Connect the Dots
We pulled every public record we could find: campaign finance, sponsored bills, committee assignments, IRS Form 990 data for her employer, federal personal contributions. We then cross-referenced them. The pattern that emerged is below. We name no conclusions; we cite every source. AD-42 voters make the call.
The five-source overlap
Every finding on this page comes from at least two independent public-record sources cross-referenced inside the nv_civic_platform warehouse. We do not paraphrase. We do not summarize. We cite the table, the candidate ID, the bill number, and the date.
1. The Opportunity Village Problem
This is the single most consequential set of facts on this page. Read it slowly.
Three roles, one person, simultaneous
- Chief Administrative Officer, Opportunity Village — a Las Vegas nonprofit serving adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The organization's combined entities — EIN 880272831 Foundation + EIN 886003567 Association — report $175 million in combined assets and $82.6 million in combined annual income. The single largest funding stream for the disability-services portion of Opportunity Village's operations is the Nevada Medicaid program.
- Chair, Assembly Health and Human Services Committee (Nevada 83rd Session, 2025) — the committee that originates and reports out every bill that touches Nevada Medicaid reimbursement, disability-services policy, and HHS regulation in the State of Nevada.
- Member, Assembly Ways and Means Committee (Nevada 83rd Session, 2025) — the committee that controls Nevada state appropriations, including the appropriation for the Division of Public and Behavioral Health and the appropriation for Medicaid.
- Official NELIS legislator profile, Assembly District 42 — verifies all roles above, including committee assignments for the 82nd (2023) and 83rd (2025) sessions.
Sources: NELIS legislator profile; IRS Exempt Organization Master File (EINs 880272831 and 886003567); Opportunity Village public staff/board directory; Ballotpedia.
Officer compensation — six-figure salary while legislating over the funding stream
Opportunity Village Foundation (EIN 880272831), IRS Form 990 officer-compensation line, tax-period totals:
| Tax Year | Total Revenue | Officer Compensation (Form 990 line) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $19,943,702 | $205,055 | 990 PDF |
| 2021 | $11,360,052 | $235,110 | 990 PDF |
| 2020 | $8,390,330 | $301,879 | 990 PDF |
| 2019 | $9,171,830 | $258,664 | 990 PDF |
Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer for EIN 880272831 (Opportunity Village Foundation), Form 990 line 5 (Total compensation of current officers). The 990 publishes total officer comp but does not break it out by individual; Tracy Brown-May has served as CAO of Opportunity Village throughout this period.
She sponsored bills that affect her employer's industry
Bills primary-sponsored by Tracy Brown-May in the 2025 Nevada State Assembly session that touch the regulatory environment of her employer Opportunity Village:
- AB247 — Revises provisions relating to the accommodation of persons with physical disabilities at certain public meetings; requires CART software in newly-designed public buildings; adds ASL to the foreign-language curriculum.
- AB407 — Requires original-equipment manufacturers of disability-related equipment to make documentation, parts, and tools available for diagnosis, maintenance, or repair (a "right to repair" bill for disability equipment).
- AB284 — Requires the Director of HHS to seek to establish Medicaid reimbursement rates for vagus nerve stimulation therapy devices and replacement parts. Makes a state appropriation.
- AB202 — Revises managed-care organization dispute-resolution rules; tilts the regulatory environment for healthcare insurers.
Source: Nevada Legislature 83rd Session via NELIS bill_metadata where primary_sponsor matches Brown-May. Click any bill number to read the full text on the NV Legislature website.
Her state campaign committee paid $10,000 to her employer's foundation
During the 2024-2025 reporting cycle, Tracy Brown-May's official state campaign committee — the same entity that received $600,170 in donations — paid $10,000 to the Opportunity Village Foundation as a campaign expense. The transaction is on her own filed expense report.
Source: Nevada Secretary of State Aurora campaign-finance portal — search candidate filings for "Brown-May" (candidate ID 15940), open the most recent Contributions & Expenses Report, and review the Expenses tab for "Opportunity Village Foundation" entries.
