There were at least 340 contributions made to political candidates and committees by Merck & Company, Inc. employees, 70.3 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.
Elizabeth Besteman's contributions
| Committee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dscc | - | Democratic Party | $9,950 |
| Dccc | - | Democratic Party | $4,000 |
| Dnc Services Corp./Dem. Nat'L Committee | - | Democratic Party | $2,300 |
| Jaime Harrison for US Senate | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $516 |
| Mark Kelly for Senate | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $430 |
| Mad 4 Pa PAC | Madeleine Dean | Democratic Party | $245 |
| Depasquale for Pa 10 | Eugene Depasquale | Democratic Party | $135 |
| Peters for Michigan | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $110 |
Other donations by employees of Merck & Company, Inc.
| Employee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenneth C. Frazier | - | $100,000 | |
| Kenneth Frazier | - | $50,000 | |
| Kenneth C. Frazier | - | $50,000 | |
| Kenneth C. Frazier | - | $30,000 | |
| Kenneth Frazier | - | $15,600 | |
| Kenneth Frazier | - | Democratic Party | $10,000 |
| Kenneth C. Frazier | Cheri Bustos | Democratic Party | $10,000 |
| Eliav Barr | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $5,600 |
| Michael Miller | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $5,500 |
| Michael Miller | Christina Finello | Democratic Party | $5,400 |
| Kenneth Frazier | Cory Gardner | Republican Party | $5,000 |
| Kenneth C. Frazir | - | $5,000 | |
| Kyong Growney | Christina Finello | Democratic Party | $4,000 |
| Kenneth Frazier | Adam Schleifer | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| Penny Devito | - | Republican Party | $2,620 |
| Eliav Barr | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,500 |
| Paul Kolosick | - | Democratic Party | $2,291 |
| Michael Robertson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| Julie Gerberding | - | $2,000 | |
| Joan Benson | Cora Neumann | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| Jean Dandois | - | $2,000 | |
| Lei Qi | - | $1,950 | |
| Daniel Grubb | - | Republican Party | $1,821 |
| York Gruetzmacher | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $1,800 |
| Paul Kolosick | Christina Finello | Democratic Party | $1,800 |
| James Feerick | - | Republican Party | $1,799 |
| Paul Kolosick | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,789 |
| Daniel Grubb | - | Republican Party | $1,741 |
| Cynthia Silber | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,718 |
| James Grasty | Mary Gay Scanlon | Democratic Party | $1,625 |
| Theresa Tran | Brian Fitzpatrick | Republican Party | $1,500 |
| Robert Porter | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,500 |
| Mary Beth Tomeny | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,500 |
| Joanne Lahner | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,500 |
| Spencer Dech | - | Democratic Party | $1,475 |
| Michael Crutchlow | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,375 |
| Bernadette Campbell | - | $1,360 | |
| Amanda Paschke | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $1,355 |
| Lei Qi | - | Republican Party | $1,335 |
| Robert Sitrin | - | Democratic Party | $1,285 |
| Robert Porter | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $1,250 |
| Ciaran Mccrory | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,250 |
| Ed Slaughter | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,200 |
| Jonathan M. Strickland | - | Democratic Party | $1,150 |
| Matthew Frey | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $1,120 |
| Ilana White | Doug Jones | Democratic Party | $1,038 |
| Megan Monkres | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,024 |
| Daniel Heider | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,005 |
| Reetu Dandora | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Patrick Davish | - | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Muna Bhanji | Jake Auchincloss | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Mary Retzlaff | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Lei Qi | - | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| Julia Cohen | - | $1,000 | |
| Jonathan Wort | Lloyd K. Smucker | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| Gregory Birmingham | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Eliav Barr | - | $1,000 | |
| David Jankiewitz | Christina Finello | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Daniel Heider | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Craig Roberts | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Brian Edmonds | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Cynthia Van Curen | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $950 |
| Scott Kauffman | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $947 |
| Dionna K. Litvin | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $920 |
| Ann Strauss | - | $900 | |
| Spencer Dech | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $865 |
| Christopher Vargas | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $863 |
| York Gruetzmacher | - | Republican Party | $850 |
| James Feerick | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $850 |
| David Foberg | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $800 |
| Brandon Palermo | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $800 |
| Richard Mertz | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $790 |
| Paul C. Kolosick | - | Democratic Party | $760 |
| William David Furman | - | Republican Party | $750 |
