There were at least 234 contributions made to political candidates and committees by Amazon employees, 85.5 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.
Matthew Reigada's contributions
| Committee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of Andrew Yang | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $1,450 |
| Bernie 2020 | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $800 |
Other donations by employees of Amazon
| Employee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rachael Neumann | Cora Neumann | Democratic Party | $11,200 |
| Ahmad Rashid | Qasim Rashid | Democratic Party | $5,800 |
| William Collins | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Democratic Party | $5,600 |
| Mehul Patel | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $5,600 |
| Lue Ann Eldar | - | Republican Party | $5,135 |
| Daniel Palladino | Katherine Porter | Democratic Party | $5,000 |
| Kenneth R. Pipkin | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $4,358 |
| Gary Pfeiffer | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| Francesco Pontrandolfo | Ritchie John Torres | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| David Steinberger | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| Burak Firik | Jamaal Bowman | Democratic Party | $2,700 |
| Burak Firik | Jamaal Bowman | Democratic Party | $2,700 |
| David Garwin | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,500 |
| Heather Cannady | Mondaire Jones | Democratic Party | $2,250 |
| Andy Chung | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $2,092 |
| David Solomito | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| Claire Paull | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| Aniket Gune | - | $2,000 | |
| David Solomito | - | Democratic Party | $1,500 |
| Burak Firik | Yvette D. Clarke | Democratic Party | $1,500 |
| Ryan Pipkin | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $1,450 |
| Patrick Klingler | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $1,385 |
| Ryan Pipkin | Shahid Buttar | Democratic Party | $1,384 |
| Lue Ann Eldar | - | Republican Party | $1,380 |
| Julie Williams | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,100 |
| Ryan Thompson | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $1,021 |
| Thomas Kahn | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $1,014 |
| Thomas Kahn | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $1,012 |
| William Collins | Bryant Cameron Webb | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Tyson Lamoreaux | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Matthew Williams | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Ely Kahn | - | $1,000 | |
| Blunt Jackson | Steve Bullock | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Blunt Jackson | Sara Gideon | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Blunt Jackson | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Blunt Jackson | Theresa Greenfield | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Blunt Jackson | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Anna Tsepkova | Jake Auchincloss | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Andrew Grant | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $936 |
| Ryan Hefner | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $850 |
| Yijie Feng | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $801 |
| Burak Firik | Yvette D. Clarke | Democratic Party | $800 |
| Michael Grimstad | - | $780 | |
| James Coulter | Theresa Greenfield | Democratic Party | $750 |
| James Coulter | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Heather Cannady | Rebecca Walker Grossman | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Christy Bellina | - | $750 | |
| Burak Firik | Rebecca Michelle Sherrill | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Akram Chetibi | Adem Bunkeddeko | Democratic Party | $700 |
| Lue Eldar | - | Republican Party | $678 |
| James Rubin | Beto O'Rourke | Democratic Party | $675 |
| Niels Brouwers | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $636 |
| Yijie Feng | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $635 |
| Mike Raffensperger | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $600 |
| Michael Burke | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $600 |
| Chad Tindel | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $600 |
| Michael Rovito | - | Republican Party | $594 |
| Gregory Lum | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $565 |
| Amy Arnow | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $565 |
| Thomas Kahn | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $564 |
| Zack Glick | Shahid Buttar | Democratic Party | $540 |
| Daniel Merchant | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $527 |
| Lue Ann Eldar | Dan Sullivan | Republican Party | $506 |
| Lue Ann Eldar | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $504 |
| Shaun Hickson | Nydia M. Velazquez | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Ryan Thompson | Edward John Markey | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Ryan Catlin | - | $500 | |
| Michael Wehner | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Mark Mooradian | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Joseph Barry White | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Jennifer Code | Kamala D. Harris | Democratic Party | $500 |
| James Coulter | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| James Coulter | - | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Gregory Bilazarian | Eliot L. Engel | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Garrett Van Ryzin | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Eric Kessler | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Emily Leizman | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| David Steinberger | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Daniel Palladino | Steve Bullock | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Daniel Palladino | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Christy Bellina | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Christin Nowakowski | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Caleb Hill | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Burak Firik | Jacqueline Gordon | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Anthony Boyce | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Sarah Masters | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $450 |
| Jacob Padilla | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $450 |
| Lauren Bernstein | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $400 |
| David Solomito | Kamala D. Harris | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Allie Wright | Cory A. Booker | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Joanna Pena-Bickley | Kamala D. Harris | Democratic Party | $378 |
| Teresa Uthurralt | Raphael Warnock | Democratic Party | $375 |
| Teresa Uthurralt | Mary Jennings M.J. Hegar | Democratic Party | $375 |
| Lue Ann Eldar | Dan Newhouse | Republican Party | $362 |
| Daniel Schwartz-Narbonne | - | $360 | |
| Daniel Schwartz-Narbonne | - | $360 | |
| Felix Candelario | - | $350 | |
| Joe Harmer | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $340 |
| Michael Rovito | Dan Sullivan | Republican Party | $339 |
| Faheem Zaman | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $322 |
| Teresa Uthurralt | Kamala D. Harris | Democratic Party | $305 |
| Sunil Mathew | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Shivani Saxena | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Michael Gaston | Alan Michael Cohn | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Jonathan Keenan | - | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Geoffrey Hager | - | Democratic Party | $300 |
| David Solomito | - | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Austen Goldsmith | - | $300 | |
| Austen Goldsmith | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Ahmed Reaz | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $282 |
| Daelin Fischman | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $276 |
| Joseph White | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $275 |
| Felix Candelario | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $262 |
