There were at least 205 contributions made to political candidates and committees by Hennepin County employees, 82 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.
Barbara Johnston's contributions
| Committee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winred | - | Republican Party | $440 |
| Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $350 |
Other donations by employees of Hennepin County
| Employee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Martin Lefevour | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $4,750 |
| Taqwa Dardery | Tom Malinowski | Democratic Party | $2,500 |
| Patrick Steele | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $1,990 |
| Gary Nelson | - | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $1,500 |
| Joan Gabriel | Angela Dawn Craig | Democratic Party | $1,480 |
| Michael Freeman | - | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $1,250 |
| Jeanne Norrgard | - | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $1,250 |
| Seymour Gross | Tina Smith | Democratic Party | $1,225 |
| Sara Wahl | Antone Melton-Meaux | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $1,100 |
| Gretchen Gray-Larson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,055 |
| Catherine Dunaway | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $1,046 |
| Wayne Ganzhorn | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Thomas Barrett | Tina Smith | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Peter Mclaughlin | Tina Smith | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Nancy Mclean | Tina Smith | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Joseph Scala | Antone Melton-Meaux | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $1,000 |
| Gerald Tyrrell | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Jared Mollenkof | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $966 |
| Seymour Gross | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $890 |
| Timothy Hart | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $823 |
| Seymour Gross | Raul Ruiz | Democratic Party | $823 |
| Amy Sweasy | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Helen Burke | Tina Smith | Democratic Party | $720 |
| Martin Munic | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $700 |
| Barbara Burckhardt | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $677 |
| Seymour Gross | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $660 |
| Marion Greene | Angela Dawn Craig | Democratic Party | $650 |
| Seymour Z. Gross | - | Democratic Party | $615 |
| Stephen Smith | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $600 |
| Mark Chapin | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $600 |
| Helen Burke | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $575 |
| Brian Mccullough | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $570 |
| Dawn Nguyen | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $567 |
| Dennis Dyce | - | $560 | |
| Seymour Gross | - | $555 | |
| Seymour Gross | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $547 |
| Seymour Gross | - | $522 | |
| Logan Keith | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $521 |
| Helen Burke | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $516 |
| Helen Burke | Ammar Campa-Najjar | Democratic Party | $505 |
| Tom Schneider | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Tom Schneider | Angela Dawn Craig | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Peter Mclaughlin | Betty McCollum | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Mary M. Lynch | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Leigh Veeser | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Kelly Moller | - | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $500 |
| Kathleen Franey | - | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $500 |
| Gerald Tyrrell | - | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $500 |
| Chris Tolbert | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Bernadette Harrell | - | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $500 |
| Ann Sargent | - | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $500 |
| Seymour Z. Gross | Dean Phillips | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $475 |
| Helen Burke | - | Democratic Party | $464 |
| Seymour Z. Gross | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $450 |
| Mary Jackson | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $415 |
| Jonathan Schmidt | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Jonathan P. Schmidt | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Denise Engen | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Eric Osborn | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $396 |
| Mick Sandin | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $377 |
| Mailee Moua | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $374 |
| Mike Christenson | Daniel Feehan | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $350 |
| Anna Abruzzese | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $350 |
| Mary Sandstrom | Marianne Williamson | Democratic Party | $345 |
| Helen Burke | - | $333 | |
| Timothy Hart | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $320 |
| Helen Burke | Tina Smith | Democratic Party | $320 |
| Sierra Saunders | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $315 |
| Charles Windhorst | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Amy Sweasy | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Brendon Cullinan | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $292 |
| Kao Chang | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $280 |
| Jason Kanuit | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $275 |
| Laura G. Ross | - | $270 | |
| Jeremy Lostetter | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $270 |
| Robert Allen | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Peter Mclaughlin | Daniel Feehan | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $250 |
| Nancy Menne | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Milton Schoen | - | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $250 |
| Michael O. Freeman | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Michael Freeman | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Mark Chapin | Tina Smith | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Lorrie Adams | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Leigh Veeser | Tina Smith | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Josh Kohman | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Jennifer Muehlhausen | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Jeffrey Strand | - | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $250 |
| Janis Callison | Tina Smith | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Elizabeth L. Lo | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Daniel Rogan | Tina Smith | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Christopher Pasquarette | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Carolyn Peterson | Tina Smith | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Barbara Burckhardt | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Anna Petosky | Tricia Zunker | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Anna Abruzzese | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $248 |
| Mary Jackson | Julian Castro | Democratic Party | $243 |
| Patricia Vauk | Julian Castro | Democratic Party | $238 |
