There were at least 162 contributions made to political candidates and committees by NASA employees, 48.1 percent of which have gone to Republican 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.
Alan Strahan's contributions
| Committee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winred | - | Republican Party | $300 |
| Collins for Senator | Susan M. Collins | Republican Party | $300 |
Other donations by employees of NASA
| Employee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amiko Kelly | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $5,477 |
| David Weiler | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $4,734 |
| Howard Law | - | Democratic Party | $4,475 |
| K. Chen | - | Republican Party | $4,269 |
| Scott Tingle | - | Republican Party | $4,037 |
| Eric Malroy | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $3,550 |
| Eric Malroy | - | Republican Party | $3,393 |
| Eric T. Malroy | - | Republican Party | $3,360 |
| Lora Bailey | - | Republican Party | $2,700 |
| Matthew Lacey | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $2,664 |
| Richard Davis | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $2,624 |
| Bridget L. Broussard-Guidry | - | $2,475 | |
| Howard Law | - | $2,350 | |
| Joseph Dervay | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| Ken Chen | John Cornyn | Republican Party | $1,980 |
| Robert Armstrong | - | Republican Party | $1,851 |
| Catherine Mcleod | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,783 |
| Merle Deardorff | - | Republican Party | $1,661 |
| Scott Tingle | John Cornyn | Republican Party | $1,422 |
| John Clayton | - | Republican Party | $1,289 |
| Eric Malroy | Stephen Joseph Scalise | Republican Party | $1,235 |
| Lora Bailey | Dan Sullivan | Republican Party | $1,212 |
| Charlotte Hudgins | - | Republican Party | $1,160 |
| Roger Boyer | - | Republican Party | $1,132 |
| K. Chen | John Cornyn | Republican Party | $1,125 |
| William Harris | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $1,070 |
| Paul Niles | Mary Jennings M.J. Hegar | Democratic Party | $1,010 |
| William C. Brown | Daniel Crenshaw | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| Megan Behnken | Beto O'Rourke | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Lora Bailey | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| John Uri | Elizabeth Fletcher | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Emma Lehnhardt | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Charlotte Hudgins | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| Catherine Mcleod | - | $1,000 | |
| Khadijah Shariff | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $935 |
| William Schaefer | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $875 |
| Eric T. Malroy | John Cornyn | Republican Party | $864 |
| William Harris | - | Republican Party | $862 |
| Thomas Reyna | Julian Castro | Democratic Party | $821 |
| Megan Mcarthur Behnken | Mary Jennings M.J. Hegar | Democratic Party | $794 |
| Eric T. Malroy | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $775 |
| Smith Johnston | Sri Preston Kulkarni | Democratic Party | $772 |
| Megan Behnken | Sima Jandaghi Ladjevardian | Democratic Party | $750 |
| Richard Davis | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $749 |
| John Fields | John Cornyn | Republican Party | $612 |
| Robert Tepfer | Mary Jennings M.J. Hegar | Democratic Party | $560 |
| Karen Nyberg | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $535 |
| Merle Deardorff | Mitch McConnell | Republican Party | $527 |
| Susan Runco | John Cornyn | Republican Party | $510 |
| Marine Gu | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $507 |
| Smith Johnston | Hiral Vyas Tipirneni | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Sam Gunderson | Sri Preston Kulkarni | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Monica Allison-Ceruti | Col. Morris D. Davis | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Mike Fincke | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Megan Behnken | Wendy Davis | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Megan Behnken | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Kevin Engelbert | - | $500 | |
| Gail Barnett | - | Republican Party | $500 |
| Bradley Niese | - | Republican Party | $500 |
| William Schaefer | Mary Jennings M.J. Hegar | Democratic Party | $499 |
| Thomas Reyna | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $495 |
| Arturo Martinez | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $485 |
| Robert Armstrong | - | Republican Party | $475 |
| Alvaro C. Rodriguez | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $465 |
| Katie West | - | Republican Party | $454 |
| Howard Law | - | Democratic Party | $450 |
| Salvador Nunez | - | Republican Party | $443 |
| Lorraine Anderson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $435 |
| Scott Tingle | Martha Mcsally | Republican Party | $425 |
| Sean Kelly | - | Republican Party | $400 |
| Reagan Hunter | Beto O'Rourke | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Lora Bailey | Joe Collins | Republican Party | $400 |
| Lora Bailey | Dan Sullivan | Republican Party | $400 |
| Eric T. Malroy | - | Republican Party | $385 |