| Ryan Thompson | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $260 |
| Jessica Purmort | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $256 |
| Daire Mckenna | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $256 |
| Vijaykumar Arunkumar | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Terell Moore | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Tamar Maccallan-Finkelman | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Sarah Yedinsky | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Owen Mcclave | Lindsey Boylan | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Nevin Vages | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Mustafa Singaporewalla | - | $250 | |
| Mark Mooradian | John W. Hickenlooper | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Mark Mooradian | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Jonathan Kornblau | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| James Coulter | Sara Gideon | Democratic Party | $250 |
| James Coulter | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $250 |
| James Coulter | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Imran Ahmed | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Heather Cannady | Lauren A. Underwood | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Elizabeth Gordon | Barbara Bollier | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Eamonn Johnston | - | $250 | |
| David Meers | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| David Blum | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| David Blum | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Cheikh Diouf | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Brian Garcia | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Allison Flicker | Barbara Bollier | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Alexander Verner | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Gerard Weber | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $212 |
| Marc Angelico | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $208 |
| Xuandong Chai | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $205 |
| Thomas Kahn | - | $200 | |
| Sarah Tracy | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Peter Centner | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Michael Leadbetter | - | Republican Party | $200 |
| John Vega | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Jessica Purmort | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Derek Schauer | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Daniel Palladino | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Christine Alcantara | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Betsy Mullinix | - | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Jason Lunn | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $180 |
| Tessie Petion | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $175 |
| Michael Serbun | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $175 |
| Merideth Mulroney | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $170 |
| Inam Malik | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $165 |
| Thomas Kahn | Edward John Markey | Democratic Party | $160 |
| Ali Sadighian | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $160 |
| Turkay Hocanin | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Joel Keller | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Corina Carbajal | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $150 |
| David Marek | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $147 |
| Daniel Schwartz-Narbonne | - | Democratic Party | $144 |
| Jeffrey Pfaff | - | Republican Party | $139 |
| Carlos Alustiza | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $135 |
| Alan Chen | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $125 |
| Marc Wendell | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $120 |
| Jung Ju | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $120 |
| Jason Umiker | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $120 |
| Anna Estrov | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $120 |
| Amy Arnow | - | Democratic Party | $110 |
| David Abravanel | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $108 |
| Tina Praprotnik | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Ryan Pipkin | Tulsi Gabbard | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Mitchell Garnaat | - | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Meghan Weber | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Leslie Moore | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Kiernan Hahn | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $100 |
| John Stevenson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| David Lindheimer | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Lue Ann Eldar | - | Republican Party | $89 |
| Jeffrey Barg | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $80 |
| Heather Fogarty | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $75 |
| Gary Hunsberger | - | Republican Party | $70 |
| Lueann Eldar | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $68 |
| Michael Reynolds | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $60 |
| Jason Lunn | Sara Gideon | Democratic Party | $60 |
| Gabriel B. Larco | - | Republican Party | $60 |
| Justin Stone | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $57 |
| Erin Hudson | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $56 |
| Chris Perez | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $56 |
| Matthew Frazier | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $55 |
| Irfaan Khalid | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $55 |
| T. Mac-Fink | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Robert Mccarthy | Josh Hicks | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Max Dumas | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Marco Aurelio | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Lauren Bernstein | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Jeffrey Barg | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Gregory Lum | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Erica Edwards | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Christine Chi | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Betsy Mullinix | - | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Betsy Mullinix | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $45 |
| Thomas Sepe | - | Republican Party | $42 |
| Inam Malik | - | Democratic Party | $37 |
| Lue Eldar | Dan Sullivan | Republican Party | $36 |
| Lue Eldar | Dan Sullivan | Republican Party | $36 |
| Lue Ann Eldar | Dan Sullivan | Republican Party | $36 |
| Brandon Mohan | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $32 |
| Michael Grimstad | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $31 |
| Lue Eldar | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $28 |
| Derek Bigelow | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $27 |
| Deanna Paquette | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $27 |
| Zal Bahadurji | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Vicki March | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Teresa Uthurralt | Steve Bullock | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Teresa Uthurralt | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Siavash Rahbar | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Sarah Currey | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Pranav Khakhar | - | Republican Party | $25 |
| Diane K. Vasil-Meyers | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Daniel Sassoon | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Christy Bellina | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $19 |
| Lue Ann Eldar | Mitch McConnell | Republican Party | $18 |
| Lue A. Eldar | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $18 |
| Daelin Fischman | Steve Bullock | Democratic Party | $17 |
| Zachary Effros | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $12 |
| Christine Giugni | Adam Schiff | Democratic Party | $10 |
| Sanjeev Brar | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $2 |
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