Amid a record cycle for campaign fundraising in Nevada politics, more than $13 million in big-money contributions flowed to 62 state lawmakers during the 2022 election cycle, with financing dominated by labor and union groups, real estate and development companies and the gaming industry.
Organizations and individuals in those three groups contributed more than $4.1 million — or nearly one-third — of all money given to legislators during the cycle. The Nevada Association of Realtors led all individual donors, just as it did in 2020, by giving more than $432,000 to lawmakers during the 2022 cycle.
The most recent election cycle also represents a return to prominence for the gaming industry, which had long been one of the top industries funding state legislative campaigns but pulled back on spending in 2020 as pandemic-spurred shutdowns roiled the Las Vegas Strip.
