There were at least 268 contributions made to political candidates and committees by VMware 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.
Arti Sharma's contributions
| Committee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warren for President, Inc. | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Jaime Harrison for US Senate | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $250 |
Other donations by employees of VMware
| Employee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amy Olli | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $6,300 |
| Wenguang Wang | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $6,200 |
| Tony Kuo | - | Democratic Party | $6,000 |
| Tony Kuo | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $5,921 |
| Matthew Marquis | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $5,600 |
| John Lee | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $5,600 |
| Wenguang Wang | - | Republican Party | $3,364 |
| Alex Wang | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $3,150 |
| Paul Pedersen | Kamala D. Harris | Democratic Party | $3,000 |
| Teri Elniski | Kamala D. Harris | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| Teri Elniski | Kamala D. Harris | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| Shiv Agarwal | Rishi Kumar | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| Kevin George | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| Jeff Hu | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| Jason Conyard | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| Jared Rosoff | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| James Kiryakoza | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| Alex Wang | - | Democratic Party | $2,750 |
| Devon Warshaw | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $2,700 |
| Krishna Raghunath | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $2,516 |
| Taylor Hutt | - | - | $2,500 |
| Taylor Hutt | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,500 |
| Wenguang Wang | - | Republican Party | $2,350 |
| Julie Cecilio | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,075 |
| Rajiv Ramaswami | Rishi Kumar | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| John Lee | - | - | $2,000 |
| Anita Kapadia | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| Dov Lantsman | Harley E. Rouda Jr. | Democratic Party | $1,750 |
| Bill Roth | Josh Harder | Democratic Party | $1,650 |
| Christopher Hunter | Cenk Uygur | Democratic Party | $1,630 |
| James Ingalsbe | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,525 |
| Christopher Tillier | Pamela M. Keith | Democratic Party | $1,500 |
| Charles W. Villa | - | Democratic Party | $1,500 |
| Amy Gannaway | - | Democratic Party | $1,500 |
| Tamara Newman | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,335 |
| Barry Bisson | - | - | $1,235 |
| Janet Noe | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,200 |
| Christopher Hopkins | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,150 |
| Wenguang Wang | - | Republican Party | $1,100 |
| Teresa Velasco | - | - | $1,000 |
| Tea Liukkonen Olmiala | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Sanjay Poonen | Cathy Mcmorris Rodgers | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| Sanjay Poonen | Steven Daines | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| Radhika Singh | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Michael Eisler | - | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| Mary Firenze | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Mark Schweighardt | - | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| Mark Schweighardt | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| Kit Colbert | - | - | $1,000 |
| James Kiryakoza | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Charles Villa | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Charles Villa | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Amy Gannaway | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Michael Eisler | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $990 |
| James Ingalsbe | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $968 |
| Philip Hathaway | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $962 |
| Christopher Hunter | Shahid Buttar | Democratic Party | $896 |
| Daniel Kennedy | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $850 |
| Jonathan Yue | - | Republican Party | $849 |
| Venkatesh Raghavan | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $800 |
| Israel Cidon | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $776 |
| Leinani Bernabe | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $756 |
| Paul Pedersen | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Osten Colbert | Sara Gideon | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Kamal Kyrala | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Alex Wang | Sara Gideon | Democratic Party | $750 |
| David Back | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $700 |
| Christopher Hopkins | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $650 |
| Khalid Darwish | Ilhan Omar | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $645 |
| Rodney Chang | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $628 |
| Paul Pedersen | - | Democratic Party | $625 |
| Zhongpei Chen | - | Republican Party | $600 |
| Reza Fazlollahi | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $600 |
| Kaiting Chen | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $600 |
| Christofer Newman | - | - | $600 |
| Konstantinos Roussos | Theresa Greenfield | Democratic Party | $583 |
| William G. Roth | - | Democratic Party | $550 |
| Amy Olli | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $550 |
| Shadi Kashefizadeh | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $525 |
| Konstantinos Roussos | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $525 |
| Konstantinos Roussos | Michael Espy | Democratic Party | $507 |
| Priya Rajaram Shastri | Rishi Kumar | Democratic Party | $501 |
| Yair Sarig | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Xiaoqin Ma | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Sajai Krishnan | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Ramia Davis | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Purnima Padmanabhan | Rishi Kumar | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Prasad Saranjame | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Philip Hathaway | - | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Paul Pedersen | - | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Parikshit Gopalan | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Nicola Peill | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Nicola Moelter | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Maria Ray | - | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Mahadevan Vishwanath Iyer | Rishi Kumar | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Larry Wainblat | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Konstantinos Roussos | - | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Konstantino Roussos | - | - | $500 |
| Joe Chung | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Joe Chung | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Jason Conyard | Beto O'Rourke | Democratic Party | $500 |
| James Watters | - | Democratic Party | $500 |
| James Kiryakoza | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Geena Dougherty | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Edward Dinel | - | - | $500 |
| Dev Nag | - | - | $500 |
| David Epstein | - | - | $500 |
| Christina Laskowski | - | Republican Party | $500 |
| Chris Tillier | Pamela M. Keith | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Charles Lintell | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Arielle Abeyta | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Aram Price | - | - | $500 |
| Juergen Barthel | - | Democratic Party | $498 |
| Tamara Newman | - | - | $487 |
| Dov Lantsman | Jeffrey Alan Merkley | Democratic Party | $475 |
| Cameron Sturdevant | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $470 |
| Ramzi Nahas | - | Democratic Party | $462 |
| Paul Pedersen | - | - | $450 |
| Gopal Harikumar | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $450 |
| James Watters | - | - | $426 |
| Shyamolee Desai | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $425 |
| Cristin Prenez | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Barry Bisson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Krishna Raghunath | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $395 |
| Tamara Newman | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $386 |
| Teresa M. Velasco | - | - | $385 |
| Tea Liukkonen-Olmiala | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $375 |
| Christian Rauber | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $374 |
| Alexander Malitsky | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $370 |
| Brent Sullivan | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $367 |
