There were at least 317 contributions made to political candidates and committees by University of Houston employees, 72.6 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.
Michael Rea's contributions
| Committee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keep Al Green in Congress | Alexander Green | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| Biden for President | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,175 |
Other donations by employees of University of Houston
| Employee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Redwine | - | Democratic Party | $8,325 |
| Catherine Weber | - | Republican Party | $5,238 |
| Alexander Robinson | Sri Preston Kulkarni | Democratic Party | $4,500 |
| Kristin Palmer | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $3,800 |
| Lori A. Hathon | - | $3,585 | |
| Richard Wall | - | $3,500 | |
| Rebecca Storey | - | Democratic Party | $3,100 |
| Lane E. Sloan | - | Republican Party | $2,800 |
| Katina Jackson | - | Republican Party | $2,800 |
| Elwyn C. Lee | Royce West | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| Chinhui Juhn | Sima Jandaghi Ladjevardian | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| Clifford Knee | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $2,791 |
| Will Labadie | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $2,700 |
| Daniel Pshock | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $2,553 |
| Marcella Norwood | - | Republican Party | $2,549 |
| Rebecca Storey | - | $2,547 | |
| Kristin Palmer | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $2,516 |
| David Lyman Crump | - | $2,500 | |
| David Crump | - | $2,500 | |
| Sally Vaughn | - | $2,000 | |
| Daniel Grady Perdue | Christopher Paul Pringle | Republican Party | $2,000 |
| Alan Dettlaff | Amanda Edwards | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| Rebecca Storey | - | Democratic Party | $1,914 |
| Donald Bellman | Elizabeth Fletcher | Democratic Party | $1,910 |
| John Wolfe | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $1,900 |
| Rebecca Storey | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic Party | $1,556 |
| Floyd Newsum | Amanda Edwards | Democratic Party | $1,500 |
| Margot Backus | - | $1,494 | |
| Mark Yzaguirre | Elizabeth Fletcher | Democratic Party | $1,250 |
| Catherine Weber | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $1,250 |
| Rebecca Storey | - | $1,173 | |
| Rebecca Storey | Alexander Green | Democratic Party | $1,150 |
| John Wolfe | - | $1,050 | |
| Daniel Silva | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $1,038 |
| Vicente Esquivel | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $1,005 |
| Tracy Hester | Elizabeth Fletcher | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Tom Tuyen. Nguy C. Nguyen | - | $1,000 | |
| Roy Weinstein | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| Mary Henderson | Cory A. Booker | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Leah Mcalister-Shields | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Jeannie Kever | - | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Gary Randazzo | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Edgardo E. Colon | Royce West | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Dina Alsowayel | Sima Jandaghi Ladjevardian | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Camille Leugers | Elizabeth Fletcher | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Bridget Barrow | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Alan Dettlaff | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Rebecca Storey | - | Democratic Party | $963 |
| Zhigang Deng | - | Republican Party | $899 |
| Gordon Johnson | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $860 |
| Miguel Ramos | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $820 |
| Carl Lindahl | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $805 |
| Gabriel Aguilar | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $801 |
| Victor Wayhan | - | $800 | |
| Blake Ives | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $800 |
| Sarah F. Boyd | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $790 |
| Judith Steinhoff | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $775 |
| Rebecca Storey | - | $752 | |
| Zanna Kruoch | Bimal Patel | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Tobi Tabor | - | $750 | |
| Therese Kosten | - | $750 | |
| Marcus Piccolo | Bimal Patel | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Gemunu Gunaratne | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Edward E. Manouelian | - | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Brigitte Dauwalder | Elizabeth Fletcher | Democratic Party | $715 |
| Abdel Razzaq Takriti | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $707 |
| Rick Lowe | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $700 |
| Mark Yzaguirre | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $700 |
| Latanya Love | Amanda Edwards | Democratic Party | $700 |
| Xiaojing Yuan | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $683 |
| Ryan Cassidy | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $680 |
| Margot Backus | Mary Jennings M.J. Hegar | Democratic Party | $643 |
| Rebecca Storey | - | $627 | |
