Nevada Pols Rake in the Dough While Fiore Gets Treated Like a Wooden Nickel in a Poker Game

By One Rolling in Truth and Sarcasm

It’s that time again—when the Federal Election Commission flings open the shutters and lets a little sunlight in on who’s got the money and who ain’t. The first quarter fundraising deadline has passed like a church collection plate on payday, and the news from Nevada is rich with figures, flattery, and a few eyebrow-raisers.

The Democrats have come out swinging, with Rep. Susie Lee leading the parade at a whopping $421,588—though it ought to be noted that $30,000 of that was just a refund, likely for services rendered and then un-rendered by some slick-talking media outfit. Next in line is Steven Horsford with $371,102, then Sen. Jacky Rosen with a tidy $255,374.

Never one left out of a good pass-the-hat, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto chipped in $200,977—though she ain’t even on the ballot until 2028. Dina Titus, meanwhile, turned in a modest $160,164, as Mark Amodei, Nevada’s lone Republican in this liberal-leaning fandango, clocked in with $142,514, and that’s counting $4,370 spent on flags, likely sewn with faux gold thread and patriotic ambition.

Among the upstarts and would-be challengers, things are a bit less flush. Christopher Brandlin scratched together $140,529. David Flippo tossed $45,000 into the pot—all from his pockets, mind you. Greg Kidd rustled up a meager $1,538, and Marty O’Donnell didn’t raise a single dime but swears a million of his dollars are riding in on the next stagecoach.

I’ll believe that when I see it filed under “Cash On Hand” and not “Pipe Dream.”

But here’s the real kicker in this tale of dollars and Democrats—while all this money’s flying around like a barn dance on payday, Michelle Fiore gets the short end of the stick over a measly $5,000. That’s less than what Titus spent on Talbots gifts for her donors and barely more than what it cost for Greg Kidd to look fancy in a photo shoot. It makes you wonder what kind of justice is gettin’ served when a gal gets the shaft over a sum that wouldn’t cover a decent dinner party in Jackson Hole—where Susie Lee dropped nearly two grand on a fundraising frolic.

And let’s not forget—Jacky Rosen handed over $650,000 to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. That’s right, six hundred and fifty thousand dollars changed hands while Fiore’s getting grilled like a trout over a campfire for five grand.

If that ain’t the definition of lopsided–I don’t know what is.

So, with $1.55 million raised between just the top five Democrats—while ol’ Michelle gets hauled over the coals for a sum so small it wouldn’t buy half a horse in Virginia City—maybe it’s time we all squinted a little harder at where the money’s going. One side’s got a boat full of gold, and the other’s being sent up the river over pocket change.

But then again, Nevada politics was never known for being fair, just colorful, contradictory, and mighty expensive.