Stub record Last verified 2026-05-17 Data last changed 2026-05-17

Electoral history

YearTypeOfficeResultVote %Opponents
2018GeneralHLost [source]
2016GeneralHLost [source]
2012GeneralHLost [source]

Campaign finance

Source: Nevada Secretary of State Aurora campaign-finance dataset. Aggregates from gnomey.cf_contributions and cf_expenditures.

Total raised$6,485,423
Contributions on file5,913
Total spent$7,201,707
Burn rate (spent / raised)1.11 (spending more than raising)

Vs state median

Benchmark group: federal peers (n=301).

MetricThis politicianPeer medianComparison
Total raised$6,485,423peer median $39,982162.2× the office-level median
Total spent$7,201,707peer median $10,163708.6× the office-level median

Top donors

DonorTotal#
National Republican Congressional Committee Expenditures$129,96213
Republican National Committee - Rnc$75,0003
Harrah'S Entertainment Inc Employees' Political Action Committee F/K/A Promus/Harrah'S Pac$17,4997
Prosperity Action, Inc.$15,0003
Las Vegas Sands Corp. Political Action Committee (Sands Pac)$15,0003
Association Of American Physicians And Surgeons Political Action Committee (Aaps-Pac)$11,5003
The Eye Of The Tiger Political Action Committee$11,0003
Citizens United Political Victory Fund$10,0002
National Federation Of Independent Business/ Save America'S Free Enterprise Trust$10,0004
Build Political Action Committee Of The National Association Of Home Builders$10,0003

Donors who are also registered lobbying clients

1 of this legislator's donors are NRS 218H–registered Carson City lobbying clients (83rd 2025 Session). Cross-referenced from NPE's lobbyist-client registry. When a donor also pays a lobbyist, the contribution becomes one surface of a multi-channel influence relationship.

ClientDonated to this legislator# contributions Client's total NV political $# registered lobbyists
Nevada Realtors$10,0004$7,274,5269

District demographic context

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey 5-year (2019–2023). District: Nevada US House District 3.

Population795,278
Median household income$80,667
Bachelor's degree or higher (age 25+)34.2%
Unemployment rate6.7%
Below poverty line11.5%
Foreign-born residents23.8%

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References

  1. FEC bulk data — candidate H2NV04045 (TARKANIAN, DANNY) (campaign finance)link [archived] [accessed 2026-05-17]
  2. Nevada Campaign Contributions — federal page (campaign finance)link [archived] [accessed 2026-05-17]