There were at least 177 contributions made to political candidates and committees by Texas Tech University employees, 57.6 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.
Victoria Howle's contributions
| Committee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dccc | - | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Biden for President | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $150 |
Other donations by employees of Texas Tech University
| Employee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Masselli | - | Democratic Party | $12,100 |
| Robert Ricketts | Wendy Davis | Democratic Party | $5,600 |
| Fazle Hussain | Donna Imam | Democratic Party | $5,600 |
| Gilbert Handal | - | Republican Party | $4,402 |
| Lea Ann Lust | - | $3,050 | |
| Walter S. Smith | - | $2,800 | |
| Walter Smith | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,500 |
| Robert Ricketts | Mary Jennings M.J. Hegar | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| Michael D. Mauldin | Josh Winegarner | Republican Party | $2,000 |
| Kenneth Ketner Sr. | Wendy Davis | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| Kenneth Ketner | Mary Jennings M.J. Hegar | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| Amy Lofton | Kamala D. Harris | Democratic Party | $1,956 |
| Andreas Neuber | - | Republican Party | $1,830 |
| Bradley Fuhrman | - | $1,616 | |
| Rosemary Cogan | - | Democratic Party | $1,475 |
| Gordon Woods | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $1,400 |
| Gilbert Handal | - | Republican Party | $1,373 |
| Amy Lofton | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $1,220 |
| Walter Smith | Patricia Timmons-Goodson | Democratic Party | $1,100 |
| Andy Wilkinson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,100 |
| Susan Barrick | - | Democratic Party | $1,035 |
| Gregory Mckenna | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,025 |
| Luis Grave De Peralta | - | Republican Party | $1,015 |
| Victoria Sutton | Gavin Clarkson | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| Victor Test | Ted Cruz | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| Pearl Merritt | John Cornyn | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| Miriam Mulsow | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Marsha Sharp | Jodey Cook Arrington | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| Lawrence E. Schovanec | Jodey Cook Arrington | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| George West Brindley | Martha Mcsally | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| Stephen H. Balch | John Cornyn | Republican Party | $900 |
| Gregory Mckenna | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Democratic Party | $850 |
| Gregory Mckenna | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $800 |
| Gilbert A | - | Republican Party | $774 |
| Satya Atluri | Dan Sullivan | Republican Party | $751 |
| Sherril Skibell | - | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Robert Gonzalez | Veronica Escobar | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Clifton Ellis | - | $750 | |
| Amy Lofton | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Bradley Fuhrman | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $675 |
| John Masselli | - | $610 | |
| Madalyn Raymond | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $600 |
| Walter Smith | Mary Jennings M.J. Hegar | Democratic Party | $550 |
| Elizabeth Karam | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $550 |
| Mary Ann Lindsey | - | Republican Party | $515 |
| Matt Gregory | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $513 |
| Edward Quitevis | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $510 |
| Gilbert Handal | Stephen Joseph Scalise | Republican Party | $508 |
| Edward Quitevis | - | Democratic Party | $505 |
| William Westney | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Theodore Wiesner | - | $500 | |
| Richard Brower | - | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Patricia Hawley | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Michael D. Mauldin | - | $500 | |
| Hongxing Jiang | - | Democratic Party | $500 |
| George W. Brindley | Lacy Johnson | Republican Party | $500 |
| Bill Dean | - | Republican Party | $500 |
| Patricia Blair | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $450 |
| Jennifer Shelton | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $439 |
| Luis E. Grave De Peralta | - | Republican Party | $400 |
| Shiva Mansourkhani | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $380 |
| Greta Gorsuch Griffee | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $380 |
| Victoria Sutton | - | Republican Party | $368 |
| Eduardo Rosas Blum | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $360 |
| Timothy Sliwinski | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $347 |
| Steven Branham | - | $345 | |
| Greg Wilson | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $330 |
| Lourdes Juan | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $320 |
| Gilbert Handal | Dan Sullivan | Republican Party | $312 |
| Luis Grave De Peralta | - | Republican Party | $300 |
| Justin Hart | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Andrea Romi | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $297 |
| Daniel J. Epstein | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $267 |
| Emmanuel Quinones | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $254 |
| William Dean | - | $250 | |
| Timothy Nokken | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Steven Branham | Elizabeth Fletcher | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Satya Atluri | Lindsey Olin Graham | Republican Party | $250 |
