There were at least 174 contributions made to political candidates and committees by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory employees, 73.6 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.
Richard Berger's contributions
| Committee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Let America Vote PAC | - | - | $2,335 |
| Hickenlooper for Colorado | John W. Hickenlooper | Democratic Party | $900 |
| Mark Kelly for Senate | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $800 |
| Biden for President | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $700 |
| Tina Smith for Minnesota | Tina Smith | Democratic Party | $700 |
| Peters for Michigan | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $650 |
| Theresa Greenfield for Iowa | Theresa Greenfield | Democratic Party | $580 |
| Montanans for Bullock | Steve Bullock | Democratic Party | $550 |
| Christy Smith for Congress | Christy Smith | Democratic Party | $450 |
| Jaime Harrison for US Senate | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Warnock for Georgia | Raphael Warnock | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Nancy Pelosi for Congress | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic Party | $290 |
| Daga | - | - | $200 |
| People for Ben | Ben R. Lujan | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Stop Republicans | - | - | $165 |
| Amy McGrath for Senate, Inc. | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $150 |
| John Lewis for Congress | John Robert Lewis | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Dccc | - | Democratic Party | $50 |
Other donations by employees of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
| Employee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chung Bothwell | - | Republican Party | $4,165 |
| George J. Sakaldasis | - | Republican Party | $3,850 |
| John Heidrich | - | Republican Party | $3,281 |
| Jason Brodsky | - | - | $3,000 |
| Eric Slessarev | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| Chung T. Bothwell | - | - | $2,400 |
| Victoria Genetti | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,242 |
| William Stygar | - | Republican Party | $2,000 |
| Thomas Rognlien | - | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| Joshua White | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| Charles Lutes | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| Stephen P. Hatchett | - | Democratic Party | $1,750 |
| Chung Bothwell | - | Republican Party | $1,746 |
| Alison Kubota | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,550 |
| John Heidrich | Martha Mcsally | Republican Party | $1,531 |
| Harold Graboske | Gerald Mark McNerney | Democratic Party | $1,500 |
| Jason Carpenter | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $1,400 |
| Thomas Rognlien | - | Democratic Party | $1,250 |
| Richard Cook | Shahid Buttar | Democratic Party | $1,206 |
| Noah Lifset | - | - | $1,200 |
| Michael M. Marinak | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $1,150 |
| John J. Barnard | Eric Michael Swalwell | Democratic Party | $1,104 |
| Stephen Wampler | Bob Elliott | Republican Party | $1,100 |
| Thomas Rognlien | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| John Heidrich | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| Harold Graboske Jr. | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Harold Graboske | Steve Bullock | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Harold Graboske | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Harold C. Graboske Jr. | John W. Hickenlooper | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Harold C. Graboske Jr. | Terrance John Cox | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Harold C. Graboske | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Frank Daffin | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Everett W. Wheelock | Bob Elliott | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| Ellen Raber | Devin Gerald Nunes | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| Dan Kirshner | - | - | $1,000 |
| Dan Kirshner | - | - | $1,000 |
| Bruce J. Baer | William G. Foster | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Bruce Baer | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Gregory Kosinovsky | - | Republican Party | $940 |
| Richard Cook | Tulsi Gabbard | Democratic Party | $904 |
| Richard Cook | Cenk Uygur | Democratic Party | $900 |
| Ian Winter | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $900 |
| Alison Kubota | - | Democratic Party | $850 |
| Robert Sutherland | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $838 |
| Michael Firpo | Marianne Williamson | Democratic Party | $800 |
| Richard Cook | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $756 |
| Roger Aines | Barbara Bollier | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Noah Lifset | Rashida Tlaib | Democratic Party | $750 |
| David Aldis | Josh Harder | Democratic Party | $740 |
| Thomas Stitt | - | - | $700 |
| Stephen Wampler | Ted D. Howze II | Republican Party | $700 |
| Alex Campbell | Diane Mitsch Bush | Democratic Party | $700 |
| Alex Campbell | Kathleen Williams | Democratic Party | $700 |
| Alex Campbell | Alyse Galvin | Independent | $700 |
| Alex Campbell | Jared Golden | Democratic Party | $700 |
| Alex Campbell | James D. Scholten | Democratic Party | $700 |
| Peter Boone | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $680 |
| Fred Streitz | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $640 |
| Olaf Faaland | - | - | $600 |
| George John Sakaldasis | Dan Sullivan | Republican Party | $600 |
| William Goldstein | Gerald Mark McNerney | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Peter Boone | - | - | $500 |
| Lucas Snyder | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Karl Nelson | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Dan Kirshner | - | - | $500 |
| Dan Kirshner | - | - | $500 |
