NEWSMEAT Hall of Fame - US Business Executives
Federal Campaign Contributions Since 1978
updated every Monday
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| Contributor (click name for detailed report) |
Total |
Dem |
GOP |
Spec Int |
Election
Win/Loss |
| Joseph Abboud Joseph Abboud Worldwide chairman; fashion designer | $12,300 | 41% | 19% | 40% | 4-0 |
| F Duane Ackerman BellSouth chairman, ceo | $24,500 | 35% | 57% | 8% | 14-7 |
| Herbert Allison TIAA-CREF chairman, ceo | $119,524 | 13% | 18% | 69% | 16-13 |
| Bradbury Anderson Best Buy ceo | $115,459 | 2% | 89% | 9% | 2-4 |
| Paul Anderson Duke Energy chairman, ceo | $37,250 | 26% | 38% | 36% | 13-10 |
| G Allen Andreas Archer-Daniels-Midland chairman, ceo | $104,550 | 36% | 20% | 44% | 21-21 |
| John Antioco Blockbuster Inc chairman, ceo | $39,752 | 25% | 28% | 47% | 3-3 |
| Gerard Arpey American Airlines - Chairman, CEO | $90,795 | 21% | 8% | 71% | 19-2 |
| Andre Balazs hotelier | $31,500 | 68% | 0% | 32% | 3-4 |
| Craig Barrett Intel chairman; Intel ceo 1998-2005 | $187,274 | 3% | 71% | 26% | 45-22 |
| John Barth Johnson Controls chairman, ceo | $11,500 | 9% | 4% | 87% | 1-1 |
| J Battenberg, III Delphi Corp chairman, ceo | $68,450 | 12% | 35% | 53% | 16-4 |
| Robert Benmosche Metlife chairman, ceo | $56,775 | 50% | 14% | 36% | 12-6 |
| David Bernauer Walgreens chairman, ceo | $59,369 | 10% | 4% | 86% | 2-0 |
| Lloyd Blankfein Goldman Sachs Chairman, CEO 2006-present | $193,890 | 67% | 3% | 30% | 9-12 |
| Jack Bovender HCA Inc chairman, ceo | $247,714 | 7% | 57% | 36% | 28-23 |
| David Brandon Domino's Pizza ceo | $229,330 | 0% | 90% | 10% | 20-25 |
| Jeffrey Brotman Costco chairman | $151,625 | 73% | 15% | 12% | 28-16 |
| Steven Burd Safeway chairman, ceo | $41,330 | 13% | 53% | 34% | 5-1 |
| Kevin Burke Con Edison ceo | $47,925 | 5% | 2% | 93% | 5-0 |
| August Busch, III Anheuser-Busch chairman | $353,350 | 18% | 67% | 15% | 45-38 |
| August Busch, IV Anheuser-Busch president | $79,777 | 46% | 13% | 41% | 11-6 |
| Louis Camilleri Altria Group Chairman, CEO | $94,300 | 25% | 32% | 43% | 25-4 |
| Richard Causey former Enron chief accounting officer; convicted of fraud | $15,260 | 3% | 29% | 68% | 6-2 |
| James Cayne Bear Stearns chairman 2001-present; world-class Bridge player | $154,770 | 16% | 42% | 42% | 28-28 |
| Clarence Cazalot Marathon Oil ceo | $148,568 | 13% | 74% | 13% | 7-3 |
| John Chambers Cisco ceo | $1,333,491 | 13% | 75% | 12% | 43-13 |
| Kenneth Chenault American Express chairman, ceo | $124,642 | 40% | 2% | 58% | 12-14 |
| Vance Coffman Lockheed Martin chairman | $33,086 | 24% | 66% | 10% | 10-8 |
| Ben Cohen Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream co-founder | $114,273 | 66% | 1% | 33% | 10-27 |
| Kenneth Cole Kenneth Cole Productions chairman, ceo | $140,600 | 90% | 0% | 10% | 14-5 |
| Pete Coors Coors Brewing Co chairman | $331,707 | 1% | 82% | 17% | 34-36 |
