There were at least 340 contributions made to political candidates and committees by State of North Carolina employees, 65.9 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.
Lesley Olson's contributions
| Committee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cal for Nc | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $342 |
| Julian for the Future Presidential Exploratory Committee | Julian Castro | Democratic Party | $194 |
Other donations by employees of State of North Carolina
| Employee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Perry | James Daniel Bishop | Republican Party | $11,200 |
| Donny Lambeth | Gregory Francis Murphy | Republican Party | $8,100 |
| Thomas Duque | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $6,100 |
| Grier Martin | Daniel Mccready | Democratic Party | $6,100 |
| Grier Martin | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $5,600 |
| Grier Martin | Deborah Ross | Democratic Party | $4,800 |
| Ramesh Krishnaraj | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $4,000 |
| Paul B. Stam | James Daniel Bishop | Republican Party | $3,800 |
| Teresa Krishnaraj | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $3,000 |
| Edwin Swann | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $3,000 |
| Martha Williams Jenkins | - | Republican Party | $2,884 |
| Tommy Harrington Jr. | - | Republican Party | $2,800 |
| Tommy Harrington Jr. | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $2,800 |
| Roger West | Sen. Thom R. Tillis | Republican Party | $2,800 |
| James Perry | Michele Ann Nix | Republican Party | $2,800 |
| Mark Kleinschmidt | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $2,562 |
| Verla Insko | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,512 |
| Eulene F. Shepherd | - | Democratic Party | $2,300 |
| Victor Langston | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| Olivier Goust | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| Sharon Mckinney | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $1,801 |
| Steven D. Cogburn | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $1,750 |
| Nancy Lamb | John W. Hickenlooper | Democratic Party | $1,750 |
| Susan Carscaddon Fisher | - | Democratic Party | $1,700 |
| Leah Perry | - | Republican Party | $1,666 |
| Jeremy Gibson | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $1,619 |
| Mark Kleinschmidt | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $1,575 |
| Thomas Duque | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $1,550 |
| Jeffrey J. Cruden | Gregory Francis Murphy | Republican Party | $1,500 |
| Eulene Shepherd | - | $1,500 | |
| Darryl Mitchell | - | Republican Party | $1,500 |
| Nancy Lamb | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $1,350 |
| Susan Fisher | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $1,310 |
| Phil Daughtry | - | Republican Party | $1,305 |
| Sharon Mckinney | - | $1,085 | |
| Verla C. Insko | - | Democratic Party | $1,011 |
| Roger N. Kirkman | David Payne Parker | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Robert Anthony Evans | - | $1,000 | |
| Ram Kuntamukkala | - | $1,000 | |
| Nancy Lamb | Patricia Timmons-Goodson | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Nancy Lamb | - | $1,000 | |
| Milford Kirby | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Michael F. Easley | - | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Meredith Alcoke | - | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Kevin Hornaday | - | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| Kevin Hornaday | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| Keith Kidwell | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| Elizabeth B. Braswell | Deborah Ross | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Edwin Swann | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Edwin Swann | - | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Darryl Mitchell | - | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| Bryan E. Beatty | G.K. Butterfield | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Arthur Donadio | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| Anne Stephenson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Andrew Wheeler | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Alan Dellapenna | - | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Maria Leblanc | - | Democratic Party | $985 |
| Verla C. Insko | David Eugene Price | Democratic Party | $950 |
| Grier Martin | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $909 |
| William Culpepper | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $900 |
| Robert Tyrone Reives Jr. | - | Democratic Party | $850 |
| David Grier Martin III | - | Democratic Party | $850 |
| Anna Davis | - | Democratic Party | $850 |
| Patricia Ridenhour | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $847 |
| Verla C. Insko | - | Democratic Party | $800 |
| Teresa Q. Van Duyn | Alma Shealey Adams | Democratic Party | $800 |
| Jeffrey Rowell | James Daniel Bishop | Republican Party | $800 |
| Jeff Nieman | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $800 |
| Jacques Kittrell | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $800 |
| Benjamin Shelton | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $800 |
| Ruth Hurst | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $784 |
| Nancy Lamb | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Lorene T. Coates | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Jeffery Carpenter | - | Republican Party | $750 |