| Michael Crutchlow | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Mei Chen | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $750 |
| Dave Furman | - | Republican Party | $750 |
| Eliav Barr | Doug Jones | Democratic Party | $714 |
| William Furman | - | Republican Party | $705 |
| Eric Gowallis | - | Republican Party | $700 |
| Matthew Phillips | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $676 |
| Nancy Otto | - | Republican Party | $675 |
| William Potter | - | Democratic Party | $662 |
| Paul Kolosick | - | Democratic Party | $660 |
| Scott Harrison | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $650 |
| Kathy Walker | - | Republican Party | $649 |
| Stefan Ellis | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $625 |
| Evelhoch Jeffrey | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $607 |
| Scott Taylor | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $600 |
| John Seedor | - | Republican Party | $600 |
| Eric Gowallis | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $600 |
| Die J. Millogo | - | Democratic Party | $600 |
| Daniel Heider | Christina Finello | Democratic Party | $600 |
| Anant Shah | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $600 |
| Pamela Lane | - | Republican Party | $585 |
| Bernadette Campbell | - | $580 | |
| Raymond Miller | - | Republican Party | $575 |
| Cong Chen | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $575 |
| Kimberly Gwiazdzinski | - | $572 | |
| Paul Kolosick | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $562 |
| Penny Devito | - | Republican Party | $550 |
| Joanne Burke | - | Democratic Party | $550 |
| Carol Sikora | Susan Wild | Democratic Party | $540 |
| Brian Hange | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $525 |
| Ilana White | John W. Hickenlooper | Democratic Party | $519 |
| Valerie Thomas | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Theresa Tran | - | Republican Party | $500 |
| Stephen Dorsch | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Seth Forster | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Sandy Emile | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Sandra Tremps | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Robert Porter | - | $500 | |
| Robert Porter | Sara Gideon | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Robert Porter | Theresa Greenfield | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Robert Mcmahon | Cory Gardner | Republican Party | $500 |
| Robert Boggs | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Richard Carter | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Michael Miller | - | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Lynne Isopi | - | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Kimberly Brannen | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Kevin Gonzalez | Madeleine Dean | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Joanne Lahner | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Joanne Lahner | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Joanne Lahner | Doug Jones | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Jean Dandois | Madeleine Dean | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Ilana White | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Ilana White | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Heather Rennie | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Eric Williams | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Eliav Barr | - | $500 | |
| Dominic Falcone | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Daniel Khordi | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Andrew Lee | - | $500 | |
| Abu Rahman | Mary Gay Scanlon | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Andrew Farrington | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $491 |
| Claudette Fuller | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $487 |
| Shailendra Singh | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $450 |
| Paul Rearden | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $450 |
| Claudette Fuller | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $450 |
| Anastasia Jancina | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $433 |
| Bernadette V. Campbell | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $407 |
| Robert Conroy | - | $390 | |
| Justin Martin | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $385 |
| Keyan West | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $378 |
| Steven Johnson | - | Republican Party | $375 |
| Cortney Gilbert | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $375 |
| Paul Kolosick | - | $365 | |
| Leslie Porter | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $360 |
| Eliav Barr | - | $360 | |
| Daniel Behmke | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $358 |
| Eliav Barr | Steve Bullock | Democratic Party | $357 |
| Eliav Barr | Raphael Warnock | Democratic Party | $357 |
| Eliav Barr | Barbara Bollier | Democratic Party | $357 |
| Eliav Barr | John W. Hickenlooper | Democratic Party | $357 |
| Eliav Barr | Al Gross | Independent | $357 |
| Eliav Barr | Theresa Greenfield | Democratic Party | $357 |
| Eliav Barr | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $357 |
| Eliav Barr | Michael Espy | Democratic Party | $357 |
| Eliav Barr | Mary Jennings M.J. Hegar | Democratic Party | $357 |
| Eliav Barr | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $357 |
| Tracy Miller | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $350 |
| Patrick Knowles | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $350 |
