Hall of Fame
Paul Giamatti ($250)
James Lipton ($1,300)
Eddie Sutton ($4,625)
Jenny McCarthy ($1,250)
Jane Seymour ($6,000)
Jamie Foxx ($15,700)
Swoosie Kurtz ($750)
Nancy Grace ($1,000)
Nora Roberts ($1,500)
Bebe Neuwirth ($1,600)
Jennifer Aniston ($30,800)
Joanna Kerns ($24,400)
Clint Eastwood ($4,750)
John MacLeod ($3,000)
Mike Farrell ($10,200)
Helen Mirren ($600)
Richard Linklater ($5,300)
Stephanie Zimbalist ($25,500)
Ally Sheedy ($5,100)
Mia Farrow ($1,000)
Adam Yauch ($3,300)
Anita Baker ($1,000)
Joe Paterno ($7,550)
Zygi Wilf ($134,034)
Dave Matthews ($2,100)
Chris Evert ($500)
Lynda Carter ($14,400)
Meredith Baxter ($55,250)
Hank Aaron ($13,361)
Garry Marshall ($75,700)
Shirley MacLaine ($2,000)
Ethan Hawke ($25,000)
Sean Penn ($6,600)
Adam Savage ($5,800)
Nancy Walls ($10,000)
Peter Chernin ($222,913)
French Stewart ($1,000)
Ed Asner ($33,575)
Rick Schroder ($1,750)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus ($42,700)
Josh Radnor ($2,250)
Joseph Gordon-Levitt ($3,400)
Patricia Clarkson ($750)
Karen Duffy ($4,050)
Rick Hilton ($9,300)
Brenda Strong ($3,800)
Conan O'Brien ($5,600)
Daniel Snyder ($199,000)
James Brolin ($3,737)
Jerry Jones ($24,667)
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Ross Bleckner
, 59 (bio ) artist
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
1,862
Election Picks: 2 wins, 11 losses
$41,720 Democrat $13,050 special interest total: $54,770
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
BLECKNER, ROSS NEW YORK, NY 10011 Self/Artist DEMOCRATIC WHITE HOUSE VICTORY FUND - $10,000 primary 06/30/08
BLECKNER, ROSS NEW YORK, NY 10022 SELF-EMPLOYED/ARTISTFRANKEN, AL (DFL) Senate - MN AL FRANKEN FOR SENATEpending $250 primary 02/26/08
BLECKNER, ROSS NEW YORK, NY 10011 SELF/ARTISTNEAL, JIM (D) Senate - NC JIM NEAL FOR SENATE INCLost $1,000 primary 02/04/08
Bleckner, Ross New York, NY 10022 Self employed/ArtistHillary Clinton (D) President HILLARY CLINTON FOR PRESIDENTLost $500 primary 07/25/07
BLECKNER, ROSS NEW YORK, NY 10022 SELF-EMPLOYED/ARTISTFRANKEN, AL (DFL) Senate - MN AL FRANKEN FOR SENATEpending $500 primary 07/24/07
Bleckner, Ross New York, NY 10011 Self-Employed/Artist WESPAC - SECURING AMERICA'S FUTURE - $250 primary 08/31/06
BLECKNER, ROSS NEW YORK, NY 10011 SELF/ARTISTHillary Rodham Clinton (D) Senate - NY FRIENDS OF HILLARYWon $900 general 03/23/06
BLECKNER, ROSS NEW YORK, NY 10011 SELF/ARTISTHillary Rodham Clinton (D) Senate - NY FRIENDS OF HILLARYWon $1,100 primary 03/23/06
BLECKNER, ROSS NEW YORK, NY 10011 SELF/ARTISTHillary Rodham Clinton (D) Senate - NY FRIENDS OF HILLARYWon $1,000 primary 08/06/05
Bleckner, Ross New York, NY 10013 Self/ArtistJohn Kerry (D) President KERRY VICTORY 2004Lost $3,000 primary 07/20/04
BLECKNER, ROSS NEW YORK, NY 10013 ARTISTTom Daschle (D) Senate - SD NEW LEADERSHIP FOR AMERICA PACLost $1,000 general 07/09/04
Bleckner, Ross New York, NY 10013 Self-Employed/Artist WESPAC - SECURING AMERICA'S FUTURE - $1,000 primary 05/04/04
Bleckner, Ross New York, NY 10013 Self/ArtistJohn Kerry (D) President JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INCLost $2,000 primary 03/26/04
Bleckner, Ross New York, NY 10013 ArtistWesley Clark (D) President CLARK FOR PRESIDENT INC.Lost $2,000 primary 11/04/03
Bleckner, Ross New York, NY 10013 Self employed/ArtistHoward Dean (D) President DEAN FOR AMERICALost $500 primary 07/23/03
BLECKNER, ROSS NEW YORK, NY 10013 ARTIST ARTS PAC - $600 primary 10/29/02
Bleckner, Ross New York, NY 10013 Self-Employed/Artist ART 2002 - $1,200 primary 10/29/02
BLECKNER, ROSS NEW YORK, NY 10013 ARTIST DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE (D) - $15,000 primary 10/19/00
BLECKNER, ROSS NEW YORK, NY 10013 ARTIST DNC-NON-FEDERAL INDIVIDUAL (soft-money donation) - $5,000 primary 04/26/00
BLECKNER, ROSS NEW YORK, NY 10013 ARTISTFERRARO, GERALDINE A (D) Senate - NY FERRARO FOR SENATE '98Lost $1,000 primary 08/25/98
BLECKNER, ROSS NEW YORK, NY 10013 ARTISTTom Daschle (D) Senate - SD NEW LEADERSHIP FOR AMERICA PACWon $1,000 primary 03/17/98
BLECKNER, ROSS NEW YORK, NY 10013 ARTISTFERRARO, GERALDINE A (D) Senate - NY FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION '92Lost $5,000 primary 09/09/92
BLECKNER, ROSS NEW YORK, NY 10013 GANTT, HARVEY BERNARD (D) Senate - NC HARVEY GANTT FOR SENATE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE - $-300 general 03/15/91
BLECKNER, ROSS NEW YORK, NY 10013 GANTT, HARVEY BERNARD (D) Senate - NC HARVEY GANTT FOR SENATE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE - $-30 primary 03/15/91
BLECKNER, ROSS NEW YORK, NY 10013 ARTISTGANTT, HARVEY BERNARD (D) Senate - NC HARVEY GANTT FOR SENATE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEELost $300 general 10/09/90
BLECKNER, ROSS NEW YORK, NY 10013 ARTISTGANTT, HARVEY BERNARD (D) Senate - NC HARVEY GANTT FOR SENATE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEELost $1,000 general 09/12/90
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Days
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DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
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153
DoD
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13,624
1,692
DoD
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