There were at least 359 contributions made to political candidates and committees by City of Chicago employees, 56.5 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.
Craig Zemke's contributions
| Committee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pete for America, Inc. | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $363 |
| Biden for President | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $195 |
Other donations by employees of City of Chicago
| Employee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Lemmer | - | Republican Party | $9,942 |
| John Kill | - | Republican Party | $8,400 |
| Hal Eason | Raphael Warnock | Democratic Party | $7,160 |
| Terrence Thomas | - | Democratic Party | $5,000 |
| Pete Best | - | Republican Party | $3,650 |
| Pete Best | - | Republican Party | $3,300 |
| Jordan Rosen | Kristine Schanbacher | Democratic Party | $3,250 |
| Deborah Witzburg | Deval Patrick | Democratic Party | $3,000 |
| Samir Mayekar | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| Jordan Rosen | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| Jordan Rosen | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| John Kill | Martha Mcsally | Republican Party | $2,800 |
| John Kill | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $2,800 |
| Scott Fehlan | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,356 |
| Paul Williams | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $2,128 |
| Mary Ruiz | - | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| Anna Valencia | Kamala D. Harris | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| Cruz Tatro Mendoza | - | Democratic Party | $1,795 |
| Ted Sattler | - | $1,728 | |
| Ted Sattler | - | Republican Party | $1,670 |
| Daniel Ryan | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $1,642 |
| Thomas J. Lemmer | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $1,467 |
| Max Budovitch | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,400 |
| Hal Eason | - | Democratic Party | $1,300 |
| Nick Spencer | - | Republican Party | $1,250 |
| Willie Knight | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,206 |
| Elizabeth A. Freidheim | - | Democratic Party | $1,200 |
| Paul Williams | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $1,110 |
| Morton Coburn | - | Democratic Party | $1,075 |
| Willie Knight | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,064 |
| Eric Turner | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $1,021 |
| Tom Tunney | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Ross Valenti | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| Reyahd D. Kazmi | Joyce Beatty | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Patrick Schwer | Daniel Mccready | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Patrick Bailey | - | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Kelly Saulsberry | - | $1,000 | |
| Jordan Rosen | Raja S. Krishnamoorthi | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Bennett Lawson | Jon Hoadley | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Anna Valencia | Lauren A. Underwood | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Amanda Basil | Richard J. Durbin | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Arturo Franco | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $851 |
| Morton Coburn | - | Democratic Party | $850 |
| Keith Miniscalco | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $775 |
| Robert Alleman | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $770 |
| Paulette Mercurius | - | Democratic Party | $760 |
| Rebekah Scheinfeld | - | $750 | |
| Michael Negron | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $700 |
| Elizabeth A. Friedman | - | Democratic Party | $700 |
| Robert Giannola | - | Republican Party | $698 |
| Anthony Quezada | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $692 |
| Gina Butzen | - | Republican Party | $675 |
| Russ Blomstrand | - | Republican Party | $674 |
| Cruz Tatro Mendoza | Marie Newman | Democratic Party | $665 |
| Alejandro Vargas | - | Republican Party | $665 |
| Jessica Felker | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $655 |
| Stephen Sposato | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $652 |
| David E. Smith | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $625 |
| Thomas Henkey | - | $600 | |
| Reyahd D. Kazmi | Joyce Beatty | Democratic Party | $600 |
| Laurie Dittman | Mike Quigley | Democratic Party | $600 |
| Alejandro Vargas | - | $600 | |
| Anthony Pontarelli | - | Republican Party | $592 |
| Rafael J. Godina | Jesus Garcia | Democratic Party | $575 |
| Cruz Tatro Mendoza | - | Democratic Party | $560 |
| Eric Turner | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $541 |
| Leo Caruso | - | Republican Party | $535 |
| Waldemar Gorzen | Tulsi Gabbard | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Tom Tunney | - | $500 | |
| Thomas Lemmer | Dan Newhouse | Republican Party | $500 |
| Terrence Thomas | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Scott Fehlan | - | $500 | |
| Robin Gardner | - | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Mortimer Ames | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Mortimer Ames | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Mort P. Ames | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Michael Scott Jr. | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Laura Kuhlmann | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $500 |
| Jordan Rosen | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $500 |
| John Genova | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| John Arena | Jesus Garcia | Democratic Party | $500 |