| Cynthia Van Curen | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $345 |
| Wendy Ankrom | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $328 |
| Lisa Denning | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $323 |
| Cory Campbell | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $319 |
| Tamara Lecce | - | Republican Party | $303 |
| Veronica Urdaneta | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Stacy Foley | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Shilpa Prem | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $300 |
| James Small | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Anand Ekambaram | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $289 |
| Leslie Porter | Christina Finello | Democratic Party | $275 |
| Jennifer Trigiani | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $275 |
| Jennifer Davis | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $275 |
| Claudette Fuller | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $275 |
| Ilana White | Barbara Bollier | Democratic Party | $269 |
| Anne Mcandrew | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $255 |
| William Mcgillian | - | Republican Party | $250 |
| William David Furman | Dan Sullivan | Republican Party | $250 |
| William David Furman | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $250 |
| Warner Scott Cryder | Patrick Joseph Toomey | Republican Party | $250 |
| Stefan Ellis | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Stefan Ellis | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Sharon Rudo | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Seth Forster | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Sam Jones | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Robert Porter | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Robert Meyer | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Robert Mcmahon | John W. Hickenlooper | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Ralph Kresge | - | Republican Party | $250 |
| Ralph Kresge | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $250 |
| Pedro Moura | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Michael Miller | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Michael Miller | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Michael Crutchlow | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Mei Chen | - | Republican Party | $250 |
| Mary Beth Tomeny | - | $250 | |
| Lynne Isopi | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Lei Qi IV | - | $250 | |
| Laurie Connor | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Joanne Lahner | John W. Hickenlooper | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Joanne Lahner | Madeleine Dean | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Jaime Cordero | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Izabela Galeska | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Gregory Golm | Ted Cruz | Republican Party | $250 |
| Dottie Miller | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Dottie Miller | Madeleine Dean | Democratic Party | $250 |
| David Vossen | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| David Kaufman | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Daniel Heider | Steve Bullock | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Daniel Heider | Barbara Bollier | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Daniel Heider | Theresa Greenfield | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Cynthia Silber | - | $250 | |
| Conrod Kelly | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Claudette Fuller | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Christopher Marr | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Christopher Cohen | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Chaundra Magwood | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Catherine Hines | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Ashley Wivel | - | $250 | |
| Andrea Perrone | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Maria Toothill | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $235 |
| Nancy Otto | Dan Newhouse | Republican Party | $230 |
| Karin Bystol | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $230 |
| Daniel Grubb | Dan Sullivan | Republican Party | $230 |
| Vaclav Kolar | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $216 |
| Paul C. Kolosick | - | Democratic Party | $215 |
| Craig Pekala | - | Republican Party | $215 |
| Steven Johnson | - | Republican Party | $210 |
| Jim Geib | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $208 |
| Penny Devito | Devin Gerald Nunes | Republican Party | $200 |
| Leslie Porter | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Karl Heath | - | Republican Party | $200 |
| Karl Heath | Brian Fitzpatrick | Republican Party | $200 |
| Karen Trump | - | Republican Party | $200 |
| Karen L. Trump | - | Republican Party | $200 |
| John Seedor | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $200 |
| Cody Bishop | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Christopher Grosso | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Chengbin Wang | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Betsy Jack | - | Republican Party | $200 |
| Nancy Otto | - | Republican Party | $184 |
| Jennifer Broyles | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $181 |
| Peter Toft | - | Republican Party | $176 |
| Laura Vilardo | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $175 |
| David Kniaz | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $175 |
