There were at least 273 contributions made to political candidates and committees by AMGEN employees, 67.4 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.
Michele Hooper's contributions
| Committee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Julia Brownley for Congress | Julia Brownley | Democratic Party | $3,000 |
| Biden for President | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,625 |
| Hickenlooper for Colorado | John W. Hickenlooper | Democratic Party | $950 |
| Jaime Harrison for US Senate | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $850 |
| Actblue | - | - | $264 |
| Indivisible Action | - | - | $250 |
| Peters for Michigan | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Theresa Greenfield for Iowa | Theresa Greenfield | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Mark Kelly for Senate | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $100 |
| MJ for Texas | Mary Jennings M.J. Hegar | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Amy McGrath for Senate, Inc. | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $50 |
Other donations by employees of AMGEN
| Employee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Bradway | - | - | $25,000 |
| Robert A. Bradway | - | - | $25,000 |
| David Piacquad | - | Republican Party | $11,300 |
| Robert A. Bradway | Dan Sullivan | Republican Party | $10,000 |
| Robert Bradway | - | - | $7,500 |
| Gordon Stewart | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $6,600 |
| Robert Bradway | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $5,000 |
| Robert Bradway | - | - | $5,000 |
| Robert A. Bradway | - | - | $5,000 |
| Robert A. Bradway | Steven Daines | Republican Party | $5,000 |
| Robert A. Bradway | - | - | $5,000 |
| Sylvia Liner | - | Democratic Party | $4,006 |
| Benjamin Salazar | - | Republican Party | $3,050 |
| David Piacquad | Devin Gerald Nunes | Republican Party | $3,000 |
| Robert Bradway | Steven Alexzander Horsford | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| Robert Bradway | John F. Reed | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| Kave Niksefat | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| David Reese | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| Bradford Gibson | - | Democratic Party | $2,675 |
| Noella Vang | Bobby Bliatout | Democratic Party | $2,500 |
| Jen Norton | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,150 |
| Michael Nohaile | - | - | $2,000 |
| Lori Johnston | - | - | $2,000 |
| David Piacquad | Kevin McCarthy | Republican Party | $2,000 |
| David Piacquad | Mitch McConnell | Republican Party | $2,000 |
| Daniel Vigil | - | - | $2,000 |
| Anthony Hooper | - | Republican Party | $2,000 |
| Anthony Hooper | Steven Daines | Republican Party | $2,000 |
| Gary Skiles | Christy Smith | Democratic Party | $1,900 |
| Patricia Kosich | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,807 |
| Sarah Soifer | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,800 |
| Janet Johnson | - | Republican Party | $1,800 |
| Benjamin A. Salazar | - | Republican Party | $1,781 |
| Olivier Nolan-Stevaux | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,750 |
| Jane Parnes | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,550 |
| Jane Parnes | - | Democratic Party | $1,500 |
| Dennis Murphy | Daniel Feehan | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $1,500 |
| David Piacquad | Steven Daines | Republican Party | $1,500 |
| David Piacquad | James D. Jordan | Republican Party | $1,500 |
| David Piacquad | Michael Garcia | Republican Party | $1,500 |
| Michael Nohaile | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,250 |
| Michael Nohaile | - | Democratic Party | $1,250 |
| Victoria Watts | Christine Bubser | Democratic Party | $1,200 |
| Timothy Wainwright | Cory A. Booker | Democratic Party | $1,090 |
| Zhaohui Convery | - | Democratic Party | $1,080 |
| Gail Aaland | - | Republican Party | $1,068 |
| Nicholas Conell | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Jacqueline Crouse | - | - | $1,000 |
| Gary Skiles | Julia Brownley | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| David Piacquad | Elise M. Stefanik | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| David Piacquad | John James | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| David Piacquad | David Perdue | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| Benjamin Salazar | Kevin McCarthy | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| Benjamin Salazar | - | - | $1,000 |
| Gabriel Vargas | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $998 |
| Bradford Gibson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $983 |
| Sayward Smith | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $860 |
| Jonathan Massey | - | Republican Party | $850 |
| Kathryn Kross | Christy Smith | Democratic Party | $840 |
| Matthew Wilder | - | Democratic Party | $800 |
| Jennifer Lenzo | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $760 |
| Tara Arvedson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Oliver Sjahsam | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Kate Chevlen | - | - | $750 |
| Janet Johnson | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $750 |
| Gary Skiles | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Fritz Costa | Christy Smith | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Jenny Kim | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $702 |
| Patricia Kosich | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $700 |
| Patricia Kosich | - | Democratic Party | $700 |
| Mai Masri | Steve Bullock | Democratic Party | $700 |
| Kathryn Kross | - | Democratic Party | $700 |
| Cynthia Patton | Desiree Tims | Democratic Party | $700 |
| Kim Notari | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $650 |
| Arman Ghorbani | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $618 |
| George Williams | - | Republican Party | $612 |
| Julian Desmond | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $600 |
