There were at least 277 contributions made to political candidates and committees by Delta Air Lines employees, 24.5 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.
Kenneth Lyons' contributions
| Committee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bernie 2020 | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $3,000 |
| Pete for America, Inc. | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Ilhan for Congress | Ilhan Omar | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $1,000 |
| Justice Democrats PAC | - | $500 | |
| Actblue | - | $300 |
Other donations by employees of Delta Air Lines
| Employee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeffrey Davidman | - | $8,736 | |
| Matthew Jules Knopf | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $8,400 |
| William Lentsch | - | $7,488 | |
| Todd Spaude | - | $7,488 | |
| Mary Loeffelholz | - | $7,488 | |
| Benjamin Humphrey | - | $6,240 | |
| Matthew Schrag | - | $5,824 | |
| Toby Broberg | - | $4,238 | |
| Susan Franson | - | $3,154 | |
| Renee Lopez-Pineda | - | $3,154 | |
| Jeremy Schneider | - | $3,154 | |
| Gary Theisen | - | $3,154 | |
| Leon Ball | - | $2,822 | |
| Leann Litschke | - | $2,822 | |
| Richard Maloney | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $2,250 |
| Jeff Davidman | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| Jeff Davidman | - | $2,000 | |
| Gordon M. Januszewski | - | $1,600 | |
| Bruce D. Endler | - | $1,600 | |
| Michael J. Sagness | - | $1,440 | |
| John F. Bryde III | - | $1,440 | |
| Richard Preston | - | $1,399 | |
| Scott L. Bowles | - | $1,359 | |
| Eric W. Criswell | - | $1,344 | |
| Eric N. Hall | - | $1,328 | |
| David A. Hopkinson | - | $1,328 | |
| William Lentsch | - | $1,248 | |
| Todd Spaude | - | $1,248 | |
| Mary Loeffelholz | - | $1,248 | |
| Benjamin Humphrey | - | $1,248 | |
| Robert Felechner | - | Republican Party | $1,220 |
| Mary Loeffelholz | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $1,200 |
| Scott A. Nelson | - | $1,173 | |
| Robert L. Felechner | - | Republican Party | $1,150 |
| Paul Stewart | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $1,100 |
| Brian Cloherty | Angela Dawn Craig | Democratic Party | $1,100 |
| Todd J. Kohner | - | $1,092 | |
| Webber | - | $1,087 | |
| Scott Werner | - | $1,080 | |
| William Lentsch | David Perdue | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| Jeremy Schloeder | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Jeff Davidman | David Perdue | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| Jeff Davidman | Peter A. Defazio | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| David Tincher | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| David Tincher | Angela Dawn Craig | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Brad Clouser | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Michael Donovan | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $971 |
| Carl G. Lindberg | - | $871 | |
| Robert Felechner | Dan Sullivan | Republican Party | $815 |
| Julie Richards | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $800 |
| Dominique Bouvet | - | $800 | |
| Brian Markes | Quinn Reabe Nystrom | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $800 |
| Herb Leplatt | - | $776 | |
| Kevin Mckenzie | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Mark H. Shanahan | - | $747 | |
| Michael Donovan | Angela Dawn Craig | Democratic Party | $725 |
| Derek Schramm | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $701 |
| Daniel J. Stowell | - | $672 | |
| William J | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $639 |
| Thomas D. Westling | - | $600 | |
| Michael Sagness | Mitch McConnell | Republican Party | $600 |
| Michael Donovan | - | $600 | |
| Michael Burns | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $600 |
| John C. Wood | - | $600 | |
| David W. Giefer | - | $600 | |
| Kate Lau | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $576 |
| John Wood | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $572 |
| Jeremiah Selander | - | $567 | |
| Michael Elliott | Ilhan Omar | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $550 |
| Lawrence W. Mccabe | - | $540 | |
| Kevin L. Koshiol | - | $504 | |
| Andrew F. Luce | - | $504 | |
| William Lentsch | - | Republican Party | $500 |
| William Lentsch | Dan Sullivan | Republican Party | $500 |
| Tim Reid | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Robin Paurus | - | $500 | |
