Hall of Fame
Joely Fisher ($5,800)
Rob Reiner ($671,783)
Anna Wintour ($47,150)
Brian Urlacher ($1,000)
Maya Angelou ($24,550)
Blake Edwards ($8,500)
Larry Gatlin ($15,490)
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ($1,000)
Clarence Avant ($500,638)
Pierce Brosnan ($2,000)
Spike Feresten ($2,550)
Kevin Sorbo ($1,500)
Thomas Gibson ($6,300)
Calvin Klein ($310,950)
Jerry Stiller ($2,000)
Sally Field ($36,600)
Matt LeBlanc ($4,000)
Chuck Palahniuk ($2,000)
Tommy Lee Jones ($12,300)
Janine Turner ($7,500)
Park Overall ($500)
Oliver Platt ($7,930)
Jack Nicholson ($24,500)
Billie Jean King ($19,800)
Anita Baker ($1,000)
Dylan McDermott ($2,000)
Susan Dey ($1,350)
Lisa Loeb ($3,600)
Pam Ward ($2,800)
George Takei ($18,304)
Ina Garten ($5,800)
Bucky Dent ($500)
Reese Witherspoon ($1,500)
Maura Tierney ($45,100)
Rich Eisen ($1,500)
John Fogerty ($3,000)
Jeff Goldblum ($1,000)
Warren Littlefield ($9,620)
Cheryl Hines ($2,000)
Leonard Nimoy ($38,300)
Jerry Jones ($24,667)
Joe Walsh ($7,250)
Mia Farrow ($1,000)
John Andretti ($750)
Jerome Bettis ($9,300)
Bess Armstrong ($750)
George Foreman ($1,000)
John Podhoretz ($450)
Robert Duvall ($1,000)
Garry Marshall ($76,900)
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Hall of Fame ► Billionaires
Riley Bechtel (bio ) Bechtel Group chairman, ceo
NEWS MEAT
1,897
Election Picks: 5 wins, 12 losses
$42,500 Republican $1,000 Democrat $43,285 special interest total: $86,785
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election
Amount
Date
FEC
Bechtel, Riley 94119 David Dreier (R) - $2,400 primary 04/07/09 BECHTEL, RILEY MR CBE 94105 - $10,000 primary 10/27/08 BECHTEL, RILEY PEART 94105 - $570 primary 11/19/06 BECHTEL, RILEY PEART 94105 - $1,295 general 03/26/06 BECHTEL, RILEY PEART 94105 - $2,405 primary 12/18/05 Bechtel, Riley P 94119 - $2,000 primary 11/18/04 BECHTEL, RILEY P 94105 Bill Jones (R)Lost $1,000 general 10/07/04 BECHTEL, RILEY PEART 94105 - $2,405 primary 12/23/01 Bechtel, Riley P. Mr. 94105 Ralph Regula (Rep)Won $1,000 primary 11/09/01 BECHTEL, RILEY P 94119 - $2,000 primary 11/03/00 BECHTEL, RILEY P 94105 Ralph Regula (Rep)Won $1,000 general 10/18/00 BECHTEL, RILEY 94105 CAMPBELL, TOM (R)Lost $1,000 general 09/30/00 BECHTEL, RILEY 94105 HUTCHISON, CLAUDE B JR (R)Lost $1,000 general 09/30/00 Bechtel, Riley P. Mr. 94119 Elizabeth Dole (R)Lost $1,000 primary 06/30/99 BECHTEL, RILEY 94119 CAMPBELL, THOMAS J (R)Lost $1,000 primary 05/19/99 BECHTEL, RILEY P 94105 - $5,000 primary 12/31/97 BECHTEL, RILEY 94026 CAMPBELL, THOMAS J (R)Won $1,000 general 09/26/96 BECHTEL, RILEY P 94119 Bob Dole (R)Lost $100 primary 12/04/95 BECHTEL, RILEY P 94119 Bob Dole (R)Lost $2,000 primary 11/28/95 BECHTEL, RILEY P 94105 - $5,000 primary 10/30/95 BECHTEL, RILEY P 94105 - $5,000 primary 08/10/93 BECHTEL, RILEY P 94119 SEYMOUR, JOHN F (R)Lost $1,000 general 10/30/92 BECHTEL, RILEY P 94119 Dianne Feinstein (D)Won $1,000 general 10/26/92 BECHTEL, RILEY P 94119 - $10,000 primary 10/08/92 BECHTEL, RILEY P 94105 George H W Bush (R)Lost $1,000 primary 03/17/92 BECHTEL, RILEY P 94119 - $5,000 primary 02/05/92 BECHTEL, RILEY P 94119 SEYMOUR, JOHN F (R)Lost $500 primary 10/04/91 BECHTEL, RILEY P 94119 - $3,300 primary 09/20/91 BECHTEL, RILEY P 94026 CAMPBELL, TOM (R)Lost $1,000 primary 04/23/91 BECHTEL, RILEY P 94119 - $-230 primary 12/10/89 BECHTEL, RILEY P 94119 - $5,000 primary 07/10/89 BECHTEL, RILEY P 94119 - $1,000 primary 06/06/89 BECHTEL, RILEY P MR 94105 WILSON, PETER B (R)Won $1,000 general 10/21/88 BECHTEL, RILEY P - $540 primary 10/06/88 BECHTEL, RILEY P 94105 HECHT, CHIC (R)Lost $500 general 10/06/88 BECHTEL, RILEY P 94105 DAWKINS, PETER MILLER (R)Lost $1,000 general 09/16/88 BECHTEL, RILEY P 94105 DAWKINS, PETER MILLER (R)Lost $1,000 primary 05/17/88 BECHTEL, RILEY P 94119 - $5,000 primary 12/19/81 BECHTEL, RILEY P 94105 CONNALLY, JOHN B. (R)Lost $1,000 primary 01/19/81 Receive an alert every time new records are added to Riley Bechtel's report.
* general election result only; "Lost" = didn't win seat for that cycleNEWS MEAT report provided by the Federal Election Commission as of 11/23/09 — 17,210,953 records
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US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,442
2,970
GIs Killed in Action
3,476
650
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
891
192
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,883
2,678
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
124,000
68,000
AP
, AP
Total Cost (approved through Sept 30, 2009)
$711 Bln
$219 Bln
AP
Cost Per Day (Avg)
$298 Mil
$75.2 Mil
casualty status updated November 23, 2009
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