There were at least 392 contributions made to political candidates and committees by Novartis employees, 34.4 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.
Dmitry Opelbaum's contributions
| Committee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winred | - | Republican Party | $552 |
| Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $427 |
Other donations by employees of Novartis
| Employee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ameet Mallik | - | $6,144 | |
| Mark Vineis | - | $6,090 | |
| Steven Goldfarb | - | $5,600 | |
| Robert Dodge | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $5,520 |
| Steven L. Goldfarb | - | $3,080 | |
| Robert Dodge | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| Lothar Finke | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| Kimberly Mackay | Kirsten Gillibrand | Democratic Party | $2,700 |
| Rodney L. Wooten | - | $2,610 | |
| Dean B. Kameros | - | $2,550 | |
| Jessica Dipaolo | Rebecca Michelle Sherrill | Democratic Party | $2,500 |
| Denise Brashear | - | $2,500 | |
| Patrice Matchaba | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,328 |
| Julie D. Caldwell | - | $2,166 | |
| Jacob Snapp | - | $2,166 | |
| Katherine Feldman | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| Christian Snyder | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| Steven L. Goldfarb | Josh Gottheimer | Democratic Party | $1,975 |
| Francis C. Landrus | - | $1,881 | |
| Christopher R. Mcburney | - | $1,860 | |
| Leigh Anne Leas | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $1,839 |
| Todd Lawrence | - | $1,800 | |
| Tawfik Kamal | - | $1,800 | |
| Neilda A. Baron | - | $1,800 | |
| Nancy J. Grande | - | $1,800 | |
| Angela D. Bylancik | - | $1,800 | |
| Ronald J. Portman | - | $1,725 | |
| Robert W. Kowalski | - | $1,656 | |
| Richard Lloyd | - | $1,656 | |
| Sherrie Pietranico | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,526 |
| Dimitris Papanicolaou | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $1,500 |
| Dean Kameros | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,500 |
| Mary E. Corcoran | - | $1,368 | |
| Leverne Marsh | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,354 |
| Andrea Kuenzel | - | $1,292 | |
| Catherine Reddick | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,279 |
| John Griffith | - | $1,178 | |
| Constance Grill | Tom Malinowski | Democratic Party | $1,150 |
| Thomas S. Fellers | - | $1,100 | |
| Dimitris Papanicolaou | - | Republican Party | $1,100 |
| Seth Cohen | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,095 |
| Yan Ji | - | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| Tejal Vishalpura | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Stephanie L. Visioli | - | $1,000 | |
| Greg Howe | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Dawn Bell | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Dawn Bell | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Glenn Astley | - | $980 | |
| Renee C. Rodgers | - | $960 | |
| Laura J. Owenson | - | $960 | |
| Joseph J. Conoshenti | - | $960 | |
| Neilda Baron | - | $920 | |
| Bernard Hsu | - | $912 | |
| Leigh Anne Leas | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $900 |
| Stefan Gazdoiu | - | Republican Party | $892 |
| Jennifer Stanford | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $853 |
| Annette Borkin | Tom Malinowski | Democratic Party | $845 |
| Kris Grzegorzewski | - | $840 | |
| Brenda Tillett | - | $836 | |
| Evann Mahaffy | - | $800 | |
| William R. Matthews | - | $791 | |
| Courtney Piron | - | $768 | |
| Geoffrey Zassenhaus | - | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Nicole Earnest | - | $720 | |
| William Ruezinsky | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $700 |
| Tyler R. Whisman | - | $700 | |
| Joseph Guidi | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $700 |
| Jessica Dipaolo | Cory A. Booker | Democratic Party | $700 |
| Evann Sue Mahaffy | - | $700 | |
| Dana Beauseigneur | - | $700 | |
| Linda Greenbaum | Betsy Dirksen Londrigan | Democratic Party | $693 |
| Marie Lacey | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $673 |
| Thomas A. Urban | - | $654 | |
| Sharon N. Olmstead | - | $644 | |
| Serafina Oxner | - | $644 | |
| Michael A. Conley | - | $644 | |
| Kurt Habel | - | $644 | |
| Jessica L. Sullivan | - | $625 | |
| Neilda A. Baron | - | Democratic Party | $600 |
| Joseph Guidi | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $600 |
| Eric Chang | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $600 |
| Jonra Cross | - | $594 | |
| Seth Cohen | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $584 |
| John Darcy | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $561 |
| Geoffrey Zassenhaus | - | $550 | |
| Steven J. Lusso | - | $546 | |
| Seth A. Cohen | - | $546 | |
| Juan C. Zuluaga | - | $546 | |
| Jeremiah Pyle | - | $546 | |
