There were at least 345 contributions made to political candidates and committees by Los Alamos National Laboratory employees, 70.7 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.
Michael Williams' contributions
| Committee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xochitl for New Mexico | Xochitl Torres Small | Democratic Party | $600 |
| People for Ben | Ben R. Lujan | Democratic Party | $500 |
Other donations by employees of Los Alamos National Laboratory
| Employee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linn Collins | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $5,885 |
| Melissa Sanchez | Joseph Louis Sanchez | Democratic Party | $5,300 |
| Linn Collins | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $5,150 |
| Stuart Trugman | - | Democratic Party | $5,000 |
| Michael Rabin | - | Democratic Party | $5,000 |
| David Collins | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $4,800 |
| Gregory W. Swift | Xochitl Torres Small | Democratic Party | $4,000 |
| Richard Summers | - | Republican Party | $3,800 |
| David Collins | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $3,750 |
| Elizabeth Kelly | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $3,586 |
| Ron Nelson | - | Democratic Party | $3,100 |
| Jonathan Boettger | - | Democratic Party | $3,000 |
| Richard Summers | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $2,750 |
| Arthur Guthrie | - | $2,700 | |
| Stuart Trugman | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,500 |
| Stuart Trugman | - | Democratic Party | $2,500 |
| Michael Rabin | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,500 |
| Erica Salazar | Joseph Louis Sanchez | Democratic Party | $2,500 |
| Ron Nelson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,475 |
| David Modl | - | Democratic Party | $2,400 |
| Leo Eden | - | Republican Party | $2,118 |
| Jake Turin | - | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| David Kilcrease | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| Ian Tregillis | Ben R. Lujan | Democratic Party | $1,746 |
| Brandon R. Storment | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $1,600 |
| David Hemsing | - | Republican Party | $1,532 |
| Murray Wolinsky | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $1,526 |
| Tamara Bates | Teresa Leger | Democratic Party | $1,500 |
| Shawn Jones | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,500 |
| Elizabeth J. Kelly | William G. Foster | Democratic Party | $1,500 |
| Elizabeth Kelly | Cory A. Booker | Democratic Party | $1,430 |
| David Hemsing | Stephen Joseph Scalise | Republican Party | $1,315 |
| Ian Tregillis | - | $1,254 | |
| Richard Summers | Mark Ronchetti | Republican Party | $1,250 |
| Joseph L. Sanchez | - | Democratic Party | $1,250 |
| Pat Beck | Ben R. Lujan | Democratic Party | $1,201 |
| Thomas Burton | Xochitl Torres Small | Democratic Party | $1,200 |
| Joseph Ginocchio | Sara Gideon | Democratic Party | $1,110 |
| Sheila Melton | Doug Jones | Democratic Party | $1,100 |
| Ron O. Nelson | - | Democratic Party | $1,100 |
| Linn Collins | - | Democratic Party | $1,050 |
| Susan Fry | Xochitl Torres Small | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Patricia Beck | Beto O'Rourke | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Michael Rabin | Ben R. Lujan | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Heather Quinn | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Felicia Taw | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Elaine D. Schuck | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Edward Kober | - | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| David Kilcrease | - | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| David Collins | - | $1,000 | |
| David Collins | - | $1,000 | |
| Daniel Reisenfeld | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Christopher Morris | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Carlos Garcia | Marco Serna | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Ann Wills | Xochitl Torres Small | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Angel Garcia | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Andrew M. Fraser | - | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Sharon Smith | - | Democratic Party | $990 |
| Sheila Melton | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $870 |
| Michael Pacheco | - | Democratic Party | $850 |
| Craig Carmer | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $850 |
| Elizabeth Kelly | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $835 |
| Gregg Sullivan | - | Republican Party | $815 |
| Robert Harris | - | Republican Party | $807 |
| Dave Collins | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $800 |
| Chris Valdez | Joseph Louis Sanchez | Democratic Party | $800 |
| Mark Buie | - | Republican Party | $750 |
| Mark Buie | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $750 |
| Jonathan Wilkins | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $750 |
| Gregory W. Swift | Debra Haaland | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Audrey Willhelm | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $750 |
| Arthur Guthrie | Gavin Clarkson | Republican Party | $750 |
| Ann Wills | Kamala D. Harris | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Patricia Beck | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $742 |
| Pablo Lujan | - | Republican Party | $735 |
| Evan Donato | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $720 |
| James Whitehead | - | Republican Party | $707 |
| Mark Pickrell | - | Republican Party | $700 |
| Brandon Storment | - | $700 | |
| Michael Pacheco | - | $699 | |
| Mark Trujillo | Joseph Louis Sanchez | Democratic Party | $610 |
| David Dubois | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $600 |