| William Howorth | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $375 |
| Willie Williams | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $364 |
| James Lowery | - | Republican Party | $350 |
| James Greenlee | - | Republican Party | $350 |
| James E. Greenlee | - | Republican Party | $350 |
| Laura Rochon | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $340 |
| Quyen Jones | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $305 |
| Truong Le | - | Republican Party | $300 |
| Silvia M. Hanagriff | - | $300 | |
| Sam Pedrotty | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Matthew Lemke | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Amy Cassasy | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Robert Armstrong | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $280 |
| Laura Rochon | Beto O'Rourke | Democratic Party | $280 |
| Alan Mather | - | Republican Party | $278 |
| Roger Boyer | Dan Sullivan | Republican Party | $272 |
| Scott Tingle | Mitch McConnell | Republican Party | $250 |
| Mitchell Macha | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $250 |
| Mary C. Vantino | Mary Jennings M.J. Hegar | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Lora Bailey | - | $250 | |
| Lora Bailey | - | $250 | |
| Lindsay Keller | - | Republican Party | $250 |
| Kevin Engelbert | - | Republican Party | $250 |
| Karina Eversley | - | $250 | |
| John Clayton | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $250 |
| Irvine Woodard | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Iain Brookshaw | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Christina Koch | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Bradley Niese | - | Republican Party | $250 |
| Alan Guerra | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $250 |
| Evan Laske | Beto O'Rourke | Democratic Party | $225 |
| Eric T. Malroy | Kevin McCarthy | Republican Party | $225 |
| K. Chen | Martha Mcsally | Republican Party | $218 |
| Jihn Fields | - | Republican Party | $215 |
| Jihn Fields | Steven Daines | Republican Party | $215 |
| Mario Cassel | - | $200 | |
| K. Chen | Lindsey Olin Graham | Republican Party | $200 |
| Eric T. Malroy | Devin Gerald Nunes | Republican Party | $200 |
| Bob Williams | - | Republican Party | $200 |
| Salvador Nunez | - | Republican Party | $177 |
| Jefferson T. Baker | - | $170 | |
| Steve Provence | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $166 |
| Daniel Jordan | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $162 |
| Irene Johnson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $159 |
| Willie Williams | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Scott Tingle | Ted Cruz | Republican Party | $150 |
| Quyen Jones | Mary Jennings M.J. Hegar | Democratic Party | $135 |
| Karen Bernstein | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $131 |
| Karen Bernstein | Beto O'Rourke | Democratic Party | $120 |
| David Fletcher | - | Republican Party | $120 |
| K. Chen | Stephen Joseph Scalise | Republican Party | $119 |
| Lora Bailey | Martha Mcsally | Republican Party | $118 |
| Thomas Reyna | Beto O'Rourke | Democratic Party | $115 |
| Candice Palacios | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $112 |
| Linda C. Shackelford | Ted Cruz | Republican Party | $110 |
| Kelly Smith | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $110 |
| Bridget L. B Broussard-Guidry | - | $110 | |
| Bill Mccormick | - | Republican Party | $107 |
| Sergio Cantu | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $105 |
| John Clayton | Lindsey Olin Graham | Republican Party | $102 |
| William Harris | - | $100 | |
| Stephen Malarchick | - | Republican Party | $100 |
| Alyssa Sieffert | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Kenneth Chen | John Cornyn | Republican Party | $95 |
| Damien Calderon | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $95 |
| K. Chen | Susan M. Collins | Republican Party | $90 |
| Robert Tepfer | - | $76 | |
| Robert Howard | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $72 |
| James Berck | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $65 |
| Trent Hebert | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Scott Tingle | Susan M. Collins | Republican Party | $50 |
| Robert Lowe | - | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Rebekah Reed | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Malise Fletcher | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| K. Chen | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $50 |
| Jaime Forro | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Eric T. Malroy | Dan Newhouse | Republican Party | $50 |
| Eric Malroy | Susan M. Collins | Republican Party | $50 |
| Brienne Shkedi | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Bill Mccormick | - | Republican Party | $50 |
| Aaron Paz | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Cynthia Hernandez | Ted Cruz | Republican Party | $45 |
| K. Chen | Mitch McConnell | Republican Party | $41 |
| Steve Provence | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $26 |
| Zeb Scoville | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Evan Laske | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $25 |
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