| Daniel Currie | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $613 |
| Tyrone Tillery | - | Democratic Party | $605 |
| Richard P. Wall | - | $600 | |
| Leslie Griffin | Mary Patricia Hackett | Democratic Party | $600 |
| Elizabeth Gregory | Robert Christopher Bell | Democratic Party | $600 |
| Amy Sater | - | Democratic Party | $600 |
| Brigitte Dauwalder | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $595 |
| Xiaojing Yuan | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $583 |
| Margot Backus | - | $583 | |
| Betsy Kaufman | - | Republican Party | $583 |
| John Teare | - | $567 | |
| Roy Prof. Weinstein | John Cornyn | Republican Party | $550 |
| Martha Dunkelberger | Elizabeth Fletcher | Democratic Party | $550 |
| Lonny Hoffman | Elizabeth Fletcher | Democratic Party | $520 |
| Mark Yzaguirre | Joaquin Castro | Democratic Party | $516 |
| Tracy Hester | - | $500 | |
| Roy Weinstein | John Cornyn | Republican Party | $500 |
| Roy Weinstein | Lacy Johnson | Republican Party | $500 |
| Robert Bartsch | Mary Jennings M.J. Hegar | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Michael Olivas | Debra Haaland | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Meera Jagannathan | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Mark Yzaguirre | Wendy Davis | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Lechauncy Solari | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Kaye Newberry | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Katya Dow | Amanda Edwards | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Jessica Roberts | - | $500 | |
| Gilberto Lizalde | Steve Bullock | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Edgar Bering | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Dina Alsowayel | Sima Jandaghi Ladjevardian | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Debbie Harwell | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Daniel Maxwell | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Arlo F. Weltge | Brian Babin | Republican Party | $500 |
| Arlo F. Weltge | Kevin Patrick Brady | Republican Party | $500 |
| Andrew Burgess | Pritesh Gandhi | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Amber Hoffman | Elizabeth Fletcher | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Alison Walton Leland | Amanda Edwards | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Alison Leland | Amanda Edwards | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Alexander Robinson | Elizabeth Fletcher | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Rebecca Storey | - | $482 | |
| Eric Mims | Ted Cruz | Republican Party | $475 |
| Xiaojing Yuan | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $472 |
| Margot Backus | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $468 |
| Richard Garner | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $455 |
| Bobbie Koen | Beto O'Rourke | Democratic Party | $450 |
| Blake Ives | - | $450 | |
| Tobi Tabor | - | Democratic Party | $440 |
| Julie Dunsmore | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $401 |
| Zhigang Deng | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $400 |
| Matthew Dirst | - | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Ed Hungerford | - | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Daniel Maxwell | - | $400 | |
| Daniel Maxwell | Mary Jennings M.J. Hegar | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Rex Gillit | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $350 |
| Lechauncy Solari | Amanda Edwards | Democratic Party | $350 |
| Dave Fagundes | Elizabeth Fletcher | Democratic Party | $350 |
| Daniel Pshock | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $350 |
| Brian Herod | Mary Jennings M.J. Hegar | Democratic Party | $350 |
| Georgeann Smith | - | Republican Party | $336 |
| Leslie Griffin | Mary Patricia Hackett | Democratic Party | $325 |
| Leah Mcalister Shields | - | Democratic Party | $325 |
| Ben Mouser | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $325 |
| Semhar Ghebremichael | - | $300 | |
| Roy Weinstein | Daniel Crenshaw | Republican Party | $300 |
| Roy Weinstein | Daniel Crenshaw | Republican Party | $300 |
| Judith Steinhoff | - | $300 | |
| Donald Bellman | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Jaime Questell | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $278 |
| John Kelly | - | $275 | |
| Hussain Hadah | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $268 |
| Rebecca Storey | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic Party | $258 |
| Julie Dunsmore | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $258 |
| Paul Asofsky | Cindy Axne | Democratic Party | $255 |
| Gabriel Aguilar | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $254 |
| Giovanni Rosselli | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $253 |
| Vallabh Das | Sri Preston Kulkarni | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Timothy E. Hester | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Therese Kosten | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Suryanarayanan Radhakrishanan | Sri Preston Kulkarni | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Sarah Boyd | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Mindy Lawrence | Elizabeth Fletcher | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Mihir Rane | - | $250 | |
