There were at least 227 contributions made to political candidates and committees by Geisinger employees, 56.8 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.
John Gerdes' contributions
| Committee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biden for President | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $600 |
| Dscc | - | Democratic Party | $300 |
Other donations by employees of Geisinger
| Employee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard J. Butcher | - | Democratic Party | $35,000 |
| Karen Ephlin | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $6,290 |
| Renee Mathur | - | $5,600 | |
| Kenric Maynor | - | $5,600 | |
| Karen A. Ephlin | - | Democratic Party | $3,000 |
| Martin Matsumura | Susan Wild | Democratic Party | $2,600 |
| Karen Ephlin | Joseph P. Kennedy III | Democratic Party | $2,570 |
| Shelly D. Timmons | - | $2,500 | |
| Thomas Morland | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $2,098 |
| Mohsen Shabahang | - | $2,000 | |
| Michael Suk | Manny Sethi | Republican Party | $2,000 |
| John Bulger | Pritesh Gandhi | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| Jamed Gregory | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $2,000 |
| Anne Facr P. Dunne | - | $2,000 | |
| Alfred Casale | - | $2,000 | |
| Alfred Casale | Joseph P. Kennedy III | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| Joseph Bannon | Thomas F. Brier Jr. | Democratic Party | $1,750 |
| Oliver Miller | Thomas F. Brier Jr. | Democratic Party | $1,550 |
| William Wheeler | - | Republican Party | $1,453 |
| Phyllis Scott | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,245 |
| Kevin Lucia | - | Republican Party | $1,204 |
| Douglas Kupas | - | $1,200 | |
| Mark K. Krammes | - | $1,187 | |
| Frank Davis | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,145 |
| Don Stanziano | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $1,040 |
| Paul Damaske | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,005 |
| William Haynos | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Victor Marks | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Victor James Marks | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Steven Scheinman | - | $1,000 | |
| Steven J. Scheinman | Matthew A. Cartwright | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Srikanth Hosur | - | $1,000 | |
| Sri Hosur | Joseph P. Kennedy III | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Shelly Timmons | Amerish Bera | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Richard T. Davies Jr. | - | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Renee Mathur | Matthew A. Cartwright | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Michael Ramsey | - | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| Mark S. Poler | - | $1,000 | |
| Karen Murphy | - | $1,000 | |
| Karen Ephlin | - | $1,000 | |
| John B. Bulger | - | $1,000 | |
| Ellianne Nasser | - | $1,000 | |
| Douglas Kupas | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Anne Moon | - | $1,000 | |
| Mary Callahan | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $950 |
| Mary Gerrity | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $942 |
| Irene Harris | - | Republican Party | $940 |
| Anne Moon | - | $930 | |
| Frank Davis | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $900 |
| Don Stanziano | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $850 |
| Maxim Novikov | - | Republican Party | $849 |
| Yvette Henry | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $800 |
| Richard T. Davies Jr. | - | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Neil R. Holland | - | $750 | |
| Michael Gallagher | Matthew A. Cartwright | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Karen Murphy | Joseph P. Kennedy III | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Houssam Abdul Al | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Maxim I. Novikov | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $737 |
| Gary Lewis | - | Republican Party | $709 |
| Sarah Sommer | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $700 |
| Thomas Mcgrory | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $650 |
| Richard Butchdr | Conor Lamb | Democratic Party | $600 |
| Yvette Murley | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $575 |
| Michael Harostock | - | Republican Party | $575 |
| Anne Moon | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $562 |
| Yvette Henry | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $529 |
| Paul Nancollas | - | Republican Party | $518 |
| Wendy Matsumara | Susan Wild | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Victor Marks | Thomas F. Brier Jr. | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Shelley Hartman | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Seth Fisher | - | $500 | |
| Richard J. Butchdr | - | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Richard Butcher | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Richard Butcher | Conor Lamb | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Renee Mathur | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Ray Hayes | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Rajesh J. Patel | Fred Keller | Republican Party | $500 |
| Nancy Lawton-Kluck | Joseph P. Kennedy III | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Michael Suk | Daniel P. Meuser | Republican Party | $500 |
| Michael Ramsey | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $500 |
| Mary Kathryn Jones | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Madhava S. Rao | Matthew A. Cartwright | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Madhava Rao | - | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Janet Tomcavage | - | $500 | |
| Fereshteh Boozarjomehri | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Farrukh Khan | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Duane Deivert | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Dominic Moffa | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| David J. Kolessar | - | $500 | |
| David Faaos J. Kolessar | - | $500 | |
| Cherise Yablonsky | - | Republican Party | $500 |
| Brian Young | - | $500 | |
| Paul Smith | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $465 |
| Seth Fisher | - | Republican Party | $450 |
| Michael Harostock | Jim Bognet | Republican Party | $450 |
| James Michaels | Mike Bloomberg | Democratic Party | $445 |
| Joseph Riviello | - | Republican Party | $440 |
| James Stahl | - | Republican Party | $440 |
| Mary Callahan | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $439 |
| Diane Mills | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $418 |
| Samuel Crockett | - | Republican Party | $405 |
| Gino Sartori | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $402 |
| Susan Kaczorowski | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Nancy Butler | - | $400 | |
| John S. Snoke | Scott Perry | Republican Party | $400 |
| Barbara Sumbatian | - | Republican Party | $400 |
| Tracy Beck | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $395 |
| Anna Grbenick | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $375 |