| Chris Valdez | Joseph Louis Sanchez | Democratic Party | $600 |
| Anthony Zukaitis | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $600 |
| Brian Oneill | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $565 |
| Barbara Carmichael | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $557 |
| Theresa Martinez | Joseph Louis Sanchez | Democratic Party | $550 |
| Ian Schroeder-Anderson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $550 |
| Casey Stinson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $550 |
| Sincheng Huang | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $540 |
| Victor Borup | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $532 |
| Rachel Sanchez | Joseph Louis Sanchez | Democratic Party | $525 |
| Mark Flynn | - | $516 | |
| Kirk Weisbrod | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $510 |
| Prabhu Khalsa | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $508 |
| Travis Drayna | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Terry Goldman | - | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Ron Nelson | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Ron Nelson | - | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Richard Summers | Lindsey Olin Graham | Republican Party | $500 |
| Paul Daly | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Pablo Lujan | Marco Serna | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Pablo E. Lujan | Marco Serna | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Michael Rabin | Teresa Leger | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Michael Rabin | Xochitl Torres Small | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Mark Martinez | Joseph Louis Sanchez | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Logan Ott | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Lawrence Sanchez | Joseph Louis Sanchez | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Justin Salazar-Torrez | Joseph Louis Sanchez | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Joseph Ginocchio | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $500 |
| James Van Sickle | Valerie Plame | Democratic Party | $500 |
| James Howse | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| J.R. Ristorcelli | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Hari Viswanthan | - | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Greg Swift | Ben R. Lujan | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Greg Swift | Kara Eastman | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Gowri Srinivasan | - | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Eric Tyler | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $500 |
| David Gubernatis | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| David Dombrowski | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Danny Sorenson | - | $500 | |
| Cynthia L. Heinberg | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Audrey Willhelm | - | Republican Party | $500 |
| James Whitehead | - | Republican Party | $490 |
| Richard Millan | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $480 |
| Sheila Melton | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $472 |
| Susan Kurien | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $450 |
| Latchesar Ionkov | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $450 |
| John Lyles | Ben R. Lujan | Democratic Party | $450 |
| Andrew Roberts | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $440 |
| Ef Calderon | Mark Ronchetti | Republican Party | $430 |
| Ricardo Estrada | Joseph Louis Sanchez | Democratic Party | $425 |
| Elizabeth Maines | Kamala D. Harris | Democratic Party | $421 |
| Courtney Shelley | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $415 |
| Susan Fry | Teresa Leger | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Jeffrey Paisner | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Leo E. Eden | - | $399 | |
| Carl Wilde | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $394 |
| Sheila Melton | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $350 |
| Sheila Melton | Michael Espy | Democratic Party | $350 |
| Paul Johnson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $350 |
| Kenneth R. Shelley | - | Republican Party | $350 |
| Gregory Erpenbeck | - | Republican Party | $350 |
| Gregory Erpenbeck | Mark Ronchetti | Republican Party | $350 |
| Ef Calderon | - | Republican Party | $350 |
| Carol Burns | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $350 |
| Tim Johnson | - | Republican Party | $330 |
| Robbie Harris | Mark Ronchetti | Republican Party | $320 |
| Lori Saunders | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $320 |
| Samy Smith | - | Republican Party | $318 |
| Leo Eden | - | $312 | |
| Robert White | - | Republican Party | $300 |
| Rafael De La Torre | Joseph Louis Sanchez | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Metodi Iliev | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Keith Rielage | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $300 |
| James Whitehead | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $300 |
| Greg Swift | Teresa Leger | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Ginger Young | Teresa Leger | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Ernest Hartline | - | Republican Party | $300 |
| Angela Duran | Alexis M. Johnson | Republican Party | $300 |
| Sheila Melton | - | $296 | |
| Olivia Stella | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $285 |
| Lloyd Gordon | - | Republican Party | $285 |
| Mani Velappan | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $275 |
| Karla Sartor | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $275 |
| Donald Dubois | - | Democratic Party | $275 |