| James De Lisle | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $500 |
| Gabriel Winke | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Elizabeth Freidheim | - | $500 | |
| Dan Kallio | Joel David Funk | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Casey Mckenzie | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Bryant Neely | Robert Franklin | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Andrew Pilecki | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Mathias Rengert | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $477 |
| Henry Lai | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $475 |
| Richard Matson | - | Republican Party | $465 |
| Edward Fields | - | Republican Party | $458 |
| Renee Sanchez | - | Republican Party | $450 |
| Ellen O'Connor | Richard J. Durbin | Democratic Party | $450 |
| Ellen A. O'Connor | - | Democratic Party | $450 |
| Kevin Walsh | - | $442 | |
| Anthony Chessare | - | Republican Party | $430 |
| Carlos Ramirez-Rosa | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $429 |
| Morton Coburn | Tammy L. Duckworth | Democratic Party | $425 |
| Gerard Majerczyk | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $420 |
| Thomas Lemmer | Jeanne Ives | Republican Party | $400 |
| Michael Haddad | - | Republican Party | $400 |
| Luigi Montalbano | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Elizabeth Friedman | - | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Karen Mickow | - | Republican Party | $399 |
| Kevin Keane | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $398 |
| David Seglin | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $395 |
| Thomas Cotter | - | Republican Party | $390 |
| Eric Schaade | - | $388 | |
| Anthony Pontarelli | - | Republican Party | $375 |
| Sally F. Jones | - | Democratic Party | $370 |
| Phillip Singto | - | Republican Party | $367 |
| Roger Fisher | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $366 |
| Kathleen Dorich | - | Republican Party | $365 |
| Christopher Reiser | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $363 |
| Robb Murphy | - | Republican Party | $360 |
| Antonio Puentes | - | Republican Party | $357 |
| Ted Sattler | - | Republican Party | $353 |
| Thomas Lemmer | John C. Cummings | Republican Party | $350 |
| Laura Kuhlmann | - | Republican Party | $350 |
| Chritine Foss | - | Republican Party | $350 |
| Deborah Kelly | - | Republican Party | $330 |
| Thomas Fuchsgruber | - | Republican Party | $325 |
| Joseph Mcguire | - | Republican Party | $325 |
| Cruz Tatro-Mendoza | - | Democratic Party | $320 |
| Richard Matson | Tulsi Gabbard | Democratic Party | $307 |
| Amanda Weiland | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $302 |
| Wayne Keneipp | - | Republican Party | $300 |
| Thomas Lemmer | Lindsey Olin Graham | Republican Party | $300 |
| Sarah Rubin | - | $300 | |
| Sarah Franseen | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Mariusz Kostrzewa | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Marisela Schultz | - | Republican Party | $300 |
| Manuel Perez | Jesus Garcia | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Davin Gideon | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Alejandro Vargas | - | $300 | |
| Amanda Eaves | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $276 |
| Richard Figiel | - | Republican Party | $275 |
| Jeff C. Zivick | Mark Robert Warner | Democratic Party | $275 |
| Betty Morris | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $275 |
| Arthur Waner | - | Republican Party | $270 |
| Fletcher Prestidge | - | Republican Party | $266 |
| Stephen Sposato | - | Democratic Party | $263 |
| Timothy Wilson | - | Republican Party | $250 |
| Timothy Loy Wilson | - | Republican Party | $250 |
| Thomas Fuchsgruber | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $250 |
| Tamer Abouzeid | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Samir S. Mayekar | Nick Colvin | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Samir Mayekar | Michael Alexander Blake | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Robin Gardner | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Robert Fojtik | Marie Newman | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Michele Smith | Lauren A. Underwood | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Michael Rodriguez | Mara Reardon | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Max Budovitch | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Matt Mcgrath | Nabilah Aishah Islam | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Mathew Martin | Dani Brzozowski | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Mary Gallagher | Lauren A. Underwood | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Mary B. Gallagher | Betsy Dirksen Londrigan | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Judith Gorske | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Jonathan Green | Joseph P. Kennedy III | Democratic Party | $250 |
| John Leyden | - | Republican Party | $250 |
| John Arena | Marie Newman | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Jesse Lava | - | $250 | |
| Iris Chavira | Jesus Garcia | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Howard Brookins | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Gilbert Villegas | Julian Castro | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Elizabeth Freidheim | - | $250 | |
| Christina Anderson | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Carlton Hull | - | $250 | |
| Brian P. Mckendry | - | $250 | |
| Bennett Lawson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Bennett Lawson | - | $250 | |
