There were at least 277 contributions made to political candidates and committees by Southern Company employees, 13.7 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.
John Smith's contributions
| Committee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winred | - | Republican Party | $400 |
| Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $200 |
Other donations by employees of Southern Company
| Employee | Candidate | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas W. Wilson | - | $8,740 | |
| Martin B. Davis | - | $8,736 | |
| Mark S. Lantrip | - | $8,736 | |
| James Y. Kerr II | - | $8,736 | |
| Christopher C. Womack | - | $8,736 | |
| Andrew Evans | - | $8,736 | |
| David Weaver | David Perdue | Republican Party | $8,400 |
| Sterling A. Spainhour Jr. | - | $8,324 | |
| Thomas A. Fanning | - | $8,320 | |
| Ann P. Daiss | - | $7,332 | |
| Christine M. Thom | - | $7,155 | |
| Bryan H. Batson | - | $6,790 | |
| Christopher C. Collier | - | $6,556 | |
| Curley Henry | - | $6,274 | |
| John J. Robinson | - | $6,208 | |
| Michael E. Britt | - | $6,120 | |
| Thomas A. Fanning | - | $6,000 | |
| Aaron P. Abramovitz | - | $5,987 | |
| James W. Bryson | - | $5,767 | |
| Robin B. Boren | - | $5,624 | |
| David C. Weaver | - | $5,619 | |
| Thomas Fanning | Mitch McConnell | Republican Party | $5,600 |
| David E. Slovensky | - | $5,592 | |
| Grace Kolvereid | - | $5,581 | |
| Elizabeth W. Reese | - | $5,208 | |
| Matthew D. Bozzelli | - | $5,068 | |
| Thomas P. Bishop | - | $5,000 | |
| Thomas P. Bishop | - | $5,000 | |
| Thomas A. Fanning | - | $5,000 | |
| James E. Bolles | - | $4,676 | |
| Jim R. Fletcher | - | $4,608 | |
| Jack D. Sutton Jr. | - | $4,590 | |
| Matthew Kim | - | $4,579 | |
| Shannon O. Pierce | - | $4,522 | |
| James Y. Kerr II | - | $4,500 | |
| Andrew Evans | - | $4,500 | |
| Brian Barrios | - | $4,445 | |
| Steve L. Williams Jr. | - | $4,403 | |
| Michael Sullivan | - | $4,276 | |
| Derrick S. Glaze | - | $4,228 | |
| Tiffany Callaway-Ferrell | - | $3,896 | |
| Jesse W. Killings | - | $3,623 | |
| Lynn Murray | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $3,500 |
| Timothy S. Sherwood | - | $3,400 | |
| Gwen S. Frazier | - | $3,251 | |
| Daniel S. Tucker | - | $3,200 | |
| Michelle H. Pierce | - | $3,174 | |
| Laura I. Patterson | - | $3,124 | |
| Elizabeth W. Reese | - | $3,038 | |
| Dat T. Tran | - | $3,020 | |
| Robert Duvall | David Perdue | Republican Party | $3,000 |
| Louise Scott | David Perdue | Republican Party | $3,000 |
| Kimberly S. Greene | David Perdue | Republican Party | $3,000 |
| Kimberly Greene | - | $3,000 | |
| Kim Greene | Mitch McConnell | Republican Party | $3,000 |
| Christopher C. Womack | - | $3,000 | |
| Chris Womack | Raphael Warnock | Democratic Party | $3,000 |
| Bryan H. Batson | David Perdue | Republican Party | $3,000 |
| Todd A. Terrell | - | $2,839 | |
| Jon P. Haygood | - | $2,804 | |
| Jim Kerr | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $2,800 |
| Michael E. Ellis | - | $2,613 | |
| Lindsay R. Hill | - | $2,533 | |
| Jarell Mikell | - | $2,505 | |
| Randall Bryson | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $2,500 |
| Dorothy E. Rahn | - | $2,385 | |
| Paul A. Sabella | - | $2,319 | |
| Joane S. Hood | - | $2,313 | |
| Bradley J. Gates | - | $2,311 | |
| Leslie R. Sibert | - | $2,250 | |
| John B. Ivemeyer | - | $2,240 | |
| Jeffery S. Powell | - | $2,222 | |
| Veronica F. Hodges-Johnson | - | $2,212 | |
| Andrew Bouldin | - | $2,206 | |
| David A. White | - | $2,187 | |
| Christopher H. Demko | - | $2,165 | |
| Charles A. Rawson III | - | $2,160 | |
| Tim W. Mcalister | - | $2,140 | |
| Park Chan | - | $2,048 | |
| Julie N. Olvin | - | $2,028 | |
| Steven J. Sanders | - | $2,021 | |
| Laura B. Carden | - | $2,003 | |
| Chris Horace | - | $2,003 | |
| Ed Davidson | Cory Gardner | Republican Party | $2,000 |
| Charles R. Newsome | - | $2,000 | |
| Cinnamon D. Mclin | - | $1,830 | |
| Juan Valle | - | $1,823 | |