| Matthew Knopf | Peter A. Defazio | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Joseph A. Pouliot | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Jeff Davidman | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Derek Schramm | Jason Lewis | Republican Party | $500 |
| David B. Farmer | - | $500 | |
| Brian Foddy | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Brian Akullian | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $500 |
| Brad Clouser | Carolyn Bourdeaux | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Andrea N. Ratfield | - | $500 | |
| John L. Pinkerton | - | $498 | |
| Jessica J. Englund | - | $492 | |
| Jack Sabba | - | $492 | |
| Gary A. Bray | - | $492 | |
| Erin E. Hensche | - | $492 | |
| Dustin C. Dryden | - | $492 | |
| Donald S. Deach | - | $492 | |
| Chester B. Stermer | - | $492 | |
| Rick Wyland | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $489 |
| Michael Bauerle | - | $484 | |
| Douglas Keskey | - | $484 | |
| Toby Broberg | - | $457 | |
| Robert Hedges | - | Republican Party | $450 |
| Jeffrey Hart | - | $418 | |
| Mary Leclaire | - | Republican Party | $410 |
| Frederick Regenauer | - | $402 | |
| Joseph A. Pouliot | - | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Debra Haecherl | - | Republican Party | $400 |
| Timothy Frederick | - | $381 | |
| John Wood | - | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $375 |
| Bruce E. Schulthess | - | $369 | |
| Eunice Burns | - | Republican Party | $355 |
| Leon Ball | - | $332 | |
| Joseph Pouliot | - | Democratic Party | $325 |
| Alan Katzenmaier | - | $321 | |
| John Wood | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $305 |
| Robert Felechner | Kendall Qualls | Republican Party | $300 |
| Richard Linde | - | $300 | |
| Richard J. Linde | - | Republican Party | $300 |
| Peter Juhl | - | $300 | |
| Michael Donovan | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Howard Newton | - | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Howard B. Newton | - | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Carl Lojovich | - | $300 | |
| Corey S. Huson | - | $287 | |
| Michael Wieneke | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $254 |
| Yohance Simon | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Robert Hedges | - | $250 | |
| Michael Sagness | Jason Lewis | Republican Party | $250 |
| Marc Ye | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Justin W. Bloyer | - | $250 | |
| Jeff Davidman | Tina Smith | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Janice Croft | - | $250 | |
| Gerald Robert Ostern | Peter Allen Stauber | Republican Party | $250 |
| Forrest Green | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Connor Dahler | Beto O'Rourke | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Cathy Michaelson | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Brian Akullian | - | Republican Party | $250 |
| Brian Akullian | - | Republican Party | $250 |
| Barry Koenders | - | $250 | |
| Nicholas J. Duros | - | $246 | |
| David N. Moses | - | $240 | |
| Patrick Galvin | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $211 |
| Diane Valero | - | $210 | |
| St Roman | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Patricia Raeker | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Joseph A. Pouliot | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| James Mandell | - | Republican Party | $200 |
| Brian Markes | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Bradley Hoxsey | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Michael Donovan | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $180 |
| Becky Sallander | - | Republican Party | $165 |
| Eric Edwards | - | $160 | |
| Becky Sallander | - | Republican Party | $160 |
| Kevin Werner | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Julie Richards | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $150 |
| John Hannan | - | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $150 |
| Richard Metcalf | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $142 |
| Martin Pekarna | - | $135 | |
| Charles Olson | - | Republican Party | $135 |
| Nancy Kay Jacobson | - | Democratic Party | $120 |
| Matt Rytting | - | $120 | |
| Mary Leclaire | Dan Newhouse | Republican Party | $105 |
| Jeremy Bishop | Dan Newhouse | Republican Party | $105 |
| William K. Wells | Jason Lewis | Republican Party | $100 |
| Stephen Roman | Steve Bullock | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Stephen B. Roman | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Robert Ray | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Robert L. Felechner | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $100 |