| Susan Loftus | - | Republican Party | $162 |
| Kraig Finger | - | Republican Party | $162 |
| Mary Fanale | - | Republican Party | $161 |
| Heidi Cory | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $155 |
| Scott Harrison | - | $150 | |
| Kathy Korsen | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Jeffrey Kenney | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Christopher Medeiros | - | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Bernadette Campbell | - | $147 | |
| Eric Hahn | - | Republican Party | $141 |
| Susan Loftus | - | Republican Party | $140 |
| Matthew Phillips | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $140 |
| Daniel Grubb | Stephen Joseph Scalise | Republican Party | $140 |
| Jacqueline Fine | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $137 |
| Todd Andrade | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $135 |
| Stefan Zajic | Andy Kim | Democratic Party | $135 |
| George Peters | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $135 |
| Tamara O. Montgomery | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $132 |
| Sean Francis | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $127 |
| Kathy Marie Walker | - | Republican Party | $126 |
| Kevin Brooks | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $125 |
| Kathy Young | - | Democratic Party | $125 |
| Melissa Zale | Chrissy Houlahan | Democratic Party | $120 |
| Megan Obrien | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $120 |
| Andrea Sorkin | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $115 |
| Walter Irvine | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $110 |
| Donna M. Carr | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $110 |
| Jennifer Parker | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $105 |
| J. Woodruff | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $105 |
| Sharif Riad | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Richard Mertz | Bernard Sanders | Independent | $100 |
| Richard Briscoe | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Penny Devito | Stephen Joseph Scalise | Republican Party | $100 |
| Paul Kolosick | - | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Mary Ann Goss | - | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Leslie Porter | Kamala D. Harris | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Karl Heath | Dan Newhouse | Republican Party | $100 |
| John Graziano | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Joanne Brady | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Ian Hincken | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Edward Long | - | Republican Party | $100 |
| Brian Hughes | - | Republican Party | $100 |
| Bernadette Campbell | - | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Melisa Mordenti | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $99 |
| Shawn Cullen | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $95 |
| Nadia Noormohamed | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $95 |
| Laurie Stoneback | - | Republican Party | $95 |
| Daniel Mcbride | - | Republican Party | $95 |
| Karen Ciprero | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $85 |
| Deborah Slater | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $85 |
| Kathy Walker | - | Republican Party | $84 |
| Kathy Marie Walker | - | Republican Party | $80 |
| Lijoy Mathew | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $75 |
| Jill Lahr | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $75 |
| Michael Abdill | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $70 |
| David Reich | - | Republican Party | $67 |
| Stephen Dziennik | - | Republican Party | $65 |
| Pamela Lane | Dan Newhouse | Republican Party | $60 |
| Mark Stever | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $57 |
| Susanna Fox | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $55 |
| Larry Stern | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $54 |
| Wendy Ankrom | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Walter Straus | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Maryam Moaddeb | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| John Ion | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Aaron Mcgaw | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Billie Osborn | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $45 |
| Edward Long Jr. | - | Republican Party | $42 |
| Tammy Chan | - | Republican Party | $41 |
| Robert Conroy | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $41 |
| Laura Price | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $40 |
| David Gibbons | - | Republican Party | $35 |
| Claudette Fuller | - | Democratic Party | $35 |
| Dionna Litvin | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $30 |
| Tamara Montgomery | Cory A. Booker | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Joseph Galambos | - | Republican Party | $25 |
| Erin Tynebor | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Cory Campbell | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Bonnie Ben-Shmuel | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Mark Shanley | - | Republican Party | $23 |
| Jeanne Bernhard | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $20 |
| Dawn Harris | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $20 |
| Claudette L. Fuller | Kamala D. Harris | Democratic Party | $20 |
| Felicia Martin | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $19 |
| Carol Sikora | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $15 |
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