Fermi Research Alliance employee James Strait has contributed a total of $1,550 to Democratic Party candidate Sean Casten, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC).
There were at least 149 contributions made to political candidates and committees by Fermi Research Alliance employees, 86.6 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.
James Strait’s contributions
| Committee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Foster for Congress Committee | William G. Foster | Democratic Party | $5,100 |
| Lauren Underwood for Congress | Lauren A. Underwood | Democratic Party | $2,700 |
| Casten for Congress | Sean Casten | Democratic Party | $1,550 |
| Biden for President | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $900 |
| Doug Jones for Senate Committee | Doug Jones | Democratic Party | $900 |
| Jaime Harrison for US Senate | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Amy McGrath for Senate, Inc. | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Mark Kelly for Senate | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $700 |
| Jon Ossoff for Senate | Jonathan T. Ossoff | Democratic Party | $600 |
| Hickenlooper for Colorado | John W. Hickenlooper | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Warnock for Georgia | Raphael Warnock | Democratic Party | $450 |
| Bollier for Kansas | Barbara Bollier | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Warren for President, Inc. | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Goroff for Congress | Nancy Goroff | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Reflecting a Diverse America Fund | – | $250 | |
| Montanans for Bullock | Steve Bullock | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Theresa Greenfield for Iowa | Theresa Greenfield | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Actblue | – | $160 |
Other donations by employees of Fermi Research Alliance
| Employee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Estia J. Eichten | William G. Foster | Democratic Party | $4,800 |
| Andrew Lathrop | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $2,868 |
| Robert Wagner | William G. Foster | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| Stephen Holmes | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,750 |
| Thomas H. Diehl | Lauren A. Underwood | Democratic Party | $2,650 |
| William Bardeen | – | Democratic Party | $2,500 |
| Henryk Piekarz | William G. Foster | Democratic Party | $2,500 |
| Andreas S. Kronfeld | William G. Foster | Democratic Party | $2,500 |
| Joel Butler | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,462 |
| Pushpalatha C. Bhat | William G. Foster | Democratic Party | $2,250 |
| Stephen D. Holmes | Sean Casten | Democratic Party | $1,500 |
| Michael A. Lindgren | William G. Foster | Democratic Party | $1,500 |
| Juliana Whitmore | William G. Foster | Democratic Party | $1,500 |
| Yuri Alexahin | – | Republican Party | $1,464 |
| Alan Bross | – | $1,400 | |
| Andrew J. Romero | William G. Foster | Democratic Party | $1,250 |
| Chris Quigg | Sean Casten | Democratic Party | $1,200 |
| Chris Quigg | William G. Foster | Democratic Party | $1,200 |
| Chris C. Jensen | – | Democratic Party | $1,200 |
| Marjorie Bardeen | Lauren A. Underwood | Democratic Party | $1,100 |
| Sue Styer | Lauren A. Underwood | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Stephen Holmes | Lauren A. Underwood | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Kurt Riesselmann | – | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| H.T. Diehl | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Bob Tschirhart | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Anne Teichert | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Alison Markovitz | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Alfred Moretti | William G. Foster | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Henry Glass | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $965 |
| James Patrick | William G. Foster | Democratic Party | $950 |
| Vyacheslav P. Yakovlev | William G. Foster | Democratic Party | $900 |
| Stephen Holmes | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $800 |
| Chris Quigg | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $800 |
| Tom Diehl | William G. Foster | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Stephen Holmes | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Stephen D. Holmes | William G. Foster | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Nickolay Gnedin | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Joel Butler | Sean Casten | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Yuri Alexahin | Devin Gerald Nunes | Republican Party | $735 |
| Chris Jensen | Sean Casten | Democratic Party | $675 |
| Anne Teichert | – | $626 | |
| Rhonda Merchut | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $610 |
| Kerry Aschenbach | Lauren A. Underwood | Democratic Party | $607 |
| Stephen Holmes | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $600 |
| Joel Butler | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $550 |
| Genfa Wu | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $550 |
| Anne Teichert | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $550 |
| Deborah Sebastian | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $507 |
| Mike Church | William G. Foster | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Michael Lindgren | Lauren A. Underwood | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Jorge G. Morfin | William G. Foster | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Jeffrey Eldred | – | Democratic Party | $500 |