| Bennett Lawson | Robin L. Kelly | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Bennett Lawson | Mike Quigley | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Anna Valencia | Robin L. Kelly | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Andy Buchanan | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Ameya Pawar | Marie Newman | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Yohance Trice | - | $247 | |
| Robert Tietz | - | Republican Party | $245 |
| Kevin Corcoran | - | Republican Party | $236 |
| Dennis Obrien | Dan Sullivan | Republican Party | $235 |
| Denis Adams | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $230 |
| Adam Pieknik | - | Republican Party | $230 |
| Mary Ruiz | - | $228 | |
| Richard Figiel | Kevin McCarthy | Republican Party | $225 |
| Leo Caruso | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $225 |
| James Mikolaitis | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $225 |
| Ian Friel | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $211 |
| Fletcher Prestidge | - | Republican Party | $210 |
| David Zientarski | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $206 |
| Edward Fields | - | Republican Party | $205 |
| Alicja Duplaga | - | Republican Party | $205 |
| Carlton E. Hull | - | $202 | |
| Alvin Smith | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $202 |
| Thomas Lemmer | Martha Mcsally | Republican Party | $200 |
| Terrence Thomas | - | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Paul Presnell | - | Republican Party | $200 |
| Olufemi Sokoya | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Maurice Price | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Mark Bereyso | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Kevin Walsh | - | Republican Party | $200 |
| Jonathan Newton | - | Republican Party | $200 |
| James Cappleman | Janice D. Schakowsky | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Gerard Majerczyk | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Fernando I Vargas | Ted Cruz | Republican Party | $200 |
| Allyson Smally | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Melinda Hamilton | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $197 |
| Erik Wallenius | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $197 |
| Stephen Sposato | - | $195 | |
| Jose Lara | - | Republican Party | $192 |
| Cruz Tatro-Mendoza | - | Democratic Party | $190 |
| Jair Mayor | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $186 |
| Sarah Bransfield | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $185 |
| Keith Karczewski | - | Republican Party | $185 |
| Laura Reimers | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $182 |
| William Lonergan | - | $180 | |
| Daniel Martin | - | Republican Party | $180 |
| Paul Williams | Alex Morse | Democratic Party | $175 |
| Marvin Streske | - | Republican Party | $175 |
| Keith Miniscalco | - | Democratic Party | $175 |
| Louis Matassa | - | Republican Party | $170 |
| Alpita Shah | Cory A. Booker | Democratic Party | $169 |
| Sally Jones | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $160 |
| Beverly Simmons | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $160 |
| Jeffrey Garceau | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $159 |
| Thomas Morris | - | Republican Party | $150 |
| Susan Messinger | - | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Sarah Rubin | - | $150 | |
| Nenita P. Adapon | - | Republican Party | $150 |
| Michael Lemke | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Melanie Howe | Marie Newman | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Laurie Dittman | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Frank R. Catapano Jr. | - | Republican Party | $150 |
| Frank R. Catapano Jr. | - | $150 | |
| Frank Catapano | - | Republican Party | $150 |
| Frank Catapano | - | $150 | |
| Elizabeth Freidheim | Richard J. Durbin | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Dan Kallio | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Alan Dean | Joni K. Ernst | Republican Party | $150 |
| Shannon Hayes | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $148 |
| Russ Blomstrand | - | Republican Party | $142 |
| Anthony Pontarelli | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $142 |
| Rocco Diaz | - | Republican Party | $140 |
| John Mastalerz | - | Republican Party | $135 |
| Andreas Morgen | - | Republican Party | $135 |
| Yohance Trice | - | $130 | |
| Scott Waguespack | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $125 |
| Sarah Rubin | - | $125 | |
| Patrick Schwer | Doug Jones | Democratic Party | $125 |
| Lisa Roe | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $125 |
| Lemuel Austin | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $125 |
| Lamar Brown | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $125 |
| Karen Rogulja | - | $125 | |
| Jeffrey C. Zivick | Mark Robert Warner | Democratic Party | $125 |
| William Trotter | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $121 |
| Terrence Thomas | - | $120 | |
| Cruz Tatro Mendoza | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $120 |
| Przemyslaw Gaczol | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $117 |
| Tamer Abouzeid | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $112 |
| Benjamin Ruiz | - | Republican Party | $112 |
| Weston Hanscom | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Thomas Lemmer | James D. Jordan | Republican Party | $100 |
| Thomas Lemmer | John James | Republican Party | $100 |
| Thomas Lemmer | Susan M. Collins | Republican Party | $100 |
| Thomas Lemmer | Mitch McConnell | Republican Party | $100 |