| Patricia Beck | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $270 |
| Larisa Gillis | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $255 |
| Leroy Gutierrez | Tulsi Gabbard | Democratic Party | $254 |
| Christine Gonzales | Ben R. Lujan | Democratic Party | $253 |
| Roger Weinke | - | Republican Party | $252 |
| Tim Germann | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Sheila Melton | Mary Jennings M.J. Hegar | Democratic Party | $250 |
| S. Nolen | Mark Ronchetti | Republican Party | $250 |
| Ryan Sacks | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Ron Nelson | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Robert Williford | Alexis M. Johnson | Republican Party | $250 |
| Richard Beavers | Joseph Louis Sanchez | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Maureen Psaila-Dombrowski | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Matthew Hecht | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Martin Griego | Joseph Louis Sanchez | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Kenneth Shelley | - | Republican Party | $250 |
| Kenneth French | Ben R. Lujan | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Joseph Ginocchio | John W. Hickenlooper | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Joseph Ginocchio | Doug Jones | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Jonathan Wilkins | - | Republican Party | $250 |
| Johnny Maes | Mark Ronchetti | Republican Party | $250 |
| Johnny Maes | - | Republican Party | $250 |
| Jesse Sanchez | Joseph Louis Sanchez | Democratic Party | $250 |
| James Howse | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| J. Ristorcelli | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $250 |
| J. Ristorcelli | Bernard Sanders | Independent | $250 |
| Ian Tregillis | - | $250 | |
| Harold Sanchez | Joseph Louis Sanchez | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Gary Lauten | Mark Ronchetti | Republican Party | $250 |
| Gary Lauten | - | $250 | |
| Gary L. Lauten | - | $250 | |
| Eva Birnbaum | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Eva Birnbaum | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Elizabeth Kelly | Nancy Goroff | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Elizabeth Kelly | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Edward Kober | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Donald Reed | Dan Sullivan | Republican Party | $250 |
| Brandon Storment | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $250 |
| Basil Swanson | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Arthur Guthrie | - | Republican Party | $250 |
| Antonio Gonzales | - | Republican Party | $250 |
| Antonio Gonzales | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $250 |
| Anthony Zukaitis | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Andrew Sanchez | Joseph Louis Sanchez | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Andrew Borrego | Marco Serna | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Alexander Mueller | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Albert Jiron | - | Republican Party | $250 |
| Albert Jiron | Mark Ronchetti | Republican Party | $250 |
| Hannah Wood | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $245 |
| Amanda Manzanares | Joseph Louis Sanchez | Democratic Party | $240 |
| Lia Brodnax | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $237 |
| Necia Cooper | Ben R. Lujan | Democratic Party | $230 |
| Patricia Beck | - | $228 | |
| Jerry Dudley Jr. | - | Republican Party | $217 |
| Cynthia Heinberg | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $215 |
| Joseph Ginocchio | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $213 |
| Ian Schroeder-Anderson | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $213 |
| Leo Eden | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $204 |
| Thomas Gorman | Xochitl Torres Small | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Michelle Ryan | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Mark Pickrell | - | $200 | |
| M.A. Rogers | Martha Mcsally | Republican Party | $200 |
| Lucy Maestas | - | Republican Party | $200 |
| Jackie R. Valdez | Ben R. Lujan | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Gregg Sullivan | Steven Daines | Republican Party | $200 |
| Diego Ortiz | Harry B. Montoya | Republican Party | $200 |
| Charlotte Rowe | Kamala D. Harris | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Adam Deconinck | - | Democratic Party | $200 |
| David Hemsing | - | $178 | |
| Edward Kwicklis | - | Democratic Party | $175 |
| Pawel Kozlowski | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $170 |
| John Matteson | Tulsi Gabbard | Democratic Party | $160 |
| Andrew Miesem | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $160 |
| Jerry Martinez | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $154 |
| Robert Pavel | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Richard Martinez | Maggie Toulouse Oliver | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Mirko Mikan | - | Republican Party | $150 |
| Minyuan Li | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Mani Velappan | - | $150 | |
| Karen Walterscheid | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Josip Loncaric | - | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Ian Tregillis | - | $150 | |
| Brian O'Neill | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $135 |
| Thomas Grab | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $125 |
| Kim Starkovich | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $125 |
| Josip Loncaric | Adam Schiff | Democratic Party | $125 |
| Josip Loncaric | - | Democratic Party | $125 |
| Clinton Masterson | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $120 |
| Bill Mckerley | - | Republican Party | $120 |