| Khalid Darwish | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $356 |
| Philip Hathaway | John W. Hickenlooper | Democratic Party | $350 |
| Daniel Lopez Ridruejo | Tulsi Gabbard | Democratic Party | $350 |
| Alex Goldsmith | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $350 |
| Amy Wagman | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $348 |
| Kevin Strohmeyer | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $347 |
| James Watters | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $319 |
| Jonathan Yue | Kevin McCarthy | Republican Party | $312 |
| Dylan Townsend | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $308 |
| Zeyad Zaky | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Michael Estopinal | - | Republican Party | $300 |
| Kevin Mcbride | - | - | $300 |
| Judy Snow | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $300 |
| James Watters | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Edward Hieatt | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Dilpreet Bindra | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Bradley Bock | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Bill Roth | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Bill Roth | - | - | $300 |
| Kris Dockery | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $295 |
| Kevin Strohmeyer | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $295 |
| Richard Spillane | - | Republican Party | $294 |
| Philip Hathaway | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $275 |
| Margaret N. Drew | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $275 |
| Philip Hathaway | Theresa Greenfield | Democratic Party | $252 |
| William Roth | Josh Harder | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Tasnim Fidali | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Su Wang | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Stephen Connors | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Sajai Krishnan | - | - | $250 |
| Ron Longo | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Richard Spillane | - | Republican Party | $250 |
| Paul Pedersen | - | - | $250 |
| Osten Colbert | Christopher Jolly Hale | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Michael Mueller | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Michael Estopinal | John Cornyn | Republican Party | $250 |
| Lap Vong | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Kevin Mcbride | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Kelley Merizan | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Joshua Swerdlow | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Joseph Dieckhans | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Jon Nelson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| John Micco | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Jeanamaria Alayaay | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| James Ingalsbe | Steve Bullock | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Ivan Novick | Justin Aguilera | Republican Party | $250 |
| Irfan Jafar | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Gustavo Franco | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Gary Galster | - | Republican Party | $250 |
| Dieu Cao | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Christos Karamanolis | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Catherine Dunwoodie | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Cameron Sturdevant | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Bill Roth | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Ann Perry | - | - | $250 |
| Andy Morris | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Amrish Chopra | Tulsi Gabbard | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Allie Ferrari | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Alex Wang | - | - | $250 |
| Amy Plunkett | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $240 |
| Barbra Hale | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $224 |
| Gabriel Githens | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $206 |
| Srinivasan Murari | Rishi Kumar | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Leslie Oldenkamp | - | - | $200 |
| Kam Kyrala | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $200 |
| James Watters | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Devon Warshaw | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $200 |
| David Jasso | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Calvin Chai | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Allen Guthier | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Eloy Ontiveros | Julian Castro | Democratic Party | $167 |
| Justin Broughton | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $155 |
| Juergen Barthel | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Cynthia Carroll | - | - | $150 |
| Amy Plunkett | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Alex Wang | - | - | $150 |
| Christopher Hunter | - | - | $142 |
| James Medeiros | - | Republican Party | $132 |
| Stephen Hong | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $130 |
| Christina Laskowski | - | Republican Party | $125 |
| Khalid Darwish | Rohit Khanna | Democratic Party | $120 |
| Faheem Chanda | Ilhan Omar | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $119 |
| James Ramming | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $115 |
| Ramzi Nahas | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $112 |
| Prakash Chulani | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $111 |
| Justin Halliwill | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $108 |
| Christopher Prall | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $108 |
| Kam Kyrala | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $107 |
| Kamal Kyrala | Sara Gideon | Democratic Party | $105 |
| Zhongpei Chen | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $100 |
| Siddharth Mallannagari | - | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Rob Johnson | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Judy Jordan-Biesele | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Glenn Weyhausen | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Garett Dworman | - | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Daniel Lopez Ridruejo | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Christopher Hopkins | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Christopher Hopkins | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Christopher Hopkins | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Chris Nelson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Bill Roth | Adam Schiff | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Benjamin Arp | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Adrienne Heiskanen | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Jim Medeiros | Dan Sullivan | Republican Party | $95 |
| Konstantinos Roussos | Mary Jennings M.J. Hegar | Democratic Party | $83 |
| Mike Winter | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $81 |
| Jiahua Wang | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $81 |
| William Park | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $75 |
| Joy Whitman | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $75 |
| Siwei Jian | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $70 |
| Siddharth Mallannagari | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $66 |
| Michael King | Beto O'Rourke | Democratic Party | $60 |
| Iris Li | - | Democratic Party | $60 |
| Brenda Ono | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $54 |
| Xinhua Hong | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Tracy Jones | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Siwei Jian | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Joy Whitman | - | Democratic Party | $50 |
| John Lee | - | - | $50 |
| Frank Velasquez | - | Republican Party | $50 |
| Christian Rauber | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Annemarie Boyle | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Dan Rozzano | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $35 |
| Leinani Bernabe | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $33 |
| Severine Tymon | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $28 |
| Colin Miller | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $27 |
| Shyam Eranky | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Shannon Daly | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Philip Hathaway | Sara Gideon | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Philip Hathaway | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Barry Bisson | Theresa Greenfield | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Amy Wagman | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Karen Huddleston | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $15 |
| Daniel Zilberman | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $15 |
| Maria Raimundo | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $5 |
| James W. Medeiros Jr. | - | Republican Party | $5 |
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