There were at least 260 contributions made to political candidates and committees by University of South Florida employees, 71.2 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.
Lynette Menezes' contributions
| Committee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castor for Congress | Kathy Castor | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Jaime Harrison for US Senate | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $250 |
Other donations by employees of University of South Florida
| Employee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jane M. Govoni | - | $10,000 | |
| Xinming Ou | Marianne Williamson | Democratic Party | $3,755 |
| John H. Armstrong | Neal Patrick Facs Dunn | Republican Party | $3,500 |
| Guillermo Garrido | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,340 |
| Deborah Roth | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,210 |
| Howard Johnston | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $2,010 |
| Thomas J. Carter | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| Jamie Goldenberg | - | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| Fadi Matar | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $2,000 |
| Brad Johnson | - | $2,000 | |
| Guillermo Garrido | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,985 |
| Brook Sadler | Margaret Elizabeth Rowell Good | Democratic Party | $1,775 |
| Uday Murthy | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $1,540 |
| Zac Pruitt | Beto O'Rourke | Democratic Party | $1,261 |
| Steven Medina | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $1,259 |
| Michael Snipes | Alan Michael Cohn | Democratic Party | $1,206 |
| Sara Deats | - | $1,200 | |
| John Freeman | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,078 |
| Brad Johnson | Kathy Castor | Democratic Party | $1,075 |
| Richard E. Gans | - | $1,000 | |
| Michael Mathis | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| Mary Elizabeth Baskette | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Lisa Penney | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Lindsey Shaw | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Javier Cuevas | - | $1,000 | |
| Fadi Matar | - | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| Bruce R. Zwiebel | Charlie Joseph Crist | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Arjun Parasher | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Arjun Parasher | Donna Shalala | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Casey Peterson | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $977 |
| Judithanne Mclauchlan | - | Democratic Party | $900 |
| Frank Muller-Karger | - | $850 | |
| Kathleen M. Heide | Kathy Castor | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Cynthia Visot | - | $750 | |
| Brook Sadler | - | $750 | |
| Julian Pribaz | Dan Newhouse | Republican Party | $700 |
| James Marshall Palmer | - | $650 | |
| David A. Chiriboga | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $600 |
| Tomas Delgado | - | Republican Party | $595 |
| Joel Volinski | - | Democratic Party | $576 |
| David Simmons | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $550 |
| Carol Lilly | - | Democratic Party | $550 |
| Hailey Baez | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $518 |
| Sean Taylor | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $511 |
| Marvin Karlins | Dan Sullivan | Republican Party | $508 |
| Victor Molinari | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Patrick Templeton | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Patricia Newkirk | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Michael Dow | - | $500 | |
| Michael Campanelli | - | Republican Party | $500 |
| Michael A. Campanelli | - | $500 | |
| Lawrence H. Collins | - | $500 | |
| Kalyani Derasari | Raja S. Krishnamoorthi | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Judithanne Mclauchlan | Charlie Joseph Crist | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Jennifer Caputo | Cory A. Booker | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Gina Maria R. Musolino | - | $500 | |
| David Pringle | Alan Michael Cohn | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Brook Sadler | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Berit Van Neste | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Bradley H. Sipe | - | $480 | |
| Mary I. Armstrong | - | $450 | |
| Kelly Fletcher | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $450 |
| Pamela Muller | - | Democratic Party | $440 |
| Lise Fox | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $432 |
| Zachary Caple | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Lindsey Shaw | Raphael Warnock | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Judy Lowry | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Joyce Karpay | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Mikaela Aradi | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $381 |
| Roland Shytle | - | Republican Party | $380 |
| Paul K. Boyev | - | $365 | |
| Jeff Williams | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $353 |
| Mark Rains | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $350 |
| Ladislav Volicer | - | $330 | |
| Ladislav Volicer | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $329 |
| John Freeman | - | $325 | |
| Robert Connelly | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $320 |
| Jason Lazarus | - | Democratic Party | $320 |
| Anna Dixon | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $314 |
| Erwin Danneels | - | $300 | |
| David Pringle | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Charles Stanish | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $300 |
| William Haley | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $291 |
| Chris Sharp | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $284 |
| Javier Cuevas | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $280 |