| James Simone | – | $500 | |
| Chandrashekhara M. Bhat | William G. Foster | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Catherine James | – | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Bob S. Tschirhart | William G. Foster | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Andreas S. Kronfeld | – | $500 | |
| Chris Quigg | Kamala D. Harris | Democratic Party | $450 |
| Kerry Jean Aschenbach | Lauren A. Underwood | Democratic Party | $449 |
| Pushpa Bhat | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $430 |
| Fred Jeeninga | – | Republican Party | $426 |
| Stephen Holmes | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Juliana Whitmore | – | Democratic Party | $400 |
| James Simone | – | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Elizabeth Quigg | Sean Casten | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Jason Stjohn | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $375 |
| Michael Wesley | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $361 |
| Anne Teichert | – | Democratic Party | $350 |
| Chris Jensen | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $326 |
| James Simone | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $320 |
| Stephen D. Holmes | Elissa Slotkin | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Joshua Kenney | – | $300 | |
| Joel Butler | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Yuri Alexahin | Mitch McConnell | Republican Party | $296 |
| Tara Turner | Lauren A. Underwood | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Susan Styer | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Ronald Lipton | William G. Foster | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Roger L. Dixon | William G. Foster | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Pushpa Bhat | Raja S. Krishnamoorthi | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Juliana Whitmore | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Joseph Lykken | Lauren A. Underwood | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Joel Butler | Cindy Axne | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Henryk Piekarz | – | Democratic Party | $250 |
| H.T. Diehl | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Elizabeth Quigg | Katherine Porter | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Daniel Elvira | – | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Anne Teichett | – | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Anne Teichert | – | $250 | |
| Andreas Kronfeld | Sean Casten | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Stephen Holmes | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Robert Kutschke | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Leonard Spiegel | William G. Foster | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Kurt Riesselmann | William G. Foster | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Joseph Dey | Jeanne Ives | Republican Party | $200 |
| Joseph D. Lykken | Sean Casten | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Janet Bishop | – | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Chris Quigg | Richard J. Durbin | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Anne Teichert | – | $200 | |
| Chris Jensen | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $175 |
| Sarah Grimsley | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $172 |
| Gabriel Perdue | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $160 |
| Andrew Lathrop | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Democratic Party | $160 |
| Chris Jensen | – | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Alan Bross | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Robert Munger | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $135 |
| Benjamin Carls | – | $125 | |
| Sarah Grimsley | Anthony Clark | Democratic Party | $110 |
| Luciano Ristori | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $110 |
| Yuri Alexahin | James D. Jordan | Republican Party | $105 |
| Ron Harnik | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Neal Wilcer | Sean Casten | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Katherine Lato | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Juliana Whitmore | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Elizabeth Quigg | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Chris Quigg | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Beth Fancsali | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Paula Lambertz | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $75 |
| Tara Turner | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Michael Albrow | William G. Foster | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Elizabeth Quigg | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Elizabeth Quigg | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Chris Quigg | Sara Gideon | Democratic Party | $50 |
| David Fagan | – | Republican Party | $40 |
| Chris Jensen | Sara Gideon | Democratic Party | $36 |
| Yuri Alexahin | Susan M. Collins | Republican Party | $35 |
| Sudha Balakrishnan | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $30 |
| Theron Mattick | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $27 |
| Robert M. Harris | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $27 |
| Fred Jeeninga | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $23 |
| Maurice Ball | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $22 |
| Yuri Alexahin | Lindsey Olin Graham | Republican Party | $20 |
Numbers are accurate as of November 27, 2020.
