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Cameron Crowe ($41,900)
Virginia Halas McCaskey ($24,200)
Gregg Popovich ($2,000)
Neil Cavuto ($1,000)
Deborah Norville ($1,000)
Craig Newmark ($86,270)
Tim Matheson ($1,900)
Don King ($284,300)
Tom Werner ($321,100)
Vera Wang ($37,120)
Randy Jackson ($3,300)
Marlee Matlin ($300)
Joely Fisher ($5,800)
Markos Moulitsas ($37,050)
Ken Venturi ($550)
Al Pacino ($4,000)
Magic Johnson ($38,800)
John Daly ($1,000)
Rosanna Arquette ($17,300)
Amber Valletta ($34,750)
Randi Rhodes ($9,450)
Maury Povich ($66,300)
Dan Castellaneta ($3,300)
Joe Francis ($4,000)
Milos Forman ($26,950)
Garry Trudeau ($119,100)
Big Kenny Alphin ($3,300)
Jean Louisa Kelly ($500)
John Podhoretz ($450)
Sam Raimi ($5,950)
Diedrich Bader ($3,000)
Itzhak Perlman ($11,000)
Star Jones ($1,250)
Kate Hudson ($17,000)
Billie Joe Armstrong ($6,900)
Anne Sweeney ($25,500)
Ed Begley, Jr ($36,200)
Thomas Schlamme ($62,175)
Jasmine Guy ($3,800)
Sean Penn ($6,600)
David Fincher ($7,100)
Conan O'Brien ($5,600)
Jamie Foxx ($46,100)
Noam Chomsky ($2,450)
Gary Ross ($70,122)
Kenny Loggins ($12,250)
Sharon Stone ($33,700)
John Ziegler ($11,100)
Peter Farrelly ($95,800)
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Melanie Griffith
actress
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
171
Election Picks: 8 wins, 2 losses
$2,500 Republican $99,422 Democrat $26,200 special interest total: $128,122
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
GRIFFITH, MELANIE BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 Barack Obama (D) President OBAMA VICTORY FUND - $-1,300 primary 10/13/09
Griffith, Melanie Beverly Hills, CA 90210 1-2-3 Cashmere, Inc./Actress DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE (D) - $30,400 primary 05/31/09
GRIFFITH, MELANIE BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 Barack Obama (D) President OBAMA VICTORY FUND - $-1,300 primary 03/25/09
GRIFFITH, MELANIE BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 Barack Obama (D) President OBAMA VICTORY FUND - $-1,300 primary 03/25/09
GRIFFITH, MELANIE BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 Barack Obama (D) President OBAMA VICTORY FUND - $-1,300 primary 11/21/08
Griffith, Melanie Beverly Hills, CA 90210 Actress/Self NEVADA STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY (D) - $550 primary 09/19/08
Griffith, Melanie Beverly Hills, CA 90210 Actress/SelfBarack Obama (D) President OBAMA VICTORY FUNDWon $30,800 primary 09/19/08
Griffith, Melanie Beverly Hills, CA 90210 Self employed/Actress COMMITTEE FOR CHANGE - $26,200 primary 09/19/08
Griffith, Melanie Beverly Hills, CA 90210 Self employed/Actress DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF WISCONSIN (D) - $822 primary 09/19/08
Griffith, Melanie Beverly Hills, CA 90210 Self employed/ActressBarack Obama (D) President OBAMA FOR AMERICAWon $500 general 08/29/08
Griffith, Melanie Beverly Hills, CA 90210 Self employed/ActressBarack Obama (D) President OBAMA FOR AMERICAWon $800 general 08/29/08
Griffith, Melanie Beverly Hills, CA 90210 Self employed/ActressBarack Obama (D) President OBAMA FOR AMERICAWon $1,000 primary 07/10/08
GRIFFITH, MELANIE BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 CASHMERE PRODUCTIONS INCBarack Obama (D) Senate - IL OBAMA FOR ILLINOIS INCWon $1,000 general 09/23/04
GRIFFITH, MELANIE BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 MAD PRODUCTIONS INCHillary Rodham Clinton (D) Senate - NY FRIENDS OF HILLARYWon $500 primary 03/28/04
Griffith, Melanie Beverly Hills, CA 90210 Cashmere Productions/ActressJohn Kerry (D) President JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INCLost $2,000 primary 02/27/04
GRIFFITH, MELANIE BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 MAD PRODUCTIONS INCHillary Rodham Clinton (D) Senate - NY NEW YORK DEMOCRATIC VICTORY 2000Won $1,000 primary 08/31/99
GRIFFITH, MELANIE BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 ACTRESSBarbara Boxer (D) Senate - CA FRIENDS OF BARBARA BOXERWon $1,000 primary 03/23/98
GRIFFITH, MELANIE BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 CASHMERE PRODUCTIONS DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE (D) - $2,500 primary 08/08/97
GRIFFITH, MELANIE BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 ACTRESSBill Clinton (D) President CLINTON/GORE '96 PRIMARY COMMITTEE INCWon $1,000 primary 12/04/95
GRIFFITH, MELANIE BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 MAD PRODUCTIONS INC DNC-NON-FEDERAL INDIVIDUAL (soft-money donation) - $5,000 primary 07/26/95
GRIFFITH, MELANIE BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 MAD PRODUCTIONS INC DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE (D) - $20,000 primary 07/26/95
GRIFFITH, MELANIE LOS ANGELES, CA 90064 ACTRESSDianne Feinstein (D) Senate - CA CALIFORNIA VICTORY '94Won $4,000 primary 09/20/94
GRIFFITH, MELANIE LOS ANGELES, CA 90064 ACTRESSDianne Feinstein (D) Senate - CA CALIFORNIA VICTORY '94Won $1,000 primary 09/20/94
GRIFFITH, MELANIE LOS ANGELES, CA 90064 ACTRESS REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE (R) - $2,500 primary 10/22/92
GRIFFITH, MELANIE LOS ANGELES, CA 90064 ACTORDianne Feinstein (D) Senate - CA FEINSTEIN FOR SENATE COMMITTEEWon $250 primary 02/26/92
GRIFFITH, MELANIE LOS ANGELES, CA 90049 HEATH, JOSEPHINE (D) Senate - CO JOSIE HEATH FOR U S SENATE INCLost $500 general 08/30/90
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