Donor clusters — graph community analysis
Top-250 NV political donors grouped by who they fund in common. Donors land in the same cluster when their recipient lists overlap (Jaccard similarity ≥ 0.1). Clusters are detected via Louvain community detection on the donor-donor projection.
Source: Nevada SOS Aurora campaign-finance
dataset (gnomey.cf_contributions). Snapshot from
2026-07-22T11:30:31.
11 clusters covering 72 donors. A cluster is a set of donors who consistently fund overlapping politician sets — useful for spotting coalitions even when none are formally registered.
Cluster 1 — 18 donors, $4,914,600
Reaches 308 unique candidates total (88 appear on this site).
| Donor | Total contributed | # recipients |
|---|---|---|
| MGM Resorts International | $638,924 | 79 |
| Las Vegas Sands Corp | $599,500 | 72 |
| NV Energy | $438,555 | 125 |
| MGM Resorts International | $429,000 | 65 |
| Boyd Gaming Corporation | $388,000 | 82 |
| Wynn Resorts | $384,549 | 72 |
| Wynn Resorts | $301,750 | 40 |
| Clark County Education Association | $283,500 | 45 |
| Nevada Resort PAC | $223,500 | 25 |
| Nevada State Education Association | $212,852 | 43 |
| Nevada Gold Mines LLC | $210,500 | 37 |
| AFSCME | $180,500 | 25 |
| MGM Resorts | $159,000 | 27 |
| Clark County Education Association | $120,770 | 25 |
| AFSCME | $119,000 | 27 |
| AFSCME | $102,000 | 15 |
| Nevada State Education Association | $86,000 | 19 |
| Laborers International Union Local 169 | $36,700 | 16 |
Recipients in v1 roster (88)
- aaron-ford-3993
- alexis-hansen-9664
- angela-taylor-4200
- april-becker-13482
- ben-kieckhefer-3927
- bert-gurr-16981
- brian-hibbetts-17141
- brian-knudsen-9535
- brittney-miller-8262
- carrie-buck-6864
- cecelia-gonzalez-13530
- charlene-bybee-5961
- cinthia-moore-10896
- daniele-monroe-moreno-6807
- danielle-gallant-17062
- david-orentlicher-13491
- debbie-conway-1891
- diana-sullivan-6131
- dina-neal-3936
- duy-nguyen-19295
- ed-lawson-5099
- edgar-flores-6364
- elaine-marzola-13439
- erica-mosca-8126
- erica-roth-23959
- fabian-donate-15942
- francisco-aguilar-17119
- gregory-hafen-ii-11180
- hanadi-nadeem-24170
- harmony-letizia-6863
- heather-goulding-23855
- heidi-kasama-13471
- howard-watts-iii-9720
- ira-hansen-4020
- isaac-barron-5756
- james-gibson-9533
- james-ohrenschall-2034
- jason-patchett-24498
- jill-dickman-6042
- joe-hardy-3957
Showing 40 of 88 recipients in v1 roster.
Cluster 2 — 11 donors, $230,350
Reaches 50 unique candidates total (20 appear on this site).
| Donor | Total contributed | # recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Washoe Education Association | $45,000 | 24 |
| Laborers International Union of North American Local 169 | $39,350 | 8 |
| AFSCME | $35,500 | 11 |
| Lets Get To Work Nevada | $27,000 | 8 |
| IBEW Local 1245 | $25,500 | 9 |
| Home Means Nevada | $20,000 | 2 |
| Jeffrey Berns | $11,500 | 2 |
| AFSCME Working Families Fund | $10,000 | 1 |
| The PAC For America's Future | $10,000 | 1 |
| NV Energy | $5,000 | 1 |
| IAFF | $1,500 | 1 |
Recipients in v1 roster (20)
- angela-taylor-4200
- brian-knudsen-9535
- brittney-miller-8262
- dian-vanderwell-6004
- dina-neal-3936
- duy-nguyen-19295
- edgar-flores-6364
- francis-allen-palenske-17050
- james-ohrenschall-2034
- joseph-mendoza-jr-24232
- joseph-rodriguez-6561
- julie-pazina-10880
- marilyn-dondero-loop-3546
- natha-anderson-13449
- nicole-cannizzaro-6808
- reuben-d-silva-20532
- richard-daly-4868
- steve-yeager-6150
- william-mccurdy-ii-6769
- zachary-conine-6796
Cluster 3 — 10 donors, $705,419
Reaches 74 unique candidates total (16 appear on this site).
| Donor | Total contributed | # recipients |
|---|---|---|
| New Nevada PAC | $215,000 | 22 |
| Las Vegas Sand Corp | $166,500 | 24 |
| Solar City | $109,000 | 22 |
| Las Vegas Sands Corp | $104,500 | 21 |
| New Nevada PAC | $37,500 | 6 |
| GOPAC ELECTION FUND | $20,000 | 2 |
| American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees | $15,000 | 2 |
| IBEW 1245 | $14,500 | 8 |
| Republican State Leadership Committee | $12,919 | 2 |
| Centene Management Company, LLC | $10,500 | 4 |
Recipients in v1 roster (16)
Cluster 4 — 9 donors, $1,070,002
Reaches 59 unique candidates total (22 appear on this site).
