There were at least 163 contributions made to political candidates and committees by Thomas Jefferson University employees, 71.8 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.
Paul Scoles' contributions
| Committee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Sestak for President | Joseph A. Sestak Jr. | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Cory 2020 | Cory A. Booker | Democratic Party | $200 |
Other donations by employees of Thomas Jefferson University
| Employee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lisa Repko | Christina Finello | Democratic Party | $11,000 |
| William Keane | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $5,600 |
| Alana Murphy | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $5,600 |
| Louise Fongleung | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $4,870 |
| William Young | - | Democratic Party | $4,215 |
| Kenneth Michael Certa | - | $4,190 | |
| Louise Fong | - | Republican Party | $3,800 |
| David Deming | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $2,403 |
| David Whellan | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,100 |
| Robert Perkel | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| Joseph R. Spiegel | - | $2,000 | |
| Sherry Hanley | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,934 |
| Flemming Forsberg | - | Democratic Party | $1,550 |
| Lisa Repko | Christina Finello | Democratic Party | $1,500 |
| Kyunghee Koh | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $1,500 |
| Kenneth Michael Certa | - | $1,411 | |
| Thomas Witkowski | Andrew P. Harris | Republican Party | $1,250 |
| Coleen Kiehl | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $1,250 |
| Nicholas Johnson | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $1,235 |
| David Whellan | - | Democratic Party | $1,100 |
| Edouard John Trabulsi | - | $1,070 | |
| Cristina Cavalieri | Donald W. Norcross | Democratic Party | $1,050 |
| William Young | - | $1,040 | |
| William Schlaff | - | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Thomas Witkowski | - | $1,000 | |
| Srinivas Prasad | Rohit Khanna | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Sloane T. Guy | - | $1,000 | |
| Richard Berman | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Renee Posener | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Pramila Rani Anne | - | $1,000 | |
| Mona Sarfaty | Barbara Bollier | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Mona Sarfaty | Al Gross | Independent | $1,000 |
| Matthew Carabasi | - | $1,000 | |
| Lawrence Mph Fac D. Ward | - | $1,000 | |
| Kyunghee Koh | John W. Hickenlooper | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Kyunghee Koh | Sara Gideon | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Kyunghee Koh | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Kyunghee Koh | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Flemming Forsberg | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| David Whellan | - | $1,000 | |
| Arlene Lorch | Madeleine Dean | Democratic Party | $879 |
| Lawrence C. Kenyon | - | $800 | |
| Jillian Zavodnick | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $800 |
| Flemming Forsberg | - | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Stanton Smullens | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $648 |
| Michelle Smeyne | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $625 |
| Elizabeth Fife | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $600 |
| Rhea Powell | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $592 |
| Dana Perlman | - | Democratic Party | $550 |
| Joshua Godbolt | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $529 |
| William Young | - | Democratic Party | $525 |
| Eric Wickstrom | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $509 |
| Heather Rose | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $502 |
| Susan Flannery Wainwright | - | $500 | |
| Steven Nierenberg | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Stephen Klasko | Donald W. Norcross | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Stephanie J. Nahas | - | $500 | |
| Stanton Smullens | Joseph P. Kennedy III | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Mona Sarfaty | Mary Jennings M.J. Hegar | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Michael Stillman | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Kyunghee Koh | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Kyunghee Koh | Theresa Greenfield | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Kyunghee Koh | Mary Jennings M.J. Hegar | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Kenneth Certa | Brian Fitzpatrick | Republican Party | $500 |
| John Zurlo | Thomas F. Brier Jr. | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Jeffrey Benovic | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Herbert E. Cohn | - | $500 | |
| Charles Lewis | Kathy Barnette | Republican Party | $500 |
| Charles Lewis | Kathy Barnette | Republican Party | $500 |
| Alyson Owen | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Abigail Wolf | - | $500 | |
| Eleni Mcgeehin | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $496 |
| Steven Nierenberg | - | $488 | |
| Davinder Malhotra | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $450 |
| Lara Weinstein | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $414 |
| Richard Berman | John W. Hickenlooper | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Richard Berman | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Paul R. Stauffer | - | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Michael Zankowski | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Michael Sperling | - | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Patricia Burns | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $380 |
| Michael Stillman | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $375 |
| Teresa Coffey | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $350 |
| Margaret Wright | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $350 |
| Coleen Kiehl | - | Republican Party | $350 |
| Marc Tecce | - | Republican Party | $335 |
| Tamra Perez | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $310 |
| Tamra L. Perez | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $310 |
| Stanton Smullens | - | $290 | |
| David Deming | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $283 |
| William Young | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Thomas Willcox | - | $250 | |
| Stanley Silverman | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Shoshana Sicks | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Scott Waldman | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Michael Sperling | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Matthew Dalva | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Louise Fongleung | - | $250 | |
| Liz Lewallen | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Jeffrey Benovic | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Ira Cohen | - | $250 | |
| Francis Heck | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| David Whellan | - | $250 | |
| David J. Whellan | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Coleen Kiehl | - | Republican Party | $250 |
| Stanton Smullens | - | $230 | |
| David Strayer | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $225 |
| Ira Cohen | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $220 |
| William Young | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $211 |
| Kyle Christiansen | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $202 |
| Steven Nierenberg | Steve Bullock | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Steven Nierenberg | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Stanton Smullens | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Richard Berman | Theresa Greenfield | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Richard Berman | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Maria Covarrubias | - | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Margaret Grace | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Kenneth Certa | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $200 |
| John Zurlo | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Jaime Baratta | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Gina Keiffer | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Eric Wickstrom | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Democratic Party | $200 |
| William Young | - | $186 | |
| Richard Graham | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $186 |
| Roderick Macneil | - | $180 | |
| Noreen J. Hickok | - | $179 | |
| Kyle Christiansen | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $171 |
| Stanton Smullens | - | $167 | |
| Tamra L. Perez | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Stanton Smullens | - | $145 | |
| Lorraine Iacovitti | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $130 |
| Irving Shapiro | Jonathan T. Ossoff | Democratic Party | $130 |
| Richard Berman | Steve Bullock | Democratic Party | $125 |
| Matthew Decaro | - | Republican Party | $125 |
| Jeff Spence | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $125 |
| Cathy Piersol | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $125 |
| Tamra Perez | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Stanton Smullens | - | $100 | |
| Kenneth Certa | Susan Wild | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Karen Mooney | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Dana Perlman | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Dale Berg | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| David Deming | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $95 |
| Noreen J. Hickok | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $94 |
| Shelley Wallock | - | $90 | |
| Ariel Fishbein | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $84 |
| Marian Feil | - | $60 | |
| Eric Wickstrom | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $54 |
| Eric Wickstrom | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $54 |
| Shelley Wallock | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Bhavik Shah | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Linda Robinson-Foreman | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $45 |
| Stanton Smullens | - | $35 | |
| William Young | - | $30 | |
| Reem Aoun | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $27 |
| Gregory Laynor | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $27 |
| David Oxman | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Dana Perlman | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Richard Graham | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $20 |
| Lisa Perriera | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $20 |
| Joan Giampietro | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $20 |
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