| Bruce J. Baer | Amerish Bera | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Brett Raymond | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Alfredo Correa | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Jason Bender | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $468 |
| Chung Bothwell | - | Republican Party | $465 |
| Richard Cook | Jamaal Bowman | Democratic Party | $450 |
| Doug Dodge | - | Republican Party | $450 |
| Rea Simpson | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $445 |
| Fred Fritsch | - | - | $438 |
| Bruce Baer | - | - | $400 |
| John J. Barnard | Eric Michael Swalwell | Democratic Party | $385 |
| Richard Cook | Jessica Cisneros | Democratic Party | $350 |
| Allen Leigh Kuhl | - | Republican Party | $301 |
| Salvador Aceves | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Benjamin Bahney | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Bonnie Canion | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $275 |
| William B. Oliver | Eric Michael Swalwell | Democratic Party | $268 |
| Richard Cook | Jamaal Bowman | Democratic Party | $257 |
| Sam Mish | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Roger Aines | Christopher A. Coons | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Richard Cook | Charles Booker | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Rebecca Dylla-Spears | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Manyalibo Matthews | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Katrina Zapata | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Joseph Tringe | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Joseph Tringe | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $250 |
| John Heidrich | Devin Gerald Nunes | Republican Party | $250 |
| Jerome Solberg | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| George Sakaldasis | Kevin McCarthy | Republican Party | $250 |
| Doug Dodge | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $250 |
| Dean Latray | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Dan Kirshner | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Benjamin Bahney | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $250 |
| William Oliver | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $225 |
| Wigbert Siekhaus | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $225 |
| Gustavo Bartolo | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $217 |
| Suzanne Storar | - | Republican Party | $200 |
| Rulon K. Linford | William G. Foster | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Michael Pasyanos | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Maya Gokhale | - | - | $200 |
| John J. Barnard | William G. Foster | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Dan Kirshner | Kamala D. Harris | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Corey Bennett | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Chung Bothwell | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $200 |
| Bruce J. Baer | Gerald Mark McNerney | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Bruce Baer | Katherine Porter | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Bruce Baer | - | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Bill Walter | - | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Bill Day | - | Republican Party | $200 |
| Benjamin Bahney | Kamala D. Harris | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Benjamin Bahney | - | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Barbara Kornblum | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Michael Fluss | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $165 |
| William B. Oliver | Eric Michael Swalwell | Democratic Party | $160 |
| Noelle Catarineu | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Jason Bender | - | - | $150 |
| Devin Anderson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Bruce Baer | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Bill Walter | John W. Hickenlooper | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Bill Walter | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Thomas Buscheck | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $134 |
| Peter Boone | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $126 |
| Jamie Bramwell | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $125 |
| Rulon Linford | Terrance John Cox | Democratic Party | $124 |
| Doug Eastman | - | Republican Party | $124 |
| Jamie Bramwell | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $120 |
| Kevin Neville | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $111 |
| Bart Beeman | Adam Schiff | Democratic Party | $107 |
| Van E. Henson | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Sigrid Bormann | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $100 |
| Richard Cook | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Matthew Birdsell | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Bruce Baer | Mary Jennings M.J. Hegar | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Bruce Baer | - | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Greg Martin | - | Republican Party | $99 |
| Mitchell Gubbins | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $85 |
| Chung T.N. Bothwell | - | Republican Party | $75 |
| Robert Anderson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Paul Kotta | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Madeline Burchard | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Christopher Sherman | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Timothy Myers | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $45 |
| Panas | - | - | $40 |
| Grace Clark | - | Democratic Party | $35 |
| Matthew Harris | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Marilyn Schneider | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Marilyn Schneider | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $15 |
| Marilyn Schneider | - | Democratic Party | $15 |
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