There were at least 168 contributions made to political candidates and committees by Kent State University employees, 86.3 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 Kent State University
| Employee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Ann Stephens | - | Democratic Party | $3,650 |
| Samuel Sprunt | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,950 |
| Bao Qi Feng | - | $2,269 | |
| Deirdre Warren | Kamala D. Harris | Democratic Party | $2,200 |
| Richard Meindl | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,191 |
| Robert Remedio | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $1,900 |
| Thomas King | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $1,528 |
| Arvind Bansal | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,500 |
| Samuel Sprunt | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $1,300 |
| Samuel Sprunt | - | Democratic Party | $1,125 |
| Sue Ellen Wright | Sherrod Brown | Democratic Party | $1,050 |
| David Robins | Sherrod Brown | Democratic Party | $1,050 |
| Carl Schierhorn | - | Democratic Party | $1,050 |
| Catherine Smith | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,002 |
| Stephanie Libbon | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Michael Strickland | - | $1,000 | |
| Kjera Seregi | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| John Hummell | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Tracy A. Wallach | - | Democratic Party | $930 |
| Catherine Smith | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $850 |
| Maria Schultz | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Kara Robinson | Doug Jones | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Kara Robinson | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Josefina Grau | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Janice Yoder | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $700 |
| Janice Lessman-Moss | - | Democratic Party | $700 |
| Mary Kananian | - | Republican Party | $668 |
| David Smeltzer | - | Democratic Party | $641 |
| Stephen Roberts | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $633 |
| Thomas Ruf | - | $600 | |
| Stephanie Libbon | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Robert T. Heath | - | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Robert Heath | - | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Kara Robinson | Steve Bullock | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Kara Robinson | Raphael Warnock | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Kara Robinson | Marquita Bradshaw | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Kara Robinson | Jonathan T. Ossoff | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Kara Robinson | John W. Hickenlooper | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Kara Robinson | Al Gross | Independent | $500 |
| Kara Robinson | Theresa Greenfield | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Kara Robinson | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Kara Robinson | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Kara Robinson | Michael Espy | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Kara Robinson | Mary Jennings M.J. Hegar | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Jacqueline J. Jackson | Marcia L. Fudge | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Claudia Khourey-Bowers | - | $500 | |
| David Perusek | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $475 |
| Samuel Sprunt | - | Democratic Party | $450 |
| Richard Meindl | - | Democratic Party | $450 |
| Michael Chunn | - | $429 | |
| Matthew Coate | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $424 |
| Lindsay Kuntzman | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $408 |
| Richard Meindl | - | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Paul Mastriacovo | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Michael Strickland | Timothy J. Ryan | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Deirdre Warren | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $400 |
| William Howell | - | $391 | |
| Miriam Matteson | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $383 |
| Geoffrey Steinberg | Sherrod Brown | Democratic Party | $375 |
| Jonathan Selinger | Nick Rubando | Democratic Party | $350 |
| Kade Bitikofer | Kamala D. Harris | Democratic Party | $346 |
| David Pereplyotchik | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $337 |
| Aaron Near | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $313 |
| Sharon Bell | Alex Morse | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Laura Moll | - | $300 | |
| Janice D. Yoder | - | $300 | |
| Gregory Tinkler | - | $300 | |
| Belinda Boon | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $288 |
| Danielle Coombs | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $286 |
| Susan Olive | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $282 |
| Geoffrey Steinberg | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $282 |
| Steven Dennis | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Randy Ruchotzke | Tulsi Gabbard | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Pamela Grimm | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Murali Shanker | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Monica Miller Marsh | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Michael Lehman | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Kara Robinson | - | $250 | |
| Kara Robinson | Sara Gideon | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Kara Robinson | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Kara Robinson | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Josefina Grau | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Jonathan Selinger | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| John Butte | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| David Kaplan | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Dale Richards | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Dale Edward Richards | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Amy Copus | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Walter Hoeh | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $215 |
| Diane Dragus Zets | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $214 |
| Robert Logan | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $202 |
| Tom Southards | - | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Sue Ellen Wright | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Richard Robyn | - | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Geoffrey Steinberg | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Deirdre M. Warren | - | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Christine Bhargava | - | Democratic Party | $190 |
| Bradley Morris | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $180 |
| Bradley Morris | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $180 |
| Robin Ruth | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $165 |
| Karl Idsvoog | Cory A. Booker | Democratic Party | $164 |
| Geoffrey Steinberg | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $163 |
| Owen Lovejoy | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $160 |
| Owen Lovejoy | - | $150 | |
| Jennifer Larson | - | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Donna Sansonetti | - | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Christine Bhargava | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Amy B. Quillin | - | Democratic Party | $149 |
| Geoffrey Steinberg | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $146 |
| David Riccio | - | $145 | |
| Anne Jefferson | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $135 |
| Cristin Compton | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $131 |
| Shelley Marshall | - | Democratic Party | $130 |
| Sarah Rogers | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $125 |
| Sarah Rilling | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $125 |
| John Graham | - | Democratic Party | $125 |
| Johanna Solomon | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $121 |
| Megan Odell-Scott | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $120 |
| Tracy Wallach | - | $115 | |
| Richard Meindl | - | $109 | |
| Tracy Wallach | Doug Jones | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Sarah Rilling | - | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Samuel Sprunt | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Robert Twieg | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Paul Farrell | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Mark Bracher | - | $100 | |
| Lisa Hart | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Lindsay Kuntzman | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Janice Lessman-Moss | Timothy J. Ryan | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Deborah Pasquarella | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| James Blackwell | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $96 |
| Shelley Marshall | - | Democratic Party | $78 |
| Shelley Marshall | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $75 |
| Christine Hudak | - | $70 | |
| Mickey Pearson | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $65 |
| Noelle Bowles | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $60 |
| Walter Hoeh | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $55 |
| Kathy Siesel | - | $55 | |
| Walter R. Hoeh | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Tracy Wallach | - | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Tracy Wallach | - | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Reid Coffman | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Janice Lessman-Moss | - | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Cassandra Pegg-Kirby | - | $50 | |
| Alfreda Brown | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Dustin Horner | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $45 |
| David Smeltzer | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $45 |
| Robyn Shifrin | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $40 |
| Marie Gasper-Hulvat | - | $40 | |
| David Robins | Timothy J. Ryan | Democratic Party | $40 |
| Joseph Schiller | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Democratic Party | $30 |
| Scot Jeffery Mostade | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Robert Trogdon | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Michael W. Chunn | - | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Michael Lehman | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Lique Coolen | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Cynthia Stillings | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Christine Hudak | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Andrew Budny | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Blake Stringer | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $20 |
| Susan Taft | - | $15 | |
| Jeffrey Tatarka | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $15 |
| Deborah Minton | Cory A. Booker | Democratic Party | $15 |
| Dustin Horner | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $12 |
| Clifford Vogel | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $12 |
| Jayne Moneysmith | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $10 |
| Michael Chunn | - | Democratic Party | $8 |
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