| Lew Petryk | Stephen Joseph Scalise | Republican Party | $540 |
| Adwoa Ayo Sanderson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $525 |
| Muhammed Islam | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $505 |
| Zoya Mednikova | - | Republican Party | $500 |
| Zoya Mednikova | - | $500 | |
| Paul Mastoridis | - | $500 | |
| Patricia Mcgovern | Rebecca Michelle Sherrill | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Patricia Mcgoven | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Luis Cunha | - | Republican Party | $500 |
| Katherine Feldman | Doug Jones | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Jessica Hayes | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Jessica G. Dipaolo | Rebecca Michelle Sherrill | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Jean Pyun Nuzzolo | Rosemary Becchi | Republican Party | $500 |
| Evann Mahaffy | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $500 |
| Eileen Kelly | Dan Sullivan | Republican Party | $500 |
| Dawn Bell | Steve Bullock | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Dawn Bell | Raphael Warnock | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Dawn Bell | John W. Hickenlooper | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Dawn Bell | Theresa Greenfield | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Dawn Bell | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Angela Bylancik | - | $500 | |
| Angela Bylancik | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Andrey Bemko | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Daher Ibrahim Aibo | - | Democratic Party | $490 |
| Viji Padmanabhan | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $485 |
| Terry H. Deason | - | $480 | |
| Michael J. Billings | - | $480 | |
| Michael D. Brooks | - | $480 | |
| Eric C. Couture | - | $480 | |
| Steven Goldfarb | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $475 |
| Jeffrey S. Nash | - | $456 | |
| Bobby Swart | - | $456 | |
| Linda Kanitra | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $450 |
| Marie Lacey | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $440 |
| Tony Lan | John Hsu | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Tim Davies | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Mark Vineis | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Linda Greenbaum | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Joseph Hennessy | - | $400 | |
| Brian Manning | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Andrea Holmes | - | $400 | |
| Elexandrea D. Scheels | - | $380 | |
| Catherine Reddick | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $377 |
| Michael C. Barninger | - | $374 | |
| Sherrie Pietranico-Cole | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $350 |
| Katherine Feldman | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $350 |
| Alan Ross | John W. Hickenlooper | Democratic Party | $350 |
| Kelly Rainey | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $340 |
| Antonio Reis Nakasato | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $333 |
| Fatima Carrico | - | Republican Party | $325 |
| Ryan Coraggio | - | $320 | |
| Manu Sondhi | - | $320 | |
| Edgar L. Jarvis | - | $320 | |
| Andrew Kowalchik | - | $320 | |
| Shannon Stempkowski | - | Republican Party | $312 |
| John Daly | - | $304 | |
| Bradley James | - | $304 | |
| Zoya Mednikovs | - | Republican Party | $300 |
| Tanya Alcorn | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Kimberly Glenn | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Alan Ross | Theresa Greenfield | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Alan Ross | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Yan Ji | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $285 |
| William C. Hokanson | - | $270 | |
| Susana V. Barkhausen | - | $270 | |
| Nancy Leatherman | - | $270 | |
| Misty B. Herpin | - | $270 | |
| Mark Daugherty | - | $270 | |
| Mark A. Joines | - | $270 | |
| Lisa Kendrick | - | $270 | |
| Lesley J. Stickley | - | $270 | |
| Jacqueline Marinac | - | $270 | |
| Heather Jones | - | $270 | |
| David E. Gaudin | - | $270 | |
| Damon Gorcz | - | $270 | |
| Cynthia Repetti | - | $270 | |
| Bruce Mcnulty | - | $270 | |
| Arlene J. Mc Leer | - | $270 | |
| Anthony Mullins | - | $270 | |
| Steven Goldfarb | Amy Kennedy | Democratic Party | $260 |
| Suzanne Stevenson | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $259 |
| Tracy E. White | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Susan A. Imfeld | - | $250 | |
| Rose Braxton | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Robert Perkins | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Pamela Salling | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Lakshmi Menon | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Joseph Guidi | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Dimitris Papanicolaou | Martha Mcsally | Republican Party | $250 |
