We are exactly two weeks away from Election Day, and campaigns have seen money pouring in, according to the latest contribution and expense reports.
The biggest takeaway is how much money is being provided through political action committees and national organizations to the governor’s race.
The other big takeaway is how much more Democrats are raising in the other state races.
We also took a look at the money being spent at the federal and local level.
The Nevada governor’s race is one of the hottest topics this election cycle, and lots of money is being spent on the campaign.
Starting with incumbent Governor Joe Lombardo, from July 1 to September 30, his campaign raised more than $1.5 million, totaling to just more than $6 million this year.
The Lombardo-affiliated Better Nevada PAC raised more than $15 million, nearly half of its yearly $30 million total. Almost $10 million of that comes from the Republican Governors Association.
Turning to the Democratic challenger, Attorney General Aaron Ford, his campaign raised almost $2.3 million in the past few months, with almost $5 million on the year.
The Ford-affiliated Forward Nevada PAC raised almost 2.7 million this quarter, with just more than $4 million on the year.
Money makes the world go round, and it's the same for elections.
The third gubernatorial candidate, nonpartisan Danielle Ford, has only raised $2,600.
When looking at the other statewide races, including lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, and state treasurer, the Democrats have raised significantly more than Republican candidates.
About $1.5 million more.
Looking at the northern Nevada congressional candidates, republican David Flippo raised about $580,000 this quarter, with about $173,000 being a loan from himself.
Democrat Teresa Benítez-Thompson has raised about $533,000, but did not make a loan to herself.
Flippo has received lots of attention for his delay in releasing his financial disclosure report.
The Nevada Independent reports that Flippo sent them a draft of his financial disclosure, but says he has not filed it with the U.S. House Clerk.
We reached out to Flippo’s campaign and asked several times when he was going to formally submit it, but they did not respond.
Flippo received another complaint about his lack of disclosure.
In the Reno mayoral race, Kathleen Taylor has raised more than Kate Marshall, but Marshall did take to social media to further break down the donations.
It basically says that Marshall was receiving from more donors, while Taylor's centered around bigger checks from fewer donors.
All of these races that we told you about raised about $26 million this quarter. Obviously, that number is higher if we included every single race in Nevada.
To put it into perspective, about $4 million was raised for wildfire victims from the Bug and Hawk fires from GoFundMe, local nonprofits, KTVN, and state government.
