There were at least 206 contributions made to political candidates and committees by HealthPartners employees, 74.8 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.
Steven Mestitz's contributions
| Committee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party | - | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $500 |
| Dean Phillips for Congress | Dean Phillips | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $250 |
Other donations by employees of HealthPartners
| Employee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Smalley | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $5,250 |
| John Selickman | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $3,648 |
| Jeffrey Schwedes | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $3,175 |
| Wafa A. Qureshi | Angela Dawn Craig | Democratic Party | $3,000 |
| Bruce Snyder | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| Zena Khalil | Betty McCollum | Democratic Party | $2,500 |
| Mark Thomas | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,250 |
| Bruce Snyder | Angela Dawn Craig | Democratic Party | $2,250 |
| Lisa Capell | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $2,150 |
| Gretchen Ibele | Angela Dawn Craig | Democratic Party | $2,150 |
| Annie Ideker | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $2,055 |
| Steven G. Radosevich | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $2,050 |
| Mary K. Brainerd | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| Douglas Hodgkin | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $2,000 |
| Andrea Walsh | Tina Smith | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| Andrea Walsh | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| Andrea Mitchell Walsh | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| Gretchen M. Ibele | Tina Smith | Democratic Party | $1,800 |
| Gretchen Ibele | Tina Smith | Democratic Party | $1,750 |
| Bjorn Westgard | - | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $1,750 |
| Dennis M. Zuzek | - | Democratic Party | $1,700 |
| Irshad Jafri | Angela Dawn Craig | Democratic Party | $1,550 |
| Zena Khalil | Betty McCollum | Democratic Party | $1,500 |
| Janet Beneke | Tina Smith | Democratic Party | $1,500 |
| Ari Holloway-Nahum | - | Democratic Party | $1,500 |
| Kelly Labrasseur | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $1,478 |
| Diana Rockne | - | Democratic Party | $1,375 |
| Steven Radosevich | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $1,300 |
| David Griffin | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,250 |
| Lara Norkus-Crampton | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $1,155 |
| Christopher Thiel | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $1,100 |
| Cheryl Spellacy | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,050 |
| Jeffrey Schwedes | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Irshad M. Jafri | Ilhan Omar | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $1,000 |
| Douglas Hodgkin | - | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| Dennis Zuzek | - | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $1,000 |
| Bruce Snyder | Daniel Feehan | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $1,000 |
| Ann Settgast | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Thomas Kottke | Ilhan Omar | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $910 |
| Margaret Anderson | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic Party | $900 |
| Renee J. Thwing | - | Republican Party | $885 |
| Shannon Fast | Antone Melton-Meaux | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $850 |
| Joseph Walter | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $820 |
| Diana Rockne | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic Party | $820 |
| Diana Rockne | - | $755 | |
| Janet Beneke | Angela Dawn Craig | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Elizabeth Placzek | - | $750 | |
| David Griffin | - | $750 | |
| Jennifer Clelland | Doug Jones | Democratic Party | $714 |
| Bruce Snyder | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $711 |
| Jordan Roberge | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $700 |
| David Griffin | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $700 |
| Christopher Thiel | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $700 |
| Michael Meyer | - | Republican Party | $691 |
| Warren Schubert | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $600 |
| Lisa Overby | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $600 |
| Lauren B. Baker | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $600 |
| Vicki Crofton | - | Democratic Party | $560 |
| Marie Reimann | - | Republican Party | $560 |
| David Griffin | Tina Smith | Democratic Party | $550 |
| Bruce Snyder | - | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $525 |
| Robert Hoch | Tina Smith | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Renee Thwing | - | $500 | |
| Renee J. Thwing | - | $500 | |
| Peter Rothe | Daniel Feehan | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $500 |
| Patrick Courneya | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Michael Stiffman | Tina Smith | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Mary Beckman | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Lissa Colton | - | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $500 |
| Lauren Baker | Tina Smith | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Karen Rabenau | - | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $500 |
| Jonathan Sellman | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Janet Beneke | Quinn Reabe Nystrom | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $500 |
| Janet Beneke | John W. Hickenlooper | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Janet Beneke | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Elyse Kharbanda | Tina Smith | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Donna Zimmerman | Tina Smith | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Dennis Zuzek | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| David Solfelt | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $500 |
| Brett Hendel | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Ari Holloway-Nahum | - | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $500 |
| Ari Holloway-Nahum | - | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Amanda Harrington | Justin Amash | Libertarian Party | $500 |
| Amanda Harrington | - | $500 | |
| Tarrek Hegab | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $450 |
| Lisa Capell | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Dennis Zuzek | Dean Phillips | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $400 |
| Christopher Thiel | - | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Jennifer Clelland | Raphael Warnock | Democratic Party | $395 |
| Jennifer Clelland | Barbara Bollier | Democratic Party | $395 |
| Jennifer Clelland | Jonathan T. Ossoff | Democratic Party | $395 |
| Jennifer Clelland | John W. Hickenlooper | Democratic Party | $395 |
| Jennifer Clelland | Al Gross | Independent | $395 |
| Jennifer Clelland | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $395 |
| Joseph Walter | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $391 |
| Lisa Capell | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $386 |
| Jennifer Clelland | Steve Bullock | Democratic Party | $357 |