2. Donor Sectors → Legislation They Care About
We do not assert causation. We present the correlations. Where a donor industry gave a measurable contribution and she voted on or sponsored a bill of measurable interest to that industry, both facts are reported, with bill numbers and totals.
Big Pharma + Corporate Healthcare
$62,000PhRMA, HCA, United Health, Nevada HealthPAC, Healthy Nevada PAC, AMR Holdco
Sponsored AB202 (managed-care insurer rules) and AB107 (foster home background-check removal). Voted NAY on AB346 (medical aid in dying) — out of step with caucus. Chairs the Assembly HHS Committee that originates every healthcare bill.
Strip Casinos + Gaming
$48,000MGM Resorts, Boyd Gaming
AD-42 is suburban southwest Las Vegas — the Strip is in AD-13. Strip casino contributions to a non-Strip district representative are worth a voter's attention. Voted with the caucus on every gaming-friendly bill in the 2025 session.
Public-employee + Private Unions
$44,106AFSCME, SEIU Local 1107, Teamsters Local 357
Voted YEA on every state-employee benefit, pension-revision, and union-friendly bill on the 2025 floor calendar. Voted YEA 655 of 661 floor votes — a 99.1% party-line record.
Real Estate + Construction
$39,000Nevada Realtors PAC, Summerlin developers, Las Vegas Paving
Sits on Growth and Infrastructure Committee (Vice Chair for the 2025 session — every land-use, transportation, and zoning bill in the chamber).
Trial Lawyer PACs
$13,500Citizens for Justice Trust (Nevada Justice Association)
Voted YEA on AB451 (civil immunity revisions for firearm dealers and law enforcement) and other liability bills. Trial lawyers have a direct economic interest in immunity reform.
Utilities + Mining + Telecom
$41,250Southwest Gas, Nevada Power, Nevada Gold Mines, Cox Communications
Voted YEA on AB530 (expanding fuel-tax authority in larger counties — Clark County included). Sits on Growth and Infrastructure Committee that regulates utility rates and easements.
Source: aurora.campaignfinance_cntrbt_64049_043026114945 + cntrbtrs_64049_043026114945 cross-referenced against nelis.state_roll_call_votes + bill_metadata + bill_sponsors, all for candidateid='15940' and session='83rd-2025'.
3. Vendor Spend — Where the Money Goes
Tracy Brown-May's campaign committee paid $492,607.43 in expenses across 576 transactions in the 2024-2025 cycle. The top vendors:
- Mad Dog Mail — Yulee, FL — $131,243 across 34 transactions. Out-of-state direct-mail vendor.
- Ampersand Strategies — Philadelphia, PA — $75,220 across 7 transactions. Out-of-state political-consulting firm.
- Zero Week Solutions — Ventura, CA — $25,460 across 2 transactions. Out-of-state strategy vendor.
- Blink Direct Mail — Wheat Ridge, CO — $22,214 across 4 transactions. Out-of-state mail vendor.
- The Marlette — Carson City, NV — $16,240 (NV vendor).
- Pioneer Management + Pioneer NV Inc — Carson City, NV — $20,638 (Carson City consulting).
- Opportunity Village Foundation — Las Vegas, NV — $10,000 (one transaction — her own employer).
Out-of-state vendors received approximately $250,000 — about half of all expenses — for direct mail and political consulting. Las Vegas vendors received the smaller share.
Source: aurora.campaignfinance_expn_64049_043026114945 cross-referenced against cntrbtrs_64049_043026114945 for payee names and locations.
4. Personal Donations Out — Where Tracy Spends Her Own Money
Tracy Brown-May's own outgoing political contributions reveal her partisan alignment. Records pulled from both state and federal databases:
Federal: $500 total to Harris Victory Fund (FEC committee C00744946) on May 21, 2024 — Vice President Kamala Harris's joint fundraising committee for the 2024 presidential election. Two contributions of $250 each. Verify: FEC individual-contribution search for Brown-May, Tracy in NV.
Nevada state-level (Aurora):
- $500 to Assemblymember Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod (D — Las Vegas)
- $64 to Assemblymember Daniele Monroe-Moreno (D — North Las Vegas) — current Speaker
- $500 self-contribution to her own AD-42 campaign committee
For an AD-42 voter looking for evidence of partisan loyalty vs district-first independence, the record is clear: every outgoing political dollar from Tracy Brown-May went to a national or state Democratic-party committee or candidate.