| Michael Olivas | Donna Shalala | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Mark Yzaguirre | Julie Lynn Oliver | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Leonard Trombetta | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Lacey Schmidt | - | $250 | |
| Kris Taylor | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| John C. Wolfe | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| John C. Wolfe | Mary Jennings M.J. Hegar | Democratic Party | $250 |
| John C. Wolfe | Elizabeth Fletcher | Democratic Party | $250 |
| John C. Wolfe | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Jeannie Kever | Mary Jennings M.J. Hegar | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Jeannie Kever | Elizabeth Fletcher | Democratic Party | $250 |
| James Hughes | Elizabeth Fletcher | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Jacquie Brennan | Beto O'Rourke | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Hubert Williston | - | $250 | |
| Everette Penn | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Edward Manouelian | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Edgar Bering | Mary Jennings M.J. Hegar | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Dominique Mccormick | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Dennis Moroney | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Catherine Weber | Daniel Crenshaw | Republican Party | $250 |
| Catherine Weber | Devin Gerald Nunes | Republican Party | $250 |
| Catherine Weber | - | $250 | |
| Casey Hackney | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Casey Due Hackney | Raphael Warnock | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Casey Due Hackney | Mary Jennings M.J. Hegar | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Casey Du Hackney | Theresa Greenfield | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Casey Du Hackney | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Camden Tissue | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Blake Ives | Justin Amash | Republican Party | $250 |
| Wa Xian | - | Republican Party | $249 |
| Belita Leal | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $243 |
| Tobi Tabor | - | $235 | |
| Steven Wallace | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $225 |
| Amanda Watson | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $225 |
| Kathleen Gajewski | Sri Preston Kulkarni | Democratic Party | $222 |
| Katie Guidroz | - | Republican Party | $220 |
| Timothy Hester | - | Democratic Party | $210 |
| Eric Bittner | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $210 |
| Chang Yun | - | Republican Party | $210 |
| Sheila Katz | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Rebecca Storey | Daniel Mccready | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Katherine Mckay | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| John Teare | - | $200 | |
| Jim Taylor | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Ed Hungerford | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| David Shattuck | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Scott Elder | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $189 |
| Arturo Padilla | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $189 |
| Rebecca Storey | - | $185 | |
| Matthew Nicol | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $185 |
| Ryan Cassidy | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $183 |
| Brian Herod | - | $180 | |
| Rebecca Storey | - | $175 | |
| Hayley Walker | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $170 |
| Dee Canfield | Martha Mcsally | Republican Party | $160 |
| Monica Perales | Beto O'Rourke | Democratic Party | $155 |
| Brian Trinidad | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $153 |
| William Truitt | Beto O'Rourke | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Sally Vaughn | - | $150 | |
| Peter Linzer | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Lynn Maher | Wendy Davis | Democratic Party | $150 |
| John Teare | - | $150 | |
| John Teare | - | $150 | |
| Jacquie Brennan | Kimberly D. Olson | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Brenda Paloski | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Martha Dunkelberger | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $141 |
| Jing Zhang | - | Republican Party | $136 |
| Jason Marquez | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $135 |
| Jim Morris | - | Republican Party | $126 |
| Walter Blanchard | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $125 |
| Rebecca Storey | Mary Jennings M.J. Hegar | Democratic Party | $125 |
| John Teare | Ben R. Lujan | Democratic Party | $125 |
| Dietrich Vollrath | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $125 |
| Karina Lovas | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $122 |
| Xiaojing Yuan | - | Democratic Party | $120 |
| Tobi Tabor | - | $120 | |
| Ruth Manny | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $120 |
| Rebecca Storey | John Robert Lewis | Democratic Party | $120 |
| Zhigang Deng | - | Republican Party | $110 |
| Gemunu Gunaratne | - | Democratic Party | $110 |
| Charles Layne | - | Republican Party | $110 |