| Anna Davis | - | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Linda Estkowski | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $744 |
| Doretta Sims | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $739 |
| Matt Murchison | Kamala D. Harris | Democratic Party | $694 |
| Vance Reeder | - | Republican Party | $683 |
| Sharon Mckinney | - | $682 | |
| Joe Kiser | - | Republican Party | $630 |
| Walter Ake | - | $602 | |
| Paul Wojcik | - | Republican Party | $600 |
| Nancy Lamb | Steve Bullock | Democratic Party | $600 |
| David F. Weinstein | Steve Bullock | Democratic Party | $600 |
| Alvin W. Keller Jr. | Patricia Timmons-Goodson | Democratic Party | $600 |
| Julie Von Haefen | - | Democratic Party | $586 |
| Phillip Gilfus | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $584 |
| Jeremy Gibson | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $577 |
| Vance Reeder | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $560 |
| Nasif Rashad Majeed | - | Democratic Party | $550 |
| Mario Perez | - | Democratic Party | $550 |
| Fred Aikens | - | Democratic Party | $550 |
| John Monguillot | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $523 |
| Skyler Ake | - | $522 | |
| T. Krishnaraj | Daniel Mccready | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Susan A. Hicks | Richard L. Hudson Jr. | Republican Party | $500 |
| Scott Parker | G.K. Butterfield | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Nancy Lamb | Doug Jones | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Mohan Vairakkannu | Deborah Ross | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Mary Ann Tally | - | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Martha J. Duvall | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Mark A. Davis | - | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Leslie Merritt | - | Republican Party | $500 |
| Keith Kidwell | - | Republican Party | $500 |
| Jonathan Shaw | Deborah Ross | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Jonathan Perry | James Daniel Bishop | Republican Party | $500 |
| Jon Anglemyer | - | Democratic Party | $500 |
| John R. Bell IV | Gregory Francis Murphy | Republican Party | $500 |
| Janet Raye Cowell | Deborah Ross | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Ina Lee Stanton | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Fred G. Morrison II | Deborah Ross | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Douglas Heyl | Amanda Edwards | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Christy Agner | Monika Johnson-Hostler | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Becky Carney | Alma Shealey Adams | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Arthur Donadio | - | $500 | |
| Julie Toporek | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $475 |
| John Monguillot | - | $464 | |
| Susan Fisher | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $450 |
| Paul Retfalvi | - | Republican Party | $450 |
| Luke Mixon | - | Republican Party | $448 |
| Chris Clark | - | Republican Party | $419 |
| Sheryl Smith | Dan Newhouse | Republican Party | $410 |
| Jeffrey Carpenter | - | Republican Party | $405 |
| Amy Denise Hines | Marqus A. Cole | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Mindy Harris | - | Republican Party | $397 |
| Wb Romero | - | Republican Party | $385 |
| Patricia Hurley | - | Republican Party | $375 |
| Nancy Lamb | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $375 |
| Marissa Peters | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $365 |
| John Monguillot | - | $356 | |
| William Raper | - | Republican Party | $355 |
| Linda Byrd | - | Republican Party | $355 |
| Donna Forga | - | Republican Party | $355 |
| Sallie James | Daniel Mccready | Democratic Party | $350 |
| Arthur Donadio | - | Republican Party | $350 |
| Trevor Wells | Kamala D. Harris | Democratic Party | $347 |
| Richard Hess | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $337 |
| Laurie Evans | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $322 |
| Stephen Livingstone | Daniel Mccready | Democratic Party | $320 |
| Melba Newsome | Beto O'Rourke | Democratic Party | $320 |
| Martha Bordogna | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $320 |
| Gaye Mays | - | Democratic Party | $315 |
| Jonathan Shaw | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $308 |
| Paul Stam | James Daniel Bishop | Republican Party | $300 |
| Lisa Tucker | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $300 |
| John Tyson | - | Republican Party | $300 |
| Jeff Lancaster | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Jeff Lancaster | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Donna Laroche | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Erin Helms | - | Republican Party | $296 |
| Mani Dexter | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $290 |
| Doug Carriker | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $287 |
| Ruth Hurst | - | $275 | |
| William Mcdowell | - | Republican Party | $265 |
| John Monguillot | - | $260 | |
| Chris Clark | Dan Sullivan | Republican Party | $253 |
| Todd S. Amundson | - | Republican Party | $250 |
| Terry Ford | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $250 |
| T. Krishnaraj | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Suzanne B. Wiley | Garland S. Tucker III | Republican Party | $250 |
| Susan Fisher | Col. Morris D. Davis | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Susan Fisher | Kathy Manning | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Steven Cogburn | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Stephen Bryant | Steve Bullock | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Spencer Merriweather | Alma Shealey Adams | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Paul Retfalvi | - | $250 | |
