There were at least 329 contributions made to political candidates and committees by Best Buy employees, 28.9 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.
Michael Kohout's contributions
| Committee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warren for President, Inc. | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $1,111 |
| Warren for President, Inc. | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $1,065 |
| Bernie 2020 | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $701 |
| Bernie 2020 | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $514 |
Other donations by employees of Best Buy
| Employee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Doyle | - | $10,000 | |
| Karen Mclaughlin | - | $10,000 | |
| David Kenny | - | $10,000 | |
| Todd G. Hartman | - | $7,872 | |
| Patricia Walker | - | $7,872 | |
| Brian Tilzer | - | $7,872 | |
| Shari Ballard | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $5,600 |
| Thomas Milner | - | $5,000 | |
| Thomas Millner | - | $5,000 | |
| Lisa Caputo | - | $5,000 | |
| Kathy Higgins Victor | - | $5,000 | |
| Hubert Joly | - | Democratic Party | $5,000 |
| Cindy Kent | - | $5,000 | |
| Todd Hartman | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $4,000 |
| Asheesh Saksena | - | $3,744 | |
| Todd A. Soller | - | $3,120 | |
| Sanjay Terakanambi | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $3,000 |
| Allen Lenzmeier | Betty McCollum | Democratic Party | $3,000 |
| Tina Hubbard | Jonathan T. Ossoff | Democratic Party | $2,810 |
| Lisa Marie Cotter | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| Carl Otto | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| Charles Montreuil | - | $2,616 | |
| Matt Furman | - | $2,500 | |
| William M. Thompson | - | $2,166 | |
| Jodie Hagstrom Crist | - | $2,109 | |
| Jason John Bonfig | - | $2,109 | |
| Gary Duane Stein | - | $2,109 | |
| David A. Nygaard | - | $2,109 | |
| Jenifer Cloutier | - | $1,805 | |
| Bruce O Dell | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $1,800 |
| Mike Mohan | - | $1,750 | |
| Mark Batalden | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $1,750 |
| Sharon S. Sykora | Jason Lewis | Republican Party | $1,630 |
| Sarah Yang | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $1,622 |
| Keith J. Nelsen | - | $1,600 | |
| Brett Scriver | Kamala D. Harris | Democratic Party | $1,423 |
| Peter Anderson | Jo Jorgensen | Libertarian Party | $1,405 |
| Sharon S. Sykora | Tyler Kistner | Republican Party | $1,400 |
| Patrick K. Mcginnis | - | $1,320 | |
| Dee K. Omalley | - | $1,320 | |
| Brett Scriver | Kamala D. Harris | Democratic Party | $1,293 |
| Kiren Schulte | - | $1,254 | |
| Sarah Yang | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $1,201 |
| Jason Martinek | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $1,200 |
| Derek Ryder | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $1,150 |
| Derek Ryder | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,050 |
| Brian Hoeffling | - | $1,008 | |
| Rob Caldwell | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Laura Bishop | Tina Smith | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Gary Stein | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Thomas M. Narr | - | $960 | |
| Andrew Eric Szente | - | $930 | |
| Gary Joyce | Tulsi Gabbard | Democratic Party | $813 |
| Elektra Wrenholt | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $790 |
| Robert W. Sokol | - | $750 | |
| Rebecca Siekmeier | Betty McCollum | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Paul J. Oberhaus | - | $700 | |
| Joe Domanico | - | $700 | |
| Nancy Brooks | - | $675 | |
| Michael R. Hiltner | - | $675 | |
| Michael D. Crane | - | $675 | |
| Jacob L. Childrey | - | $675 | |
| Gregory A. Forsberg | - | $675 | |
| Duane D. Scarboro | - | $675 | |
| Christopher John Groves | - | $675 | |
| Ben Ahrens | - | $675 | |
