Casino companies and groups affiliated with labor unions are among the heavy-hitter donors for candidates in Southern Nevada’s local government races, including those for the mayor of Nevada’s largest city, seats on the powerful Clark County Commission and a competitive race to fill an open Las Vegas City Council seat.
In most of the major council and commission seats, the incumbent is seeking re-election in 2024. And almost without fail, the incumbent outraised any challengers last calendar year.
Although their candidacy does not become official until the filing period that begins March 4, candidates for local government offices have already begun fundraising and faced a Jan. 15 deadline to file campaign finance reports with the Nevada secretary of state’s office for any donations and expenditures they had in 2023.
