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.

City of Henderson

240 S. Water Street, Henderson 89015

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Auditor research leads

1 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.

Methodology · All auditor findings

Tier B Revolving-door — drawing PERS pension Direct submit correction

This lobbyist's name matches a Nevada Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) recipient drawing $30,089/year as of FY2025 (across years: 2019,2020,2021,2022,2023,2024,2025). Citation: NRS 218H lobbyist disclosure of state employment; Olson 1965 captured-coalition framework.

NRS 218H disclosure

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.

Coalition cluster (Louvain community)

This lobbyist sits in a 26-member coalition cluster (19 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: Clark County, City of Henderson, Nevada State Medical Association:

Michael Cathcart 6215, Jessica Colvin 7320, Leo Drozdoff 6949, Brigid Duffy 7406, Harrison Epstein 6919, Brian Evans 6940, Paloma Guerrero 6426, Damon Harris 7321, Thelma Harris 6327, Joanna Jacob 6462, John Jones 6569, Brandon Kemble 7346 +13 more

Personal political contributions

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

$4K

All Nevada filings, 2013–2022.

Contributions

20

After dedup of superseded reports.

Recipients

15

Distinct candidates, parties, or committees.

Top recipients

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.

#RecipientTotalContributions
1DAaron FordAttorney General · NV SOS$7502
2DSam LiebermanBoard of Regents, District 5 · NV SOS$6183
3NPMax BerkleyJustice of the Peace, Las Vegas Township, Department 7 · CLARK COUNTY$5001
4NPMark BailusDistrict Court Judge, District 8, Department 18 · CLARK COUNTY$2501
5DLesley CohenOffice Not Specified · UNKNOWN$2002
6DChris BrooksState Senate, District 3 · CLARK COUNTY$2002
7NPElissa CadishSupreme Court Justice, Seat C · NV SOS$2001
8NPElana GrahamJustice of the Peace, Las Vegas Township, Department 1 · CLARK COUNTY$2001
9NPHarmony LetiziaJustice of the Peace, Las Vegas Township, Department 3 · CLARK COUNTY$1501
10DNelson AraujoSecretary Of State · NV SOS$1501

Showing top 10 of 15 recipients (full list below).

Full contribution log

Every contribution, newest first

20 individual contributions on file in the Nevada Secretary of State campaign-finance dataset, deduplicated.

DateRecipientTypeAmount
2022-09-19DAaron FordAttorney General · NV SOSMonetary Contribution$250
2022-04-14NPMax BerkleyJustice of the Peace, Las Vegas Township, Department 7 · CLARK COUNTYMonetary Contribution$500
2021-09-09DAaron FordAttorney General · NV SOSMonetary Contribution$500
2019-08-30DSam LiebermanBoard of Regents, District 5 · NV SOSMonetary Contribution$118
2019-01-04DChris BrooksState Senate, District 3 · CLARK COUNTYMonetary Contribution$100
2018-09-18NPHillary SchieveCity of Reno, Mayor · CITY OF RENOMonetary Contribution$35
2018-08-23DLesley CohenOffice Not Specified · UNKNOWNMonetary Contribution$150
2018-04-22NPElissa CadishSupreme Court Justice, Seat C · NV SOSMonetary Contribution$200
2018-02-28DNelson AraujoSecretary Of State · NV SOSMonetary Contribution$150
2018-02-18NPMark BailusDistrict Court Judge, District 8, Department 18 · CLARK COUNTYMonetary Contribution$250
2018-02-01NPElana GrahamJustice of the Peace, Las Vegas Township, Department 1 · CLARK COUNTYMonetary Contribution$200
2016-10-08DLesley CohenOffice Not Specified · UNKNOWNMonetary Contribution$50
2016-10-08DJoyce WoodhouseState Senate, District 5 · CLARK COUNTYMonetary Contribution$100
2016-08-12DShannon Bilbray-AxelrodOffice Not Specified · UNKNOWNMonetary Contribution$100
2016-03-23NPHarmony LetiziaJustice of the Peace, Las Vegas Township, Department 3 · CLARK COUNTYMonetary Contribution$150
2015-12-02DChris BrooksState Senate, District 3 · CLARK COUNTYMonetary Contribution$100
2015-11-13DElliot AndersonState Assembly, District 15 · CLARK COUNTYMonetary Contribution$100
2015-02-13Carolyn GoodmanOffice Not Specified · UNKNOWNMonetary Contribution$100
2014-06-05DSam LiebermanBoard of Regents, District 5 · NV SOSMonetary Contribution$250
2013-12-19DSam LiebermanBoard of Regents, District 5 · NV SOSMonetary Contribution$250

Ambiguity flag: the Nevada SOS dataset contains more than one contributor with this first/last name. The numbers and recipient list above sum across all matching name records and may include contributions from another individual sharing the same name. Cities on file for this name: Henderson, NV, LOS ANGELES, CA, Las Vegas, NV, Reno, NV. Treat as a research lead, not a definitive total.

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.

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