There were at least 165 contributions made to political candidates and committees by Cook County employees, 82.4 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 Cook County
| Employee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kathleen Burgess | Lauren A. Underwood | Democratic Party | $5,950 |
| Marcia Fields | - | Democratic Party | $4,100 |
| John Case | - | Democratic Party | $3,400 |
| Arthur Moswin | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $3,400 |
| Frederick Kaegi | Steve Bullock | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| Anthony Odonnell | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,136 |
| Jessica Scheller | Kamala D. Harris | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| Hugo Solari | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| Frederick Kaegi | Cindy Axne | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| Homer Abiad | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $1,985 |
| Susan Rogers | Robin L. Kelly | Democratic Party | $1,500 |
| Arthur Moswin | Pritesh Gandhi | Democratic Party | $1,500 |
| John Case | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $1,400 |
| Jeff Watts | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,299 |
| Donna Miller | Kamala D. Harris | Democratic Party | $1,060 |
| Lynn Pavalon | Tim Kaine | Democratic Party | $1,050 |
| Jessica Scheller | Kirsten Gillibrand | Democratic Party | $1,033 |
| Manish Brahmbhatt | Pritesh Gandhi | Democratic Party | $1,002 |
| Sari Marsh | Kamala D. Harris | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Justin Dvorak | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| David Bonner | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Casandra B. Watson | - | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Karen Yarbrough | - | Democratic Party | $950 |
| Phillip M. Bianco | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $816 |
| Kathleen R. Burgess | Lauren A. Underwood | Democratic Party | $800 |
| Thomas M. Cushing | Betsy Dirksen Londrigan | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Mary Laraia | John W. Hickenlooper | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Karen Dimond | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Jessica Scheller | Betsy Dirksen Londrigan | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Doris Laser | Cory A. Booker | Democratic Party | $740 |
| Bridget Gainer | Janice D. Schakowsky | Democratic Party | $700 |
| Albert Laser | Cory A. Booker | Democratic Party | $644 |
| Vilma Colom | Melissa Mark-Viverito | Democratic Party | $600 |
| Regan Burke | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $584 |
| Adele Heraty | - | Republican Party | $569 |
| Eric Davis | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $566 |
| John Keen | - | Republican Party | $553 |
| William Taylor | William G. Foster | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Todd Kooperman | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Sara Dixon Spivy | Marie Newman | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Patrick Heery | - | $500 | |
| Jeff Watts | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Jan A. Kralovec | Rashida Tlaib | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Jaime Evans | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Jaime De Leon | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Heather Brauckman | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Cathy Stein | Kamala D. Harris | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Antonio Favela | Jesus Garcia | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Anne Levenson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Ammar Rizki | Raja S. Krishnamoorthi | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Aaron Goldstein | Abraham Thomas Matthew | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Regan Burke | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $478 |
| Jeff Watts | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $425 |
| Jeff Watts | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $425 |
| Mary Rita Luecke | Ilhan Omar | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $416 |
| Woldu Negasi | - | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Rebecca Janowitz | Marie Newman | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Lionel Jean-Baptiste | Janice D. Schakowsky | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Adele Heraty | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $389 |
| Kevin Morrison | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $365 |
| Rebecca Janowitz | Janice D. Schakowsky | Democratic Party | $350 |
| Marian Perkins | Janice D. Schakowsky | Democratic Party | $350 |
| Lisa Schrantz | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $350 |
| Donna Miller | Janice D. Schakowsky | Democratic Party | $350 |
| John Case | - | $330 | |
| Carolyn L. Hayes | - | Democratic Party | $325 |
| Miriam Gonzalzles | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Democratic Party | $305 |
| Mara Heneghan | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $303 |
| Chuk Ezike | Raja S. Krishnamoorthi | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Anthony O'Donnell | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $280 |
| Adrienne Segovia | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $280 |
| Brandon Ducray | - | Republican Party | $270 |
| Hollis R. Hanover | - | $255 | |
| Steven Aks | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Rebecca Janowitz | James D. Scholten | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Rebecca Janowitz | Raja S. Krishnamoorthi | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Rahul S. Kalsi | Raja S. Krishnamoorthi | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Patrick Hurley | - | Republican Party | $250 |
