There were at least 120 contributions made to political candidates and committees by Oakland University employees, 87.5 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.
Lori Ostergaard's contributions
| Committee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warren for President, Inc. | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $368 |
| Kamala Harris for the People | Kamala D. Harris | Democratic Party | $216 |
Other donations by employees of Oakland University
| Employee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Stewart | Elissa Slotkin | Democratic Party | $4,000 |
| Susan E. Wood | - | Democratic Party | $3,438 |
| Simon Ren | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $2,400 |
| Christopher Clason | Elissa Slotkin | Democratic Party | $2,276 |
| Robert Folberg | Haley Stevens | Democratic Party | $2,100 |
| John Elliott Mceneaney | Elissa Slotkin | Democratic Party | $1,750 |
| John Mceneaney | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,250 |
| Brendan Mccoy | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $1,205 |
| Christopher Clason | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $1,184 |
| Rochelle Black | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $1,100 |
| William Rogers | John James | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| Rosemary Max | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Robert Folberg | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Robert Folberg | Brenda Lulenar Lawrence | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Nicole Wells-Stallworth | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Michael W. Long | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| John Mceneaney | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Dewitt S. Dykes Jr. | - | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| David Garfinkle | Elissa Slotkin | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Andrew Goldberg | Elissa Slotkin | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Sherm T. Folland | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $980 |
| Suzanne Rossi | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $913 |
| Fay Hansen | - | $893 | |
| Emmett Lombard | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $800 |
| Suzanne Rossi | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $769 |
| David Stone | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Cynthia Judson | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Joy Jiang | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $706 |
| Sherman T. Folland | Ilhan Omar | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $624 |
| Michael Gillespie | Elissa Slotkin | Democratic Party | $618 |
| Barbara Hamilton | Elissa Slotkin | Democratic Party | $600 |
| Fay Hansen | Elissa Slotkin | Democratic Party | $506 |
| Sherman T. Folland | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Sherman Folland | Ilhan Omar | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor | $500 |
| Robert S. Fink | - | $500 | |
| Phyllis Rooney | Elissa Slotkin | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Michelle C. Piskulich | Elissa Slotkin | Democratic Party | $500 |
| De Witt Dykes | - | Democratic Party | $500 |
| David Garfinkle | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $500 |
| David Garfinkle | - | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Anne Doyle | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Christopher Clason | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $497 |
| Robert Folberg | - | $470 | |
| Erin Meyers | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $419 |
| Sherman T. Folland | - | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Mary Otto | - | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Philip Clampitt | - | Democratic Party | $374 |
| Erin Meyers | Elissa Slotkin | Democratic Party | $364 |
| Sherman T. Folland | Adam Schiff | Democratic Party | $350 |
| Sherman Folland | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $350 |
| Sharon Howell | Rashida Tlaib | Democratic Party | $350 |
| Jolyn Wagner | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $350 |
| Christopher Clason | Haley Stevens | Democratic Party | $350 |
| Lynda Wood | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $331 |
| Laura K. Landolt | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $325 |
| Mike Mitchell | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $300 |
| John Mceneaney | Amy McGrath | Democratic Party | $300 |
| William Rouster | - | $293 | |
| Shawn Mccann | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $289 |
| Rebecca Cheezum | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $259 |
| Thomas Raffel | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Steffan Puwal | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Robert S. Fink | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Robert Folberg | Elissa Slotkin | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Robert Fink | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Michelle C. Piskulich | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $250 |
| John Mceneaney | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Helen Levenson | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Claudia Grobbel | John James | Republican Party | $250 |
| Annette Gilson | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Annette Feravich | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Ann Gilson | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Amy Butler | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Amanda Hess | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $242 |
| Sherman T. Folland | - | $236 | |
| Rachel Zahorsky | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $234 |
| Renate Gerulaitis | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Laura Landolt | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $200 |
| John Mceneaney | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Charles Robert Maxfield | - | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Andrea Knutson | Elissa Slotkin | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Kaarin Averill | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $199 |
| Shawn Mccann | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $188 |
| Christopher Clason | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $187 |
| Fay Hansen | - | $186 | |
| Suzanne Rossi | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic Party | $175 |
| Theresa Rowe | - | $166 | |
| Sherman T. Folland | - | $160 | |
| Pat Piskulich | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Dewitt Dykes | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Cynthia Carver | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $150 |
| William Rouster | - | Democratic Party | $125 |
| Laura Ann Schartman | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $125 |
| Jim Bilinski | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $120 |
| Joanne L. Williams | - | $115 | |
| Fay Hansen | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $115 |
| Sherman T. Folland | - | $106 | |
| Jim Nugent | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $103 |
| Sherman T. Folland | - | $102 | |
| Todd Audley Estes | Elissa Slotkin | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Susan E. Wood | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Lori Brown-Platts | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Linda Tyson | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Joshua Blanchard | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $100 |
| John Mceneaney | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Kaarin Averill | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $80 |
| William Rouster | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $75 |
| Douglas Russo | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $75 |
| Christopher Clason | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $60 |
| Fay Hansen | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $59 |
| William Rouster | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Laura Landolt | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Kim Landess | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Heidi Lyons | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Cynthia Judson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Adrian Benedict | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $40 |
| Meir Shillor | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $35 |
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