| Can Cai | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Bruce Shapiro | Antone Melton-Meaux | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $250 |
| Brian Considine | Tom Malinowski | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Antonio Reis Nakasato | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Antonio Reis Nakasato | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Angela Bylancik | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Amit Lodha | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Melissa A. Robinson | - | $240 | |
| David Grace | - | $225 | |
| William S. Spelta | - | $224 | |
| Konstantine G. Lolos | - | $224 | |
| Linda Greenbaum | Rebecca Michelle Sherrill | Democratic Party | $220 |
| Neilda Baron | - | $215 | |
| H. Rising | - | $209 | |
| Melissa A. Parker | - | $208 | |
| Erik L. Karlsons | - | $208 | |
| Edward J. Mckenna | - | $208 | |
| Andrew Arline | - | $208 | |
| Kim Goldberg | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $206 |
| Steven Goldfarb | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Robert Hilkert | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Maria Morford-Lagalo | - | $200 | |
| Luis Cunha | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $200 |
| Kimberly Glenn | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Kelly Ragins | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Kathy-Jo Hayden | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Gregory Haber | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Greeta A. Cherayil | - | $200 | |
| Evann Sue Mahaffy | - | Republican Party | $200 |
| Arlene Wolny | Dan Newhouse | Republican Party | $200 |
| Ali Shojaee | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Stephanie Meyer | - | $195 | |
| Sheila M. Softich | - | $190 | |
| Viji Padmanabhan | - | $175 | |
| Allison Mann | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $175 |
| Lew Petryk | - | Republican Party | $174 |
| Eddie Velazquez | - | Republican Party | $169 |
| William W. Voegtli | - | $168 | |
| Zoya Mednikovs | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $160 |
| James Felser | Tom Malinowski | Democratic Party | $160 |
| Smita Abbi | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Leigh Anne Leas | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Jon S. Freeland | - | $144 | |
| Gene M. Hughes | - | $144 | |
| Erik A. Wilkinson | - | $144 | |
| Charles L. Haberthur | - | $144 | |
| Albert Dello Russo | - | Republican Party | $143 |
| Tim Davies | Theresa Greenfield | Democratic Party | $126 |
| Tim Davies | Doug Jones | Democratic Party | $126 |
| Michael C. Kincaid | - | $126 | |
| Viji Padmanabhan | - | Democratic Party | $125 |
| Neilda A. Baron | - | Democratic Party | $125 |
| John Ferreira | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $125 |
| Elizabeth Mcgrain | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $125 |
| Shari Mitchell | - | $114 | |
| Jason Lecocq | - | $114 | |
| Sharon L. Nobles | - | $110 | |
| Matthew C. Foster | - | $110 | |
| Laura A. Hagan | - | $110 | |
| Kevin M. Carl | - | $110 | |
| Julie Masow | - | $110 | |
| Joseph S. Palumbo | - | $110 | |
| Edward J. Blair | - | $110 | |
| Donald J. Miller | - | $110 | |
| David T. Mac Askill | - | $110 | |
| Clinton D. Degner | - | $110 | |
| Christine D. Wyble | - | $110 | |
| Yunfeng Li | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $100 |
| Viji Padmanabhan | Adam Schiff | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Tracy White | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Tim Davies | Rebecca Michelle Sherrill | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Suzanne Stevenson | Sara Gideon | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Steven Goldfarb | Tom Malinowski | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Patricia A. Mcgovern | - | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Nayla Mumneh | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Natalie Hoosain | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Michelle Mckern | Tom Malinowski | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Leverne Marsh | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Kimberly Glenn | - | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Kim Goldberg | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Jill Sydor | Tom Malinowski | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Jeanne Gianfagna | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $100 |
| Dean Kameros | Cory A. Booker | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Christine Cole | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Catherine Reddick | - | $100 | |
| Daniel S. Bortfeld | - | $99 | |
| Lew Petryk | - | Republican Party | $89 |
| Scott G. Colpitts | - | $88 | |
| Pandora Ambe | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $85 |