| Carol Lilly | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $280 |
| Erik Barquist | - | Republican Party | $277 |
| Laura Haubner | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $270 |
| Mary Corace | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $265 |
| Adrian O'Connor | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $264 |
| Alexis Searfoss | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $262 |
| Tomas Delgado | - | $258 | |
| Theresa Staffetti | Kevin McCarthy | Republican Party | $255 |
| Yu Zhang | - | Republican Party | $250 |
| Yu Zhang | Yukong Zhao | Republican Party | $250 |
| Yogi D. Goswami | Alan Michael Cohn | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Tom Taylor-Clark | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Sur Middleton | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Steven A. Murawski | Charlie Joseph Crist | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Sara Deats | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Murray Shames | - | $250 | |
| Martin Back | - | $250 | |
| Mark Taylor | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $250 |
| Kestutis Boyev | Ruth Papazian | Republican Party | $250 |
| Joseph Smoak | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| John H. Armstrong | - | Republican Party | $250 |
| John Ellis Mullinax | - | $250 | |
| John Armstrong | - | Republican Party | $250 |
| Jacqueline Dixon | Kathy Castor | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Jacki Malone | - | $250 | |
| Jack M. Wheat | Kathy Castor | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Frank Muller-Karger | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Frances Ramos | - | $250 | |
| Elliott Wiser | Charlie Joseph Crist | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Brook Sadler | - | $250 | |
| Alison Salloum | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Adrian Oconnor | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Aarti Anil Facc Patel | - | $250 | |
| June Brown | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $234 |
| Judith Lowry | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $225 |
| Beth Reid | - | $225 | |
| Mohamed Abdin | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $222 |
| William Sullins | Kathy Castor | Democratic Party | $220 |
| Tomas Delgado | Lindsey Olin Graham | Republican Party | $220 |
| Travis Mellett | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $216 |
| Daniel Zydek | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $216 |
| Howard Goldstein | - | $215 | |
| Gregory Bowers | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $215 |
| Frances Ramos | - | $210 | |
| Roland Shytle | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $205 |
| Susan Smith | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Sarah Tanner | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $200 |
| Melinda Maconi | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Margaret Dunn | - | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Kelly Fletcher | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| John Dormois | - | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Jeffrey Ryan | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Erik S. Barquist | - | Republican Party | $200 |
| Michael Ranneberger | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $197 |
| William Sullins | - | $195 | |
| Nicholas Pritchard | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $185 |
| Artemio Ramirez | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $184 |
| Tomas Delgado | Mitch McConnell | Republican Party | $180 |
| Casey Peterson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $170 |
| Chris Sharp | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $169 |
| Ogugua Anene-Maidoh | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $165 |
| Barbara Warner | - | $165 | |
| Michelle Leah Canale | - | $162 | |
| Carol Lilly | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $160 |
| Carol Lilly | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $160 |
| Donna Reno | - | Republican Party | $159 |
| Kelly Justice | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $152 |
| Paul Maybury | Dan Sullivan | Republican Party | $150 |
| Paul Calvin Maybury | Dan Sullivan | Republican Party | $150 |
| Patrick Couchot | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Margaret Miller | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Margaret A. Dunn | - | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Johnathan Keyser | Cenk Uygur | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Charlie Bright | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $148 |
| Christina Brown-Wujick | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $143 |
| Will Lyne | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $135 |
| Jacob Desrosiers | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $135 |
| Ashley Muraszewski | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $131 |
| Tomas Delgado | Martha Mcsally | Republican Party | $125 |
| Stephanie Williams | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $125 |
| Kenneth Deroche | - | Democratic Party | $125 |
| Stephen Mcnutt | - | Democratic Party | $122 |
| Gerry Meisels | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $122 |
| Karin Braunsberger | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $120 |
| James Whitworth | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $120 |
| Denver Lowe | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $119 |
| Xiaobin Ren | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $116 |
| Karl Petersen | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $115 |
| Michael Samotowka | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $110 |
| Casey Frechette | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $108 |