| Shikha Sinha | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $350 |
| Farrukh Khan | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $350 |
| Manabendra Datta | - | Democratic Party | $330 |
| Brian D. Young | - | $316 | |
| Spencer Rybinski | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $314 |
| Sally Regel | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $310 |
| Heidi Sweetsercohen | - | Republican Party | $310 |
| Rita Case | - | Republican Party | $308 |
| Mary Callahan | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $305 |
| Theodore J. Ambrose | - | $270 | |
| Karla Fleury | - | Republican Party | $252 |
| Willie Zoma | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Steven Scheinman | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Samuel Crockett | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $250 |
| Richard J. Butcher | John W. Hickenlooper | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Richard Davies | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Richard Butcher | - | $250 | |
| Richard Butch | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Mohsen Shabahang | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Michael Harostock | Jim Bognet | Republican Party | $250 |
| Michael Hanostock | Jim Bognet | Republican Party | $250 |
| Michael Beverly Harostock | - | Republican Party | $250 |
| Kenny A. Schwartz | - | $250 | |
| Ida Castro | - | $250 | |
| Frank Davis | - | $250 | |
| Eileen Davis | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Dennis Banducci | Thomas F. Brier Jr. | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Deepak Singh | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Daniel J. Kelly | - | $250 | |
| Dan Davis | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Curtis B. Haldeman | Dan Sullivan | Republican Party | $250 |
| Bryan Kapish | - | $250 | |
| Anthony Noto | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Anasuya Vasudevan | - | $250 | |
| Gary D. Lewis | - | Republican Party | $247 |
| Spencer Rybinski | - | $240 | |
| Shannon T. Slabinski | - | $240 | |
| Erika Kondraski | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $235 |
| Bruce Body | - | Republican Party | $235 |
| Yohannes Getachew | - | Democratic Party | $225 |
| Mary Jane Reed | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $225 |
| Erin Vanness | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $225 |
| Jessica Naper | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $218 |
| Patricia Messinger | Stephen Joseph Scalise | Republican Party | $210 |
| Matthew Hope | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $207 |
| Tamara Dickey | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Robin Panlilio | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Rebecca Ulmer | - | Republican Party | $200 |
| Ralph H. Starkey | - | Republican Party | $200 |
| Joseph Chollak | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Heather Baran | - | Republican Party | $200 |
| Anne Marie Manning | - | Republican Party | $200 |
| Anne Cadau | Dan Sullivan | Republican Party | $200 |
| Erin Hackenberg | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $192 |
| Phyllis Scott | Matthew A. Cartwright | Democratic Party | $175 |
| Carmine Cerra | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $174 |
| Paul Smith | Eugene Depasquale | Democratic Party | $155 |
| Paul Nancollas | Dan Sullivan | Republican Party | $150 |
| Daniel Callaghan | - | Republican Party | $150 |
| Elisabeth Kramer | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $149 |
| James Gregory | - | Republican Party | $145 |
| Donna James | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $145 |
| Michael Harostock | - | Republican Party | $140 |
| Mary Wieland | Susan Wild | Democratic Party | $125 |
| Mary Callahan | - | $125 | |
| Joseph Labarbera | - | Democratic Party | $125 |
| Donna Wolk | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $115 |
| William Gladish | - | Democratic Party | $112 |
| William Fred Hess | - | Republican Party | $105 |
| Diane Mills | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $105 |
| O. Miller | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Kishore Harjai | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Keith Boell | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| John Mitchell | - | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Jennifer Wagner | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Jennifer M. Joyce | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Frank Davis | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Diane Carter | Lindsey Olin Graham | Republican Party | $100 |
| Cletus Baidoo | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Anne Cadau | - | Republican Party | $100 |
| Abdul Al Houssam | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Anne Moon | Theresa Greenfield | Democratic Party | $97 |
| Eric Hodgson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $95 |
| Lisa Romanoski | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $82 |
| Kevin W. Lucia | - | Republican Party | $80 |
| David Stellfox | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $77 |
| Gino Sartori | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $69 |
| Paul H. Nancollas | Patrick Joseph Toomey | Republican Party | $65 |
| Linda Herman | - | Republican Party | $60 |
| Justin Mitchell | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $54 |
| Paul H. Nancollas | Fred Keller | Republican Party | $50 |
| Michael And Beverly Harostock | - | Republican Party | $50 |
| Karen Murphy | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Karen Marinelli | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Gary Giordano | - | Republican Party | $50 |
| Daniel Callaghan | Steven Daines | Republican Party | $50 |
| Cathleen Yescavage | - | Republican Party | $50 |
| Carol Stratford | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Frank Davis | - | $49 | |
| Garry Oxenrider | - | Republican Party | $45 |
| Tonia Novosat | - | Republican Party | $44 |
| Christian Carbe | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $40 |
| Mary Jane Reed | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $37 |
| Veronika Volkov | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $30 |
| Jae Choi | - | $30 | |
| Terri Starr | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $27 |
| Victor Pupo | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Suellen Lewis | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Shari Baker | - | Republican Party | $25 |
| Richard Rinck | Steve Bullock | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Mary Wieland | Susan Wild | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Mary Ann Musser | Marianne Williamson | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Kevin Lucia | Mitch McConnell | Republican Party | $25 |
| Matthew Yackiel | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $24 |
| Mary Reed | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $20 |
| Janet Comrey | - | Republican Party | $20 |
| Phyllis Scott | - | $15 |
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