| Jennifer Clelland | Theresa Greenfield | Democratic Party | $357 |
| Jennifer Clelland | Michael Espy | Democratic Party | $357 |
| Jennifer Clelland | Mary Jennings M.J. Hegar | Democratic Party | $357 |
| Jennifer Clelland | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $357 |
| Marie Reimann | - | $350 | |
| Jeffrey Schwedes | - | $350 | |
| Bruce Snyder | - | $350 | |
| Alexis Castillo | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $324 |
| Anders Carlson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $305 |
| Peter Rothe | Quinn Reabe Nystrom | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $300 |
| Marcy Otypka | - | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Dennis Zuzek | Angela Dawn Craig | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Dennis Zuzek | - | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Lisa Capell | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $275 |
| Elizabeth Aslesen | - | $270 | |
| Tony Andersen | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Tom Vonsternberg | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Tessa Johanson | Tina Smith | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Taylor Alvarado | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Steven Radosevich | - | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $250 |
| Steven Housh | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Laurel Cederberg | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Kimberely Swain De Pop | - | $250 | |
| Kay Tuveson | Tina Smith | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Joel Spoonheim | Dean Phillips | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $250 |
| Jennifer Clelland | Tina Smith | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Jeff Dudman | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $250 |
| Emily Lagace | Tina Smith | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Elyse Kharbanda | Antone Melton-Meaux | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $250 |
| Elyse Kharbanda | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| David Hamlar | Karl E. Gentles | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Chrisanne Dupuis | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Bruce Snyder | Kamala D. Harris | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Bjorn Westgard | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Beth Averbeck | - | $250 | |
| Anders Carlson | Tina Smith | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Kathleen Whatley | - | $240 | |
| Erin Gottfried | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $232 |
| Laurie Bell | - | Democratic Party | $225 |
| Brenda Schmeichel | Marianne Williamson | Democratic Party | $221 |
| Maggie Powers | Quinn Reabe Nystrom | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $200 |
| Kimberly Rathmann | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Jeffrey Schwedes | Tina Smith | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Jeffrey Schwedes | Dean Phillips | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $200 |
| David Griffin | - | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $200 |
| Emmett Carpel | Tammy L. Duckworth | Democratic Party | $190 |
| Laurie Bell | Tina Smith | Democratic Party | $185 |
| Ajay Rawal | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $170 |
| Terry Townsend | Tina Smith | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Lisa Capell | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $150 |
| John Hoch | Ammar Campa-Najjar | Democratic Party | $145 |
| Renee Thwing | - | Republican Party | $135 |
| Kath Flohrs | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $132 |
| Joseph Walter | Doug Jones | Democratic Party | $130 |
| Jordan Barr | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $128 |
| Patricia Hoskins | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $125 |
| Lisa Overby | - | $120 | |
| Cheryl Spellacy | Ben R. Lujan | Democratic Party | $110 |
| Erin Gottfried | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $105 |
| Steven G. Radosevich | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Seamus Dolan | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Scott Mcgerik | Quinn Reabe Nystrom | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $100 |
| Melinda Hurley | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Margaret Powers | Quinn Reabe Nystrom | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $100 |
| John Conely | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Jeffrey Vigil | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Jeffrey Schwedes | Daniel Feehan | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $100 |
| Elizabeth Baldwin | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Christine Hinrichs | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Andrea Walsh | Angela Dawn Craig | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Brandon Wimer | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $93 |
| Francesca Valerio | Kamala D. Harris | Democratic Party | $90 |
| Laurie Bell | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $86 |
| Ann Merrick | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $85 |
| Michael Garmaker | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $75 |
| Joseph Walter | - | Democratic Party | $75 |
| David Griffin | Tina Smith | Democratic Party | $75 |
| Karen Williams | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $71 |
| Diana Rockne | - | $67 | |
| Jamie Lyn Reinschmidt | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $65 |
| Jordan Barr | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $63 |
| Brandon Wimer | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $62 |
| Lisa Capell | Tina Smith | Democratic Party | $61 |
| Meghan Goff | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $60 |
| Ladonna Meinecke | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $55 |
| Joshua Allen | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $54 |
| Eric Dahl | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $54 |
| Sara Erickson | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Michael Paddock | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Lisa Capell | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Kimberly R. Anderson | Tina Smith | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Kimberly Anderson | Tina Smith | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Julaine Cole | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Joseph Walter | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Helen Raleigh | - | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Erin Ghere | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Douglas Baldwin | Tina Smith | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Chadd Gaither | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $39 |
| Joseph Walter | - | $30 | |
| Cerise Ducharme | - | $28 | |
| Neal Foman | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Monica Lucus | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Carrie Eckstam | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $20 |
| Maren Rosas | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $15 |
| Stefanie Larson | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $12 |
| Ladonna Meinecke | - | Democratic Party | $10 |
| Kelly Mccormick | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $10 |
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