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
Karen Peterson
4 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.
Allison MacKenzie, Ltd.
PO Box 646, Carson City 89702
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Nevada State Board of Accountancy
1325 Airmotive Way, Suite 220, Reno 89502
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Pahrump Utility Company, Inc.
5250 S. Hafen Ranch Road, Pahrump 89061
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Vidler Water Company, Inc.
3480 GS Richards Blvd., Suite 101, Carson City 89703
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NVSOS records for 3 of this lobbyist's clients
Per-client business-entity records sourced from the Nevada Secretary of State's nvsos_corporations registry, joined to this lobbyist's client roster by tokenwise-normalised name match. Includes corporation status, registered agent, formation date, and the current officer/director list as filed with the state.
Match is name-based — a client may correspond to multiple business filings (parent + subsidiary, foreign + domestic) or none at all if it is a federal entity, a political committee filed elsewhere, or a non-NV organisation. Entries with status Active are currently in good standing; Permanently Revoked, Dissolved, or Merged indicates the entity is no longer operational under that NV ID. Officer rosters are public records as of the most recent filing.
Allison MacKenzie, Ltd.
ALLISON MACKENZIE, LTD.
Registered agent: ALLISON MACKENZIE, LTD.
Officers on file (0):
No current officers on file.
ALLISON MACKENZIE, LTD.
Registered agent: ALLISON MACKENZIE, LTD.
Officers on file (9):
- JAMES CAVILIA — Director · CARSON CITY, NV
- JAMES CAVILIA — President · CARSON CITY, NV
- DANIEL JUDD — Director · CARSON CITY, NV
- JOEL LOCKE — Treasurer · CARSON CITY, NV
- JOEL LOCKE — Director · CARSON CITY, NV
- CHRIS MACKENZIE — Secretary · CARSON CITY, NV
- CHRIS MACKENZIE — Director · CARSON CITY, NV
- RYAN RUSSELL — Director · CARSON CITY, NV
+1 more officers on file
Pahrump Utility Company, Inc.
PAHRUMP UTILITY COMPANY, INC.
Registered agent: M KENT HAFEN
Officers on file (4):
- M. KENT HAFEN — Director · PAHRUMP, NV
- GREG HAFEN — President · Pahrump, NV
- VICKI HAFEN SCOTT — Secretary · Henderson, NV
- VICKI HAFEN SCOTT — Treasurer · HENDERSON, NV
Vidler Water Company, Inc.
VIDLER WATER COMPANY, INC.
Registered agent: C T CORPORATION SYSTEM**
Officers on file (3):
- THOMAS MONTANO — Secretary · Arlington, TX
- DOROTHY TIMIAN PALMER — President · CARSON CITY, NV
- DOROTHY TIMIAN-PALMER — Director · CARSON CITY, NV
VIDLER WATER HOLDINGS, INC.
Registered agent: (not on file)
Officers on file (0):
No current officers on file.
VIDLER WATER HOLDINGS, INC.
Registered agent: (not on file)
Officers on file (0):
No current officers on file.
VIDLER WATER COMPANY, INC.
Registered agent: STEPHEN D. HARTMAN
Officers on file (3):
- JOHN HART — President · LA JOLLA, CA
- JAMES MOSIER — Secretary · LA JOLLA, CA
- MAXIM C.W. WEBB — Treasurer · LA JOLLA, CA
VIDLER WATER COMPANY, INC.
Registered agent: .Resigned
Officers on file (3):
- JAMES MOSIER — Secretary · LA JOLLA, CA
- ALBERT PARKER JR — President · FT COLLINS, CO
- MICHAEL SCHLEMUBER — Treasurer · LA JOLLA, CA
4 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.
This lobbyist's name matches a Nevada Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) recipient drawing $74,123/year as of FY2025 (across years: 2019,2020,2021,2022,2023,2024,2025). ⚠ medium-collision risk; verify identity against state-employment record Citation: NRS 218H lobbyist disclosure of state employment; Olson 1965 captured-coalition framework.
NRS 218H disclosed expenditures: $0. Detected money flow: $3,875 (campaign-account payments received: $2,000; unambiguous personal political contributions: $1,875). Gap: $3,875. 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: $2,000 received from 1 candidate/committee account(s) across 2 payment(s).
| Payer | Amount | # |
|---|---|---|
| Keith Pickard | $2,000 | 2 |
Tier D
Donor-as-state-contractor — clients are state vendors who contribute politically
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allison MacKenzie, Ltd. vendor: ALLISON MACKENZIE LTD | $178,367 | $34,524 | 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.
Vidler Water Company, Inc. — 1 federal registrant(s)
| Federal registrant firm | Client name at LDA | Filings | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| FINDARO ASSOCIATES LLC | VIDLER WATER COMPANY, INC. | 1 | LDA filing |
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, Carlos Fernandez 6502, Mark Fiorentino 6748, Kate Franko 6279, Michael Hillerby 6756, Jennifer Kleven 7309, Wendy Kveck 7292, Colin Larson 7016 +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
$2K
All Nevada filings, 2010–2022.
Contributions
5
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 | RDonald TatroState Senate, District 16 · NV SOS | $500 | 1 |
| 2 | NPRyan RussellCarson City, Justice/Municipal Court, Department I · CARSON CITY | $500 | 1 |
| 3 | RGregory Hafen IIState Assembly, District 36 · NV SOS | $500 | 1 |
| 4 | Julie BushnerCarson City, School Trustee, District 1 · CARSON CITY | $250 | 1 |
| 5 | NPJason WoodburyDistrict Court Judge, District 1, Department 1 · NV SOS | $125 | 1 |
Every contribution, newest first
5 individual contributions on file in the Nevada Secretary of State campaign-finance dataset, deduplicated.
| Date | Recipient | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-21 | RDonald TatroState Senate, District 16 · NV SOS | Monetary Contribution | $500 |
| 2022-05-21 | RGregory Hafen IIState Assembly, District 36 · NV SOS | Monetary Contribution | $500 |
| 2018-02-06 | NPRyan RussellCarson City, Justice/Municipal Court, Department I · CARSON CITY | Monetary Contribution | $500 |
| 2014-04-03 | NPJason WoodburyDistrict Court Judge, District 1, Department 1 · NV SOS | Monetary Contribution | $125 |
| 2010-05-20 | Julie BushnerCarson City, School Trustee, District 1 · CARSON CITY | Monetary Contribution | $250 |
Other registered lobbyists with the surname "Peterson"
Cross-firm surname match — different employers. A shared surname does not by itself imply a family relationship — common names will produce coincidental matches. We surface this as a research lead, not as a claim.
- Isabella Peterson Intern
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