Minnesota State Wire

Allina Health employee Christine Wagner contributed a total of $850 to the Republican Party of Minnesota candidate Tony Albright, according to the Minnesota Campaign Finance Board.

There have been $13,404 total contributions made to political candidates and committees by Allina Health employees, 86.2 percent of which have gone to the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party causes and candidates.

Donations made to political groups or candidates must be disclosed under state law for greater transparency in elections. While Congress created the Federal Election Commission to oversee federal elections in 1974, each state is left to regulate its local elections. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, eleven states have no limits on how much can be contributed to a candidate by individual donors, while the other 39 states often limit the amount someone can contribute based on the office the candidate is running for.

Employee	Candidate	Party	Amount
Sarah Schmitz-Burns	Tim Walz	DFL	$2,000
Daniel Kessler	Daniel Kessler	DFL	$2,834
Penny Ann Wheeler	Tim Walz	DFL	$1,500
Penny Wheeler	Kelly Morrison	DFL	$1,000
Susan Hollenbeck	Pamela J. Myhra	RPM	$1,000
Anne Meyer Ruppel	Jon Olson	DFL	$500
Terry Cahill	Caitlin Cahill	DFL	$620
Bilal Murad	Ralph Kaehler	DFL	$250
Bilal Murad	Amir Joseph Malik	DFL	$250
Richard Meyer	Gretchen Piper	DFL	$300
Mary Carlson	Todd Lippert	DFL	$500
Robert Md McKlveen	Melisa Lopez Franzen	DFL	$250
Christine Wagner	Tony Albright	RPM	$850
Sam Hanson Willis	Scott D. Dibble	DFL	$250
Nichole Melton-Mitchell	Keith Ellison	DFL	$250
Spencer H. Kubo	Frank Hornstein	DFL	$500
Michael Christenson	Keith Ellison	DFL	$250
Samy Maklad	Amir Joseph Malik	DFL	$300