There were at least 272 contributions made to political candidates and committees by SAS Institute, Inc. employees, 73.2 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.
Other donations by employees of SAS Institute, Inc.
| Employee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Sall | - | Democratic Party | $106,500 |
| James H. Goodnight | - | $100,000 | |
| John Sall | - | Democratic Party | $71,000 |
| John P. Sall | - | Democratic Party | $71,000 |
| James H. Goodnight | - | $40,000 | |
| James H. Goodnight | - | $40,000 | |
| John Sall | - | Democratic Party | $35,500 |
| James A. Goodnight | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $16,800 |
| Deva Kumaraswamy | - | Democratic Party | $14,800 |
| John P. Sall | Deborah Ross | Democratic Party | $8,400 |
| Neely Shah | Morgan Harper | Democratic Party | $6,060 |
| John P. Sall | Daniel Mccready | Democratic Party | $5,600 |
| John Sall | Steve Bullock | Democratic Party | $4,600 |
| Austin Swift | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $3,851 |
| Ryan Parker | Beto O'Rourke | Democratic Party | $3,444 |
| Andrew Lockhart | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $3,156 |
| Susan Ellis | Patricia Timmons-Goodson | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| Sam Penfield Jr. | - | Republican Party | $2,800 |
| Sam Penfield Jr. | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $2,800 |
| Sam Penfield | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $2,800 |
| John Sall | Steve Bullock | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| John Sall | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| John Sall | David Eugene Price | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| John P. Sall | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| John P. Sall | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| John P. Sall | David Eugene Price | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| James H. Goodnight | Virginia Ann Foxx | Republican Party | $2,800 |
| James Goodnight | Jonathan T. Ossoff | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| James Goodnight | John W. Hickenlooper | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| James Goodnight | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| James Arthur Goodnight | Scott Cooper | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| James Arthur Goodnight | - | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| James A. Goodnight | Al Gross | Independent | $2,800 |
| Akkina Murthy | - | $2,800 | |
| Nicholas Roth | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $2,500 |
| Nicholas Roth | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,500 |
| Jody Carlton | - | Republican Party | $2,399 |
| James Goodnight | Col. Morris D. Davis | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| James Goodnight | Daniel Mccready | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| James A. Goodnight | Joe Cunningham | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| Alan Cline | Natalie Cline | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| Tracy Shelton | - | Republican Party | $1,827 |
| James Goodnight | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $1,800 |
| Ellis T. Fisher | Deborah Ross | Democratic Party | $1,800 |
| Mark Little | - | Republican Party | $1,500 |
| Sharon Stanners | - | Republican Party | $1,440 |
| Michael Domino | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $1,357 |
| Mike Killam | - | Republican Party | $1,200 |
| Ann Henderson | Cory A. Booker | Democratic Party | $1,142 |
| Audrey Shelly | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,080 |
| Michael Domino | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $1,062 |
| Ha Nguyen | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $1,055 |
| Sanjay Patel | - | Democratic Party | $1,050 |
| Bill Leslie | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $1,004 |
| Sam Kalat | Deborah Ross | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Ravi Devarajan | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Nicholas Roth | - | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| James Goodnight | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| James Goodnight | Steve Bullock | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| James Goodnight | Tedra Lynne Cobb | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| James Goodnight | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| James A. Goodnight | Al Gross | Independent | $1,000 |
| James A. Goodnight | James D. Scholten | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Jack Rouse | - | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Eric Hill | - | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| Eric Hill | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| Christopher Mcmahon | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Angela Hall | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Karen Duke | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $968 |
| Angela Hall | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $950 |
| Michael Meadows | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $900 |
| Howard Houston | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $886 |
| Lily Parham | - | Republican Party | $850 |
| Beau Memory | - | $850 | |
| Christine Marshall | - | Republican Party | $840 |
| Mike Killam | Martha Mcsally | Republican Party | $800 |
| Bernie Mamorbor | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $761 |
| Terry Lewis | Steve Bullock | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Terry Lewis | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Sanjay Patel | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Michael Newkirk | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $750 |
| Matt Fulk | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $750 |
| James Goodnight | Tedra Lynne Cobb | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Nicholas Cotter | - | $712 | |
| Mark Sakowski | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $700 |