| Alston Correll Georgia-Pacific chairman, ceo | $24,308 | 0% | 26% | 74% | 2-0 |
| David Cote Honeywell International - Chairman and CEO | $34,900 | 0% | 25% | 75% | 3-1 |
| George David United Technologies chairman, ceo | $296,600 | 28% | 34% | 38% | 63-17 |
| John DeLorean DeLorean Motor founder | $2,250 | 11% | 89% | 0% | 0-2 |
| Dick DeVos former Alticor (Amway) ceo | $255,203 | 0% | 74% | 26% | 20-22 |
| Richard 'Bo' Dietl Beau Dietl & Assoc. chairman, ceo; author | $32,550 | 28% | 72% | 0% | 7-6 |
| David Dillon Kroger chairman, ceo | $17,900 | 1% | 61% | 38% | 8-3 |
| Peter Dolan Bristol-Meyers Squibb chairman, CEO 2001-06 | $94,516 | 12% | 38% | 50% | 9-8 |
| John Donahoe eBay - CEO | $31,600 | 14% | 36% | 50% | 4-4 |
| David Dorman AT&T chairman, ceo | $50,665 | 12% | 62% | 26% | 7-9 |
| Bernie Ebbers former WorldCom ceo, convicted of fraud | $86,600 | 38% | 53% | 9% | 36-14 |
| David Edmondson RadioShack ceo 2005-06 | $9,000 | 6% | 11% | 83% | 2-0 |
| Michael Eisner Disney ceo 1984-2005 | $278,843 | 54% | 14% | 32% | 112-48 |
| Michael Eskew UPS chairman, ceo | $22,840 | 7% | 57% | 36% | 7-2 |
| Richard Fairbank Capitol One chairman, ceo | $84,850 | 15% | 20% | 65% | 4-1 |
| John Faraci International Paper chairman, ceo | $49,160 | 5% | 34% | 61% | 2-3 |
| Andrew Fastow former Enron CFO; convicted of fraud | $3,700 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 1-3 |
| Laurence Fink BlackRock Inc founder, CEO | $22,000 | 64% | 9% | 27% | 7-7 |
| Carly Fiorina former HP chairman, ceo | $34,300 | 0% | 13% | 87% | 1-1 |
| William Ford, Jr Ford Motor Company chairman | $163,292 | 20% | 68% | 12% | 15-13 |
| Gary Forsee Sprint chairman, ceo | $68,374 | 40% | 46% | 14% | 23-7 |
| Kent Foster Ingram Micro chairman, CEO 2000-05 | $1,000 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0-0 |
| Charles Gifford Bank of America chairman | $153,400 | 88% | 7% | 5% | 28-18 |
| Raymond Gilmartin Merck chairman, CEO 1994-2005 | $344,750 | 2% | 82% | 16% | 26-16 |
| Larry Glasscock Wellpoint Health Networks chairman, CEO 2001-07 | $61,107 | 14% | 80% | 6% | 21-5 |
| Richard Grasso NYSE fmr chairman, ceo | $75,775 | 43% | 28% | 29% | 31-13 |
| William Greehey Valero Energy chairman, ceo | $173,917 | 7% | 72% | 21% | 22-10 |
| Jerry Greenfield Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream co-founder | $18,250 | 60% | 0% | 40% | 4-4 |
| Andrew Grove Intel co-founder | $110,226 | 23% | 11% | 66% | 14-7 |
| Carlos Gutierrez Commerce Secretary 2005; Kelloggs ceo, chairman 1999-2004 | $24,650 | 1% | 82% | 17% | 6-1 |
| John Hammergren McKesson Corp. Chairman, CEO | $4,960 | 20% | 46% | 34% | 1-0 |
| H Edward Hanway CIGNA chairman, ceo | $74,250 | 13% | 70% | 17% | 14-10 |
| William Harrison JP Morgan Chase chairman, ceo | $179,546 | 32% | 33% | 35% | 16-14 |
| Tommy Hilfiger Tommy Hilfiger Inc founder | $84,250 | 31% | 0% | 69% | 11-2 |