| Ben Person | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $666 |
| Brad Wilson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $655 |
| Randy Pierce | - | $600 | |
| Gregory S. Mack | - | $600 | |
| Shari L. Ballard | - | $576 | |
| Jesse Olson | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $531 |
| Adrian Cumming | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $523 |
| Emerald Thole | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $520 |
| Erika Von Kampen | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $510 |
| John Sullivan | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $508 |
| Todd Coate | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Sharon Sykora | - | Republican Party | $500 |
| Michael Crane | - | $500 | |
| Lee Nenstiel | - | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Katherine Donald | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Dino Lucido | - | $480 | |
| Thomas James Schneider | - | $460 | |
| Michael L. Bier | - | $460 | |
| Kirsten E. Morell | - | $460 | |
| Fernando G. Silva | - | $460 | |
| Diane M. Sherwood | - | $460 | |
| Curt H. George | - | $460 | |
| Charles E. Weier | - | $460 | |
| Carolyn R. Kastner | - | $460 | |
| Angela M. Chambliss | - | $460 | |
| Steven Moses | - | $456 | |
| Sarah L. Batzloff | - | $456 | |
| Raul A. Gutierrez | - | $456 | |
| Pamela Smyth | - | $456 | |
| Marco A. Orozco | - | $456 | |
| Kenneth A. Wermuth | - | $456 | |
| Jason M. Kenneway | - | $456 | |
| Jason E. Bjelland | - | $456 | |
| Heather L. Anderson | - | $456 | |
| Gregory A. Dix | - | $456 | |
| Glenn E. White | - | $456 | |
| Gabriel P. Perez | - | $456 | |
| Christopher R. Betts | - | $456 | |
| Christopher Edward Felcyn | - | $456 | |
| Bret E. Nelson | - | $456 | |
| Alison D. Conner | - | $456 | |
| Yeong-Chang Hwang | - | $437 | |
| William Worple | - | $437 | |
| William B. Locke | - | $437 | |
| Whit Alexander | - | $437 | |
| Wanda Kay Sigurdson | - | $437 | |
| Thomas R. Crossland | - | $437 | |
| Suzanne E. Hilker | - | $437 | |
| Shari K. Rossow | - | $437 | |
| Scott R. Zinda | - | $437 | |
| Sarah Ree | - | $437 | |
| Sanjay N. Terakanambi | - | $437 | |
| Ryan R. Dennin | - | $437 | |
| Roy Beets | - | $437 | |
| Ross A. Ledoux | - | $437 | |
| Ronnie W. Hill | - | $437 | |
| Rob Bass | - | $437 | |
| Rebecca L. Schultz | - | $437 | |
| Raymond A. Sliva | - | $437 | |
| Raul E. Hernandez | - | $437 | |
| Patrick B. Mcintyre | - | $437 | |
| Parker Evans Brugge | - | $437 | |
| Nathan T. Evans | - | $437 | |
| Molly Anne Kinsella | - | $437 | |
| Michael P. Staudt | - | $437 | |
| Matthew W. Carter | - | $437 | |
| Mary Thomas | - | $437 | |
| Mark J. Odegard | - | $437 | |
| Mark Irvin | - | $437 | |
| Marie M. Grable | - | $437 | |
| Lissa F. Gatz | - | $437 | |
| Lisa M. Lieder | - | $437 | |
| Lisa M. Carlson | - | $437 | |
| Lindsay Elizabeth Edwards | - | $437 | |
| Linda M. Wilkinson | - | $437 | |
| Leigh A. Leppert | - | $437 | |
| Laura A. Geisness | - | $437 | |
| Kristi K. Carlson | - | $437 | |
| Kia Hakimi | - | $437 | |
| Kevin K. Balon | - | $437 | |
| Keri Grafing | - | $437 | |
| Kavin Douglas Johnson | - | $437 | |
| Karen Hohertz | - | $437 | |
| Justin A. Fletcher | - | $437 | |
| Joshua D. Will | - | $437 | |
| Joshua A. Cavner | - | $437 | |
| Joseph Shearn | - | $437 | |
| John Keith Bryan | - | $437 | |
| John F. Knight | - | $437 | |
| John C. Dusek | - | $437 | |
| Joel C. Lauterbach | - | $437 | |
| Jessica Ceithaml | - | $437 | |
| Jessica A. Hammerstrom | - | $437 | |
| Jennie Weber | - | $437 | |
| Jeffrey C. Williams | - | $437 | |
| Jason Patrick Bucher | - | $437 | |
| Jason J. House | - | $437 | |
| Jane K. Kirshbaum | - | $437 | |
| Heath R. Walker | - | $437 | |
| Guy W. Davenport | - | $437 | |
| Gordon D. Vizecky | - | $437 | |
| Gail R. Gibbs | - | $437 | |
| Eric Halverson | - | $437 | |
| Einar Gundersen | - | $437 | |
| David L. Sisson | - | $437 | |
| David Harris Levine | - | $437 | |
