There were at least 287 contributions made to political candidates and committees by Sandia National Labs employees, 57.5 percent of which have gone to Democratic Party causes and candidates.
According to the Federal Elections Commission, donations made to political groups or candidates must be disclosed under state law for greater transparency in elections. In a study by opensecrets.org, they found the state with the highest percentage of contributions going to Democrats was Vermont with over 86-percent of the money going to Democratic candidates and committees. The most Republican-leaning state was Mississippi with over 71-percent of the money going to Republican candidates and committees.
Other donations by employees of Sandia National Labs
| Employee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Mitchell | - | Republican Party | $3,000 |
| Jeff Mitchell | Mark Ronchetti | Republican Party | $3,000 |
| Daniel Pless | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| Maryann Sweeney | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,650 |
| Leslie Phinney | - | Democratic Party | $2,500 |
| Harry Moffat | - | Republican Party | $2,250 |
| Ben Werner | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| Harry Moffat | Stella Yvette Herrell | Republican Party | $1,750 |
| William Spotz | - | $1,730 | |
| Samuel Carey | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $1,700 |
| Gary Grest | John Robert Lewis | Democratic Party | $1,700 |
| Robert Hill | - | Republican Party | $1,567 |
| Jeff Tsao | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $1,500 |
| Derek Trumbo | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,500 |
| Derek Trumbo | - | Democratic Party | $1,500 |
| Mary Ann Sweeney | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,450 |
| Jacob Henshaw | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,400 |
| Ann Gentile | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $1,400 |
| Sandeepan Dasgupta | Tulsi Gabbard | Democratic Party | $1,390 |
| Lisa Mondy | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,350 |
| Frank Cranfill | - | Republican Party | $1,340 |
| Leonard Lorence | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,300 |
| Michael Levenhagen | - | Republican Party | $1,200 |
| Jane M. Poppenger | - | Democratic Party | $1,150 |
| Timothy Draelos | - | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| Ta Mason | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Steven Sobolik | Scyller Borglum | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| Michael Burns | - | $1,000 | |
| Leslie Phinney | - | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Dennis Dinge | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| David Borns | John W. Hickenlooper | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Rodney Woodstra | - | Democratic Party | $950 |
| Frank M. Cranfill | - | Republican Party | $947 |
| Sara Brown | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $904 |
| Joe Shelton | - | $900 | |
| Sara Brown | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $882 |
| Sara J. Brown | - | Democratic Party | $879 |
| Cecelia V. Williams | - | Republican Party | $850 |
| Louie Chavez | - | Republican Party | $810 |
| Phillip Cotton | - | Republican Party | $764 |
| Pamela Pott | - | Republican Party | $750 |
| Michael Bencomo | Debra Haaland | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Leslie Phinney | - | $750 | |
| Leslie Phinney | - | $750 | |
| Harry Moffat | - | Republican Party | $750 |
| Felix Wang | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Daniel Penick | Marianne Williamson | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Conrad James | - | Republican Party | $750 |
| Janet Williams | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $738 |
| Ann Gentile | - | $725 | |
| Gary S. Grest | - | Democratic Party | $710 |
| Robert Hill | - | $700 | |
| Harry K. Moffat | Dan Newhouse | Republican Party | $700 |
| Sandra Begay | Ben R. Lujan | Democratic Party | $654 |
| Betty Glover | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $650 |
| Ben Werner | Doug Jones | Democratic Party | $641 |
| Phillip Cotton | - | Republican Party | $640 |
| Lisa Sanderson | - | Republican Party | $600 |
| Gary Grest | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $570 |
| J.D. Bentley | Michelle Garcia Holmes | Republican Party | $550 |
| Barbara Mills | - | $540 | |
| Jeff Mason | - | Democratic Party | $525 |
| William Hensley | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| William C. Sweatt | - | $500 | |
| Phillip Lewis | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $500 |
| John L. Jackson | - | Democratic Party | $500 |
| John Jarocki | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Holly Dockery | Valerie Plame | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Harry Moffat | Michelle Garcia Holmes | Republican Party | $500 |
| Harry Moffat | Brett Kokinadis | Republican Party | $500 |
| H.C. Chamberlin | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Esteban Guillen | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Doug Bentley | Mark Ronchetti | Republican Party | $500 |
| David R. Gardner | - | Republican Party | $500 |
| David Borns | Steve Bullock | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Daniel Pless | Nancy Goroff | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Curt Kuper | Elisa Martinez | Republican Party | $500 |
| Conrad James | Mark Ronchetti | Republican Party | $500 |
| Sandra Begay | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $487 |
| Munaf Aamir | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $450 |
| Jane Poppenger | - | Democratic Party | $450 |
| Deborah Fincke | Mark Ronchetti | Republican Party | $450 |
| Alexander Wirth | - | Republican Party | $434 |
| Salomon Martinez | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Leonard Lorence | - | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Samuel Moran | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $395 |
| Phil Zelle | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $393 |
| Jason Rauch | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $375 |