| Charles Holliday DuPont chairman, ceo | $43,900 | 13% | 81% | 6% | 9-1 |
| Norman Hsu fashion industry executive; political fundraiser | $178,600 | 73% | 0% | 27% | 11-2 |
| Allan B Hubbard Bush economic advisor; E&A Industries president | $151,601 | 0% | 93% | 7% | 22-18 |
| Mark Hurd HP ceo, president | $25,104 | 0% | 39% | 61% | 4-0 |
| Lee Iacocca Former chairman, Chrysler Corporation | $16,000 | 25% | 63% | 12% | 4-7 |
| Robert Iger Disney CEO | $200,900 | 62% | 11% | 27% | 42-5 |
| Jeffrey Immelt General Electric - Chairman and CEO 2001-present | $131,100 | 9% | 30% | 61% | 13-3 |
| Ray Irani Occidental Petroleum, chairman, CEO | $367,675 | 20% | 44% | 36% | 54-35 |
| E Neville Isdell Coca-Cola chairman, ceo | $26,210 | 8% | 0% | 92% | 2-0 |
| Michael Jackson AutoNation chairman, ceo | $14,750 | 0% | 27% | 73% | 3-1 |
| Lawrence Johnston Albertson's chairman, ceo | $62,650 | 0% | 27% | 73% | 3-1 |
| Michael Jordan EDS chairman, ceo | $81,100 | 4% | 52% | 44% | 15-2 |
| Donna Karan fasion designer; Donna Karan Inc founder | $214,112 | 95% | 0% | 5% | 26-15 |
| Charles Keating banker; attorney; anti-pornography advocate; convicted of fraud | $64,500 | 16% | 48% | 36% | 37-8 |
| Herbert Kelleher Southwest Airlines chairman, co-founder | $578,038 | 27% | 62% | 11% | 184-47 |
| Richard Kinder Kinder Morgan Energy Partners chairman, ceo | $831,131 | 1% | 96% | 3% | 34-17 |
| Jeff Kindler Pfizer ceo | $31,567 | 64% | 3% | 33% | 5-6 |
| Jim Koch Boston Beer Co founder and brewer | $3,250 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 3-2 |
| Richard Kovacevich Wells Fargo chairman, ceo | $242,370 | 13% | 69% | 18% | 28-15 |
| L Dennis Kozlowski former Tyco chairman, ceo; convicted of corporate fraud | $36,700 | 5% | 93% | 2% | 15-7 |
| Ray Kroc McDonald's founder | $9,500 | 5% | 32% | 63% | 1-3 |
| Alan Lacy Sears chairman, ceo | $69,400 | 0% | 63% | 37% | 8-4 |
| Alan Lafley Proctor & Gamble chairman, ceo | $34,440 | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0-0 |
| Edward Lampert Kmart chairman | $7,300 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 2-2 |
| Sherry Lansing Paramount Studios chairman, ceo (1992-2004) | $225,250 | 77% | 0% | 23% | 46-20 |
| William Lauder Estee Lauder Companies - CEO | $177,400 | 76% | 12% | 12% | 34-27 |
| Ken Lay former Enron chairman, ceo; convicted of securities fraud | $752,950 | 8% | 85% | 7% | 72-63 |
| Kenneth Lewis Bank of America ceo | $69,963 | 20% | 80% | 0% | 15-8 |
| Edward Liddy Allstate Corp chairman and ceo | $22,050 | 1% | 54% | 45% | 1-5 |
| Andrew Liveris Dow Chemical ceo | $43,350 | 6% | 17% | 77% | 3-1 |
| John Mack Morgan Stanley chairman, CEO 2005-present | $246,546 | 22% | 49% | 29% | 36-23 |
| Steven Malcolm The Williams Cos chairman, ceo | $18,042 | 6% | 41% | 53% | 2-0 |
| James McDermott, Jr former chairman of Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc.; charged with insider-trading (settled) | $4,500 | 22% | 78% | 0% | 2-0 |