| Sarah Ann Hankamer | - | $1,800 | |
| Sheryl J. Callender | - | $1,796 | |
| Johnny J. Howze Jr. III | - | $1,742 | |
| Howard A. Samms | - | $1,731 | |
| Tammie W. Pettway | - | $1,724 | |
| James M. Garvie | - | $1,650 | |
| Deborah S. Gaffney | - | $1,650 | |
| Anita S. Perry | - | $1,637 | |
| Schuyler J. Baehman | - | $1,578 | |
| Lisa J. Sharp | - | $1,575 | |
| Dean G. Marianos | - | $1,546 | |
| William Widner | David Perdue | Republican Party | $1,500 |
| Thomas A. Fanning | Kelly Loeffler | Republican Party | $1,500 |
| Thomas A. Fanning | - | $1,500 | |
| Chris Womack | Michael Alexander Blake | Democratic Party | $1,500 |
| William Desantis | - | $1,440 | |
| Todd A. Perkins | - | $1,435 | |
| Dennis C. Brown | - | $1,405 | |
| W.C. Widner | - | $1,402 | |
| Richard R. Lonn | - | $1,375 | |
| Michele L. Guido | - | $1,350 | |
| Harry B. Nuttall | - | $1,350 | |
| Ronald Forster | - | $1,335 | |
| Joanne Abrams Mello | - | $1,335 | |
| Steaven A. Rowe | - | $1,327 | |
| Laura O. Hewett | - | $1,300 | |
| James Lucas | - | Republican Party | $1,280 |
| Earl Berry | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,275 |
| Dean Tolete | - | Republican Party | $1,260 |
| Jeffrey S. Webster | - | $1,254 | |
| Stephen L. Wassell | - | $1,245 | |
| Deborah S. Gaffney | - | $1,200 | |
| Ashley S. Black | - | $1,175 | |
| Paul C. Leath | - | $1,168 | |
| John M. Cogburn III | - | $1,110 | |
| Robert B. Morris | - | $1,100 | |
| Henry P. Linginfelter | - | $1,100 | |
| Charles B. Casey | - | $1,090 | |
| Hugh H. Armitage | - | $1,080 | |
| Robert W. Perez | - | $1,052 | |
| L.S. Rentz Jr. | - | $1,038 | |
| Marisa Simpson | - | $1,015 | |
| Myra Bierria | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Martin Davis | Kamala D. Harris | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Ed P. Davidson | - | $1,000 | |
| Ed Davidson | Dan Newhouse | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| Christopher Womack | Kelly Loeffler | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| Christopher Womack | Karen Bass | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| Beth Vowell | Kelly Loeffler | Republican Party | $1,000 |
| Anne Hydrick Kaiser | Teresa Pike Tomlinson | Democratic Party | $1,000 |
| James R. Cobb | - | $990 | |
| Stacy Lucchesi | - | $964 | |
| Emily L. O'Brien | - | $957 | |
| Sarah Barge | - | $956 | |
| Karen S. Hammonds | - | $952 | |
| T.G. Park | - | $950 | |
| Blake T. O'Farrow | - | $900 | |
| Paul R. Shlanta | - | $880 | |
| Terrell Mccollum | - | $877 | |
| Roger B. Bryant | - | $861 | |
| Donald J. Campbell | - | $849 | |
| William S. Horne | - | $827 | |
| Julie T. Pigott | - | $820 | |
| Timothy P. Acklin | - | $800 | |
| Steven A. Fluevog | - | $800 | |
| Richard E. Downs Jr. | - | $800 | |
| Harry L. Banks | - | $800 | |
| Daniel S. Tucker | - | $800 | |
| Bruce E. Dunlap | - | $800 | |
| Jodie J. Hart | - | $750 | |
| Brad Osterbuhr | - | Republican Party | $750 |
| Charles M. Sparks | - | $741 | |
| Robert K. Beideman | - | $720 | |
| Michael J. Morley | - | $700 | |
| James A. Trupiano | - | $700 | |
| Janet K. Booker | - | $691 | |
| J.R. Sunderland | - | $678 | |
| Thomas C. Wideman | - | $674 | |
| Christopher Cummiskey | - | $662 | |
| Eugene Rozgonyi | - | $625 | |
| Eric C. O'Neal | - | $609 | |
| Alina Lee | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $600 |
| Rachel L. Coker | - | $550 | |
| Jeffrey Kane | - | $550 | |
| Howard M. Smith Jr. | - | $550 | |
| Crystal Woods | - | $550 | |
| Frank Casper | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $540 |
| Lisa J. Sharp | - | $525 | |
| Constantine T. Poulos | - | $523 | |
| Anthony W. Ondrus | - | $520 | |
| Miguel A. Barboza | - | $514 | |
| Mashaun Gerard Rosemond | - | $504 | |
| Randall Bryson | - | Republican Party | $500 |
| Mark S. Lantrip | - | $500 | |
| Kasey Chow | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $500 |
| James Lucas | - | $500 | |
