There were at least 179 contributions made to political candidates and committees by UTHealth employees, 49.2 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.
Mary Pastore's contributions
| Committee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pete for America, Inc. | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $4,100 |
| Actblue | - | $420 |
Other donations by employees of UTHealth
| Employee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Hecht | - | Democratic Party | $8,285 |
| Anson Cone | - | Republican Party | $7,817 |
| Wade P. Mcalister | Daniel Crenshaw | Republican Party | $5,600 |
| Ronald M. Stewart | - | $4,870 | |
| Wade P. Mcalister | - | $4,500 | |
| Peter Houghton | - | $4,500 | |
| Patience Cain | Julian Castro | Democratic Party | $4,000 |
| Anson Cone | - | Republican Party | $3,625 |
| Steven Seidner | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| Joshua Samuels | Elizabeth Fletcher | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| Dean Atkinson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,700 |
| Peter Houghton | - | Democratic Party | $2,400 |
| Richard Bradley | - | Republican Party | $2,379 |
| Stephen Hecht | - | Democratic Party | $2,303 |
| Anson Cone | Mitch McConnell | Republican Party | $2,206 |
| Kevin Foyle | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| Archie Jones | - | Republican Party | $1,888 |
| Peter Houghton | Gina Ortiz Jones | Democratic Party | $1,750 |
| Catherine Troisi | Elizabeth Fletcher | Democratic Party | $1,750 |
| Annice Hill | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $1,672 |
| Paulina Sergot | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,500 |
| Cynthia Pagba | - | Republican Party | $1,369 |
| Anson Cone | - | Republican Party | $1,266 |
| Deborah Brown | - | Democratic Party | $1,100 |
| Katherine Loveland | - | Republican Party | $1,085 |
| Anson Cone | - | $1,050 | |
| Wade Mcalister | Manny Sethi | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| Steven Seidner | Steve Bullock | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Steven Seidner | Raphael Warnock | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Steven Seidner | John W. Hickenlooper | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Steven Seidner | Theresa Greenfield | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Steven Seidner | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Steven Seidner | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Matthew J. Sideman | - | $1,000 | |
| Kenneth Thompson | - | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| John H. Calhoon | - | $1,000 | |
| Hasi M. Venkatachalam | - | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Colleen Rodriguez | - | $1,000 | |
| Michelle Avendano | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $933 |
| Katherine Loveland | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $881 |
| Joan Smith | Beto O'Rourke | Democratic Party | $867 |
| Peter Houghton | - | Democratic Party | $850 |
| Anson Cone | Kevin McCarthy | Republican Party | $850 |
| Willie Heard III | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $829 |
| Mark Shapiro | Kimberly D. Olson | Democratic Party | $800 |
| Wasim Dar | Sri Preston Kulkarni | Democratic Party | $750 |
| James Nelson | - | $750 | |
| Anson Cone | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $724 |
| Stephanie Moss | - | Republican Party | $700 |
| Dallis Clendeninn | Cory A. Booker | Democratic Party | $700 |
| James M. Startzell | - | Republican Party | $650 |
| Paulina Sergot | Beto O'Rourke | Democratic Party | $600 |
| Ashley Garcia-Everett | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $600 |
| Archie Jones | Lindsey Olin Graham | Republican Party | $575 |
| Richard Bradley | John Cornyn | Republican Party | $547 |
| Wade Mcalister | Wendell Champion | Republican Party | $500 |
| Varun Goyal | - | $500 | |
| Stephen Harris | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Srikanth Sridhar | - | $500 | |
| Soma Jyothula | Pritesh Gandhi | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Mark Shapiro | Candace Valenzuela | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Jose Acosta | - | Republican Party | $500 |
| James Startzell | John Cornyn | Republican Party | $500 |
| Jacqueline Pugh | - | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Houston Braly | - | Republican Party | $500 |
| Houston Braly | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $500 |
| George Everett Macp Crawford | - | $500 | |
| Diane Havalda | - | $500 | |
| Charles A. Szabo | - | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Carlos R. Hamilton Jr. | John Cornyn | Republican Party | $500 |
| Carlos Artime | - | $500 | |
| Brian L. Mealey | William Hurd | Republican Party | $500 |
| Arshad Abbasi | Solomon Rajput | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Anne Dougherty | Robert Christopher Bell | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Riley Mcallister | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $474 |
| Eva Galvan | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $468 |
| Theodore Arevalo | - | Republican Party | $460 |
| Richard Bradley | Dan Sullivan | Republican Party | $459 |
| James Startzell | - | Republican Party | $400 |
| Jacqueline Pugh | - | $365 | |
| Anand G. Shah | - | $365 | |
| Aziz Saqr | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $353 |
| James Nelson | - | Democratic Party | $350 |
| Xuelian Huang | - | Republican Party | $349 |
| Xuelian Huang | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $332 |
| Anping Lin | - | Republican Party | $327 |
| Naga Kadiyala | Beto O'Rourke | Democratic Party | $313 |