| Andrew Lockhart | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Democratic Party | $700 |
| Susan Ellis | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $675 |
| Emily Sarella | - | Republican Party | $650 |
| Evan Mccorkle | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $642 |
| Blair Reeves | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $641 |
| Teala Spitzbarth | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $626 |
| Deva Kumaraswamy | - | $600 | |
| Andrew Owens | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $600 |
| Michael Newkirk | Dan Newhouse | Republican Party | $580 |
| Jennifer Ayers | - | Republican Party | $575 |
| Chad Cleaton | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $564 |
| Patricia Brown | - | Democratic Party | $550 |
| Terry Lewis | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Susan Ellis | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Sam Kalat | Steve Bullock | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Sam Kalat | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Ravi Devarajan | - | $500 | |
| Patricia Brown | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Murugiah Muraleetharan | Deborah Ross | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Michael Tharp | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Michael Tharp | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Kevin Mclaughlin | Steve Bullock | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Ken Lerche | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Jason Smith | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $500 |
| James Mcnealy | - | $500 | |
| James Goodnight | Bryant Cameron Webb | Democratic Party | $500 |
| James Goodnight | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $500 |
| James Goodnight | Doug Jones | Democratic Party | $500 |
| James Goodnight | Laura Lombard | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Frederick Wicklin | Angela Darrow Flynn | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Emad I. Khatib | David Eugene Price | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Deva Kumaraswamy | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| David Mountain | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $500 |
| David Mountain | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Christine B. Hutchens | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Mike Domino | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $494 |
| Nancy Cole | Marianne Williamson | Democratic Party | $465 |
| Yan Xu | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $450 |
| Elizabeth Downes | Marianne Williamson | Democratic Party | $450 |
| Lisa Horwitz | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $445 |
| Emily Sarella | - | Republican Party | $411 |
| Patrick Garrett | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Donald Teeter | - | Republican Party | $400 |
| Cathy Kilburn | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $400 |
| C. Dove | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Adam Smith | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Tim Hunter | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $375 |
| Susan Ellis | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $371 |
| Elizabeth Hill | - | Republican Party | $369 |
| Caroline Mccullen | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $365 |
| Bradley Jones | - | $360 | |
| Bradley Jones | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $359 |
| Michelle Wilkie | - | $350 | |
| Howard Houston | - | Democratic Party | $350 |
| Bradley Jones | - | $350 | |
| David Burchfil | - | $343 | |
| Goran Stanisic | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $342 |
| Darren Key | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $326 |
| Brandon Fields | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $323 |
| David Burchfiel | - | $315 | |
| Jeff Diamond | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $312 |
| James Mcnealy | - | $305 | |
| Lisa Horwitz | - | $300 | |
| Frederick Wicklin | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Anthony Scandurra | - | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Tao Wang | - | Republican Party | $288 |
| Edward Borchardt | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $285 |
| Elizabeth Lyne | Michael Archangel Muscato | Democratic Party | $275 |
| Cynthia Morris | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $258 |
| Gregory Conway | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $257 |
| Tracy H. Shelton | - | Republican Party | $250 |
| Terry Lewis | Jonathan T. Ossoff | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Terry Lewis | Theresa Greenfield | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Terry Lewis | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Susan Lyons | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Sumithran Rasathurai | Deborah Ross | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Sharon Stanners | Dan Sullivan | Republican Party | $250 |
| Robert Saccoccio | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Ravi Devarajan | - | $250 | |
| Ravi Devarajan | - | $250 | |
| Michael Gilliland | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Mary Ann Embry | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Lynn Leubuscher | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Lee Ann Dietz | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Katherine Schikore | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Jody Carlton | Lindsey Olin Graham | Republican Party | $250 |
| Jennifer Reavis | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| James F. Boericke | David Eugene Price | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Gale B. Adcock | Deborah Ross | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Deva Kumaraswamy | Theresa Greenfield | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Bob Dixon | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Deborah Gray | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $244 |
| Jody Carlton | Mitch McConnell | Republican Party | $240 |