| Michelle Jordan | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Kevin Ochalla | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Kevin Morrison | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Kevin Morrison | - | $250 | |
| Jessica Scheller | Barbara Bollier | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Jessica Scheller | Marie Newman | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Jean Galovich | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Jawahar Reddy | Raja S. Krishnamoorthi | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Heather Garrity | Theresa Greenfield | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Frederick Kaegi | Nancy Goroff | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Debra Walker | Richard J. Durbin | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Bridget Gainer | Alan Michael Cohn | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Beatriz Santiago | Melissa Mark-Viverito | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Beatriz Frausto-Sandoval | Jesus Garcia | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Arthur Moswin | Jonathan T. Ossoff | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Arthur Moswin | Raja S. Krishnamoorthi | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Andrew Wrona | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Abdelnasser Rashid | Jesus Garcia | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Judith Rice | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $225 |
| Robert Needleman | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $210 |
| Dorothy Brown | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $201 |
| Michael Forti | Janice D. Schakowsky | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Margaret Walsh | - | Republican Party | $200 |
| Margaret Walsh | - | Republican Party | $200 |
| Karen Yarbrough | - | $200 | |
| Jacqueline Marshall | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Fritz Kaegi | - | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Eric Connor | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Robert Remer | Janice D. Schakowsky | Democratic Party | $175 |
| Nicholas Goodale | - | Democratic Party | $175 |
| George Madeyski Str. | - | Republican Party | $175 |
| Carolyn Hayes | - | Democratic Party | $175 |
| Abbey Romanek | Janice D. Schakowsky | Democratic Party | $175 |
| Gina Deangelis | - | $174 | |
| Theresa Trinidad | - | Republican Party | $172 |
| Julie Willis | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $165 |
| Trisha Anderson | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $164 |
| Rebecca Clough | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $164 |
| Kevin Joyce | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $164 |
| Rebecca Clough | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $152 |
| Richard Lenhardt | - | Republican Party | $150 |
| Kevin Morrison | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Ann Nunez | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Gina Deangelis | - | Republican Party | $149 |
| Emily Hansen | - | $125 | |
| Adrienne Segovia | - | Democratic Party | $125 |
| Miriam Gonzalzles | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $114 |
| Sylvia Tidwell | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Shirin Muzaffar | - | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Robert Meza | Robin L. Kelly | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Patrick Heery | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Ngozi Yejekwe | - | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Ned Nasr | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Lorraine Bangayan | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Irene Joan Sherr | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Alvin Clark | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Yolanda Lippert | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $97 |
| Michael Moreno | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $90 |
| Anthony Odonnell | - | $90 | |
| Marty Malone | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $86 |
| Hannah Fierle | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $85 |
| Kevin J. Ochalla | - | $84 | |
| Mara Heneghan | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $81 |
| Norman F. Spielman | - | Democratic Party | $80 |
| Eric E. Davis | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $80 |
| James Bigeck | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $70 |
| Dan Walsh | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $70 |
| Marty Malone | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $65 |
| Ryan O'Leary | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $57 |
| Aladdin Husain | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $54 |
| Ryan O'Leary | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Loretta Line | Kamala D. Harris | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Linda Rae Murray | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Miriam Gonzalzles | - | $48 | |
| William Caballero Jr. | - | $46 | |
| R.M. Kenney | - | $46 | |
| Theresa Nelson | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $45 |
| Diane Disalvo | - | Republican Party | $45 |
| Anita Maria Anderson | - | $44 | |
| Susan Ehrlich | - | Republican Party | $40 |
| Sarah Resnick | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $40 |
| Jacqueline H. Marshall | - | Democratic Party | $40 |
| Tracy Callaghan | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $27 |
| Earl King II | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $26 |
| Regan Burke | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Nicole Nesbit | - | Democratic Party | $25 |
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