| Primus Pares | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $104 |
| William Mohl | - | Republican Party | $100 |
| Usha Menon | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Theresa Zesiewicz | Kimberly Klacik | Republican Party | $100 |
| Sondra Fogel | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Sharon Dabrow | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Michael Shuman | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Marvin Karlins | Dan Newhouse | Republican Party | $100 |
| Lorie Fridell | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Kathleen Heide | Sara Gideon | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Julie Ford | Alan Michael Cohn | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Greg Teague | Alan Michael Cohn | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Gerry G. Meisels | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Erol Ozmeral | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Edelyn Verona | Adam Roger Hattersley | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Dirk Libaers | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Cecil Greek | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Catherine Beneteau | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Brad L. Johnson | Kathy Castor | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Ladislav Volicer | Doug Jones | Democratic Party | $98 |
| Anna Dixon | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $97 |
| Carol Lilly | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $90 |
| Johnathan Keyser | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $87 |
| Kenneth Malmberg | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $80 |
| James T. Leffew | - | Republican Party | $80 |
| Christopher Collazo | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $80 |
| Timothy Caswell | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $79 |
| Xingmin Sun | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $75 |
| Sara Deats | Catherine Cortez Masto | Democratic Party | $75 |
| Kemel Thompson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $75 |
| Thomas Mason | Katherine Porter | Democratic Party | $70 |
| Robert P. Isabella | - | Republican Party | $70 |
| Robert Isabella | - | Republican Party | $70 |
| Melissa Hamley | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $70 |
| Anna R. Dixon | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $70 |
| Nicole Ford | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $68 |
| Julie Ford | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $66 |
| William Sullins | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $65 |
| Stephanie A. Lindeman | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $60 |
| Darlene Demarie | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $60 |
| Ronald Rivera | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $55 |
| Jeannie Mounger | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $55 |
| Kyle Mckinney | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $54 |
| Jodi Begala | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $54 |
| Emilie Morris | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $54 |
| Brian Higdon | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $54 |
| Yogi Goswami | Raja S. Krishnamoorthi | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Tomas Delgado | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $50 |
| Richard Bunke | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Lucinda Johnston | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Julie A. Leos | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Jennifer Caputo-Seidler | - | $50 | |
| Gerard Solis | - | $50 | |
| Dmitry Khavinson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Dell Dechant | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Christina Hotalen | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Joel Volinski | - | Democratic Party | $47 |
| Theresa Zesiewicz | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $41 |
| Amanda Boczar | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $40 |
| Stephanie A. Lindeman | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $37 |
| Laurie Woodard | Sara Gideon | Democratic Party | $35 |
| Katrina Hinds | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $35 |
| Alfred Mbah | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $35 |
| Prince Stephen K. | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $30 |
| Abu-Sayeef Mirza | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $27 |
| A. Peters | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $27 |
| William Johnson | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Wendy Katz | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Tomas Delgado | Dan Sullivan | Republican Party | $25 |
| Matthew Pasek | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| John Dormois | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| James Ivey | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Carol Lilly | Phillip Charles Ehr | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Brooks Oglesby | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $22 |
| Nancy Markiewicz | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $20 |
| Lisa Macri | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $20 |
| Kati Hinds | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $20 |
| Daniel Simkins | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $20 |
| Andrew Hoff | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $20 |
| Sarah Semon | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $18 |
| Caroline Bresnan | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $15 |
| Alexandra Panos | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $15 |
| Tracy Muir | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $10 |
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