SCOOP: The grandson of Old Vegas is building a new Nevada Republican machine

SUMMERLIN, Nevada — 

Businessman Albert Mack lost a contentious GOP primary in June. Two months later, the governor who endorsed against him headlined an event for his new PAC.

Mack, who recently formed his political action committee — Mack PAC — hosted Gov. Joe Lombardo (R., Nev.) for an event that raised more than $400,000 to support the governor and Nevada state candidates; donors donated $150,000, and Mack told the audience to applause that he was more than matching that sum — he announced alongside Lombardo that he was donating an additional $250,000 to Mack PAC’s 2026 efforts.

The governor spoke highly of Mack’s effort, telling the Washington Reporter that “Albert Mack is making a strong, united effort to get our Republican candidates in battleground races the resources and funds they need to win this November. I’m proud to support this work and his continued leadership through the Mack PAC.” 

The reception, hosted by Mack at the Summit Club in Summerlin, boasted a packed room of nearly 80 supporters with local candidates, including Drew Johnson, who is running for State Treasurer, as well as state legislative candidates George Harris, Assemblywoman Danielle Gallant, and Maria Thompson. The Reporter was on-site to cover the remarks from the Republicans.

All candidates spoke highly of Mack at the event and lauded his efforts to help the party apparatus. Harris told the Reporter that “the Mack PAC is a breath of fresh air for the conservative movement. Albert is doing the hard work: supporting strong candidates, advancing common-sense conservative principles, and fighting to restore accountability in government. I am proud to stand with an organization that understands our values and has the courage to fight for them.”

For Mack, his latest battle comes after his family has spent decades building Las Vegas into the city that it is today. The Mack name has been on buildings in Las Vegas longer than most of the buildings on the Strip have been standing.

His family’s Nevada story begins during the Great Depression, when Mack’s great grandfather borrowed $500 to buy a tow truck. The Hoover Dam was under construction, and the heavy equipment needed constant moving, and the business boomed before diversifying into other ventures. “That’s how my family got started, with one tow truck,” Mack said in a February interview on Nevada Newsmakers of how the Mack Trucks company got its start.

A generation later, Mack’s grandfather Jerry Mack partnered with E. Parry Thomas to co-found the Bank of Las Vegas, which grew into Valley Bank of Nevada. In the late 1960s it was the only bank willing to finance hotel-casino projects, and it staked Steve Wynn at the start of his career. 

Jerome Mack also worked with Maude Frazier and Archie Grant in the 1950s to establish Nevada Southern College, which became UNLV. He and Thomas launched a land foundation in 1967 that added 400 acres to the campus, and the two men funded the basketball arena that carries their names.

For a kid growing up in the valley, that legacy landed sideways at first. “I think when you’re a kid, everything’s exciting, so going to Thomas & Mack and seeing a game, and seeing your name up there or your family name up there didn’t really click,” Mack said. “But for me, my grandfather was my North Star. He instilled in me that it’s not enough to simply be in the community and build for your family, you must also be a member of the community by giving back and building for the community that aided in your success.”

Mack is now chief executive officer of TBD Group, a private equity firm that invests in mid-size businesses across hospitality, technology, marketing, and manufacturing. He has also served on the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s Use of Force Board.

Mack’s family has been involved in building Las Vegas for years, but he himself has been on the board of UNLV Business School. Charitably, he’s worked closely with Opportunity Village, Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Three Square, which provides meals for families, the Burn Foundation for firefighters, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Foundation, and the Goodie Two Shows Foundation, which provides shoes for school age children.

So for Mack, public service was a logical outgrowth of his philanthropic efforts in Nevada. In October 2025, Mack launched a campaign for Clark County Commission District F, entering the race to replace Democratic Commissioner Justin Jones, who had announced the previous month that he would not seek re-election. The district covers roughly 375,000 people across portions of Enterprise, Spring Valley, Henderson, and rural communities including Blue Diamond, Goodsprings, Sandy Valley, Primm, and Sloan.

It quickly became one of the most expensive and most bitter local races in the state. Mack raised $1.2 million, but came up just short in the June primary to current Assemblywoman Heidi Kasama.

Most first-time candidates who lose a primary go back to their day jobs. But after thanking his supporters, Mack posted a statement congratulating Kasama and said he was not going anywhere.

Mack PAC is what he meant. The committee is organized around six planks, he explained to the Reporter: low and stable taxes, functional public safety, spending transparency, deregulation for small business and the trades, a growth-oriented economy, and constitutional rights. The stated mission is to move money and organizational muscle into Nevada’s most competitive districts.

Mack added that he wants the PAC to help Lombardo win reelection, win the Nevada Senate majority, and defeat a Democratic supermajority in the Nevada Assembly. 

For a first-cycle committee run by a candidate who lost a primary two months ago, the endorsement list is the tell. Mack has been lauded by the party brass and elected officials up and down the ticket from Nevada Republican Party Chairman Michael McDonald to Lieutenant Governor Stavros Anthony, and Clark County Commissioner April Becker.

“I am so excited that Albert is staying in the fight and lending conservative candidates his support. His business credentials and determination are an asset and example for all Republicans,” Becker told the Reporter.

“Republicans win when we are organized, focused, and willing to invest in the races that matter most,” McDonald added. I applaud Albert Mack for launching The Mack PAC and putting his energy behind conservative candidates in Nevada’s most competitive districts. We need more leaders like Albert, who are willing to step up and stay in the fight.” 

Mack arrived at his kickoff event coming straight from the Republican Jewish Coalition’s (RJC) annual leadership summit, where he participated in the Nevada Room, announcing the RJC’s new PAC.

Following his close primary loss in June, Mack took an unusual path to ongoing political relevance in the Nevada scene, and those in the room told the Reporter that they expect both Mack and Mack PAC to remain at the forefront of the Nevada political scene for years to come.  is not the usual sequence, but it is one that Nevadans are noticing for the impact it is poised to have on races up and down the ballot in November.