| Bradley Jones | - | Democratic Party | $240 |
| Sharon Stanners | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $225 |
| Charles Board | - | Democratic Party | $225 |
| Tracy Shelton | - | $224 | |
| John Castelloe | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $222 |
| Lisa Goodwin | - | Republican Party | $209 |
| Xiaohui Zhou | - | Republican Party | $200 |
| Xiaohui Zhou | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $200 |
| Nicholas Cotter | - | Republican Party | $200 |
| Mike Killam | - | Republican Party | $200 |
| Mike Killam | Sen. Thom R. Tillis | Republican Party | $200 |
| Mike Killam | Susan M. Collins | Republican Party | $200 |
| Malcolm Alexander | - | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Joseph Hines | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $200 |
| David Timmerman | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Craig Mandelblit | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Anthony Scandurra | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Tracy Shelton | - | Republican Party | $199 |
| Jody Carlton | Stephen Joseph Scalise | Republican Party | $190 |
| Blake Lowe | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $190 |
| Michelle Slover | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $185 |
| Tim Hunter | Kamala D. Harris | Democratic Party | $175 |
| Michael Domino | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $175 |
| Mark Allemang | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $175 |
| Douglas Konst | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $175 |
| Darrell Barton | - | Republican Party | $160 |
| Peter Savitsky | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $158 |
| Steven Burnett | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Linda Miller | - | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Jeff Gramm | - | Republican Party | $150 |
| Gary Burchett | - | Republican Party | $150 |
| Evan Guarnaccia | - | $150 | |
| Eddie Shannon | - | Republican Party | $143 |
| James Mcnealy | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $140 |
| Diane Holt | - | $140 | |
| Bernie Mamorbor | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $137 |
| Vincent Vaccaro | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $130 |
| Susan Lyons | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $125 |
| Gabriel Schiada | - | Republican Party | $125 |
| Elizabeth Brownrigg | - | $125 | |
| Paula Sours | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $120 |
| Michael Coppotelli | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $120 |
| Mark Ewing | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $108 |
| William Pecic | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $107 |
| Monica Beals | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $106 |
| Lisa Horwitz | - | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Kenneth Thompson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Kathryn Pegoraro | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Jennifer Boyle | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Jay Sloane | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Jason Prieb | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Howard Houston | Deborah Ross | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Gregory Kraus | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Cynthia Hemme | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Jennifer Ayers | Sen. Thom R. Tillis | Republican Party | $90 |
| Lee Anne Ryan | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $86 |
| Nick Bruno | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $81 |
| Peter Tate | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $80 |
| Nathan Mauch | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $75 |
| Myron Chandler | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $75 |
| Bradley Jones | - | Democratic Party | $72 |
| Anna Kushner | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $58 |
| Karen Duke | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $53 |
| Traci Sowards | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Michael Hess | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Marie Oberle | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $50 |
| Malcolm Alexander | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Lori Jordan | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| John Stockett | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| James Mcnealy | - | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Gul Ege | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Elizabeth Hardin | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Donald Teeter | - | Republican Party | $50 |
| Donald Reed | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Caroline Mccullen | Col. Morris D. Davis | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Anthony Scandurra | Tulsi Gabbard | Democratic Party | $50 |
| David Burchfiel | - | $48 | |
| Patricia Berryman | - | $40 | |
| Nick Bruno | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $39 |
| Brandon T. Fields | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $27 |
| Robin Langford | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Peter Eastwood | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Michelle Slover | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Mark Allemang | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $25 |
| John G. Boswell | Deborah Ross | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Jennifer Ayers | Sen. Thom R. Tillis | Republican Party | $25 |
| Douglas Konst | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Dianne Holt | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Bradley Jones | Steve Bullock | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Blair Reeves | - | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Casey Burcher | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $20 |
| Austin Swift | - | $10 | |
| Alycia Ragey | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $10 |
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