Hall of Fame
Pat Boone ($43,085)
Martina Navratilova ($27,800)
Elaine May ($7,000)
Roger Goodell ($18,300)
Darrell Waltrip ($64,025)
Norman Jewison ($16,550)
Jon Voight ($4,500)
Spike Jonze ($7,500)
Gloria Steinem ($55,515)
Lowry Mays ($488,790)
Dennis Quaid ($4,200)
Sela Ward ($625)
David Koepp ($67,400)
Olivia Newton-John ($500)
will.i.am ($31,800)
Aaron Sorkin ($201,700)
Philip Seymour Hoffman ($10,900)
Bob Barker ($3,000)
John R Hall ($750)
Joan Rivers ($6,750)
Eliza Dushku ($1,000)
Bruce Hornsby ($10,320)
Rider Strong ($2,500)
Jimmie Johnson ($4,300)
Kevin Bacon ($36,000)
Chris Berman ($7,749)
Louie Anderson ($2,500)
Cathy Guisewite ($5,525)
Joel Surnow ($4,100)
Sean Hannity ($2,100)
John Legend ($5,600)
Peter Farrelly ($90,900)
Harry Thomason ($40,850)
Max Wright ($1,500)
Dick Cavett ($500)
David Ogden Stiers ($10,650)
Tucker Carlson ($1,000)
Drayton McLane Jr ($386,494)
Casey Kasem ($77,702)
Jonathan Franzen ($9,100)
Joe Walsh ($7,250)
Lauren Hutton ($4,000)
Joe Francis ($4,000)
Ed Asner ($33,575)
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Sr ($5,250)
Jerry Springer ($201,340)
Jerome Armstrong ($3,150)
Larry Gatlin ($15,490)
Isiah Thomas ($14,000)
Nicole Kidman ($25,500)
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Jane Smiley
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NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
903
Election Picks: 4 wins, 5 losses
$11,100 Democrat $2,625 special interest total: $13,725
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
Smiley, Jane Carmel Valley, CA 93924 Self employed/WriterBarack Obama (D) President OBAMA VICTORY FUNDWon $300 primary 10/30/08
posted 11/11/09 Smiley, Jane Carmel Valley, CA 93924 Self employed/Novelist DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE (D) - $300 primary 10/05/08
Smiley, Jane Carmel Valley, CA 93924 self/writerBarack Obama (D) President OBAMA VICTORY FUNDWon $1,000 primary 09/27/08
Smiley, Jane Carmel Valley, CA 93924 Self employed/WriterBarack Obama (D) President OBAMA FOR AMERICAWon $1,000 general 09/04/08
Smiley, Jane Carmel Valley, CA 93924 Self employed/WriterJohn Edwards (D) President JOHN EDWARDS FOR PRESIDENTLost $500 primary 01/12/08
Smiley, Jane Carmel Valley, CA 93924 Self/Writer AMERICA COMING TOGETHER - $225 primary 10/27/04
Smiley, Jane CArmel Valley, CA 93924 self/writer DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE (D) - $300 primary 10/25/04
Smiley, Jane Dr Jr Decatur, GA 30033 writer/self MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION - $250 09/02/04
SMILEY, JANE Denise L. Majette (D) Senate - GA DENISE MAJETTE FOR SENATELost $250 general 09/02/04
Smiley, Jane CArmel Valley, CA 93924 self/writer DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE (D) - $250 primary 08/31/04
Smiley, Jane Carmel Valley, CA 93924 Self/WriterJohn Kerry (D) President JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INCLost $500 primary 06/30/04
Smiley, Jane Carmel Valley, CA 93924 Self/WriterJohn Kerry (D) President JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INCLost $500 primary 06/29/04
Smiley, Jane T. Sarasota, FL 34236 Retired/RetiredChristine Jennings (D) House (FL District: 13) CHRIS JENNINGS FOR CONGRESSLost $200 primary 04/17/04
Smiley, Jane Carmel Valley, CA 93924 Self/WriterJohn Kerry (D) President JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INCLost $500 primary 03/09/04
SMILEY, JANE AMES, IA 50010 AUTHORTom Harkin (D) Senate - IA CITIZENS FOR HARKINWon $400 primary 12/08/95
SMILEY, JANE AMES, IA 50010 AUTHORTom Harkin (D) Senate - IA CITIZENS FOR HARKINWon $500 primary 09/13/95
SMILEY, JANE G Barbara Boxer (D) Senate - CA BARBARA BOXER FOR U S SENATEWon $1,000 general 10/13/92
SMILEY, JANE AMES, IA 50010 NARAL PRO-CHOICE AMERICA PAC - $900 primary 10/09/92
SMILEY, JANE EMILY'S LIST - $1,000 general 10/05/92
SMILEY, JANE AMES, IA 50010 DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE (D) - $900 primary 10/01/92
SMILEY, JANE AMES, IA 50010 BRAUN, CAROL MOSELEY (D) Senate - IL CAROL MOSELEY-BRAUN FOR US SENATE 1998 INCWon $1,000 general 09/30/92
SMILEY, JANE AMES, IA 50010 DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE (D) - $900 primary 09/29/92
SMILEY, JANE AMES, IA 50010 IOWA STATE UNIVBAXTER, ELAINE B (D) House (IA District: 03) ELAINE BAXTER FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEELost $800 general 09/24/92
SMILEY, JANE LAC DU FLAMBEAU, WI 54538 EMILY'S LIST - $250 primary 06/30/92
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Afghanistan
Days
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2,966
GIs Killed in Action
3,476
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889
192
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,883
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