| Austin Smith | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $600 |
| Kathryn Kross | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $599 |
| Jenny Kim | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $583 |
| Patricia Kosich | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $564 |
| Dennis Murphy | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $560 |
| Tao Osgood | - | Republican Party | $543 |
| Barbara Mitchell | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $520 |
| Xun Jiang | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $515 |
| Susan Rucci | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $510 |
| Judie Gutierrez | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $510 |
| Steven Galson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Steve Thibault | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Shirin Grossman | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Sam Ellis | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Robert Cuddihy | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Paul Koval | - | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Paul Koval | - | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Patricia Kosich | Desiree Tims | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Maureen Reiner | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Laura Parmer-Lohan | Josh Harder | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Larry Johnson | - | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Kimberly Dunne | - | - | $500 |
| Kevin O'Toole | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Kenneth Wang | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Kave Niksefat | - | Republican Party | $500 |
| Kave Niksefat | Steven Daines | Republican Party | $500 |
| Judie Gutierrez | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Jonathan Massey | - | - | $500 |
| Joanna Gonsalves | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Jen Norton | - | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Janet Johnson | - | - | $500 |
| Janet Johnson | Dan Sullivan | Republican Party | $500 |
| Gordon Stewart | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Gary Skiles | - | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Fritz Costa | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Edda Colon | - | - | $500 |
| Diana Woehle | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Davud Piacquad | John Dennis | Republican Party | $500 |
| David Piacquad | Daniel Crenshaw | Republican Party | $500 |
| David Piacquad | Joe Collins | Republican Party | $500 |
| David Piacquad | Kimberly Klacik | Republican Party | $500 |
| David Piacquad | Wesley Hunt | Republican Party | $500 |
| David Piacquad | Ted D. Howze II | Republican Party | $500 |
| David Menon | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Daniel Vigil | - | - | $500 |
| Daniel Vigil | Steve Bullock | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Daniel Vigil | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Anil Choudhary | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Chip Marvin | - | Democratic Party | $480 |
| Thomas Monticello | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $478 |
| Daniel Vigil | Lucia Kay Mcbath | Democratic Party | $475 |
| Heidi Hagedorn Katz | James Hagedorn | Republican Party | $450 |
| Gary Skiles | Phil Arballo | Democratic Party | $450 |
| Diane Androvich | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $450 |
| Susan Shetterly | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $431 |
| Deborah Arrindell | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $425 |
| Jeffrey Petersen | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Taylor Lenton | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $380 |
| Bradford Gibson | - | Democratic Party | $375 |
| Chip Marvin | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $374 |
| Bill Hurguy | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $374 |
| Thomas Monticello | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $363 |
| Pavel Bondarenko | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $361 |
| Brandon Ason | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $350 |
| Johnson | - | - | $335 |
| George Williams | Dan Newhouse | Republican Party | $320 |
| Shea Jassem | - | - | $315 |
| Olivier Nolan Stevaux | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $309 |
| David Whittemore | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $300 |
| Chris Diandreth | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Robin Stroll | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $290 |
| Deborah Lium | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $285 |
| Sarah Soifer | John W. Hickenlooper | Democratic Party | $278 |
| Sarah Soifer | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $278 |
| Jeffrey Petersen | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $275 |
| Diane Androvich | Christy Smith | Democratic Party | $270 |
| Sarah Soifer | Jonathan T. Ossoff | Democratic Party | $258 |
| Sarah Soifer | - | - | $250 |
| Osa Eisele | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Olivier Nolan-Stevaux | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Noor Haq | Amerish Bera | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Laura J. Lohan | Audrey L. Denney | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Kate Innelli | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Julie Lade | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Jonathan Massey | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $250 |
| Jon Hicks | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $250 |
| John Henry Lawrence | - | Republican Party | $250 |
| Jing Qing | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Jing Qing | - | - | $250 |
