Hall of Fame
Candy Spelling ($17,000)
Kevin Johnson ($13,400)
Scott Glenn ($250)
Leonardo DiCaprio ($41,909)
David Hiller ($27,150)
Nicole Miller ($33,500)
Steve Martin ($15,900)
Debra Jo Rupp ($1,500)
Pam Ward ($2,800)
James L Dolan ($467,700)
James Cameron ($13,000)
Suzanne Somers ($1,000)
George Packer ($1,250)
Lawrence Kudlow ($42,077)
Mark Cuban ($7,000)
Bill Cunningham ($10,550)
John C Reilly ($3,300)
Howard Hesseman ($4,375)
Melanie Griffith ($129,422)
Renee Zellweger ($54,800)
Maggie Gallagher ($500)
Richard Linklater ($7,800)
Ally Sheedy ($5,100)
Jeffrey Katzenberg ($1,427,220)
Brandon Routh ($250)
Cash Warren ($3,100)
Illeana Douglas ($250)
David E Kelley ($35,800)
Danny Ainge ($3,550)
Harry Thomason ($40,850)
Joan Cusack ($4,875)
Quincy Jones ($248,475)
Rick Hilton ($9,300)
Dennis Green ($9,550)
Aretha Franklin ($2,000)
Franco Harris ($69,030)
Jimmy Buffett ($37,100)
Francis Ford Coppola ($8,518)
Mark Feuerstein ($250)
Les Moonves ($40,450)
Annette Bening ($27,724)
Jonathan Franzen ($9,100)
David Mamet ($16,700)
Danny Glover ($8,825)
David Stern ($1,123,360)
Magic Johnson ($38,800)
Don King ($274,700)
Sam Raimi ($5,950)
Pat Bowlen ($38,250)
Sanjay Gupta ($8,200)
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Ken Burns
, 56 (bio ) filmmaker
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
965
Election Picks: 5 wins, 8 losses
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
posted 11/01/09 BURNS, KENNETH L WALPOLE, NH 03608 FLORENTINE FILMS/FILMAKERHODES, PAUL W (D) Senate - NH HODES FOR SENATE - $1,000 primary 09/24/09
BURNS, KENNETH L WALPOLE, NH 03608 FLORENTINE FILMS/FILMMAKERHODES, PAUL W (D) Senate - NH HODES FOR SENATE - $1,000 primary 05/31/09
Burns, Kenneth L Walpole, NH 03608 Self/FilmmakerBarack Obama (D) President OBAMA VICTORY FUNDWon $2,300 primary 09/26/08
BURNS, KENNETH L WALPOLE, NH 03608 FLORENTINE FILMS/FILMMAKERMark Udall (D) House (CO District: 02) UDALL FOR COLORADOLost $250 general 08/18/08
BURNS, KENNETH L WALPOLE, NH 03608 SELF-EMPLOYED/FILM MAKERJeanne Shaheen (D) Senate - NH JEANNE SHAHEEN FOR SENATEWon $250 primary 03/31/08
Burns, Kenneth L Walpole, NH 03608 Florentine Films/Film MakerBarack Obama (D) President OBAMA FOR AMERICAWon $2,300 primary 03/18/08
Burns, Kenneth L Walpole, NH 03608 Self-Employed/AuthorTURNER, MICHAEL R (D) House (VA District: 10) MIKE TURNER FOR CONGRESSLost $250 primary 12/13/07
BURNS, KENNETH WALPOLE, NH 03608 FILM MAKERKen Salazar (D) Senate - CO COLORADO SENATE 2004Won $500 primary 09/08/04
Burns, Kenneth L Walpole, NH 03608 Room to Grow/Social WorkerJohn Kerry (D) President JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INCLost $2,000 primary 05/27/04
Burns, Kenneth L Walpole, NH 03608 Self/Filmmaker DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE (D) - $25,000 primary 04/13/04
BURNS, KENNETH L WALPOLE, NH 03608 FILM MAKERJeanne Shaheen (D) Senate - NH SHAHEEN FOR SENATE COMMITTEELost $500 primary 08/15/02
Burns, Kenneth Walpole, NH 03608 Self-employed/FilmakerKatrina Swett (D) House (NH District: 02) KATRINA SWETT FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEELost $250 primary 08/14/02
Burns, Kenneth Mr. Walpole, NH 03608 Florentine Films/Film MakerBRANNEN, BARNEY L III (D) House (NH District: 02) BRANNEN FOR CONGRESS INC - $-1,000 primary 06/30/00
Burns, Kenneth Mr. Walpole, NH 03608 Florentine Films/Film MakerBRANNEN, BARNEY L III (D) House (NH District: 02) BRANNEN FOR CONGRESS INCLost $1,000 general 06/30/00
BURNS, KENNETH L WALPOLE, NH 03608 FILMMAKERThomas R. Carper (D) Senate - DE CARPER FOR SENATEWon $250 primary 06/26/00
Burns, Kenneth Mr. Walpole, NH 03608 Florentine Films/Film MakerBRANNEN, BARNEY L III (D) House (NH District: 02) BRANNEN FOR CONGRESS INCLost $2,000 primary 06/22/00
BURNS, KENNETH WALPOLE, NH 03608 FLORENTINE FILMS NEW HAMPSHIRE DEMOCRATIC PARTY (D) - $500 primary 03/10/99
BURNS, KEN WALPOLE, NH 03608 FILMMAKER NEW HAMPSHIRE DEMOCRATIC PARTY (D) - $500 primary 09/01/98
BURNS, KENNETH WALPOLE, NH 03608 FLORENTINE FILMSGREEN, MARK (D) Senate - NY GREEN FOR UNITED STATES SENATELost $200 primary 12/15/97
BURNS, KEN WALPOLE, NH 03608 FILM MAKER NEW HAMPSHIRE DEMOCRATIC PARTY (D) - $250 primary 11/10/97
BURNS, KEN WALPOLE, NH 03608 FILM MAKER NEW HAMPSHIRE DEMOCRATIC PARTY (D) - $500 primary 10/23/97
BURNS, KENNETH WALPOLE, NH 03608 FILM MAKER NEW HAMPSHIRE DEMOCRATIC PARTY (D) - $500 primary 10/30/96
BURNS, KEN WALPOLE, NH 03608 FLORENTINE FILMSSWETT, DICK (D) Senate - NH SWETT FOR SENATELost $250 primary 05/10/95
BURNS, KEN WALPOLE, NH 03608 FLORENTINE FILMSSWETT, RICHARD NELSON (D) House (NH District: 02) DICK SWETT FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEEWon $500 primary 10/07/91
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