| Hannah Wood | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $375 |
| Dan Puckett | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $375 |
| Alejandro Ramirez | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $372 |
| Sara Brown | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $366 |
| Salvador Rodriguez | - | Republican Party | $351 |
| Ryan Dellana | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $350 |
| Patrick Burton | Jay R. Inslee | Democratic Party | $350 |
| Ben Werner | Anthony Brindisi | Democratic Party | $346 |
| Sara Brown | - | Democratic Party | $342 |
| Heeho Park | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $342 |
| Kenneth A. Lies | - | Democratic Party | $340 |
| Sandra Begay | Ben R. Lujan | Democratic Party | $331 |
| Harry Cincotta | - | Republican Party | $330 |
| Ann Chavez | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $315 |
| Theodore Chris Grabowski | - | Republican Party | $300 |
| Ryan Andersen | Beto O'Rourke | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Robert S. Joyce | - | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Robert Hill | - | Republican Party | $300 |
| Robert Brown | - | $300 | |
| Lynnis Jacks | - | Republican Party | $300 |
| Lisa Mondy | - | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Harry K. Moffat | Dan Sullivan | Republican Party | $300 |
| Gary Wright | - | Republican Party | $300 |
| David L. Hanson | - | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Curt Kuper | Elisa Martinez | Republican Party | $300 |
| Collin Epstein | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Ben Werner | Steve Bullock | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Ben Werner | Raphael Warnock | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Ben Werner | Barbara Bollier | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Ben Werner | Jonathan T. Ossoff | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Ben Werner | John W. Hickenlooper | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Ben Werner | Al Gross | Independent | $300 |
| Ben Werner | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Ben Werner | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Ben Werner | Michael Espy | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Ben Werner | Xochitl Torres Small | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Ben Werner | Mary Jennings M.J. Hegar | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Ben Werner | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Aseneth Lopez | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Leonard Lorence | Theresa Greenfield | Democratic Party | $275 |
| Guillermo Hernandez | Barbara Bollier | Democratic Party | $275 |
| Chris Russell | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $275 |
| Ryan Brasure | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $270 |
| Erik Olson | - | $270 | |
| Matt Lane | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $262 |
| Janet Williams | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $260 |
| Caleb Ellington | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $256 |
| Joseph Mock | - | Republican Party | $254 |
| Alfred Cochrane | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $254 |
| Mary L. Compton | - | Democratic Party | $253 |
| Eric Parker | Ben R. Lujan | Democratic Party | $253 |
| William Cordwell | Mark Ronchetti | Republican Party | $250 |
| William Cordwell | Michelle Garcia Holmes | Republican Party | $250 |
| Timothy Draelos | - | Republican Party | $250 |
| Timothy Draelos | Mark Ronchetti | Republican Party | $250 |
| Steven Larson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Sandeepan Dasgupta | - | Republican Party | $250 |
| Samuel Kunzman | - | Republican Party | $250 |
| Pamela Pott | Mark Ronchetti | Republican Party | $250 |
| Pamela Pott | Michelle Garcia Holmes | Republican Party | $250 |
| Michael Bencomo | Ben R. Lujan | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Mark Maes | - | Republican Party | $250 |
| Mark Maes | Mark Ronchetti | Republican Party | $250 |
| Lori Parrott | Xochitl Torres Small | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Lisa Mondy | - | $250 | |
| Lisa Mondy | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Leslie Phinney | - | $250 | |
| Leslie Phinney | Ben R. Lujan | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Leslie Phinney | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Karen Schoendaller | James D. Jordan | Republican Party | $250 |
| Joseph Mock | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $250 |
| John Franklin | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| James Carleton | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Isaac Romero | Marco Serna | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Holly Dockery | - | $250 | |
| Harold Hjalmarson | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Dianne Murray | - | $250 | |
| Dianne Kathleen Murray | - | $250 | |
| Darcie Farrow | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Conrad James | Stella Yvette Herrell | Republican Party | $250 |
| Carl Prestwich | - | Republican Party | $250 |
| Carl Prestwich | - | Republican Party | $250 |
| Betty Glover | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Arturo Nieto Gonzales | - | $250 | |
| Aaron Williams | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Rick Harris | Dan Sullivan | Republican Party | $245 |
| Harry Cincotta | - | Republican Party | $241 |
| Erik Olson | - | Republican Party | $240 |
| Eliseo Martinez | - | Republican Party | $240 |
| Heather Herrera | - | Republican Party | $235 |
| Eric Detlefs | - | Republican Party | $235 |
| Allison Routson | - | Republican Party | $234 |
| Margaret Caledon | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $225 |
| Karen Schoendaller | Ted Cruz | Republican Party | $225 |
| Erik Ellis | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $225 |
| Eric Parker | - | Democratic Party | $225 |
| Gary A. Wright | - | Republican Party | $209 |
| Theodore Grabowski | - | $205 | |
| Theodore Chris Grabowski | - | $205 | |