| Susan F. Messinger | - | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Stephen Collins | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Scott Jaburek | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Richard Moravec | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $100 |
| Peter Barrientos | - | $100 | |
| Patrick Boyle | - | Republican Party | $100 |
| Nick Spencer | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $100 |
| Nathan Roseberry | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Mike Penicnak | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Miguel Mijes | - | Republican Party | $100 |
| Melanie Nelson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Matthew Fleming | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Maryjean Pagnoni | - | $100 | |
| Kristina Mcclure | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Kimberly Hagen | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Joseph Moore | - | $100 | |
| John O'Donnell | - | Republican Party | $100 |
| John Frano | - | Republican Party | $100 |
| John Frano | - | Republican Party | $100 |
| Jerry Bragg | Betsy Dirksen Londrigan | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Jeff Zivick | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Edward Vrtis | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Darwyn Jones | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Dan Postelnick | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Marisela Schultz | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $95 |
| Eric Schaade | - | $95 | |
| Cruz Tatro Mendoza | Sara Gideon | Democratic Party | $90 |
| Sam Naik | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $86 |
| Scott Watanabe | Doug Jones | Democratic Party | $83 |
| Gerold Lee | - | Republican Party | $81 |
| Robert Caulfield | - | Republican Party | $80 |
| Kerry May | - | Democratic Party | $80 |
| Jeffrey Brown | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $80 |
| Mark Flechsig | - | Republican Party | $77 |
| Timothy Northcross | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $75 |
| Thomas Marshall | - | Republican Party | $75 |
| Terrence Thomas | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $75 |
| Meghan Mccarthy | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $75 |
| Daniel Fernandez | - | Democratic Party | $75 |
| Millicent Willis | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $70 |
| Kathleen Dorich | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $70 |
| James Mikolaitis | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $70 |
| Eugene D | - | Republican Party | $65 |
| Patrick Ohagan | - | Republican Party | $60 |
| Peter Cahill | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $57 |
| Robert Smigielski | - | Republican Party | $54 |
| Rafael Godina | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $54 |
| Willie Knight | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Theodore Bonau | Quinn Reabe Nystrom | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $50 |
| Philip Pagani | - | $50 | |
| Patrick Boyle | - | Republican Party | $50 |
| Morton Coburn | - | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Justin Miller | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Jason Kostanski | - | Republican Party | $50 |
| Frances Sandoval | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Cruz Tatro Mendoza | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Carlos Ramirez-Rosa | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Carlos Ramirez-Rosa | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Jose Lara | - | Republican Party | $48 |
| Nora Gunning | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $47 |
| Ian Friel | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $47 |
| Patrick Schwer | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $45 |
| Colin Kicklighter | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $43 |
| Wayne Keneipp | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $42 |
| John Misch | - | Republican Party | $42 |
| James Blaul | - | Republican Party | $42 |
| Kathleen Kucharski | - | Republican Party | $40 |
| John Feeney | - | Republican Party | $40 |
| Stephen Sposato | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $37 |
| Kelly Joiner | - | Republican Party | $35 |
| Cynthia Linyard | - | Democratic Party | $35 |
| Rory Mchale | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $33 |
| Gerold Lee III | - | $31 | |
| Gerold Lee | - | $31 | |
| Robert Starbuck | - | Republican Party | $30 |
| James Flynn | - | Republican Party | $25 |
| Hector Chavez | Richard J. Durbin | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Gerard Shultz | - | Republican Party | $25 |
| Gerard Majerczyk | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Eric Winstrom | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $25 |
| Dennis Obrien | Dan Sullivan | Republican Party | $25 |
| Colin Kicklighter | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $23 |
| Micah Burkey | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $21 |
| Hai Nguyen | - | Republican Party | $20 |
| Gabriel Winke | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $20 |
| Kevin Ayakhan | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $12 |
| Alex Gomez | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $11 |
| Patrick Schwer | Sara Gideon | Democratic Party | $10 |
| Michael Griffin | - | $10 | |
| Kevin Bargnes | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $7 |
| Terrance Griffin | - | Democratic Party | $6 |
| Robert Smigielski | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $3 |
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