There were at least 327 contributions made to political candidates and committees by City of Austin employees, 68.8 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.
Rachel Union's contributions
| Committee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wendy Davis for Congress | Wendy Davis | Democratic Party | $1,250 |
| Biden for President | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
Other donations by employees of City of Austin
| Employee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Adler | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $8,400 |
| Sahiti Karempudi | Pritesh Gandhi | Democratic Party | $8,400 |
| Robert Lamb | - | Democratic Party | $6,750 |
| Stephen Adler | Wendy Davis | Democratic Party | $5,600 |
| Sahiti Karempudi | - | $5,600 | |
| Steve Adler | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $5,100 |
| Diane Land | - | $5,000 | |
| Clifton Alexander | - | Democratic Party | $4,800 |
| Steve Adler | - | Democratic Party | $4,040 |
| Mateo Clarke | Cristina Tzintzun Ramirez | Democratic Party | $4,000 |
| Larry Louis Morris | Dan Sullivan | Republican Party | $3,700 |
| Steve Adler | Beto O'Rourke | Democratic Party | $3,600 |
| Lesley Varghese | Michael Siegel | Democratic Party | $3,300 |
| Sahiti Karempudi | Sri Preston Kulkarni | Democratic Party | $2,900 |
| Sahiti Karempudi | Christine Eady Mann | Democratic Party | $2,900 |
| Sahiti Karempudi | Wendy Davis | Democratic Party | $2,877 |
| Daren Duncan | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $2,864 |
| Steve Adler | Wendy Davis | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| Steve Adler | Julian Castro | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| Steve Adler | Michael Siegel | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| Steve Adler | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| Sahiti Karempudi | Sima Jandaghi Ladjevardian | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| Sahiti Karempudi | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| Sahiti Karempudi | Rohit Khanna | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| Diane Land | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| Gilbert Wilson | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $2,654 |
| Steve Adler | - | $2,500 | |
| Larry Louis Morris | Dan Newhouse | Republican Party | $2,375 |
| Mark Castillo | Beto O'Rourke | Democratic Party | $2,369 |
| Paul Rinn | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $2,300 |
| Clifton G. Alexander | - | Democratic Party | $2,200 |
| Stephanie Trinh | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $2,163 |
| Larry Morris | Dan Newhouse | Republican Party | $2,150 |
| Sahiti Karempudi | Beto O'Rourke | Democratic Party | $2,109 |
| Mark Edward Escott | Wesley Hunt | Republican Party | $2,000 |
| Aiden Cohen | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,874 |
| Gilbert Wilson | - | Republican Party | $1,801 |
| Gary Gilmer | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $1,793 |
| Dan Brooks | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $1,750 |
| Lee Crawford | Michael Siegel | Democratic Party | $1,650 |
| Larry Morris | Dan Sullivan | Republican Party | $1,600 |
| Nora Richardson | - | Republican Party | $1,554 |
| Shane Matthews | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $1,529 |
| Larry Louis Morris | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $1,400 |
| Larry Louis Morris | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $1,400 |
| Richard Robinson | - | Republican Party | $1,368 |
| Larry Hopkins | John Cornyn | Republican Party | $1,320 |
| Ed Poppitt | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,300 |
| Carl Brisson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,290 |
| Lee Sherman | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $1,269 |
| Robert O. Lamb | Mary Jennings M.J. Hegar | Democratic Party | $1,250 |
| Sandra Cannon | - | Republican Party | $1,206 |
| Ronald Meyerson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,100 |
| Larry Louis Morris | - | Republican Party | $1,080 |
| Sahiti Karempudi | Julie Lynn Oliver | Democratic Party | $1,050 |
| Mary Bell B. Lockhart | - | Democratic Party | $1,050 |
| Mary Pawlowski | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $1,045 |
| Humberto Rey | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,037 |
| Nora Richardson | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $1,032 |
| Robert Pitts | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $1,012 |
| Sharon Mateo | - | Republican Party | $1,009 |
| Lee Crawford | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $1,006 |
| Joanna Dwyer | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $1,002 |
| Steve Adler | John W. Hickenlooper | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Steve Adler | Julie Lynn Oliver | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Sahiti Karempudi | Al Gross | Independent | $1,000 |
| Sahiti Karempudi | Michael Siegel | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Paul Rinn | - | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| John Warren | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| David Potter | Cory A. Booker | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Dan Brooks | Wendy Davis | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Larry Louis Morris | - | $950 | |
| Gloria Mata Pennington | Julian Castro | Democratic Party | $927 |
