In a tight race between the incumbent Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak and Sheriff Joe Lombardo, the local South Asians, primarily Indian-Americans, have donated over $354,000 to their respective campaigns.

As of October 25^th, the polls conducted by fifethirtyeight reflect a toss-up between the two candidates. Although the incumbent Governor raised 47% more than the opponent Sheriff Lombardo, the poll shows Sisolak behind 0.08 points. During the current election cycle, the Sisolak campaign raised over $230,000, while Lombardo got over $122,000 in campaign donations from the burgeoning South Asian, mostly Indian American community.  

Further analysis shows that as of December 2021, incumbent Sisolak received $122,060, while Lombardo took over $42,000 from the local South Asian community. Most of the donations reflect the community is betting on the reelection of Governor Sisolak.  Some of the same familiar Indian Americans from the past elections donated to both campaigns. In 2021, the most significant donation came from Dr. Prabhu through his multiple business entities, contributing a total of $15,000 to Sisolak. Other big donors with $10,000 each to Governor Sisolak, are Anamika and Vikas Jain, Aurangzeb Nagy, Balbir Ghosal, Chowdhury Ahsan, Elahe Naqvi, Gnani Billakanti, Lakhvir Sodhi, and Ranadev Mukherjee. Other donors with $5,000 contributions to Sisolak included Galaxy Motel (Amratbhai Patel & Arun Gupta), Khan Shahbuddin, and Las Vegas Neurology Center (Paul Janda). Only one donation of $5,000 to Joe Lombardo came from the Nevada Heart & Vascular (multiple Indian-American partners).

In 2022, the first three quarters ending September 30^th, 2022, Sisolak raised over $109,000 from the local South Asian community, while Lombardo raked in close to $80,000. Additionally, Sisolak raised over $14,000 in donations from Indian Americans across the United States. Lombardo’s big supporters and donors, with $10,000 each in contributions, include Allegiant Institute’s Dr. Jaswinder Grover, Dr. Nafees Nagy, Litigations Services (Ali Rizvi), and Paul Padda Law. During the current year, the most noteworthy donors with a donation of $10,000 each to the Sisolak campaign are Amratbhai Patel, Jaldeep Daulat, Litigation Services (Ali Rizvi), Paul Janda, and Pakistan American Nevadans Political Action Committee (Dr. Ikram Khan).  

Using multiple business entities, the most significant donor is Abdus Asif, who donated $18,800 to Governor Sisolak’s campaign. Interestingly, Litigation Services (Ali Rizvi) contributed $10,000 each to both Sisolak and Lombardo. Conversely, Akshay Verma contributed $1 to Sisolak’s reelection attempt.

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