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LAS VEGAS – Morgun Sholty submitted separate ethics complaints against State Treasurer Zach Conine and Deputy Treasurer Tya Mathis-Coleman, alleging that official communications and taxpayer-funded resources are being used to advance Mathis-Coleman’s campaign to succeed Conine.

The complaints cite dozens of social media posts published during Mathis-Coleman’s candidacy for Nevada State Treasurer on the Treasurer’s Office’s official government X, Facebook, and Instagram accounts. The posts highlight Mathis-Coleman but make no mention of the office’s five other deputy treasurers.

A particularly blatant example of government resources being used to benefit Mathis-Coleman’s campaign occurred on February 11, 2026, the day she announced her campaign with Conine’s endorsement. That day, every official State Treasurer’s Office social media account highlighted Mathis-Coleman’s role in a departmental retreat and featured a photo of Treasurer’s Office staff surrounding her.

“Nevadans pay for a Treasurer’s Office—not a campaign operation for the Treasurer’s preferred successor,” Sholty, a Las Vegas-based business owner, said. “Government employees, government accounts, and government money should never be used to help an insider trying to win an election.”

A 76-page evidence binder accompanies the complaints. The complaints also seek an investigation into possible taxpayer-funded campaign travel and campaigning on paid State time without appropriate leave, citing a reported April 7 Reno fundraiser, an October 1 school appearance, and anonymous Treasurer’s Office employees’ concerns about Mathis-Coleman failing to devote adequate time to her $182,000-a-year taxpayer-funded job while campaigning.

Sholty says Treasury’s responses to his basic public records requests compound the concern: the office denied many requests and set anticipated review or response dates of December 4, 2026, and March 12, 2027—after the November 3 election—for others. The requested records could substantiate the allegations or demonstrate proper conduct.

“This is publicity now and accountability later,” Sholty said. “The office is clearly functioning as a campaign team for Mathis-Coleman, while refusing to provide records that would determine whether public resources are being misused to benefit her candidacy. Taxpayers deserve answers, but what we’re getting is improper behavior by the Treasurer’s Office to hide corruption, abuse of power, and campaigning with Nevadans’ hard-earned tax dollars.”

The complaints ask the Nevada Commission on Ethics to immediately preserve evidence, examine communications, approvals, travel, and work-and-leave records, and impose appropriate sanctions if violations are established. 

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