| Robert Cherry | - | Republican Party | $911 |
| Robert Cherry | - | $911 | |
| Ivan Naranjo | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $903 |
| Jesus Pantel | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $895 |
| David Potter | Michael Siegel | Democratic Party | $888 |
| Nancy N. Williams | - | Democratic Party | $867 |
| Anne Morgan | Michael Siegel | Democratic Party | $850 |
| Heath Haddock | - | Republican Party | $805 |
| Taylor Cook | Mary Jennings M.J. Hegar | Democratic Party | $800 |
| Dan Brooks | Mary Jennings M.J. Hegar | Democratic Party | $800 |
| Sheila Balog | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $766 |
| Joe Silva | Michael Siegel | Democratic Party | $720 |
| Larry Louis Morris | Martha Mcsally | Republican Party | $701 |
| Dan Brooks | Sara Gideon | Democratic Party | $700 |
| John Gallup | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $672 |
| Mitzi Cotton | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $667 |
| Alison Alter | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $642 |
| Lee Crawford | Beto O'Rourke | Democratic Party | $600 |
| Larry Louis Morris | John Cornyn | Republican Party | $600 |
| Darrell Rochte | - | $600 | |
| Aiden Cohen | - | $575 | |
| Cory Hacker | - | Republican Party | $562 |
| Sahiti Karempudi | Lauren A. Underwood | Democratic Party | $550 |
| Lee Lawson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $550 |
| Leela Fireside | Michael Siegel | Democratic Party | $546 |
| Gilbert R. Wilson | - | Republican Party | $502 |
| Woody Raine | - | $500 | |
| Susana Carbajal | Julian Castro | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Richard -. Robinson | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $500 |
| Nicole Golden | Julie Lynn Oliver | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Michael Osborne | Wendy Davis | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Margo Frasier | - | $500 | |
| Larry Louis Morris | Sandy Smith | Republican Party | $500 |
| Katie Sternberg | Steve Bullock | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Kathryne Tovo | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $500 |
| John Warren | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Edward Poppitt | - | $500 | |
| Dan Brooks | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Clifton Alexander | - | $500 | |
| Arch Edo | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Andrew Wilson Clements | Lloyd A. Doggett | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Aiden Cohen | - | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Larry D. Hopkins | Stephen Joseph Scalise | Republican Party | $485 |
| Andrea Goldston | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $476 |
| Brian Nasky | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $450 |
| John Clary | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $445 |
| Jennifer Thomas | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $436 |
| Stephanie Trinh | Heidi Sloan | Democratic Party | $435 |
| Pedro Garza | - | Republican Party | $435 |
| Shelley Kilday | Julie Lynn Oliver | Democratic Party | $414 |
| John Cabiya | - | Republican Party | $405 |
| Randy Brownlee | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Paul Rinn | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Mishell Kneeland | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Larry Morris | Arnold Mooney | Republican Party | $400 |
| Larry Louis Morris | - | $400 | |
| Greg Canally | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Gilbert Wilson | - | Republican Party | $381 |
| Holly Jones | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $377 |
| Jennifer Billingsley | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $376 |
| Ronald Meyerson | - | Democratic Party | $375 |
| Deborah Keith | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $375 |
| Lynn E. Carter | - | Democratic Party | $360 |
| Charles Joseph K. Brisson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $350 |
| Carl Brisson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $345 |
| Larry Hopkins | - | $338 | |
| Amenity Applewhite | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $332 |
| Allison Nickle | - | Democratic Party | $330 |
| Matt Parker | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $327 |
| Johnny Hilbun | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $327 |
| Vanessa Schaefer | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $325 |
| Sharon Mateo | - | Republican Party | $325 |
| Robert Pitts | Mary Jennings M.J. Hegar | Democratic Party | $325 |
| Jim Butler | Mary Jennings M.J. Hegar | Democratic Party | $325 |
| Jason Umlas | - | $324 | |
| Larry D. Hopkins | Dan Newhouse | Republican Party | $310 |
| Amenity Applewhite | Cristina Tzintzun Ramirez | Democratic Party | $310 |
| Joshua Martin Rudow | Julie Lynn Oliver | Democratic Party | $302 |
| Sahiti Karempudi | - | $300 | |
| Sahiti Karempudi | Helane Sawsan Seikaly | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Paul Rinn | - | $300 | |
| Laura A. Esparza | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Ken Lones | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Clifton Alexander | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Clifton Alexander | - | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Larry Hopkins | - | Republican Party | $293 |
| David Fugitt | - | Republican Party | $287 |