| Jennifer Norton | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Jen Norton | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Jen Norton | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Jen Norton | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Ilaria Brun Del | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Eva Coffey | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| David Zimmer | - | - | $250 |
| David Fong | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Daniel Vigil | John W. Hickenlooper | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Austin Smith | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Kathryn Kross | Adam Schiff | Democratic Party | $247 |
| Benjamin A. Salazar | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $237 |
| Robert Ford | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $225 |
| Seth Ragona | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $220 |
| Chip Marvin | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $220 |
| Arman Ghorbani | - | - | $220 |
| Eduardo Cetlin | - | - | $210 |
| Stephen Osgood | - | Republican Party | $205 |
| Suzanne Shaker | - | Republican Party | $200 |
| Sarah Soifer | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Phyllis Conliffe | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Patricia Kosich | Desiree Tims | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Olivier Nolan-Stevaux | Kamala D. Harris | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Megan K. Doyle | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Gail Aaland | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $200 |
| Ariel Shah | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Andrea Rogers | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Steve Sylvers | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $180 |
| Gale Alcorn | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $175 |
| Gail Aaland | John James | Republican Party | $175 |
| Bill Hurguy | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $175 |
| Bernard Friedrichsen | - | Democratic Party | $175 |
| Sandra Cole | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $170 |
| Kathryn Kross | - | - | $160 |
| Timothy Wainwright | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Diane Androvich | Ammar Campa-Najjar | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Ariel Shah | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Linda Pratt | Beto O'Rourke | Democratic Party | $143 |
| Jeffrey Petersen | - | Democratic Party | $125 |
| Gataree Ngarmchamnanrith | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $125 |
| Bernard Friedrichsen | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $125 |
| Kevin Johnson | - | - | $122 |
| Matthew Mitchell | - | - | $115 |
| Bernard Friedrichsen | Steve Bullock | Democratic Party | $110 |
| Sarah Soifer | Doug Jones | Democratic Party | $107 |
| Mike Sullivan | - | Republican Party | $105 |
| Susan Sweeney | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Saravanan Kaliyaperumal | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Peter Grandsard | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Nancy Lehrer | Kamala D. Harris | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Mike Zahigian | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Lisa Renshaw | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Jonathan Massey | - | Republican Party | $100 |
| Jon Hicks | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Jeffrey Petersen | - | - | $100 |
| Jason Wong | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| James Howley | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Graeme Moffat | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Diane Androvich | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Dennis Smith | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Carly Baron | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Bradford Gibson | - | - | $100 |
| Bill Hurguy | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Armando Armas | - | Republican Party | $100 |
| Tracey Stroup | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $95 |
| Georgiana Kuhlmann | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $95 |
| Eduardo Cetlin | - | - | $84 |
| Robert Ford | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $75 |
| Tao Osgood | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $71 |
| Valerie Fenster | - | Democratic Party | $70 |
| Ingrid Rulifson | - | - | $70 |
| Teresa Godinez | - | Republican Party | $55 |
| Deborah Goldsby | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $54 |
| Wu | - | - | $50 |
| Neil Soice | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Kevin Kalenian | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $50 |
| James Ward | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| George Williams | Dan Sullivan | Republican Party | $50 |
| Donna Callahan | - | Republican Party | $50 |
| Bernard Friedrichsen | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Kevin S. Gorski | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $47 |
| Megan Doyle | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $45 |
| Qais Alhadid | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $40 |
| Glenn Garry | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $38 |
| Martin Burkard | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $37 |
| Rohith Vas | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Kate Larkin | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Gail Aaland | Byron Donalds | Republican Party | $25 |
| F.J. Halcomb III | Dan Sullivan | Republican Party | $25 |
| Derek Miller | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Kuang-Hui Wu | - | - | $20 |
| Preston Shisgal | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $13 |
| Christina Kustak | - | Democratic Party | $13 |
| Joel Pacheco | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $12 |
| Robert Cuddihy | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $10 |
| Gene Wedge | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $10 |
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