| Robert Ian Hedges | Lindsey Olin Graham | Republican Party | $100 |
| Robert Hedges | Dan Sullivan | Republican Party | $100 |
| Richard J. Linde | - | $100 | |
| Maria Doerr | - | $100 | |
| Joseph Pouliot | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $100 |
| James Forst | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Dominique Bouvet | - | Republican Party | $100 |
| Dominique Bouvet | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $100 |
| Debra Haecherl | - | Republican Party | $100 |
| David Langan | - | Republican Party | $100 |
| David Langan | - | $100 | |
| David Hiatt | Tina Smith | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Brad L. Pickens | Jason Lewis | Republican Party | $100 |
| Jesse Spalding | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $98 |
| Delynn M. Pfannenstein | - | Republican Party | $76 |
| Iain Webber | - | $75 | |
| Floriann Millsop | - | Republican Party | $75 |
| Liane Becker | - | $74 | |
| Jonathan Myers | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $71 |
| Brian O. Cloherty | - | $63 | |
| Mahmood Khan | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $60 |
| Michael Donovan | - | $50 | |
| John Tomes | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Delynn Pfannenstein | - | $50 | |
| Delynn M. Pfannenstein | - | $50 | |
| David Hiatt | Tina Smith | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Brian Cloherty | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Adam Crow | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $50 |
| Steve Abraham | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $48 |
| John Wood | Tina Smith | Democratic Party | $44 |
| Richard Linde | - | Republican Party | $42 |
| Roland Brenny | - | $41 | |
| Roland Brenny | - | $41 | |
| Colleen Westerlund | - | $41 | |
| Timothy J. Passer | - | $40 | |
| Thomas R. Quinn | - | $40 | |
| Thomas K. Brower | - | $40 | |
| Thomas D. Letson | - | $40 | |
| Thomas Brandt | - | $40 | |
| Steven F. Diehl | - | $40 | |
| Scott G. Eisel | - | $40 | |
| Rodney J. Reynolds | - | $40 | |
| Rodney A. Mattmiller | - | $40 | |
| Robert P. Kewley | - | $40 | |
| Robert A. Moser Jr. | - | $40 | |
| Randall H. Brown | - | $40 | |
| Peter R. Westerlund | - | $40 | |
| Peter R. Thieschafer | - | $40 | |
| Peter Fakkeldij | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $40 |
| Paul G. Borgstrom | - | $40 | |
| Patrick A. Pakiz | - | $40 | |
| Nicholas C. Sieberg | - | $40 | |
| Michael Wieneke | - | $40 | |
| Michael S. King | - | $40 | |
| Michael B. Dockman | - | $40 | |
| Mark L. Hunt | - | $40 | |
| Mark J. Nagel | - | $40 | |
| Marisi Stromquist | - | $40 | |
| Maria Doerr | - | $40 | |
| Kevin T. Day | - | $40 | |
| Kenneth A. Henrickson | - | $40 | |
| Karen R. Ruth | - | $40 | |
| Justin W. Allen | - | $40 | |
| Justin S. Fryklund | - | $40 | |
| Joshua C. Atkins | - | $40 | |
| Joseph W. Finley | - | $40 | |
| Joseph R. Perriello | - | $40 | |
| John R. Klinger | - | $40 | |
| Jeremiah M. Anderson | - | $40 | |
| Jeffrey J. Griffith | - | $40 | |
| Jeffrey Holland | - | $40 | |
| Jay A. Anderson | - | $40 | |
| Erik R. Addy | - | $40 | |
| Eric K. Cowan | - | $40 | |
| Duane E. Dunwoody | - | $40 | |
| David S. Hanus | - | $40 | |
| David N. Raab | - | $40 | |
| David D. Mulske | - | $40 | |
| David A. Kwapinski | - | $40 | |
| Darrel L. Baker | - | $40 | |
| Daniel A. Schumann | - | $40 | |
| Craig M. Davis | - | $40 | |
| Clyde W. Scott | - | $40 | |
| Christopher W. Etz | - | $40 | |
| Christopher M. Ward | - | $40 | |
| Chad A. Hager | - | $40 | |
| Brian E. Teske | - | $40 | |
| Barry W. Long | - | $40 | |
| Anthony Zupancich | - | $40 | |
| Alec J. Boutin | - | $40 | |
| Adam J. Fode | - | $40 | |
| Marisi Stromquist | - | Republican Party | $35 |
| Dominique Bouvet | - | $35 | |
| Martin Pekarna | - | $30 | |
| Erik T. Timpane | - | $30 | |
| Diane Valero | - | $30 | |
| Kohlman Klinge | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $27 |
| Michael Vassel | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Kmeg Kelly | Tina Smith | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Floriann R. Millsop | - | Republican Party | $25 |
| Brian Mulrooney | Lacy Johnson | Republican Party | $25 |
| Jon C. Miller | - | $20 | |
| Gregory S. Trnka | - | $20 | |
| Christian D. White | - | $20 | |
| Charles Olson | - | $20 | |
| Laurie Holmquist | - | $15 | |
| Jared Lepage | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $15 |
| Jeffrey Holland | - | $10 |
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