| Michael Velarde | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $275 |
| Joshua Rudow | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $275 |
| Aiden Cohen | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $267 |
| Andre Mcmurray | - | Republican Party | $255 |
| Selena Martinez | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $252 |
| Slyman Majid | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Slyman Majid | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Shelley Kilday | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Shane Harbison | - | $250 | |
| Sarah Rigdon | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Sahiti Karempudi | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Robert Lamb | - | $250 | |
| Mark Edward Escott | Michael McCaul | Republican Party | $250 |
| Marcia Brooks | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Larry Louis Morris | Daniel Crenshaw | Republican Party | $250 |
| Kathie Tovo | Wendy Davis | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Joshua Martin Rudow | Julie Lynn Oliver | Democratic Party | $250 |
| John Warren | Steve Bullock | Democratic Party | $250 |
| John Warren | John W. Hickenlooper | Democratic Party | $250 |
| John Warren | Theresa Greenfield | Democratic Party | $250 |
| John Warren | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $250 |
| James May | Mary Jennings M.J. Hegar | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Gregorio Casar | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Emlea Chanslor | Julie Lynn Oliver | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Donald Hastings | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Danny Hall | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Dan Brooks | Al Gross | Independent | $250 |
| Dan Brooks | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Bobby Heskett | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Aiden Cohen | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Aiden Cohen | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Elizabeth Boswell | - | Republican Party | $249 |
| John Shepherd | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $243 |
| Larry Morris | - | Republican Party | $240 |
| Elizabeth Boswell | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $237 |
| Paige Ellis | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $236 |
| James Guillory | John Cornyn | Republican Party | $225 |
| Brydan Mcneely | Heidi Sloan | Democratic Party | $225 |
| David Potter | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $221 |
| Jonathan Regalado | - | $220 | |
| Jim Butler | - | Democratic Party | $211 |
| Mark Castillo | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $205 |
| Evelyn Herron | - | Republican Party | $205 |
| William Reiner Jr. | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| William Reiner Jr. | Julie Lynn Oliver | Democratic Party | $200 |
| William Reiner Jr. | Mary Jennings M.J. Hegar | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Sarah Grooms | - | Republican Party | $200 |
| Sahiti Karempudi | Julie Lynn Oliver | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Ronald Meyerson | - | $200 | |
| Robert Lamb | - | $200 | |
| Rachel Tepper | Heidi Sloan | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Nora Richardson | - | Republican Party | $200 |
| Nancy Williams | Beto O'Rourke | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Lee Crawford | Michael Siegel | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Larry Morris | Martha Mcsally | Republican Party | $200 |
| Larry Morris | Kevin McCarthy | Republican Party | $200 |
| Larry Louis Morris | Guy Reschenthaler | Republican Party | $200 |
| Larry Louis Morris | Jeffrey D. Duncan | Republican Party | $200 |
| Larry L. Morris | Thomas Cotton | Republican Party | $200 |
| Kerry O'Connor | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Ken Lones | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Joshua Rudow | Mary Jennings M.J. Hegar | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Dan Brooks | Steve Bullock | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Dan Brooks | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Dan Brooks | Theresa Greenfield | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Dan Brooks | Julie Lynn Oliver | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Dan Brooks | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Dan Brooks | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Clifton Alexander | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Amber Rowland | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Kevin Mccabe | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $197 |
| Nicholas Tripoli | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $192 |
| Ann Kitchen | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $191 |
| Larry Louis Morris | Scott Perry | Republican Party | $185 |
| Al Thompson | - | Republican Party | $181 |
| Philip P. Huang | - | Democratic Party | $180 |
| Regina Melomo | Mary Jennings M.J. Hegar | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Nico Hauwert | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $147 |
| Mitzi Cotton | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $145 |
| Ian Howe | Julie Lynn Oliver | Democratic Party | $145 |
| Ana Gonzalez | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $143 |
| James Guillory | John Cornyn | Republican Party | $141 |
