Hall of Fame
Max Wright ($1,500)
David Ogden Stiers ($10,650)
Merle Haggard ($1,000)
Tyne Daly ($12,050)
Paul Rodriguez ($2,200)
Tom Kite ($2,000)
Cher ($11,400)
Jonathan Franzen ($9,100)
Yogi Berra ($1,000)
Catherine Coulter ($17,000)
Jerry Reinsdorf ($443,903)
Mark Peel ($7,303)
Laura Innes ($3,800)
Gore Vidal ($2,000)
Edie Falco ($2,800)
Rich Eisen ($1,500)
Jerry Rice ($1,000)
James L Dolan ($467,700)
Charles Barkley ($2,000)
Alan Horn ($854,365)
Barbra Streisand ($679,275)
Tony La Russa ($500)
Debra Jo Rupp ($1,500)
Pat Benatar ($2,375)
David McCullough ($9,000)
Leonard Nimoy ($38,300)
Les Moonves ($40,450)
Gary Collins ($2,250)
Lawrence Kudlow ($42,077)
Darrell Waltrip ($64,025)
Tracey Edmonds ($36,475)
Tommy Maddox ($2,000)
Judy Blume ($35,250)
Tavis Smiley ($2,500)
Kevin Nealon ($3,250)
Ron Jaworski ($5,000)
Rebecca De Mornay ($5,100)
Sam Wyche ($4,500)
Mark Ruffalo ($13,650)
Maggie Gyllenhaal ($11,000)
Mandy Patinkin ($3,211)
Frank Oz ($1,200)
Tatum O'Neal ($1,500)
Neal Boortz ($6,550)
Barry Switzer ($8,000)
Randi Rhodes ($6,700)
Hill Harper ($7,900)
Ed Koch ($28,192)
Josh Lucas ($250)
Gary Ross ($70,122)
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Hall of Fame ► Celebrities
Andy Griffith
actor
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
1,652
Election Picks: 1 win, 3 losses
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
Griffith, Andy Los Angeles, CA 90025 Self employed/ActorJohn Kerry (D) President JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INCLost $1,000 primary 06/04/04
GRIFFITH, ANDY MANTEO, NC 27954 ACTORSANDERS, CHARLES ADDISON (D) Senate - NC SANDERS FOR SENATELost $500 primary 11/30/95
GRIFFITH, ANDY NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA 91602 ACTORSANFORD, JAMES TERRY (D) Senate - NC TERRY SANFORD FOR U S SENATELost $500 general 11/03/92
GRIFFITH, ANDY NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA 91602 VIACOMSANFORD, JAMES TERRY (D) Senate - NC TERRY SANFORD FOR U S SENATEWon $500 general 10/22/86
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US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,438
2,966
GIs Killed in Action
3,476
649
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
889
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 17, 2009
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individual donations of $200 or more made after 1977
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• Celebrities (actors, musicians, authors, icons)
• Billionaires
• Sports Stars
• Media
• Business Executives
• Politics (pols, players, pundits, shills)
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