| Paul Newton | - | Republican Party | $250 |
| Paul Barker | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Patty Williams | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Pat Robison | - | Republican Party | $250 |
| Nancy Lamb | Theresa Greenfield | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Nancy Lamb | G.K. Butterfield | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Mary Belk | Cynthia Wallace | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Martha H. Curran | Sen. Thom R. Tillis | Republican Party | $250 |
| Marcia H. Morey | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Lorrin Freeman | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Lawrence Duke | - | Republican Party | $250 |
| Kristina Thompson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Jordan Whichard | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Jonathan Perry | - | Republican Party | $250 |
| Jodi Harrison | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Joanne Sundberg Carrico | - | $250 | |
| Jeanne Meiggs | - | Republican Party | $250 |
| Jeanne Meiggs | - | $250 | |
| Jacqueline Wynn | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Ira B. Wolfe | Eric Mansfield | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Evelyn Terry | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Eulene Shepherd | Patricia Timmons-Goodson | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Dorothy Hall | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| David Berube | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Cynthia J. Ball | David Eugene Price | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Claudia Brown | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Christine Goebel | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Christine Goebel | - | $250 | |
| Casandra Hoekstra | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Brooks Stone | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Bradley Yount | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Anna Davis | Deborah Ross | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Allison Bass | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $249 |
| Sheryl Smith | - | Republican Party | $245 |
| William Gore | - | Republican Party | $240 |
| Joseph Combs | - | Republican Party | $240 |
| Pamela Anderson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $236 |
| Jenipher Riddle-Wilson | - | Democratic Party | $234 |
| Mary Conner | - | Democratic Party | $231 |
| Donna Stroud | - | Republican Party | $230 |
| Randah Ferrell | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $229 |
| Sara Brockwell | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $228 |
| Walter Ake | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $225 |
| Romuald Holubowicz | - | Republican Party | $215 |
| Mark Kleinschmidt | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $215 |
| Sharon Winstead | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $210 |
| Thomas Stroka | - | Republican Party | $205 |
| Ruth Hurst | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $201 |
| Trey Robison | - | Republican Party | $200 |
| Sherida Stroyek | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Robert Winstead | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Robert Ridings | - | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Maria Long | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Marcia Morey | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Kevin Foy | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Karen Guy | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $200 |
| John Christopher Heagarty | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Joel Smith | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| David Bartholomew | - | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Daniel Jackson Blake | - | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Claire Stone | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Andrew Kristel | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Paul Wojcik | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $195 |
| Todd Amundson | - | Republican Party | $192 |
| Ruth Hurst | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $181 |
| Robert Gotwals | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $178 |
| Garland M. Edwards | Virginia Ann Foxx | Republican Party | $177 |
| Leah Usher Perry | - | Republican Party | $175 |
| Betty Overman | - | Republican Party | $171 |
| James Devine | - | Republican Party | $170 |
| Matthew Lawlor | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $167 |
| Rick Murphy | - | Republican Party | $165 |
| Woodrow Williams | - | $160 | |
| Tim Watson | - | Republican Party | $160 |
| Douglas Wentz | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $155 |
| Jeff Nieman | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $154 |
| Wendy Sotolongo | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Robert Winstead | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Richard M. Fry | - | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Martha Duvall | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Andrew Demartino | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Joseph Daley | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $146 |
| Robert Gotwals | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $145 |