| Daniel B. Lopez | - | $437 | |
| Christopher A. Bragg | - | $437 | |
| Charles A. Lidderdale | - | $437 | |
| Chad E. Pearson | - | $437 | |
| Bryan W. Furrey | - | $437 | |
| Brian W. Pauls | - | $437 | |
| Brian R. Stone | - | $437 | |
| Blake Laxson | - | $437 | |
| Blake Hampton | - | $437 | |
| Avesh L. Thukral | - | $437 | |
| April L. Wagner | - | $437 | |
| Anna P. Sandquist | - | $437 | |
| Andy Gorski | - | $437 | |
| Allison Peterson | - | $437 | |
| Adam Born | - | $437 | |
| Michael Kerfeld | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $435 |
| Troy E. Zierden | - | $430 | |
| Alexander Pentland | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $426 |
| Lindsay Edwards | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $425 |
| Andrea Vanhook | - | $410 | |
| Nicholas Zeitler | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $395 |
| Adrian Cumming | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $350 |
| Rafael R. Gonzalez III | - | $340 | |
| Channa In | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $337 |
| April Hussong | Dean Phillips | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $325 |
| Dawn Rausch | - | $319 | |
| John Hoff | Jo Jorgensen | Libertarian Party | $310 |
| Steve Sissel | - | $304 | |
| Matthew L. Romance | - | $304 | |
| Lori N. Adams | - | $304 | |
| Jeffrey Shelman | - | $304 | |
| Christopher J. Brandewie | - | $304 | |
| Chris Moorman | - | $304 | |
| Charles J. Wallace | - | $304 | |
| Anthony Ohara | - | $304 | |
| Jacqueline Boyd | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Andy Julin | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $299 |
| Patrick R. Matre | - | $285 | |
| Ryun Thronson | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $278 |
| Channa In | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $262 |
| Tom Bell | Angela Dawn Craig | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Stacia Whelan | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $250 |
| Scott Sirovy | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $250 |
| Sanjay Terakanambi | Angela Dawn Craig | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Rob Caldwell | Tulsi Gabbard | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Rob Caldwell | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Nicole Garst | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Monte Jefson | Kendall Qualls | Republican Party | $250 |
| Michael Crane | Tina Smith | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Karin Holt | - | $250 | |
| Jeffrey Kahn | Antone Melton-Meaux | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $250 |
| Jason Martinek | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Jacob Alexander | - | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $250 |
| Brian Dunfee | - | $250 | |
| Bharat Charan | Jason Lewis | Republican Party | $250 |
| Kayse Sondreal-Nene | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $237 |
| Timothy Michael Cassidy | - | $228 | |
| Ricardo A. Ramos | - | $211 | |
| Alysa Visnesky | - | $209 | |
| Ryan Schmidt | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Lee Nenstiel | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Chris Barry | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Benjamin Stark | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Brian Hoeffling | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic Party | $174 |
| Aaron Kornegay | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $155 |
| Brett Byrum | - | $152 | |
| Wanda Sigurdson | Angela Dawn Craig | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Bradley Wilson | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Jake Cassidy | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $141 |
| Danielle M. Snook | - | $133 | |
| Danielle M. Beazley | - | $133 | |
| Donna A. Ahron | - | $125 | |
| Beth F. Hubert | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $120 |