| William McGuire UnitedHealth Group chairman, CEO 1992-2006 | $148,967 | 3% | 79% | 18% | 26-13 |
| Henry McKinnell Pfizer chairman | $172,650 | 6% | 81% | 13% | 23-14 |
| W James McNerney Boeing CEO; 3M CEO 2001-05 | $117,250 | 2% | 44% | 54% | 20-4 |
| James Mellor | $53,625 | 12% | 17% | 71% | 18-7 |
| John Morgridge Cisco chairman | $354,930 | 73% | 5% | 22% | 32-24 |
| Angelo Mozilo Countywide Financial co-founder | $120,893 | 19% | 41% | 40% | 24-23 |
| Alan Mulally Ford CEO | $29,204 | 53% | 36% | 11% | 13-2 |
| James Mulva Chairman, CEO ConocoPhillips | $63,558 | 8% | 65% | 27% | 17-4 |
| Robert Murray Murray Energy Corp CEO | $252,553 | 1% | 71% | 28% | 51-37 |
| Joel Myers AccuWeather Inc - Founder, Chairman | $49,550 | 5% | 91% | 4% | 13-6 |
| Robert Nardelli Chrysler chairman and CEO | $149,180 | 1% | 63% | 36% | 7-5 |
| David Neeleman JetBlue founder | $103,100 | 39% | 27% | 34% | 29-4 |
| Jeffrey Noddle Supervalu chairman, ceo | $26,900 | 4% | 22% | 74% | 5-2 |
| Robert O'Connell MassMutual chairman, ceo 1998-2005 | $28,538 | 13% | 70% | 17% | 10-3 |
| Walden O'Dell Diebold | $13,465 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 5-0 |
| Stan O'Neal Merrill Lynch chairman, CEO 2003-07 | $14,800 | 53% | 34% | 13% | 5-2 |
| David O'Reilly Chairman, CEO ChevronTexaco | $195,080 | 1% | 76% | 23% | 3-6 |
| Paul Otellini Intel ceo 2005-present | $36,900 | 9% | 14% | 77% | 3-0 |
| James Owens Caterpillar chairman, ceo | $18,850 | 0% | 73% | 27% | 10-4 |
| Samuel Palmisano IBM Chairman, CEO | $19,500 | 41% | 54% | 5% | 13-1 |
| Vikram Pandit Citigroup CEO | $50,000 | 10% | 80% | 10% | 5-3 |
| Richard Parsons Time Warner - Chairman | $368,850 | 4% | 70% | 26% | 27-17 |
| Henry Paulson US Treasury Secretary; Goldman Sachs chairman, CEO 1998-2006; | $661,540 | 2% | 51% | 47% | 38-22 |
| Frank Perdue Perdue Farms chairman | $20,700 | 19% | 63% | 18% | 11-3 |
| Al Pirro The Pirro Group president and ceo; felon | $31,700 | 0% | 89% | 11% | 6-7 |
| Lewis Platt Boeing chairman | $104,799 | 22% | 19% | 59% | 21-14 |
| Ron Popeil inventor, salesman, Ronco founder | $30,900 | 8% | 22% | 70% | 1-7 |
| Charles Prince Citigroup chairman and CEO 2002-07 | $195,342 | 50% | 27% | 23% | 34-20 |
| Erik Prince Blackwater USA founder | $258,750 | 0% | 90% | 10% | 25-17 |
| Lawrence Probst EA Sports chairman, ceo | $3,750 | 80% | 20% | 0% | 5-0 |
| Philip Purcell Morgan Stanley chairman, CEO 1997-2005 | $170,300 | 15% | 71% | 14% | 31-35 |
| Franklin Raines Fannie Mae chairman, CEO 1999-2004 | $96,500 | 71% | 6% | 23% | 57-17 |
| Lee Raymond Exxon Mobil chairman, ceo (1993-2005) | $4,990 | 10% | 50% | 40% | 2-3 |
| Stuart Reese MassMutual ceo | $32,000 | 4% | 16% | 80% | 2-0 |
| Steven Reinemund Pepsico chairman, ceo | $83,036 | 4% | 76% | 20% | 17-6 |
| Tony Rezko businessman; convicted of fraud and money laundering | $73,815 | 84% | 15% | 1% | 19-17 |