| Frank Casper | - | $500 | |
| Ed Davidson | - | Republican Party | $500 |
| Ed Davidson | John James | Republican Party | $500 |
| Alanna G. Dunn | Nicole Rodden | Republican Party | $500 |
| Richard T. Rogers | - | $480 | |
| Kerry M. Hogan | - | $480 | |
| Richard Downs | - | Republican Party | $450 |
| L.R. Lightsey | - | $450 | |
| Erica Mcgill | - | $450 | |
| Thomas A. Fanning | - | $416 | |
| Ronald L. Gurley | - | $409 | |
| Daniel Kelleher | Amy J. Klobuchar | Democratic Party | $400 |
| Frank Casper | Raphael Warnock | Democratic Party | $375 |
| Jo Ann Luke May | - | Republican Party | $370 |
| Louise Scott | Lynne Homrich | Republican Party | $350 |
| Cheryl W. Peters | - | $350 | |
| James Lucas | Dan Newhouse | Republican Party | $310 |
| Robert J. Beck | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $300 |
| Pamela L. Cundiff | - | $300 | |
| Jeffrey D. Snelling | - | $300 | |
| Crawford Edwards | - | $300 | |
| Crawford E. Edwards | - | $300 | |
| Chris M. Gray | - | $300 | |
| Lee Evans | - | $297 | |
| Jerold B. Johnson | - | $293 | |
| Scott A. Gammill | - | $280 | |
| James Heath | Jonathan T. Ossoff | Democratic Party | $276 |
| R.T. Cox | - | $261 | |
| Mark D. Crawford | - | $259 | |
| Michael Sullivan | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Kasey Chow | Jonathan T. Ossoff | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Kasey Chow | Jaime Harrison | Democratic Party | $250 |
| Dekia M. Scott | - | $250 | |
| Crawford Edwards | - | Republican Party | $250 |
| Crawford E. Edwards | - | Republican Party | $250 |
| Brad Osterbuhr | - | Republican Party | $250 |
| Billy Horne | Bill Hembree | Republican Party | $250 |
| William G. Buck | - | $240 | |
| Rosa Liou | - | $240 | |
| Miguel A. Barboza | - | $240 | |
| Jared Racine | - | $240 | |
| Christopher J. Kysar | - | $240 | |
| Dean Tolete | Mitch McConnell | Republican Party | $232 |
| Stuart W. Pierce | - | $221 | |
| John J. Walker | - | $216 | |
| Christopher B. Anglin | - | $203 | |
| Robert J. Beck | - | $200 | |
| Rebecca Gray | - | $200 | |
| Jack Comer | - | $200 | |
| Dana B. Hubbard | - | $171 | |
| Charles M. Sparks | - | $166 | |
| Julie Johnson | - | Republican Party | $150 |
| Frank Casper | Lucia Kay Mcbath | Democratic Party | $150 |
| Danna G. Clary | - | $150 | |
| Frank Casper | - | Democratic Party | $135 |
| Joann Luke-May | - | $128 | |
| Sheree Sturgis | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $100 |
| Penny H. Soles | - | $100 | |
| John S. Hemphill III | - | $100 | |
| Christa T. Hintz | - | $100 | |
| Laura Seal | Donald Trump | Republican Party | $99 |
| Christopher Horace | - | Republican Party | $90 |
| Joann Luke-May | - | $87 | |
| Thomas Herber | - | $85 | |
| Thomas E. Herber | - | $85 | |
| Earl Berry | Theresa Greenfield | Democratic Party | $80 |
| Tracey Hudson | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $75 |
| Bradley W. Grout | - | $75 | |
| Pamela R. Pitts | - | $65 | |
| Victoria R. Gamble | - | $60 | |
| Steven H. Huling | - | $60 | |
| Shanae W. Johnson | - | $60 | |
| Roger S. Steffens Jr. | - | $60 | |
| Mike F. Pannullo | - | $60 | |
| Marcia A. Mcintyre | - | $60 | |
| Lindley G. Palmer | - | $60 | |
| Kenneth C. Shiver | - | $60 | |
| J.M. Brown | - | $60 | |
| Glenn E. Taylor | - | $60 | |
| Dustin Dowdy | - | $60 | |
| Cynthia B. King | - | $60 | |
| Paul Grice | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Katherine Goodhart | - | Republican Party | $50 |
| John Whitcomb | Bernard Sanders | Democratic Party | $50 |
| Gregory S. Edwards | - | $50 | |
| Veronica Pumch | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $40 |
| Steven M. Murphy | - | $40 | |
| Ian M. Skelton | - | $40 | |
| Elizabeth B. Wade | - | $40 | |
| Brian T. Hannon | - | $40 | |
| Charles Tippins Jr. | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $25 |
| Myra Bierria | Joe Biden | Democratic Party | $19 |
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