| Robert Ricketts | Hank Gilbert | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Kathleen Harris | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Kal Chaudhuri | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| John Gilbert | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Jeff Mercer | Jodey Cook Arrington | Republican Party | $250 |
| Herbert Janssen | - | $250 | |
| Guy Loneragan | Josh Winegarner | Republican Party | $250 |
| Gordon Woods | Pritesh Gandhi | Democratic Party | $250 |
| George Brindley | Lindsey Olin Graham | Republican Party | $250 |
| Erin Collopy | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| David Perlmutter | - | Republican Party | $250 |
| David Perlmutter | Daniel Crenshaw | Republican Party | $250 |
| David Perlmutter | Daniel Crenshaw | Republican Party | $250 |
| Valerie Hlavaty | - | $245 | |
| Kimberly Wagner | - | Republican Party | $245 |
| Gary Ventolini | - | $235 | |
| Paul Egan | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $229 |
| Bradley Fuhrman | - | $227 | |
| Robert Armstrong | Beto O'Rourke | Democratic Party | $225 |
| Debbie Weigle-Sanders | John Cornyn | Republican Party | $224 |
| Michael Mcdonald | - | $220 | |
| Gilbert Handal | John Cornyn | Republican Party | $218 |
| Wayne Lewis | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $216 |
| Bradley Fuhrman | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $215 |
| Boden Vanderloop | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $206 |
| Jen Shelton | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $205 |
| Uzi Mann | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Richard Gale | - | Democratic Party | $200 |
| James Williamson | - | $200 | |
| Dianne Anderson | Dan Newhouse | Republican Party | $200 |
| Dana Weiser | Mary Jennings M.J. Hegar | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Clifton C. Ellis | - | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Bill Dean | Susan M. Collins | Republican Party | $200 |
| Katie Moore | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $199 |
| Gilbert Handal | - | Republican Party | $195 |
| Greta Gorsuch-Griffee | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $185 |
| Thomas Gibson | Mary Jennings M.J. Hegar | Democratic Party | $175 |
| Rosemary Cogan | - | Democratic Party | $175 |
| Gilbert Handal | Mitch McConnell | Republican Party | $172 |
| Paul Ruiz | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $163 |
| William Wenthe | - | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Gilbert Handal | - | $144 | |
| Gilbert A. Handal | - | Republican Party | $142 |
| Gilbert Handal | Martha Mcsally | Republican Party | $140 |
| Gilberto Handal | Thomas Cotton | Republican Party | $135 |
| Richard Murphy | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $125 |
| Horace Norville | - | Republican Party | $125 |
| Andrew Lawson | Tulsi Gabbard | Democratic Party | $122 |
| Gilbert Handal | Steven Daines | Republican Party | $117 |
| Yvonne Caldera | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $116 |
| Dale Kretz | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $116 |
| Gilbert Handal | Martha Mcsally | Republican Party | $101 |
| William Wenthe | - | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Ricky Kellison | - | Republican Party | $100 |
| Melinda Findlater | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Matthew Olson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Lauren Adams | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Joanna Harkey | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| James Williamson | - | $100 | |
| Gilberto A. Handal | Dan Sullivan | Republican Party | $100 |
| Debbie Weigle-Sanders | - | Republican Party | $100 |
| Brian Shannon | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Bradley Fuhrman | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Bill F. Dean | - | Republican Party | $100 |
| Bill Dean | Lindsey Olin Graham | Republican Party | $100 |
| Andrew Martin | - | $100 | |
| Alan Shinn | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Alan Shinn | - | $100 | |
| Gilbert Handal | Sen. Thom R. Tillis | Republican Party | $96 |
| Paul Ruiz | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $78 |
| Paul S. Ruiz | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $77 |
| Victor Moore | David Fegan | Republican Party | $75 |
| Lance D. Drager | - | Democratic Party | $75 |
| Ira W. Lewis | - | Democratic Party | $75 |
| Francisco Fiallo | Cristina Tzintzun Ramirez | Democratic Party | $75 |
| Bradley Fuhrman | - | $75 | |
| Michael Toombs | - | Republican Party | $60 |
| Christine Self | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $60 |
| Tyler Davis | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Thomas A. Martin | John Cornyn | Republican Party | $50 |
| Lance D. Drager | - | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Kathryn Suchy | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Gilberto Handal | Dan Sullivan | Republican Party | $50 |
| Gilbert Handal | Sen. Thom R. Tillis | Republican Party | $50 |
| Bradley P. Fuhrman | - | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Dale Kretz | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $48 |
| Greta Gorsuch Griffee | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $40 |
| Gilbert Handal | - | Republican Party | $30 |
| Wayne Lewis | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Wayne Lewis | Mary Jennings M.J. Hegar | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Michael San Francisco | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Keri Shiplet | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Ira Wayne Lewis | - | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Clifton Ellis | - | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Catherine Jai | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Lourdes Juan | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $20 |
| Leslie Akchurin | - | $15 |
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