| Thomas Van Cleave | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Thomas Van Cleave | Martin Trevor Heinrich | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Sharon Stoffels | Teresa Leger | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Sandeepan Dasgupta | Tulsi Gabbard | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Robert Hohlfelder | - | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Paul Claassen | - | Republican Party | $200 |
| Munaf Aamir | - | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Michael Frank | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Kenneth A. Lies | - | Democratic Party | $200 |
| John Jackson | - | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Jeff Gluth | Xochitl Torres Small | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Janet Williams | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Harry Cincotta | Lindsey Olin Graham | Republican Party | $200 |
| Collin Epstein | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Collin Epstein | - | $200 | |
| Clifford Ho | - | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Clayton Pryor | - | Republican Party | $200 |
| Ben Werner | Theresa Greenfield | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Salvador Rodriguez | - | Republican Party | $198 |
| Noela Teague | - | Republican Party | $181 |
| Kenneth Rudinger | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $180 |
| Kenneth Rudinger | Theresa Greenfield | Democratic Party | $180 |
| Kenneth Rudinger | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $180 |
| Kenneth Rudinger | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $180 |
| Kenneth Rudinger | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $180 |
| Crystal Stein | - | Republican Party | $179 |
| Rick Harris | - | Republican Party | $175 |
| Janet Williams | Ben R. Lujan | Democratic Party | $175 |
| Sara Brown | - | Democratic Party | $170 |
| David F. Aldridge | Ben R. Lujan | Democratic Party | $167 |
| Sara Brown | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $165 |
| Sara Brown | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $165 |
| Leonard Lorence | Steve Bullock | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Gary Grest | - | Democratic Party | $150 |
| David Aldridge | - | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Antoinette Doyle | - | Republican Party | $150 |
| Steve Sanderson | - | Republican Party | $147 |
| Gary Wright | - | Republican Party | $142 |
| Robert Cowen | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $140 |
| Lenora Baca | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $139 |
| Leonard Lorence | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $125 |
| Joseph P. Carney | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $125 |
| Christina Gilbert | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $110 |
| Robin Brunt | - | Republican Party | $109 |
| Hannah Thigpen | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $108 |
| Gregory Barnes | - | Republican Party | $105 |
| Tommy Mulville | - | Republican Party | $100 |
| Tommy Mulville | Mark Ronchetti | Republican Party | $100 |
| Thomas P. Swiler | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Steven Etherington | Mark Ronchetti | Republican Party | $100 |
| Ronald E. Kidner | - | $100 | |
| Patricia Dean | - | Republican Party | $100 |
| Nancy Holt | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Manuel Rodriguez | - | Republican Party | $100 |
| Lynnis Jacks | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $100 |
| John Red-Horse | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Jennifer Pandazis | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $100 |
| David Ostgulen | - | Republican Party | $100 |
| Darcie Farrow | - | $100 | |
| Clayton Pryor | Mark Ronchetti | Republican Party | $100 |
| Barbara Mills | - | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Antoinette Doyle | Dan Newhouse | Republican Party | $100 |
| Gary Pettee | - | Republican Party | $99 |
| Heeho Park | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $97 |
| Ann Gentile | - | $95 | |
| Ann Gentile | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $93 |
| Phil Zelle | - | Democratic Party | $85 |
| Frank Cranfill | - | Republican Party | $82 |
| Tim Roberts | Mark Ronchetti | Republican Party | $80 |
| Fred Hartman | - | Republican Party | $79 |
| Crystal Stein | - | Republican Party | $77 |
| Terri Mcabee | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $75 |
| Martha Vickers | - | Republican Party | $75 |
| Mark Poiles | Mark Ronchetti | Republican Party | $75 |
| Olaf Juveland | Elisa Martinez | Republican Party | $72 |
| Jesse Crawford | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $54 |
| Sebastian Quimbay-Nolasco | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Leonard Lorence | - | $50 | |
| David Davis | - | Republican Party | $50 |
| David Davis | Mark Ronchetti | Republican Party | $50 |
| Augustine Lucero | - | Republican Party | $50 |
| Andrew Collins | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Thomas Gaffney | - | $40 | |
| Martin Bachicha | - | Republican Party | $34 |
| Gary Grest | Martin Trevor Heinrich | Democratic Party | $30 |
| Felix Wang | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $30 |
| Phillip Lewis | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $27 |
| Josh Robbins | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $27 |
| Christopher Woehrle | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $27 |
| William Gruner | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Terri Duffy | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Patricia Selcher | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Michael Bejarano | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Kenneth Lies | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Harry Cincotta | Daniel Crenshaw | Republican Party | $25 |
| Ann Gentile | Sara Gideon | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Sara Brown | - | Democratic Party | $23 |
| Mary L. Compton | - | Democratic Party | $15 |
| Barbara Mills | Tom Udall | Democratic Party | $10 |
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