S&P execs' donations have favored Democrats in recent cycles

Senior executives for the company that downgraded the nation's credit rating on Friday night have made political donations to Democrats over the last several years.

Deven Sharma, the president of Standard & Poor's, contributed to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's (D-N.Y.) campaign in 2009 and 2010. He also gave $2,000 to Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) during the 2010 election cycle and to Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) and then-Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) in the 2008 cycle.

Sharma contributed to one Republican last year, giving $1,000 to Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio).

Pat Milano, another senior executive at S&P, contributed to Gillibrand, Landrieu and Dodd over the last couple of cycles, according to data culled from opensecrets.org.

John Weisenseel, senior vice president of finance at the firm, gave $500 to Himes in 2009. Adam Schuman, executive managing director and associate general counsel, contributed to Gillibrand in 2010.

Catherine Mathis, senior vice president of marketing and communications, gave $1,000 to Gillibrand and $500 to Portman last year.

Meanwhile, executive managing director Alex Matturi in 2010 contributed $750 to Gilliband.

All of these S&P executives are listed as senior managers on the company's website.

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