There were at least 159 contributions made to political candidates and committees by Rush University Medical Center employees, 79.9 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.
Robert Banwart's contributions
| Committee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amy for America | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $1,676 |
| Julian for the Future Presidential Exploratory Committee | Julian Castro | Democratic Party | $100 |
Other donations by employees of Rush University Medical Center
| Employee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melissa Strube | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $8,367 |
| Sharon E. Byrd | - | Democratic Party | $6,400 |
| Michael Yannell | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $5,600 |
| Laura Timoney | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $5,600 |
| William Scheftner | - | Democratic Party | $5,000 |
| Niranjan Karnik | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $3,000 |
| Michael Yannell | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $2,881 |
| Summer B. Dewdney | Betsy Dirksen Londrigan | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| Glenn Stebbins | Raphael Warnock | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| Neel Jhobalia | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $2,538 |
| Kim Allan Macc Williams | - | $2,500 | |
| Paula Grabler | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,250 |
| Sharon Byrd | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,200 |
| Liz Carter | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| Andrew L. Mullen | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| Parameswaran Venugopal | Raja S. Krishnamoorthi | Democratic Party | $1,500 |
| Asokumar Buvanendran | Raja S. Krishnamoorthi | Democratic Party | $1,500 |
| Anna Alecci | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,500 |
| Thomas Hoeppner | - | Democratic Party | $1,385 |
| Alejandro Castillo | - | Republican Party | $1,164 |
| Rey Vela | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $1,132 |
| Richard Fessler | - | Republican Party | $1,100 |
| Vidya Chakravarthy | - | $1,000 | |
| Vidya Chakravarthy | - | $1,000 | |
| Terry Peterson | - | $1,000 | |
| Terry Peterson | - | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Sobia Ansari | Sara Gideon | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Sloane York | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Shikha Jain | Raja S. Krishnamoorthi | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Niranjan Karnik | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Michael Yannell | - | $1,000 | |
| Michael Yannell | - | $1,000 | |
| Michael Yannell | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Michael Dandorph | - | $1,000 | |
| David Ansell | - | $1,000 | |
| Angelique Richard | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Savannah Glazer | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $993 |
| Michael F. Brown | - | Democratic Party | $960 |
| Louis James Kraus | - | $831 | |
| Ed Robert Blazek | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $825 |
| Steven Rothschild | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $700 |
| Parul Barry | - | $700 | |
| Marc Reichel | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $670 |
| Sharon E. Byrd | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $650 |
| Ka La | - | Democratic Party | $650 |
| Pamela Katz | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $636 |
| Taemyn Hollis | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $600 |
| James Bremer | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $600 |
| Ann S. Hartlage | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $600 |
| Suzanne Langner | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $597 |
| Sharon Byrd | - | Democratic Party | $585 |
| Michael Presser | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $579 |
| Anil Kesavan | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $568 |
| Jennifer Poirier | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $509 |
| Vidya Chakravarthy | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Terry Peterson | Raphael Warnock | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Sophia Worobec | - | $500 | |
| Sobia Ansari | Kina Isis Collins | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Sobia Ansari | Cory A. Booker | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Sloane York | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Sloane York | - | $500 | |
| Sandra Sue Swantek | - | $500 | |
| Richard G. Fessler | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $500 |
| Michael Yannell | - | $500 | |
| Donald Tanis | - | $500 | |
| Daniel Lheureux | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Bala Hota | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Anne Hartley | - | $500 | |
| Susan Buchholz | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $495 |
| Anil Kesavan | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $483 |
| Jennifer Strong | Marie Newman | Democratic Party | $454 |
| Thomas Hoeppner | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $450 |
| Ed Blazek | Steve Bullock | Democratic Party | $450 |
| Ross Fastro A. Abrams | - | $418 | |
| Christina Jreisat | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $417 |
| Niranjan Karnik | - | $400 | |
| Michael F. Brown | - | Democratic Party | $360 |
| Arnold Evia | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $302 |
| Sharon Byrd | - | $300 | |
| Paula Grabler | Theresa Greenfield | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Niranjan Karnik | Pritesh Gandhi | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Judith Frei | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $300 |
| James Bremer | Richard J. Durbin | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Gary Schaer | Sara Gideon | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Gary Schaer | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Gary Schaer | Michael Espy | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Larissa Mattei | - | $294 | |
| Michael Presser | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $264 |
| Alejandro Castillo | Stephen Joseph Scalise | Republican Party | $255 |
| William Scheftner | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Vidya Chakravarthy | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Sobia N. Ansari | Kina Isis Collins | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Lisa D'Amico | Audrey L. Denney | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Kristin Stewart | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| John Facr F. Hibbeln | - | $250 | |
| Jennifer Strong | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $250 |
| James Wyatt | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| James Wyatt | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Gary W. Chmielewski | - | $250 | |
| Elizabeth Damstetter | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Ed R. Blazek | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Donald Tanis | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Collin Sasser | Raja S. Krishnamoorthi | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Clark Mckown | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Carl Bergetz | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Beverly Sha | Margaret Elizabeth Rowell Good | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Beverly Sha | Hillary Scholten | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Beverly E. Sha | Christina Finello | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Jon Youakim | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $243 |
| Panagiotis Kourtidis | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $227 |
| Kathryn Foulser | Sean Casten | Democratic Party | $225 |
| James Bremer | Janice D. Schakowsky | Democratic Party | $225 |
| Niranjan Karnik | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $220 |
| Niranjan Karnik | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $220 |
| Sharon Byrd | - | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Paula Grabler | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Paula Grabler | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Lisa Bates | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Lindsay Westphal | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Kevin Irvine | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Emily Fess | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Ann Hartlage | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Timothy Murakami | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $180 |
| Jon Youakim | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $170 |
| Paula Grabler | Steve Bullock | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Michael Brown | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Patricia Chavez | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $148 |
| Alejandro Castillo | Dan Newhouse | Republican Party | $130 |
| Margaret Mary Butler | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $125 |
| Lucy Ramirez | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $125 |
| Niranjan Karnik | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $120 |
| Michael Brown | - | Democratic Party | $120 |
| Taemyn Hollis | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $115 |
| Nell Lurain | - | $115 | |
| Greg Gaffud | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $110 |
| Jon Youakim | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $108 |
| Stephanie Plancich | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $105 |
| Sarah Song | - | $105 | |
| Sophia Worobec | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Philip Liebson | Tammy L. Duckworth | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Michael Presser | Edward John Markey | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Michael Brown | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Melissa Strube | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Julie Schneider | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| James Coggan | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Cathleen Byrne | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Janice Phillips | Lauren A. Underwood | Democratic Party | $75 |
| Aimee Szewka | - | $63 | |
| Megan Morrow | - | $60 | |
| Alejandro Castillo | Dan Newhouse | Republican Party | $60 |
| Rachael Allen | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Niranjan Karnik | Pritesh Gandhi | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Martha J. Doerrer | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Justin Fisher | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Patricia Meaden | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Joe Bonura | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $15 |
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