In 2018, N&P was tapped by then-State Treasurer John Chiang to provide research and rapid response support in his bid to become the first Asian-American governor of California during the Democratic primaries.
N&P and Team Chiang unearthed evidence that one of his opponents, as mayor of Los Angeles, had endangered public safety through reckless fiscal mismanagement, prioritized self-enrichment, and profited from exploitative companies including the multilevel-marketing scheme Herbalife and Ameriquest, one of the companies that led to the housing crash in 2008.