| Alexander Pentland | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $117 |
| Michael D. Doyle | - | $114 | |
| Sidharth Kudige | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Margaret Wood | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Colin Mildenberger | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Colin Mildenberger | Tulsi Gabbard | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Bruce O Dell | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Bradley Wilson | Angela Dawn Craig | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Richard Hibben | - | $95 | |
| Brian Dunfee | Angela Dawn Craig | Democratic Party | $90 |
| Rebecca Hadrys | - | $76 | |
| Jeremy Witte | - | $76 | |
| Christopher R. Schmidt | - | $76 | |
| Lisa Carlston | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $75 |
| Jennifer Muckerheide | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $75 |
| Dawn Rausch | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $75 |
| Brad Wilson | Angela Dawn Craig | Democratic Party | $75 |
| Brad Wilson | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $65 |
| Jeffrey White | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $64 |
| Tracy M. Smith | - | $60 | |
| Stephen S. Wright | - | $60 | |
| Stacy M. Gjetson | - | $60 | |
| Shawn D. Clark | - | $60 | |
| Scott C. Jacobi | - | $60 | |
| Ryun Thronson | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $60 |
| Ryan T. Hanson | - | $60 | |
| Robert J. Stuart | - | $60 | |
| Robert A. Delissio Jr. | - | $60 | |
| Rob J. Serger | - | $60 | |
| Phillip Cohn | - | $60 | |
| Paul R. Dardis | - | $60 | |
| Nicole L.C. Nelson | - | $60 | |
| Natalie Elizabeth Albers | - | $60 | |
| Maureen M. Spence | - | $60 | |
| Lisa Eve Mahoney | - | $60 | |
| Kent B. Esterby | - | $60 | |
| Joshua M. Shaw | - | $60 | |
| John Sullivan | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $60 |
| Joel M. Marsh | - | $60 | |
| Jessica C. Nowlin | - | $60 | |
| Jenna M. Sawicki | - | $60 | |
| Jeffrey Kahn | - | $60 | |
| Jeff M. Haydock | - | $60 | |
| Jared T. Prom | - | $60 | |
| Howard Michael Rankin | - | $60 | |
| Heidi Christina Tysk-Poppe | - | $60 | |
| Gerardo F. Martinez | - | $60 | |
| Gail L. Wall | - | $60 | |
| Freddie L. Cross | - | $60 | |
| Erin Dunlap | - | $60 | |
| Eric Ebbe | - | $60 | |
| Doug Bitney | - | $60 | |
| David Vanderwoude | - | $60 | |
| Christopher Zellmer | - | $60 | |
| Christopher A. Barry | - | $60 | |
| Bryan Weiner | - | $60 | |
| Brian A. Sawa | - | $60 | |
| Bradley James Wilson | - | $60 | |
| Bernadette Finken | - | $60 | |
| Andrzej Dziedzic | - | $60 | |
| Amber L. Cales | - | $60 | |
| Marilyn Frances Froelke | - | $57 | |
| Melinda M. Michalak | - | $54 | |
| Caleb Theodros | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $54 |
| Mary Thomas | Angela Dawn Craig | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Lori Adams | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Kerrie Burns | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Glydewell Burdick | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| April Hussong | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Emily Carney | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $40 |
| Josh Solomon | - | $35 | |
| Bradley Wilson | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic Party | $30 |
| Tina Hubbard | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Julie Maday | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Anna Sandquist | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Scott P. Miller | - | $19 | |
| Megan M. Stewart | - | $19 | |
| Shannon Smith | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $15 |
| Dawn Rausch | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $15 |
| Brett Scriver | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $5 |
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