| Donor | Total contributed | # recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Dan Schwartz | $747,127 | 2 |
| AFSCME | $77,500 | 9 |
| AFSCME | $77,000 | 15 |
| EMILY's List | $64,875 | 8 |
| SMART Local 88 | $63,000 | 30 |
| AFSCME | $21,500 | 6 |
| Nevada Realtors | $11,000 | 4 |
| Switch | $7,000 | 2 |
| Marathon Petroleum Co LP | $1,000 | 1 |
Recipients in v1 roster (22)
- cecelia-gonzalez-13530
- dan-stewart-8407
- dina-neal-3936
- edgar-flores-6364
- jim-seebock-22751
- john-steinbeck-23936
- joseph-dalia-17080
- julie-pazina-10880
- linda-hunt-24146
- lisa-cole-23940
- marilyn-dondero-loop-3546
- marilyn-kirkpatrick-324
- michael-naft-11238
- michelee-shelly-crawford-19375
- nicole-cannizzaro-6808
- reuben-d-silva-20532
- richard-daly-4868
- roberta-lange-13424
- robin-titus-6173
- shelley-berkley-23923
- steve-yeager-6150
- tanya-flanagan-13476
Cluster 5 — 6 donors, $3,039,684
Reaches 54 unique candidates total (29 appear on this site).
| Donor | Total contributed | # recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Guy Nohra | $2,425,537 | 11 |
| Station Casinos LLC | $216,500 | 21 |
| Nevada Way PAC | $188,750 | 34 |
| Boyd Gaming Corporation | $163,898 | 21 |
| Nevada Way PAC | $25,000 | 3 |
| Republican State Leadership Committee | $20,000 | 3 |
Recipients in v1 roster (29)
- april-becker-13482
- brian-hibbetts-17141
- carrie-buck-6864
- chris-hicks-5941
- dan-stewart-8407
- danielle-gallant-17062
- ed-lawson-5099
- gregory-hafen-ii-11180
- gregory-koenig-13678
- heidi-kasama-13471
- james-gibson-9533
- jason-patchett-24498
- jill-dickman-6042
- jim-seebock-22751
- john-steinbeck-23936
- joseph-lombardo-5934
- julie-pazina-10880
- kevin-mcmahill-17096
- lisa-cole-23940
- lisa-krasner-5885
- lori-rogich-23942
- michele-fiore-3935
- michelle-romero-9608
- monica-larson-24155
- olivia-diaz-3914
- rebecca-edgeworth-23919
- richard-delong-17051
- robin-titus-6173
- stavros-anthony-1294
Cluster 6 — 5 donors, $82,714
Reaches 3 unique candidates total (1 appear on this site).
| Donor | Total contributed | # recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Everytown For Gun Safety Action Fund | $30,193 | 3 |
| NextEra Energy Resources Inc. | $25,000 | 1 |
| National Democratic Redistricting Committee | $15,000 | 1 |
| Sedona Magnet LLC | $10,000 | 1 |
| Democratic Governors Association | $2,521 | 1 |
Recipients in v1 roster (1)
Cluster 7 — 4 donors, $148,071
Reaches 27 unique candidates total (6 appear on this site).
| Donor | Total contributed | # recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Switch LTD | $83,000 | 12 |
| IBEW 357 | $29,071 | 14 |
| SolarCity | $21,000 | 4 |
| Las Vegas Sands Corp. | $15,000 | 2 |
Cluster 8 — 3 donors, $30,500
Reaches 6 unique candidates total (4 appear on this site).
| Donor | Total contributed | # recipients |
|---|---|---|
| CCEA | $27,500 | 5 |
| Reynolds American | $2,000 | 2 |
| Reynolds American/RAI Services Co. | $1,000 | 1 |
Recipients in v1 roster (4)
Cluster 9 — 2 donors, $21,000
Reaches 4 unique candidates total (1 appear on this site).
| Donor | Total contributed | # recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Nevada Power Co. dba: NV Energy | $20,500 | 4 |
| Nevada Resort Association | $500 | 1 |
Recipients in v1 roster (1)
Cluster 10 — 2 donors, $2,560,100
Reaches 1 unique candidates total (0 appear on this site).
| Donor | Total contributed | # recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Hamilton | $1,400,000 | 1 |
| Eddie Hamilton | $1,160,100 | 1 |
Cluster 11 — 2 donors, $2,512,000
Reaches 1 unique candidates total (0 appear on this site).
| Donor | Total contributed | # recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Marilyn Lee | $1,512,000 | 1 |
| Marilyn Lee | $1,000,000 | 1 |