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Paid
Greg Hess
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.
1 detector flag(s) on file for this lobbyist
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This lobbyist's name matches a Nevada Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) recipient drawing $5,991/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.
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.
Storey County — 2 federal registrant(s)
| Federal registrant firm | Client name at LDA | Filings | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| PORTER GROUP, LLC | STOREY COUNTY | 1 | LDA filing |
| PORTER GORDON SILVER COMMUNICATIONS, LLC | STOREY COUNTY | 1 | LDA filing |
This lobbyist sits in a 16-member coalition cluster (31 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: Storey County, IBEW Local Union 1245, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Nevada Section,:
Kristine Absher 6844, Sarah Adler 6593, William Adler 6889, Dev Bararia 7052, Helen Foley 6838, Jeff Fontaine 6478, Todd Hess 6230, Sandra Koch 6885, Susan Lipper 7403, Jonathan Norman 6476, Austin Osborne 7030, Robert Purdy 7278 +3 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
$2K
All Nevada filings, 2014–2022.
Contributions
3
After dedup of superseded reports.
Recipients
3
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 | RPhilip O'NeillState Assembly, District 40 · NV SOS | $1,000 | 1 |
| 2 | RJoseph LombardoGovernor · NV SOS | $1,000 | 1 |
| 3 | RBonnie WeberCity of Reno, City Council, Ward 4 · CITY OF RENO | $250 | 1 |
Every contribution, newest first
3 individual contributions on file in the Nevada Secretary of State campaign-finance dataset, deduplicated.
| Date | Recipient | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-09-16 | RJoseph LombardoGovernor · NV SOS | Monetary Contribution | $1,000 |
| 2022-09-12 | RPhilip O'NeillState Assembly, District 40 · NV SOS | Monetary Contribution | $1,000 |
| 2014-04-15 | RBonnie WeberCity of Reno, City Council, Ward 4 · CITY OF RENO | Monetary Contribution | $250 |
Other registered lobbyists with the surname "Hess"
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- Todd Hess Paid
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