Title: AARP Is Officially Nonpartisan but Group Officials’ Money Mostly Goes to Dems
Headings: AARP Is Officially Nonpartisan but Group Officials’ Money Mostly Goes to Dems
Politics
AARP Is Officially Nonpartisan but Group Officials’ Money Mostly Goes to Dems

Content: Four members of AARP’s 12-member board of directors contributed to political candidates during the period examined by The Epoch Times. Board members aren’t AARP employees. Board member Robert Blancato was most active, making 39 contributions averaging $429. Blancato gave four contributions totaling $1,750 to Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.), while his other contributions, a total of $16,750, all went to Democrats. Board member Annette Franqui gave $500 to Florida Democratic congressional contender Matthew Hagman, who lost in the primary to Rep. Donna Shalala (D-Fla.). Board member Beth Ellard gave $100 to Act Blue in 2018; board member Lloyd Johnson gave $450 to Clinton and $100 to Act Blue. At the executive level of AARP, former Senior Executive Vice President Joyce Rogers contributed $1,000 to Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) and $500 to Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio), plus $11,750 to Clinton and other Democrats. Another vice president, Daphne Kwok, gave $12,207 to Clinton and other Democrats. Other AARP officials giving in 2016 and 2018 to Democrats included Martin Burns, the group’s manager of political intelligence.