| Stephen Livingstone | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $135 |
| Sharon Mckinney | - | $131 | |
| Debra Neal | - | Democratic Party | $130 |
| Lisa Means | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $127 |
| Verla Insko | - | Democratic Party | $125 |
| Michele Donna Presnell | David Madison Cawthorn | Republican Party | $125 |
| Mary Conner | - | Democratic Party | $124 |
| Jeffrey Rascon | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $108 |
| Teresa Van Duyn | - | Democratic Party | $107 |
| William Fullwood | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $106 |
| Robert Thompson | John Robert Lewis | Democratic Party | $105 |
| Eulene Shepherd | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $105 |
| Woodrow Williams | - | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Wendy Sotolongo | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Walter Mcrae | Cynthia Wallace | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Vicki Smith | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Terry Kuhn | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Susan Drake | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Sheryl Smith | - | Republican Party | $100 |
| Robert Ridings | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Rick T. Stone | - | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Paul Retfalvi | - | Republican Party | $100 |
| Pamela Best | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Nancy Lamb | Sara Gideon | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Michelle Gresham | - | Republican Party | $100 |
| Mary G. Belk | Cynthia Wallace | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Maria Long | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Joseph H. Baden | Sen. Thom R. Tillis | Republican Party | $100 |
| Jonathan Jones | - | Republican Party | $100 |
| John Parsley | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $100 |
| James Patrick | - | Republican Party | $100 |
| George Gerding | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Frank Farmer | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Desiree Duncan | - | Republican Party | $100 |
| Davis Parker | - | Republican Party | $100 |
| Davis Parker | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $100 |
| Chris Clark | Sen. Thom R. Tillis | Republican Party | $100 |
| Charles W. Creech | - | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Angela Bartol | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Jean Steinberg | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $95 |
| Sarah Wall | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $80 |
| Timothy Webster | - | Democratic Party | $75 |
| Timothy Langford | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $75 |
| Samantha Grill | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $75 |
| Ryan Flynn | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $75 |
| Phil Daughtry | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $75 |
| Mary Willetts | - | Democratic Party | $75 |
| John Bason | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $75 |
| Christine Czajkowski | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $65 |
| Sharon Mckinney | - | $63 | |
| Sharon Mckinney | - | $61 | |
| Sharon Mckinney | - | $61 | |
| Robert Carbo | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $60 |
| Barbara Rupolo | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $60 |
| Jean-Paul Jacquet | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $54 |
| Phillip Feagan | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Paula Appel | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| James Barnes | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $50 |
| Alicia Marks | Patricia Timmons-Goodson | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Adam Holtzman | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $50 |
| John Monguillot | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $47 |
| Lisa Orr | - | Republican Party | $44 |
| Teresa Davis | - | $42 | |
| Debra Price | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $42 |
| Bonnie Meucci | - | Republican Party | $40 |
| Sharon Mckinney | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $39 |
| Jeff White | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $38 |
| Wb Romero | - | Republican Party | $35 |
| Barbara Rupolo | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $35 |
| Arthur Smith | - | Republican Party | $35 |
| Deborah A. Blount | - | Democratic Party | $30 |
| Benjamin Lozier | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $30 |
| Ruth Hurst | - | $29 | |
| Olivier Goust | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Lillian Michaels | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Bill Mcdowell | - | Republican Party | $25 |
| Barbara Rupolo | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Terry Horn | - | $20 | |
| Sharon Mckinney | - | $20 | |
| Rebecca Leclair | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $20 |
| Jason Pikler | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $20 |
| Benjamin Lozier | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $20 |
| Vicki Jayne | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $15 |
| James Jones | - | Republican Party | $11 |
| Rosalind Loftin | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $10 |
| John Graham | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $10 |
| Mary Ann Pittman | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $6 |
| Chris Culp | Cal Cunningham | Democratic Party | $3 |
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