| David Fagundes | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $109 |
| Catherine K. Weber | Dan Sullivan | Republican Party | $108 |
| Xuqing Wu | - | Republican Party | $103 |
| Latanya Love | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $101 |
| William Nelson | Mary Jennings M.J. Hegar | Democratic Party | $100 |
| William Conklin | - | Republican Party | $100 |
| Thomas Newton | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Thomas Newton | - | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Susan Koch | - | $100 | |
| Steve Wallace | - | $100 | |
| Robert Fox | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Nicholas Rattner | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Michael Ahlf | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Matthew Gallagher | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Malinda Moller | Beto O'Rourke | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Jose N. Cicerchia | Elizabeth Fletcher | Democratic Party | $100 |
| John Teare | - | $100 | |
| John Teare | Adam Schiff | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Eric Block | - | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Eric Bittner | - | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Dominique Mccormick | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Dee Canfield | - | Republican Party | $100 |
| David Phillips | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Christopher Small | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Chad Kitko | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Cameron Buckner | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Brian Herod | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Ben Mouser | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Gordon Johnson | - | $97 | |
| Elizabeth Marcinek | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $95 |
| Blake Ives | Sima Jandaghi Ladjevardian | Democratic Party | $93 |
| Dawana Lewis | - | Democratic Party | $88 |
| Travis Baylor | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $87 |
| Sharon F. Kahn | - | Democratic Party | $85 |
| Rohit Nirmal | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $77 |
| Rebecca Storey | Julian Castro | Democratic Party | $75 |
| Travis Carlson | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $69 |
| Devyn Demaree | - | $60 | |
| Cynthia Freeland | Julian Castro | Democratic Party | $60 |
| Christopher Stroud | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $60 |
| Tyrone Tillery | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Samina Salim | Michael Siegel | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Pelin Cunningham-Erdogdu | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Morris Judy | - | Republican Party | $50 |
| Michael Redwine | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Joseph Leydon | - | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Jerry Waite | - | Republican Party | $50 |
| Jan Leger | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Elizabeth Gregory | Elizabeth Fletcher | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Delilah Montoya | - | Democratic Party | $50 |
| David Fagundes | Elizabeth Fletcher | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Connie Hill | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Rebecca Storey | Doug Jones | Democratic Party | $45 |
| Zenaida Aguirre-Munoz | Beto O'Rourke | Democratic Party | $40 |
| Judith Steinhoff | Mary Jennings M.J. Hegar | Democratic Party | $40 |
| Betsy Kaufman | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $40 |
| Nicky Ray Holdeman | - | Republican Party | $35 |
| Marcella Norwood | Dan Newhouse | Republican Party | $35 |
| Leslie Griffin | - | Democratic Party | $35 |
| Douglas Van | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $35 |
| Ronald Gonyea | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $34 |
| Robert Wilson | - | Democratic Party | $32 |
| Michael Yampuler | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $31 |
| Suzy Walker | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $30 |
| Ashley Boyer | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $30 |
| Arturo Padilla | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Democratic Party | $30 |
| Malinda Moller | Mary Jennings M.J. Hegar | Democratic Party | $27 |
| Scott Elder | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Mustafa Lokhandwala | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Miguel Ramos | Theresa Greenfield | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Margaret Caylor | Mary Jennings M.J. Hegar | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Marcella Norwood | Stephen Joseph Scalise | Republican Party | $25 |
| Janice Newsum | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Brandie Yale | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Jacquie Brennan | Mary Jennings M.J. Hegar | Democratic Party | $17 |
| Susan Koch | - | $15 | |
| Jose Cicerchia | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $13 |
| Kyle Schlesinger | Bernard Sanders | Independent | $12 |
| Lonny Hoffman | Elizabeth Fletcher | Democratic Party | $10 |
| Melissa Mares | John Cornyn | Republican Party | $8 |
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