There were at least 245 contributions made to political candidates and committees by American Airlines employees, 36.7 percent of which have gone to Republican 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.
Richard Butler's contributions
| Committee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team Graham, Inc. | Lindsey Olin Graham | Republican Party | $600 |
| Trump Make America Great Again Committee | - | $400 |
Other donations by employees of American Airlines
| Employee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen M. Zoerlein | - | $4,400 | |
| Mary Holly Toohey | - | $3,750 | |
| Stephen Luszczek | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $2,662 |
| Sheila Holder | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,500 |
| Darryl Clark | - | Republican Party | $2,323 |
| Leo V. Jean | - | $2,200 | |
| Chad D. Spilman | - | $2,200 | |
| Timothy Hanley | - | Republican Party | $2,000 |
| Jeffrey D. Waltuck | - | $2,000 | |
| Jared Eveleth | - | $1,820 | |
| Jeffrey W. Osman | - | $1,760 | |
| Stephen Luszczek | - | Republican Party | $1,756 |
| Joseph C. Garinger | - | $1,750 | |
| Paul A. Sindberg | - | $1,470 | |
| Chris Trone | - | Republican Party | $1,385 |
| Michael Benich | Sean Casten | Democratic Party | $1,250 |
| David Monroe | - | Republican Party | $1,175 |
| Sally Olsen | - | Republican Party | $1,151 |
| Timothy Hanley | Dan Sullivan | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| Timothy Hanley | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| Steven Lanzer | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| Stephen Macaulay | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| Sean Conlon | - | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| Sean Conlon | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| Michael Tetrick | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| Timothy J. Ward | - | $950 | |
| Susan Keck | - | $950 | |
| Scott T. Mcclain | - | $950 | |
| Ned P. Quarterman | - | $950 | |
| Michael W. Winner | - | $950 | |
| Matthew M. Watson | - | $950 | |
| John M. Stutzman | - | $950 | |
| James M. Sisson | - | $950 | |
| Erik A. Lewinski | - | $950 | |
| Eric W. Hawker | - | $950 | |
| Bruce A. Colmark | - | $920 | |
| Ronald J. Kowalski | - | $900 | |
| John W. Brunke | - | $900 | |
| Eric O. Peterson | - | $900 | |
| Steven B. Lanzer | - | $855 | |
| Sally Olsen | - | $840 | |
| Brian Storey | - | Republican Party | $832 |
| Matthew Sodini | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $812 |
| John Arneth | - | $810 | |
| William Hood | - | Democratic Party | $795 |
| William Hood | - | Democratic Party | $765 |
| Todd Durbin | - | $760 | |
| Kirk M. Holte | - | $760 | |
| Katherine Magon | - | $760 | |
| George R. Sandifer | - | $760 | |
| Garry L. Wiens | - | $760 | |
| Fred M. Ringsby | - | $760 | |
| Daniel S. Pell | - | $760 | |
| Daniel C. Mcclellan | - | $760 | |
| Scott Gill | - | Republican Party | $750 |
| Daniel M. Manusos | - | $750 | |
| Chris Reeter | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $750 |
| Timothy B. Jackson | - | $740 | |
| Chris Trone | - | Republican Party | $733 |
| John Yeatman | - | Republican Party | $712 |
| David Powell | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $700 |
| Daniel Wedel | - | Republican Party | $700 |
| Michael T. Goddard | - | $650 | |
| David D. Durham | - | $640 | |
| Stephen Macaulay | - | Republican Party | $600 |
| Matt Watson | - | Republican Party | $600 |
| Joseph Perito | Jeanne Ives | Republican Party | $600 |
| Darlene Arnieri | - | Republican Party | $553 |
| Joseph F. Perito | Adam Kinzinger | Republican Party | $550 |
| Daniel Wedel | Dan Sullivan | Republican Party | $550 |
| Jaymes Grabowski | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $543 |
| Shannan Smith | - | Republican Party | $535 |
| Brian Storey | Mitch McConnell | Republican Party | $532 |
| John K. O Grady | - | $520 | |
| James E. Smetana | - | $520 | |
| Eric Willis | - | Republican Party | $514 |
| William Glunz | - | $500 | |