| Jerry Martinez | Ben R. Lujan | Democratic Party | $115 |
| Gilles Bussod | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $115 |
| Mark Trujillo | Joseph Louis Sanchez | Democratic Party | $110 |
| Brian Oneill | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $104 |
| Kyle Pittman | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $102 |
| Valerie Steinhaus | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Sheila Melton | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Ron Nelson | - | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Robert Villa | - | Republican Party | $100 |
| Robert Tomlinson | Ben R. Lujan | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Robert Day | Stella Yvette Herrell | Republican Party | $100 |
| Rachel Glade | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Pennie Gould | - | Republican Party | $100 |
| Patricia Beck | Katherine Porter | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Paige Pardington | - | Republican Party | $100 |
| Paige Pardington | Mark Ronchetti | Republican Party | $100 |
| Mark Pickrell | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $100 |
| Mark Martinez | Joseph Louis Sanchez | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Mark M. Pickrell | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $100 |
| Kim Page | - | Republican Party | $100 |
| Josip Loncaric | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Jon Roberson | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Jerry Martinez | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Jake Turin | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Ian Tregillis | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Ian Tregillis | - | $100 | |
| Ian Tregillis | - | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Ian L. Tregillis | Martin Trevor Heinrich | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Faith Benson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Ernest L. Hartline | - | Republican Party | $100 |
| David Hemsing | Mitch McConnell | Republican Party | $100 |
| Cynthia L. Heinberg | Teresa Leger | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Charles Poling | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| John Mitchell | - | Republican Party | $92 |
| Steve Cordova | - | Republican Party | $90 |
| David Dubois | Ben R. Lujan | Democratic Party | $90 |
| Brandon R. Storment | - | Republican Party | $85 |
| Stephen Voelkel | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $84 |
| Aynjil Baca | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $81 |
| Charlotte Rowe | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $80 |
| Mani Velappan | - | Democratic Party | $75 |
| Leo Eden | - | Republican Party | $75 |
| Nate Phillips | Kamala D. Harris | Democratic Party | $74 |
| Bart Benedikt | - | Republican Party | $74 |
| Hannah Wood | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $70 |
| William Blaine | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $65 |
| Murray Wolinsky | Tulsi Gabbard | Democratic Party | $65 |
| Courtney Shelley | - | $61 | |
| Ryan Bermel | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $54 |
| Rebecca Martinez | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $54 |
| Lee Merrill | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $54 |
| William J. Flor | - | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Ronald Lopez | - | Republican Party | $50 |
| Pawel Kozlowski | Bernard Sanders | Independent | $50 |
| Marcus Lucero | Joseph Louis Sanchez | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Karla A. Sartor | - | Democratic Party | $50 |
| James William Carey | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Ian Schroeder-Anderson | - | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Hollis Train | Xochitl Torres Small | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Gabrielle Kral | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Charlotte Rowe | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Ann Wills | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Amy Guthormsen | - | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Michael Pacheco | Ben R. Lujan | Democratic Party | $49 |
| Nicholas Thompson | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $45 |
| Dana Lemler | - | Republican Party | $42 |
| Sean Walsh | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $40 |
| Marcus Daniels | - | Democratic Party | $38 |
| Michael Pacheco | - | $35 | |
| Derek Brigham | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $35 |
| Jeremy Rivera | - | Republican Party | $34 |
| Edward Parker | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $33 |
| Scott Robbins | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $30 |
| Karla Blair | Martin Trevor Heinrich | Democratic Party | $30 |
| Charles Weaver | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $27 |
| Valerie Piriak | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Steven M. Sylvia | - | $25 | |
| Michael Pacheco | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Kirk Weisbrod | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Joan Siewenie | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $25 |
| David Dubois | - | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Patricia Beck | - | $22 | |
| Edward Kwicklis | Tom Udall | Democratic Party | $20 |
| Eli Ben-Naim | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $15 |
| Debra Johnson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $15 |
| Cynthia L. Heinberg | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $15 |
| Gerald Collom | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $13 |
| Patricia Beck | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $10 |
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