| Stuart Reilly | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $140 |
| Mark Lain | - | Democratic Party | $140 |
| Ian Howe | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $140 |
| Kathleen Rubin | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $139 |
| Jeremy Selvidge | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $128 |
| Michael Pasqualone | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $127 |
| Susan Wall | - | Democratic Party | $125 |
| Justin Berry | - | $125 | |
| Tyrone Walker | - | Republican Party | $122 |
| Sharon Mateo | Dan Sullivan | Republican Party | $120 |
| Ray Sanchez | - | Republican Party | $120 |
| Humberto Rey | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $115 |
| Ivan Naranjo | - | $112 | |
| Selena Martinez | Beto O'Rourke | Democratic Party | $109 |
| Patricia Burger | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $108 |
| Alina Ortega Bustamante | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $108 |
| Gabriel Nicholson | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $103 |
| Cliff Jaeger | - | Republican Party | $102 |
| William Mccaw | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Todd Jackson | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Taja Beekley | Crystal Lee Fletcher | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Susan Paine-Keesey | Michael Siegel | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Stephanie Greathouse | Wendy Davis | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Slyman Majid | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Shirley Sanders | - | $100 | |
| Robert Pitts | Gina Ortiz Jones | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Patricia Moreno | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Nancy N. Williams | - | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Nancy M. Byrd | - | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Larry Morris | Lee M. Zeldin | Republican Party | $100 |
| Larry Louis Morris | James E. Risch | Republican Party | $100 |
| Larry Louis Morris | Daniel Crenshaw | Republican Party | $100 |
| Larry D. Hopkins | - | Republican Party | $100 |
| Jason Lopez | Michael Siegel | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Fredrick Hudson | - | Republican Party | $100 |
| David Thomas | - | Republican Party | $100 |
| Daren Duncan | - | $100 | |
| Belinda Hare | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Andrew Clements | Julie Lynn Oliver | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Kurt Becker | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $97 |
| Sharon Mateo | - | Republican Party | $93 |
| Mitzi Cotton | - | $85 | |
| Amber Rowland | Wendy Davis | Democratic Party | $85 |
| Larry Hopkins | Stephen Joseph Scalise | Republican Party | $75 |
| Edward Balaguer | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $75 |
| Brenda Adamson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $75 |
| Larry Hopkins | Dan Newhouse | Republican Party | $70 |
| Nicholas Tripoli | Julian Castro | Democratic Party | $67 |
| Anthony Mathis | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $66 |
| Bridget Graham | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $64 |
| Cassandra Ragland | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $60 |
| Alfredo Carmona Jr. | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $60 |
| Sona Shah | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $53 |
| Mark Lain | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $53 |
| Nancy Williams | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Mac Lloyd Cutler | - | Republican Party | $50 |
| Louisa Brinsmade | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Larry Morris | John Cornyn | Republican Party | $50 |
| Larry Louis Morris | Patrick Joseph Toomey | Republican Party | $50 |
| Larry Hopkins | Dan Sullivan | Republican Party | $50 |
| Larry Hopkins | - | Republican Party | $50 |
| Katherine Klavsout | - | Republican Party | $50 |
| James May | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Erik Schmitt | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Douglas Arnold | - | Republican Party | $50 |
| Debra Paar | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $50 |
| David Potter | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Cynthia Klemmer | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Amy Mullin | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $46 |
| Jose Rodriguez | Bernard Sanders | Independent | $40 |
| Margaret Carson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $30 |
| Jose Rodriguez | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $30 |
| Cyrus Merritt | Nancy Mace | Republican Party | $30 |
| John Clary | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $27 |
| Jennifer Hughes | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $27 |
| Olga Gonzales | - | Republican Party | $25 |
| Ian Hallett | Mary Jennings M.J. Hegar | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Evan Kelley | - | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Evan Kelley | - | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Cynthia Klemmer | - | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Anthony Mathis | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $22 |
| Lauren Rodriguez | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $14 |
| Julia Finn | Mary Jennings M.J. Hegar | Democratic Party | $10 |
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