| Michael L. Toth | - | $85 | |
| Christina Reitmann | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $85 |
| Neilda Baron | - | $77 | |
| Cheryl Corcoran | - | Republican Party | $75 |
| Charlotte Rocker | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $75 |
| Camille P. Granvil | - | Democratic Party | $75 |
| Troy Taylor | - | $60 | |
| Timothy Dubrule | - | $60 | |
| Thomas O'Conor | - | $60 | |
| Thomas Algozzine | - | $60 | |
| Tamara A. Smithson | - | $60 | |
| Susan Fernandez-Chamberlin | - | $60 | |
| Shelly Morris | - | $60 | |
| Sharon Garvy | - | $60 | |
| Scott Conry | - | $60 | |
| Robert Naessens | - | $60 | |
| Richard Rakowski | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $60 |
| Rebecca Johnson | - | $60 | |
| Rahul Malhotra | - | $60 | |
| Penny A. Marks | - | $60 | |
| Pamela Knight | - | $60 | |
| Michelle Quinlan | - | $60 | |
| Michael Moorcones | - | $60 | |
| Michael J. Reilly | - | $60 | |
| Matthew D. Carpenter | - | $60 | |
| Leyda M. Ramos Figueroa | - | $60 | |
| Laura Kelly | - | $60 | |
| Julie Althide | - | $60 | |
| Joseph M. Simon | - | $60 | |
| Joni D. Bishop | - | $60 | |
| John Wilson | - | $60 | |
| John P. Streets | - | $60 | |
| John Callahan Jr. | - | $60 | |
| Jennifer M. Hargrave | - | $60 | |
| Jeffrey D. Potts | - | $60 | |
| Heidi Getoor | - | $60 | |
| Gretchen S. Trout | - | $60 | |
| Erik Zimmermann | - | $60 | |
| Elizabeth Saffer | - | $60 | |
| Demetre A. Stamatis | - | $60 | |
| Dawn Whitt | - | $60 | |
| David M. Eberenz Jr. | - | $60 | |
| David L. Crippen | - | $60 | |
| David J. Catalano | - | $60 | |
| Craig A. Spinale | - | $60 | |
| Corey Schmidt | - | $60 | |
| Cheryl L. Krueger | - | $60 | |
| Cherri Epstein | - | $60 | |
| Brian M. Mayhew | - | $60 | |
| Brian Heffernan | - | $60 | |
| Bradley J. Pierson | - | $60 | |
| Bonnie J. Sharkey | - | $60 | |
| Benjamin A. Grossman | - | $60 | |
| Anna M. Porter | - | $60 | |
| Alissa J. Nagler | - | $60 | |
| Alan J. Lesko | - | $60 | |
| Adrian Hawkins | - | $60 | |
| Adam B. Prue | - | $60 | |
| Ryan Readnower | - | $57 | |
| Mary Roseman | - | $57 | |
| Robert D. Larsen | - | $54 | |
| Tim Davies | Steve Bullock | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Tim Davies | Jonathan T. Ossoff | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Tim Davies | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Stacey Pipala | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Nancy Long | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Melissa Honohan | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Maureen Klein | - | Republican Party | $50 |
| Lorrieann Flanagan | - | Republican Party | $50 |
| Lei Ann Molander | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Kimberly A. Edzenga | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Donna Worosila | - | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Donna Beccaria | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Catherine Reddick | - | $50 | |
| Branimir Cvetkovic | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $50 |
| William E. Simon | - | $45 | |
| Vinson G. Leslie | - | $45 | |
| Timothy K. De Valroger | - | $45 | |
| Stephen W. Mc Laughlin | - | $45 | |
| Sherri J. Hatch | - | $45 | |
| Sheila A. Riddell | - | $45 | |
| Shawn Laverty | - | $45 | |
| Michael A. Niesel | - | $45 | |
| Matthew H. Buckley | - | $45 | |
| Matthew D. Civiello | - | $45 | |
| Laurie J. Roemisch | - | $45 | |
| Kelly D. Prather | - | $45 | |
| Karen M. Wilshire | - | $45 | |
| John S. Burke | - | $45 | |
| John Mandala | - | $45 | |
| John G. Slick | - | $45 | |
| Jeffrey P. Prejean | - | $45 | |
| Jeanne E. Baker | - | $45 | |
| J.C. Proctor | - | $45 | |
| Elizabeth A. Pinamonti | - | $45 | |
| Donald R. Losordo | - | $45 | |
| Deborah B. Shertzer | - | $45 | |
| Dawn M. Shaffer | - | $45 | |
| Bret D. Peterson | - | $45 | |
| Bernard M. Porter | - | $45 | |
| Ashley D. Stephens | - | $45 | |
| Annette A. Mansfield | - | $45 | |
| Andrew T. Footo | - | $45 | |
| Seth Cohen | Rebecca Michelle Sherrill | Democratic Party | $40 |
| Patricia Adair | - | Republican Party | $35 |
| Neilda Baron | - | $35 | |
| Melissa A. Romero Robinson | - | $30 | |
| Neilda Baron | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Kurt Perhach | Cory A. Booker | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Richard Rakowski | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $20 |
| Richard D'Addabbo | - | $16 | |
| Richard Van Tassel | - | $8 | |
| Paul J. Cannavale | - | $8 | |
| Paul Bischoff | - | $8 | |
| Kimberly Prock | - | $8 | |
| Kimberly K. Cornelius | - | $8 | |
| Deanna Cummins | - | $8 | |
| David Spencer | - | $8 | |
| David J. Taylor | - | $8 | |
| Danielle C. Padden | - | $8 | |
| Richard Stein | - | $7 | |
| Jo Porter | - | $7 | |
| Gwynne Birkel | - | $7 |
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