There were at least 212 contributions made to political candidates and committees by CME Group employees, 40.6 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.
Charles Hatsis' contributions
| Committee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cme Group Inc. PAC | - | $500 | |
| Biden for President | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
Other donations by employees of CME Group
| Employee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Kometer | - | $5,000 | |
| Kendal L. Vroman | - | $5,000 | |
| Julie Marie Winkler | - | $5,000 | |
| Elizabeth C. Gisch | - | $5,000 | |
| Bryan Durkin | - | $3,459 | |
| Darren Collier | Robin L. Kelly | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| David Lehman | Sean Casten | Democratic Party | $2,385 |
| Suzanne L. Sprague | - | $2,112 | |
| Sunil Kiran Cutinho | - | $2,112 | |
| Phillip Hatzopoulos | - | $2,112 | |
| Michael Philip Hohman | - | $2,112 | |
| Kevin Michael Comer | - | $2,112 | |
| Kathleen Marie Cronin | - | $2,112 | |
| Julie Holzrichter | - | $2,112 | |
| Derek Louis Sammann | - | $2,112 | |
| Brett A. Vietmeier | - | $2,112 | |
| Anita Shradar Liskey | - | $2,112 | |
| Sam Coady | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $2,000 |
| Weinan Xiong | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $1,926 |
| Timothy Mckee | - | Republican Party | $1,920 |
| Edward Gogol | Janice D. Schakowsky | Democratic Party | $1,697 |
| Robert Jason Weller | - | $1,536 | |
| Hilda Harris L. Piell | - | $1,536 | |
| Mark Jacob Stanislawek | - | $1,500 | |
| John Clifton Peschier | - | $1,479 | |
| Margaret Austin Wright | - | $1,152 | |
| Suzanne Spain | - | $1,100 | |
| Peter Lugiai | - | $1,100 | |
| Scott R. Kaufman | - | $1,056 | |
| David Lundeen | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $1,030 |
| David Lundeen | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $1,030 |
| Michael Yale | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,005 |
| Murali Murthy | Raja S. Krishnamoorthi | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Martha Gal | Marie Newman | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Jerry Galvin | - | $1,000 | |
| Dawn Massey-Anastasiou | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| David Hartney | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Connie K. Phan | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| David Edward Reif | - | $935 | |
| Susan Michael Schultz | - | $920 | |
| Frances L. Sisul | - | $920 | |
| Carrie J. Di Santo | - | $920 | |
| Robert J. Krewer | - | $880 | |
| David Michael Wong | - | $864 | |
| Robert A. Sniegowski | - | $847 | |
| Daniel W. Grombacher | - | $842 | |
| Juan Aranda | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $775 |
| Michael Briskey | - | $759 | |
| Dawid Starostka | - | Republican Party | $759 |
| Lacy Quinlan | - | $750 | |
| Jerry Galvin | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $750 |
| William Gould | - | Republican Party | $731 |
| Victor F. Seamon | - | $720 | |
| Elizabeth Ann Flores | - | $660 | |
| Susan G. Sutherland | - | $638 | |
| Thomas Frank Boggs | - | $633 | |
| Mark Allan Omens | - | $633 | |
| Dorothea Dolores Pacini | - | $616 | |
| Kevin Michael Lapierre | - | $612 | |
| Frances Sisul | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $612 |
| Ciby Kuruvilla | - | $605 | |
| Ryan Gray | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $600 |
| Kerrie Ann Klein | - | $600 | |
| Joshua T. Stanfill | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $600 |
| Barbara Schmidt-Bailey | Sean Casten | Democratic Party | $600 |
| Robert Weller | - | $576 | |
| Hilda Harris Piell | - | $576 | |
| Mildred Ryba | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $568 |
| Nikola Lazar Matic | - | $560 | |
| Michael Joseph Martineau | - | $550 | |
| Jason George Tolsky | - | $544 | |
| Scott Ervin | - | $534 | |
| Brad Church | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $525 |
| Stephen Cawley | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Simon Burnham | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Paul Aguilera | Frank J. Mrvan | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Martha Gal | - | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Judith A. Robledo | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| Christopher Reithel | - | $500 | |
| Charles P. Carey | Martha Mcsally | Republican Party | $500 |
| Charles P. Carey | Devin Gerald Nunes | Republican Party | $500 |
| Charles Carey | Martha Mcsally | Republican Party | $500 |
| Todd Borro | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $486 |
| Edward Gogol | Sean Casten | Democratic Party | $485 |
| Dawid Starostka | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $484 |
| Edward Gogol | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $480 |
| Edgar Louis Berre III | - | $460 | |
| Robert Hayes | - | $450 | |
| Connie Phan | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $450 |
| Sharon Marie Neary | - | $440 | |
| Margaret Wright | - | $432 | |
| Edward Gogol | Richard J. Durbin | Democratic Party | $432 |
| Stephen P. Trimper | - | $419 | |
| Sarah Frances Calhoun | - | $419 | |
| Jonathan G. Kronstein | - | $419 | |
| Helen Marie Flanagan | - | $419 | |
| Dhiraj S. Bawadhankar | - | $419 | |
| Christopher Michael Larosa | - | $419 | |
| Paul Francis Ciciora | - | $400 | |
| Karen Scaletta | Mike Quigley | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Beau Parker | Al Gross | Independent | $400 |
| Spencer Mcgowan | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $376 |
| Laura Rose Giacomino | - | $374 | |
| Timothy E. Mckee | - | Republican Party | $350 |
