The primary standoff between Sen. Dina Neal (D-North Las Vegas) and longtime city officials was even more expensive than previously thought.
North Las Vegas Mayor Pamela Goynes-Brown and City Council members Isaac Barron and Scott Black all have ties to a new PAC behind the mailers that described Neal as “‘Dirty Deal’ Neal” and alleged that she has been “soft-on-crime for decades [and] has tried to destroy our police department and community.” The trio of officials — who feuded with Neal in the 2023 Legislature and publicly backed her state Senate primary opponent — collectively donated $16,000 that eventually went to the PAC .
But the extent of those ties only became public last week with the release of campaign finance reports for the second quarter, which runs from April through June — more than one month after Neal cruised to re-election in early June.
So why are we just learning about this now?
A loophole in Nevada law allows PACs (and political candidates) to wait more than a month after the state’s primaries to disclose information about who’s funding them and how much money they spent in the second quarter. A subset of PACs that register after March 31 can take particular advantage of this loophole because they are not required to report any campaign finance information until after the primary, leaving the public even more in the dark about their operations.