Source: fec.indiv_24 + aurora.campaignfinance_cntrbt cross-referenced.
5. What the Law Says
NRS 281A.420 requires every Nevada public officer to disclose any "private commitment" that "would materially affect" the public officer's "independence of judgment."
NRS 281A.430 prohibits a public officer from voting on a matter in which the officer has an "accepted gift or loan, pecuniary interest or commitment in a private capacity" sufficient to "materially affect the independence of judgment of a reasonable person."
We do not adjudicate. The Nevada Commission on Ethics does. AD-42 voters should be aware that the cross-references above are visible to the Commission, to the news media, and to any opposition operative with a curl command and access to the same public records we used. The Commission's Request for Opinion form is publicly available.
Official Source Index
Every claim on this page is independently verifiable at one of the following public-record sources. Most of them are one-click; the bulk-data tables we used to aggregate are listed at the bottom for completeness.
Nevada Legislature (NELIS)
- Official NELIS legislator profile — Assembly District 42 (83rd Session, 2025)
- Same profile, 82nd Session (2023) — for prior-session committee assignments
- Assembly Health and Human Services Committee — 83rd Session (Tracy is Chair)
- Assembly Ways and Means Committee — 83rd Session (Tracy is Member)
- 83rd Session bill index — search any bill number, every floor vote and amendment is published
- NRS Chapter 281A — Nevada Ethics in Government Law
Nevada Secretary of State (Aurora campaign-finance portal)
- NV SOS Aurora campaign-finance search — search candidate by name "Brown-May" (candidate ID 15940)
- Direct CEFD candidate search
- NV Attorney General — election-law enforcement
IRS / Nonprofit Records (Opportunity Village)
- Opportunity Village Foundation (EIN 880272831) — ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
- Opportunity Village Association (EIN 886003567) — ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search — search "Opportunity Village" or by either EIN
- Opportunity Village leadership directory
- Tracy Brown-May staff page at Opportunity Village (CAO role confirmation)
Federal Election Commission (FEC)
- FEC individual-contributions search — Brown-May, Tracy in NV
- Harris Victory Fund (FEC committee C00744946) — official committee page
- FEC.gov bulk data portal
Nevada Commission on Ethics
- Nevada Commission on Ethics — home
- Request for Opinion form — any Nevada citizen can request an advisory opinion
- Published advisory opinions — searchable archive
Third-party verification
- Ballotpedia — Tracy Brown-May
- FollowTheMoney.org — Nevada state legislator contribution database (state-level, including AD-42)
- The Nevada Independent — Carson City coverage
Our internal bulk-data tables (for replication / FOIA-style audits)
aurora.campaignfinance_cnddt_64049_043026114945 — NV SOS candidate filings (candidateid='15940')aurora.campaignfinance_cntrbt_64049_043026114945 — contributions received (486 records)aurora.campaignfinance_cntrbtrs_64049_043026114945 — contributor name/location lookupaurora.campaignfinance_expn_64049_043026114945 — campaign expenses (576 records)nelis.state_roll_call_votes — 2025 session floor votes (slug='tracy-brown-may-15940', 661 records)nelis.bill_metadata + nelis.bill_sponsors — primary sponsorship + bill text/digestnelis.committees + nelis.committee_members — committee assignmentsirs.eo_bmf_nv — IRS Exempt Organization Business Master File (Opp Village EINs 880272831 and 886003567)nonprofits.filings_with_data — IRS Form 990 financials by EIN + tax_prd_yrfec.indiv_24 + fec.cm_24 — federal individual contributions and committee master, 2024 cycle
Every 2025 bill referenced on this site
AB107·AB202·AB217·AB245·AB247·AB284·AB331·AB346·AB407·AB451·AB495·AB530·AJR9
All loaded from official public-record bulk exports. Aggregation SQL available on request to [email protected].
This is the connect-the-dots.
Every voter — Republican, Democrat, or independent — deserves a representative whose only employer is the people of AD-42.