| Richard Bradley | Dan Newhouse | Republican Party | $300 |
| Deborah Brown | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Laura Sisk | - | Republican Party | $289 |
| Wendy Kang | - | $250 | |
| Peter Killoran | - | $250 | |
| Peter Houhgton | Gina Ortiz Jones | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Kristi Bradley | - | Republican Party | $250 |
| Kathryn Martin | Mary Jennings M.J. Hegar | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Kate Martin | Beto O'Rourke | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Betsy C. Frantz | Elisa Cardnell | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Anson Cone | Stephen Joseph Scalise | Republican Party | $250 |
| Anson Cone | Dan Sullivan | Republican Party | $250 |
| Amy Saklad | Gina Ortiz Jones | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Stacy Norrell | - | $249 | |
| Catherine Troisi | - | Democratic Party | $240 |
| Anson Cone | Martha Mcsally | Republican Party | $235 |
| Theodore Arevalo | John Cornyn | Republican Party | $225 |
| Deborah Conway | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $225 |
| Amy Dellinger | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $225 |
| Archie Jones | John Cornyn | Republican Party | $220 |
| Laura Sisk | Stephen Joseph Scalise | Republican Party | $210 |
| Amit Mehta | John W. Hickenlooper | Democratic Party | $207 |
| Paul Gruenwald | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $201 |
| Patience Cain | - | $201 | |
| Theodore Arevalo | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $200 |
| Susan Fenton | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Sunil Ahuja | Sara Gideon | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Nicholas Zacharias | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Linda Crays | Kamala D. Harris | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Lara Friel | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $200 |
| James Startzell | Dan Sullivan | Republican Party | $200 |
| Christina Burrows | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Bonnie Schoenbein | John Cornyn | Republican Party | $200 |
| Stephen Hecht | - | $180 | |
| Anson Cone | - | $175 | |
| Stephanie Moss | John Cornyn | Republican Party | $150 |
| Richard Finlayson | Chip Roy | Republican Party | $150 |
| Richard Bradley | John Cornyn | Republican Party | $150 |
| James B. Summitt | Ted Cruz | Republican Party | $150 |
| Alice Gong | - | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Elizabeth Gussio | - | Republican Party | $135 |
| Alan Sifford | - | Republican Party | $135 |
| Alan Sifford | - | Republican Party | $135 |
| Cynthia Pagba | John Cornyn | Republican Party | $130 |
| Cynthia Pagba | Daniel Crenshaw | Republican Party | $125 |
| Catherine Troisi | - | Democratic Party | $125 |
| Dean Atkinson | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $120 |
| Deborah Conway | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $116 |
| Vihang Narkar | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Susan Emery | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Sunil Ahuja | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Peter Houghton | - | $100 | |
| Norma Rogers | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Nicholas Zacharias | - | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Kay Williamson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Gregory Collins | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Deanna Hoelscher | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Cynthia Wall | - | Republican Party | $100 |
| Annice Hill | - | Republican Party | $100 |
| Archie A. Jones | Martha Mcsally | Republican Party | $88 |
| Srikanth Sridhar | - | $82 | |
| Archie Jones | Stephen Joseph Scalise | Republican Party | $80 |
| Steven Kent | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $77 |
| Biju Chandu | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $77 |
| Archie Jones | James D. Jordan | Republican Party | $75 |
| Archie Jones | Mitch McConnell | Republican Party | $75 |
| Anson Cone | James D. Jordan | Republican Party | $75 |
| Anping Lin | Mitch McConnell | Republican Party | $75 |
| Naga Kadiyala | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $68 |
| Joseph Murgo | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $60 |
| Jane Andrews | Pritesh Gandhi | Democratic Party | $60 |
| Gordon Watt | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $54 |
| Leticia Scott | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $52 |
| Susan Fenton | Mary Jennings M.J. Hegar | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Michael Odom | - | Republican Party | $50 |
| Katherine Loveland | Byron Donalds | Republican Party | $50 |
| Glendaliz Bosques | Beto O'Rourke | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Anson Cone | Jason Lewis | Republican Party | $50 |
| Regina Dennis | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $47 |
| Carolyn Pickering | Beto O'Rourke | Democratic Party | $44 |
| Betty Garza | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $27 |
| Nat Clark | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Eva Galvan | Jessica Cisneros | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Archie Jones | Martha Mcsally | Republican Party | $25 |
| Archie Jones | Dan Sullivan | Republican Party | $25 |
| Anson Cone | Devin Gerald Nunes | Republican Party | $25 |
| Amit Mehta | Doug Jones | Democratic Party | $14 |
| Amit Mehta | Steve Bullock | Democratic Party | $7 |
| Amit Mehta | Theresa Greenfield | Democratic Party | $7 |
| Amit Mehta | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $7 |
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