| Susan Schultz | - | $346 | |
| Frances Sisul | - | $346 | |
| Carrie Di Santo | - | $346 | |
| Matthew Kelly | - | $343 | |
| David Lehman | - | $332 | |
| David Lehman | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $325 |
| Alesei Narkevitch | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $323 |
| Michael G. Crawshaw | - | $304 | |
| Danica Robin Goodell | - | $304 | |
| Timothy Mckee | - | Republican Party | $300 |
| Sam Coady | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $300 |
| Joe Flavin | - | Republican Party | $300 |
| Anthony Pope | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Democratic Party | $300 |
| David Peloquin | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $292 |
| Edward Gogol | Bradley Scott Schneider | Democratic Party | $288 |
| Curtis N. Zuckert | - | $280 | |
| Paul D. Meacham | - | $275 | |
| Felipe J. Martinez | - | $275 | |
| Charles Kusar | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $275 |
| Barbara Anne Schmidt-Bailey | - | $275 | |
| Victor Seamon | - | $270 | |
| Sean Downey | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $255 |
| Mark Robinson | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $253 |
| Phillip Hatzopoulos | - | $250 | |
| Peter Xeros | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Laurie A. Egan | - | $250 | |
| Lara Sanoica | Kina Isis Collins | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Lacy Quinlan | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Joseph Hare | Tammy L. Duckworth | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Gina Cue | - | $250 | |
| Edward Gogol | Bradley Scott Schneider | Democratic Party | $250 |
| David Peloquin | - | Democratic Party | $250 |
| David Hartney | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Edward Gogol | Kamala D. Harris | Democratic Party | $248 |
| Dorothea Pacini | - | $231 | |
| Kevin Lapierre | - | $230 | |
| Joseph Wiley Grider | - | $228 | |
| Spencer Mcgowan | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $226 |
| Thomas J. Zielinski | - | $220 | |
| Ross Patrick Wilken | - | $220 | |
| Randy M. Kelley | - | $220 | |
| Kathryn Jeaneen Malo Malone Hunley | - | $212 | |
| Nikola Matic | - | $210 | |
| Mildred Ryba | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $210 |
| Lisa Francis | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $210 |
| Lauren Anne Doig | - | $209 | |
| John Reardon Rossmiller | - | $209 | |
| Joel Summy | - | $209 | |
| Haifeng Zheng | - | $209 | |
| Rebecca Aurelia Keithley | - | $200 | |
| Joe Flavin | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $200 |
| David J. Peloquin | - | Democratic Party | $200 |
| David J. Peloquin | - | Democratic Party | $200 |
| Edward Gogol | Kamala D. Harris | Democratic Party | $198 |
| Alesei Narkevitch | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $196 |
| Eric Pinter | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $194 |
| Edgar Berre | - | $173 | |
| David Lehman | - | Democratic Party | $163 |
| Scott Mathew Rickey | - | $160 | |
| Daniel Michael Kernan | - | $160 | |
| John Philip Hannigan | - | $152 | |
| Timothy Mckee | Steven Daines | Republican Party | $150 |
| Paul Ciciora | - | $150 | |
| Eric Pinter | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $131 |
| Lisa Francis | Doug Jones | Democratic Party | $128 |
| Michael Martineau | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $120 |
| Kevin P. Lakomy | - | $120 | |
| Michael Crawshaw | - | $115 | |
| Danica Goodell | - | $115 | |
| Mark Robinson | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $108 |
| Curtis Zuckert | - | $105 | |
| Edward M. Gogol | Lauren A. Underwood | Democratic Party | $103 |
| Ryan Waite | - | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Ryan Libel | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Robert Crafton | Pete Buttigieg | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Karen Scaletta | Gary Peters | Democratic Party | $100 |
| John Clifford | Steve Bullock | Democratic Party | $100 |
| John Clifford | Sara Gideon | Democratic Party | $100 |
| John Clifford | Mark Kelly | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Edward Gogol | Lauren A. Underwood | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Daniel Kurber | Andrew Yang | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Anne Schankin | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Edward Gogol | Richard J. Durbin | Democratic Party | $95 |
| Edward Gogol | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $94 |
| Shamimul Hoque | - | $90 | |
| Erin Weber | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $90 |
| Christopher Thomas Rieser | - | $90 | |
| Joseph Grider | - | $86 | |
| Kathryn Jeaneen Malone Hunley | - | $80 | |
| Matthew Joseph Kelly | - | $76 | |
| Rebecca Keithley | - | $75 | |
| Robert Sniegowski | - | Democratic Party | $70 |
| Scott Rickey | - | $60 | |
| Grace Marnotes | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $60 |
| Daniel Kernan | - | $60 | |
| John Hannigan | - | $57 | |
| Nancy Spear | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Lisa Francis | Tina Smith | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Lisa Francis | - | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Mary Zehnder | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $45 |
| Michael Martineau | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $26 |
| Timothy Mckre | - | Republican Party | $25 |
| Mark Robinson | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Stanley Dowery | - | $23 | |
| David John Consdorf | - | $23 | |
| Jeffrey S. Hersh | - | $22 |
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