Notes on my 01/15/2026 C&E Filing for 01/01/2025 to 12/31/2025

Hello. In the interest of transparency, I want to address a few items reflected in my Contributions & Expenses Report filed on January 15, 2026, as required by law. The full report is publicly available on the Nevada Secretary of State’s website and can be viewed by clicking here.

Specifically, I would like to clarify one in-kind contribution, the related in-kind expense, and two additional monetary expenses.

First, the in-kind contribution.

On October 17, 2025, my campaign and I participated in a Trunk-or-Treat event hosted at the Grocery Outlet in Sparks. Ray and Angie invited community groups to participate with the goal of creating a large, safe, family-friendly event for the neighborhood.

I personally purchased Halloween decorations with my own funds, and a volunteer and friend helped decorate my car’s trunk. Unbeknownst to me, the event included a judging component, and our trunk was awarded second place.

Due to prior work obligations that were scheduled before the event was announced, I was only able to attend the first 30 minutes. My campaign manager and a volunteer remained for the rest of the event. When the winners were announced, my campaign manager accepted the second-place trophy and prize on my behalf - a $25 Grocery Outlet gift card.

Because this was an official campaign outreach activity, I believed it was appropriate to report the $25 gift card as an in-kind contribution. As the campaign did not have a practical need to use the gift card, I arranged for it to be donated to a local nonprofit, Good Shepherd’s Clothes Closet, which serves individuals and families in need. This donation is reflected as an in-kind expense corresponding to the gift card.

Now, to the two monetary expenses.

I take my responsibility as a steward of campaign funds seriously. Most of the money raised has been entrusted to me by members of our community, and I actively look for ways to spend those funds carefully and responsibly.

I have also observed situations where candidates pay their own businesses or creative agencies for campaign services, often with limited transparency once those funds move into a company account controlled by the candidate. This is a practice I aim to avoid whenever possible. When it cannot be avoided, I believe it is important to be clear and upfront about it.

In that spirit, there are two expenditures listed to Eddy Westin and Company, a business in which I am a partner alongside Julianna Gallo and Clayton Posey.

These two expenditures are $120 each and cover two separate Google Workspace (G-Suite) accounts - one for me and one for my campaign manager. I paid for both accounts for the full year in advance. These accounts are used for campaign email, data storage, shared documents, and overall campaign operations.

Why were these accounts set up through my company instead of creating a separate Google Workspace account for the campaign?

There are two reasons.

First: Cost Savings.
If the campaign had purchased standalone Google Workspace accounts, the cost would have been $16.80 per month per user, or $201.60 per year per account - $403.20 annually for two users.

By setting up the campaign accounts through my company, the campaign saves approximately $80 per user per year, or in this case, $160 dollars.

Second: Technical Management.
I manage many domain names, including SparksTogether.com, through this same administrator account. Based on my experience, managing domains and DNS in one Google Workspace environment while hosting email in a completely separate Workspace account is not possible within Google’s system (unless something changes that I am unaware of).

For both cost and administrative simplicity, this approach was the most efficient and responsible option for the campaign.

As an example, this screenshot shows a portion of my opponent’s Contributions & Expenses report, specifically highlighting Google Workspace (G-Suite) expenses over the past year. This is not offered as a critique or criticism, but simply to illustrate that these types of expenses are common and standard in political campaigns.

Their full report is publicly available and can be viewed by clicking here.

As a supporter, donor, follower, etc., if you have any questions about anything on my C&E report I encourage you to email me at hunter@sparkstogether.com.

-Hunter