Destefano Took in $26,823 This Cycle, but Did Most of His Campaign Earlier

MARK DESTEFANO

DeStefano took in $26,823 this cycle, but did most of his campaign earlier

in '06 -- his annual total is $782,955.

He spent $377,901 this go-round and has used $640,690 in campaign funds in

'06.

He gave himself $3,000.

Biggest donors:

$5K from Harrah's Operating Co.

$3,500 from Mel Chin Kwok of Irvine, Calif.

$2,500 from: Sue Lien Chen of Irvine, Calif.

DINA TITUS

Titus took in $1,539,287 this cycle, for a 2006 total of $2,226,018.

She spent $1,577,996 this cycle, and has spent $3,060,211 this year.

Most impressive is her ability to collect enormous numbers of smaller donations: She collected $66,928 from Aug. 3 to Oct. 26 (and $144,634 year-to-date) from individual donations of $100 or less. That (and double-spacing) is why her report for this two-plus-months cycle is 271 pages.

She did collect some big chunks, too, however, notably:

$10K from: S. Daniel Abraham of WPB, Fla. (entrepreneur whom Forbes this year ranked as the 426th richest person in the world), AFSCME People (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees) in D.C., Barbara Buckley Campaign, Bill Richardson for Governor in Albuquerque, Stephen and Chantal Cloobeck, Culinary #226, Democratic Governors Association, EMILY's List, Engineers Political Education Committee in D.C. (International Union of Operating Engineers), Falls Broadcasting Co. of Idaho (Rogers), Mara Fortin (attorney), Forward Together PAC (former Va. Gov's Mark Warner's PAC), Mary & Thomas Gallagher, Michael & Paula Gaughan, Garry Goett/C&O Holdings, Golden Gaming (Plise), Danny & Robin Greenspun, Jeffrey Guinn, Jeffrey Guinn/Aspen Financial Services LLC, Jeffrey Guinn/Coronado Bay Investments LLC, UFCW Active Ballot Club, Imperial Palace, Joe Lamarca/Willin LLC (Euphoria day spa owner), Laborers Political League Education Fund in D.C., Louis Habash/San Jacinto Square LLC of Newport Beach, Calif. (Alexis Park owner), Todd Marshall, Bruce Mayfield (attorney), Steven Molasky/Molasky Pacific LLC, Nevada Cancer Center, Nevada State AFL-CIO, Nevadans for the American Dream, Paris Las Vegas, Art Petrie of Henderson, Rio hotel-casino, Beverly Rogers, Michael Saltman (developer), Searchlight Leadership Fund in D.C. (Harry Reid's PAC), Silverleaf Academy Inc. of Newport Beach, Calif., District Council of Iron Workers in Pinole, Calif.

$9,500 from: R.D. Prabhu MD.

$7,850 from: James Rogers.

$7,500 from: Charles Perry/NV Healthcare PAC.

$6,800 from Katherine Ferguson of LV.

$6K from Jack Vergiels (Nevada Subcontractors Assn. lobbyist), Women's Cancer Center of Nevada, Inc..