| Scott Gill | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $500 |
| Ron White | - | Republican Party | $500 |
| Michael Anagnostopoulos | - | Republican Party | $500 |
| Michael Anagnostopoulos | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $500 |
| Matthew Sodini | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Matthew Sodini | Kamala D. Harris | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Mary Ellen Dvorak | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Joseph F. Perito | - | $500 | |
| Greg L. Burkey | Jeanne Ives | Republican Party | $500 |
| Barbara Holm | - | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Jack L. Berkebile | - | $420 | |
| Mariano Dimarco | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $415 |
| Steven Lanzer | - | Republican Party | $400 |
| Michael Brakora | - | Republican Party | $397 |
| Shannan Smith | - | Republican Party | $396 |
| Tom Frank Aichele | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $378 |
| Karen Walker | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $370 |
| Robert M. Ritschel | - | $360 | |
| Jon C. Stevens | - | $330 | |
| Phillip Spizzirri | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $320 |
| Glen Collins | - | $320 | |
| Darryl Clark | Dan Sullivan | Republican Party | $302 |
| Thomas E. Kittler | - | $300 | |
| Steven M. Rioux | - | $300 | |
| Jeffrey D. Finch | - | $300 | |
| Geo Sandifer | - | Republican Party | $300 |
| Brian M. Ginn | - | $300 | |
| Joseph Esposito | - | Republican Party | $274 |
| Shannan Smith | - | Republican Party | $260 |
| David T. Powell | Bradley Scott Schneider | Democratic Party | $252 |
| Timothy Young | - | $250 | |
| Maria Ballantyne | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Kevin K. Coffey | - | Republican Party | $250 |
| Kevin K. Coffey | - | Republican Party | $250 |
| Jeffrey N. Walker | - | $250 | |
| James Manning | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Greg Minear | - | Republican Party | $250 |
| Greg Minear | Jeanne Ives | Republican Party | $250 |
| George Sandifer | Thomas Tarter | Republican Party | $250 |
| David Kennedy | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Daniel Wedel | Dan Sullivan | Republican Party | $250 |
| Stephen R. Kammerer | - | $240 | |
| David J. Meyer | - | $240 | |
| Darryl Clark | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $240 |
| Michelle Mcdonogh | - | Republican Party | $235 |
| Darryl Clark | - | Republican Party | $220 |
| John L. Lewis | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $219 |
| Michael Buckley | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $212 |
| Thomas A. Novey | - | $210 | |
| Tony Pragovich | - | Republican Party | $204 |
| Walter B. Fryzel | - | $200 | |
| Tony Pragovich | - | Republican Party | $200 |
| Mark Williams | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Kevin Coffey | - | Republican Party | $200 |
| Kevin Coffey | - | Republican Party | $200 |
| John Macholz | - | Republican Party | $200 |
| Jeffery Wainscott | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Shirley Hopple | - | Republican Party | $190 |
| Judy Foster | - | $178 | |
| Darryl Clark | Dan Sullivan | Republican Party | $166 |
| Curt Collins | - | Republican Party | $165 |
| John L. Lewis | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $162 |
| Charlotte Guy | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $155 |
| Dennis L. Anderson | - | $154 | |
| Edward Bures | - | Republican Party | $148 |
| William R. Ackerman | - | $140 | |
| William M. Crawford | - | $140 | |
| Tom D. Meagher | - | $140 | |
| Timothy Joseph Mladic | - | $140 | |
| Thomas G. Murray | - | $140 | |
| Theodore A. Koppie | - | $140 | |
| Slavisa Kuljanin | - | $140 | |
| Ryan Krietsch | - | $140 | |
| Ronald S. France | - | $140 | |
| Reggie A. Miller | - | $140 | |
| Michael Jaensch | - | $140 | |
| Michael J. Buck | - | $140 | |
| Michael J. Benich | - | $140 | |
| Kurt E. Rohloff | - | $140 | |
| Kelly A. Jeffries | - | $140 | |
| Joseph F. Perito | - | $140 | |
| John P. Yeatman Jr. | - | $140 | |
| Jimmy K. Walton | - | $140 | |