| Kristina Standingcloud | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $237 |
| Steven Jutila | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $225 |
| Sara Roseth | - | Democratic Party | $225 |
| Kristin Inman-Koval | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $225 |
| Brendon Cullinan | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $225 |
| Alex A. Erickson | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $222 |
| Sara Wahl | Tina Smith | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Sara Wahl | Angela Dawn Craig | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Margaret Daly | - | $200 | |
| Jeanne Norrgard | - | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Philip Essington | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $189 |
| Bobbi Gass | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $185 |
| Seymour Gross | Mark Pocan | Democratic Party | $155 |
| Aaron Lundholm | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $155 |
| Seymour Gross | Al Gross | Independent | $150 |
| Joanna Hirvela | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Elizabeth Gordon | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Denise Engen | Tina Smith | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Charles Parsons | - | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $150 |
| Andrew Lefevour | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Cindi Dean | - | $140 | |
| Steven Jutila | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $112 |
| Shanna Hansen | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $110 |
| Seymour Gross | Julian Castro | Democratic Party | $105 |
| Seymour Z. Gross | Betty McCollum | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Rene Krieger | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Rachael Klahr | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Nancy Speltz | - | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $100 |
| Michael D. Olmstead | Dean Phillips | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $100 |
| Mary Wahlstrand | - | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $100 |
| Martha Hardy | Ilhan Omar | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $100 |
| Mallory Anderson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Lorna Hunt Ellison | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Linda I. Higgins | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Linda Higgins | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Katherine Kardell | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Julius Jones | - | Democratic Party | $100 |
| James Paul Berka | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $100 |
| James Berka | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Howard R. Scroggins | Catherine Cortez Masto | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Emmanel Anyaogu | - | $100 | |
| Deborah Huskins | Quinn Reabe Nystrom | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $100 |
| Albert Goins | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Derek Zumbach | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $87 |
| Carolyn Peterson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $85 |
| Mary Murray | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $81 |
| Julie Hanson | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $77 |
| Pam Piwko | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $75 |
| Helen Burke | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $75 |
| Helen Burke | - | Democratic Party | $75 |
| Karen Marquardt | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $70 |
| Gay Grymes | Tina Smith | Democratic Party | $70 |
| Gay Grymes | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $55 |
| Nicole Linet | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $54 |
| Luke Sloan | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $54 |
| Alex Erickson | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $54 |
| Laura G. Ross | - | Democratic Party | $53 |
| Sara Wahl | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $52 |
| Tawnya Gelle | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Seymour Gross | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Martha Hardy | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Lawrence Wiesner | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Kristin Johnson | Theresa Greenfield | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Julius Jones Jr. | - | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Jillian Dease | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Helen Burke | Daniel Feehan | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $50 |
| Helen Burke | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Gref Home | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Gerry Tyrrell | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Deborah Huskins | Angela Dawn Craig | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Rick Sheridan | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $47 |
| Michael Mingo | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $47 |
| Catherine Mcmahon | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $47 |
| Roberta Kemp | - | $45 | |
| Seymour Gross | - | $42 | |
| Toshiko Yamada-Nevells | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $40 |
| Susan Crumb | Tina Smith | Democratic Party | $35 |
| Susan B. Crumb | Tina Smith | Democratic Party | $35 |
| Patricia Nevin | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $35 |
| Marcia Van Gorden | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $35 |
| Joanna Corlett | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $35 |
| Kevin Wynn | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $30 |
| Vaughan Harries | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $27 |
| Seymour Gross | Ruben Gallego | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Molly Hoff | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Marc Simcox | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Logan Keith | Tina Smith | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Judith Tiede | - | $25 | |
| Jo Marsicano | Kamala D. Harris | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Dennis W. Dyce | - | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Dennis Dyce | - | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Albert Goins | Michael Espy | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Laura G. Ross | - | Democratic Party | $23 |
| Brian Mccullough | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $22 |
| Lawson Brown | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $20 |
| Glenn Mcdavid | - | $20 | |
| Alexandra Leis | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $20 |
| Helen Burke | Adam Schiff | Democratic Party | $18 |
| Kristi Olzeske | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $15 |
| Corryn Wilson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $15 |
| Andrea Bentrud | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $15 |
| Devan Blanchard | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $13 |
| Michael Wilkinson | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $10 |
| Lori Adderley-Frame | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $10 |
| Helen Burke | Adam Schiff | Democratic Party | $6 |
| Michael Mingo | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $5 |
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