$5K from: AFSCME (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees) in D.C., Alexandra Tsakopoulos Investments (developer) in Sacramento, All-America PAC in D.C., Alliance Sports Management Co. (Andre Agassi), American Magline Group in Los Angeles (private firms seeking money for the LV-to-LA maglev train), Andrew Rappaport of California (venture capitalist, huge Democratic donor), Athena Tsakopoulos Investments (developer) in Sacramento, Barry Eisler of New York (former CIA agent-turned-thriller book writer), Biloxi Casino Corp. (Pinnacle), Jack Binion, Boomtown Casino Hotel in La. (Pinnacle), Boulder Station, Lawrence Canarelli, California hotel, Carlos Aquin (Compliance officer for Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 13 Nevada), Centra Properties (James Stuart, Kenneth Sullivan), Chrysanthy Tsakopoulos Investments (developer) in Sacramento, Clark County Democratic Party, Committee to Elect Chris Giunchigliani, Coast Casinos, Lisa Collis of Virginia (wife of former Va. Gov Mark Warner, who's tossing lots of money to NV Democrats with his Forever Together PAC), Republic Disposal Urban Maintenance, Republic Environment Technologies, Deborah Rappaport of California (see Andrew Rappaport above), DRIVE Committee in D.C. (Teamsters), Education Support Employers Assn., Embarq, Employers Insurance Co. of Nevada, Monarch Casino Resort in Reno, Fire Fighters #1908 of LV, Findlay Management Group, Andy & Jodi Fonfa (Andy: real estate developer/Jodi: fitness trainer to stars), Fremont hotel, Jane & Jeffrey Gale, Garry Goett/Summerset Development, Tim Gill (Denver software giant), Health Plan of Nevada Inc., Heartland PAC, HI-PAC (Homebuilding Industry PAC), IBEW Local Union 1245 in Vacaville, Calif., IBEW Political Action Committee 357 in LV, IGT, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades in Henderson, William Jacobs (Stonewall Democratic Club of LV), John Rhodes DDS/Rhodes Companies, John Rhodes DDS/Heritage Land Co. LLC, John Rhodes DDS/Sedora Holding LLC, Joseph Quagliana MD, Katina Tsakopoulos Investments (developer) in Sacramento, KCWY in Wyoming (Rogers), KTVH in Montana (Rogers), KYMA in Yuma, Ariz. (Rogers), Laura Fitzsimmons/Down the Road LLC, Law Offices of Peter McNulty in L.A., Richard Lewis/Lewis Investment Co. of Nevada LLC, Michael Liebelson/LS Power Development LLC (company teaming with Nevada Wind LLC to bring renewable energy development to White Pine County) in East Brunswick, N.J., Lorenzo Fertitta/Texas Station LLC, Operating Engineers Local 501 of L.A., Main Street Station (Boyd), The Marlon Family Trust, Michael Brown/Barrick Goldstrike Mines of Salt Lake City, Lorne Michaels of New York (Saturday Night Live creator/producer), Steven Molasky, Jenna Morton/N-M Ventures LLC (Palms), Nevada Conservation League PAC in Reno, Nevada Franchised Auto Dealers Assn., Nevada State Pipe Trades Assn., Pamela Omidyar of Los Gatos, Calif., (wife of eBay founder Pierre, who lives in Henderson), Operating Engineers Local Union, Local 3 in Reno, Oregon Trail Broadcasting Co. in Pocatello, Idaho (Rogers), Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 525 PAC, Poggemeyer Design Group, Professional Fire Fighters of Nevada, Red Rock Resort (Station), Republic Services Inc., Rich Houts of Sparks (secretary-treasurer of Building & Construction Trades Council of Northern Nevada), Perry Rogers, Ruby Mountain Broadcasting Co. (Rogers), Sam's Town (Boyd), Santa Fe Station (Station), Sheetmetal Workers Local #88 in LV, Sierra Health Services, Signature Homes/Plaster Development, Silver State 21st Century PAC, Peter Simon of Jean, Stardust (Boyd), Rollie Sturm (developer), Sunset Station, SW Regional Council of Carpenters, J. Holley Taylor of Gainesville, Fla. (retired, big Democratic donor), Peter Thomas/Thomas & Mack Co. LLC, Angelo K. Tsakopoulos of Sacramento (developer), Sofia Tsakopoulos of Carmichael, Calif. (developer), Eleni Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis of Sacramento (developer), Two Ocean Broadcasting Company in Wyoming (Rogers), UFCW Active Ballot Club General Fund in D.C. (United Food and Commercial Workers), UFCW Region 8 States Council Political Educaton Fund in Buena Park, Calif., Unite Our States PAC in D.C., USWA #4856 (United Steelworkers of America) in Henderson, Gov. Mark Warner (former Gov. of Va.), Claudine Williams (Harrah's exec), Wynn Resorts, Wynn Show Performers.

$4K from: Ed Bernstein, Art Marshall Trust Holdings, Jennifer Satre.

$3,500 from: Shilncoln PAC (Ritter), Smaxy PAC (Ritter), Brett Torino (developer).

$3K from: ACME Enterprises PAC (Ritter), Charlie Jones in Reno, Warren Volker/Capstone Management Group LLC.

$2,500 from: Association of General Contractors Build PAC, Alliance Gaming, AT&T, Bob Coffin for State Senate, Richard Bunker, Jerry Cade, Cox Communications, Ian Cumming of Wyoming (Leucadia financial holdings company chairman, ranked 226 this year on Forbes list of CEO compensations), Electrical Workers #401, Friends for Gerri Schroeder, IBEW 396 of LV, ITPEU PAC (Industrial Technical Professional Employees Union), Jan Lynn Owen of Seattle (Government Relations Manager at Washington Mutual), Ejaz Kamboz & Saba Alim MD, Kevin Kelly (attorney), Kimberly Morris/Tamarack Crossing LLC (tied to Eldorado Resorts of Reno), Maggie Carlton for State Senate Dist. 2, Michael V. Mecca/OpBiz (Aladdin), OPEIU in D.C. (Office and Professional Employees International Union), Plumbers & Pipefitters #350, Donald Points of Henderson, Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Mike Rumbolz (casino exec), Sam McMullen Strategy Group in Reno, Sierra Health & Life, Southwest Medical Associates Inc., Teamsters #631, Liz Teixeira of Carson City (wife of Carson City mayor), UFCW 711, Power Light in Berkeley, Calif.

SUMMARY:

In terms of lumped sums, Titus received:

$69,978 from Jim Rogers (I've included in this total money that was donated from his son, Perry, and by Andre Agassi, whom Perry manages, as well as an in-kind donation by Jim Rogers of $2,128 for supplying food and beverage at an event - this also explains why he only gave $7,850 under his name: He didn't want to go over $10,000 when combined with the in-kind donation.)

$35K from Tsakopoulos Investments of California.

$30K from Jeffrey Guinn companies -- interesting, of course, in that Guinn is the son of outgoing Gov. Kenny Guinn and a registered Republican, and Titus slammed Jim Gibson in '05 for accepting money from Guinn (This is old news to many - it was reported in late August when the donations were made).

She also received $25K from Boyd (and another $5K from Coast), $25K from Station, $25K from Harrah's, $20K from ex-Va. Gov. Mark Warner's interests, $20K from Goett/Canarelli, $17K from Greenspun family members, $15K from John Rhodes (Jim's brother, who gave up a 14-year career as a doctor to join Jim's business a couple of years ago), $15K from Steven Molasky, $15K from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees in D.C., $10K from Pinnacle, $10K from Ritter, $10K from Wynn.

By category, Titus had major donations totalling:

$260,000 from developers/construction industry/unions/related PACs.

$161,000 from casino owners/gaming interests.