| James A. Gilson | - | $140 | |
| Harry L. Sommer | - | $140 | |
| Gilbert M. Rollins | - | $140 | |
| Geoffrey Allen Kruglik | - | $140 | |
| Frank J. Loftus | - | $140 | |
| Edmond V. Stack | - | $140 | |
| Dwight A. Bouck | - | $140 | |
| Donald F. Knauf | - | $140 | |
| Dennis Tajer | - | $140 | |
| David T. Powell | - | $140 | |
| Dave R. Dodds | - | $140 | |
| Craig Price | - | $140 | |
| Conn P. Mccarthy | - | $140 | |
| Charles W. Kirby | - | $140 | |
| Charles H. Stone | - | $140 | |
| Brian Bonfante | - | $140 | |
| Bernard J. Neumann | - | $140 | |
| Arpad E. Horvath | - | $140 | |
| Alan R. Isrow | - | $140 | |
| Adams J. Summers | - | $140 | |
| Chris Trone | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $136 |
| William D. Sponsler | - | $130 | |
| Glenn A. Smith | - | $130 | |
| Christine Albertson | - | $130 | |
| Mary Holly Toohey | - | Republican Party | $126 |
| Pam Ross | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $125 |
| David Powell | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $125 |
| Chad Spilman | - | Democratic Party | $125 |
| Sean Michael Conlon | - | $120 | |
| Michael J. Brakora | - | $120 | |
| David Cooper Patrick | - | $120 | |
| Justin Patterson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $115 |
| Paul G. Szweda | - | $112 | |
| Michael Brakora | Dan Newhouse | Republican Party | $105 |
| David Powell | Richard J. Durbin | Democratic Party | $105 |
| William Stotlar | - | Republican Party | $100 |
| William B. Stotlar | - | Republican Party | $100 |
| Steven Lanzer | - | Republican Party | $100 |
| Louis Lagro | - | Republican Party | $100 |
| Ken Kelecich | - | Republican Party | $100 |
| Joseph Rakosky | - | Republican Party | $100 |
| Jason Johnson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Colleen Anderson | - | $100 | |
| Jack Ernest | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $97 |
| Rosalie Cox | - | Republican Party | $95 |
| Madelyn Stroud | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $90 |
| William Stotlar | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $87 |
| Tim M. Delaney | Tammy L. Duckworth | Democratic Party | $85 |
| James Schroeder | - | Republican Party | $85 |
| Heather Morale | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $85 |
| Megan Zeutenhorst | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $80 |
| Douglas Heffelfinger | - | Republican Party | $74 |
| Sandi Tujo | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $73 |
| Michael D. Bollwitt | - | $65 | |
| Yvonne Hoye | - | $58 | |
| Sarah Cosgrave | Elise M. Stefanik | Republican Party | $50 |
| Rex Richard | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $50 |
| Beverly Marshall | - | Republican Party | $50 |
| Shannan Smith | - | $45 | |
| David Powell | Tammy L. Duckworth | Democratic Party | $45 |
| Andrea Morris | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $42 |
| Tracy Timmons | - | Republican Party | $40 |
| Mary Toohey | Dan Newhouse | Republican Party | $40 |
| Daniel Spitelli | - | Republican Party | $38 |
| Daniel Spitelli | Martha Mcsally | Republican Party | $38 |
| Kathy Nordgren | - | Republican Party | $35 |
| John Pagan | Tammy L. Duckworth | Democratic Party | $30 |
| John Pagan | Richard J. Durbin | Democratic Party | $30 |
| Nicholas Greve | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $27 |
| James Cosler | - | Republican Party | $27 |
| William Stotlar | - | Republican Party | $25 |
| Tim Murphy | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Stefan Kristen | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $25 |
| Keith Holm | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Carolyn Marsalek | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Joseph Esposito | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $22 |
| Walter Fryzel | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $20 |
| Andrea Morris | - | Democratic Party | $8 |
| Curt Collins | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $2 |
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