| John Rigas Adelphia Cable founder; convicted of corporate fraud | $179,754 | 19% | 48% | 33% | 42-28 |
| Timothy Rigas Adelphia executive; convicted of corporate fraud | $61,350 | 6% | 40% | 54% | 14-9 |
| Brian Roberts Comcast chairman, ceo | $280,865 | 40% | 23% | 37% | 31-12 |
| Steven Rogel Weyerhaeuser chairman, ceo | $33,200 | 11% | 41% | 48% | 5-1 |
| Bruce Rohde ConAgra Foods chairman,ceo | $59,650 | 18% | 30% | 52% | 10-9 |
| Kevin Rollins Dell CEO 2004-07 | $154,500 | 6% | 76% | 18% | 17-6 |
| Edward Rust State Farm chairman, ceo | $145,190 | 18% | 58% | 24% | 37-19 |
| Arthur Ryan Prudential chairman, ceo | $217,000 | 29% | 21% | 50% | 19-11 |
| Thomas Ryan CVS chairman, ceo | $81,358 | 33% | 8% | 59% | 21-7 |
| Eric Schmidt Google chairman, ceo | $260,716 | 88% | 2% | 10% | 16-8 |
| John Schnatter Papa John's Pizza founder | $49,450 | 43% | 54% | 3% | 13-4 |
| Howard Schultz Starbucks chairman, ceo | $128,000 | 93% | 1% | 6% | 7-7 |
| Richard Schulze Best Buy chairman | $38,700 | 10% | 90% | 0% | 7-5 |
| H Lee Scott Wal-Mart ceo | $20,300 | 5% | 95% | 0% | 4-3 |
| Richard Scrushy HealthSouth founder; convicted of bribery | $59,350 | 29% | 40% | 31% | 20-11 |
| Michael Sears former Boeing cfo; corporate criminal | $15,130 | 23% | 73% | 4% | 8-4 |
| Ivan Seidenberg Verizon Chairman, CEO | $177,941 | 50% | 42% | 8% | 50-15 |
| Terry Semel Yahoo! chairman, ceo 2001-07 | $587,718 | 42% | 46% | 12% | 64-41 |
| James Sinegal Costco ceo | $520,640 | 93% | 0% | 7% | 53-28 |
| Jeffrey Skilling former Enron ceo; convicted of corporate fraud | $220,783 | 4% | 73% | 23% | 19-11 |
| Harry Sloan MGM chairman, CEO | $184,900 | 9% | 74% | 17% | 14-11 |
| Frederick Smith FedEx chairman, ceo | $192,016 | 28% | 67% | 5% | 19-11 |
| David Snow Medco Health Solutions chairman, ceo | $25,850 | 26% | 44% | 30% | 11-5 |
| William Stavropoulos Dow Chemical chairman | $43,404 | 8% | 81% | 11% | 14-6 |
| Randall Stephenson AT&T COO | $38,016 | 10% | 76% | 14% | 13-5 |
| Sy Sternberg New York Life Insurance Co chairman, ceo | $96,700 | 76% | 19% | 5% | 28-5 |
| Robert Stevens Lockheed Martin ceo | $26,480 | 39% | 19% | 42% | 9-3 |
| Martha Stewart Martha Stewart Omnimedia founder; felon | $181,224 | 96% | 1% | 3% | 12-4 |
| Harry Stonecipher Boeing ceo 2003-05 | $93,571 | 34% | 41% | 25% | 35-12 |
| Howard Stringer Sony chairman, ceo | $136,253 | 74% | 1% | 25% | 20-11 |
| Ronald Sugar Northrop Grumman chairman, ceo | $53,254 | 37% | 22% | 41% | 12-4 |
| Scott Sullivan former Worldcom cfo; convicted of fraud | $24,000 | 56% | 44% | 0% | 10-3 |
| William H Swanson Raytheon chairman, CEO | $32,436 | 52% | 2% | 46% | 18-2 |
| Jeff Swartz Timberland Company CEO; environmental activist | $25,200 | 94% | 6% | 0% | 4-3 |
| John Thain Merrill Lynch CEO | $361,550 | 5% | 65% | 30% | 27-14 |
| Richard Thalheimer The Sharper Image chairman, ceo | $112,400 | 79% | 3% | 18% | 14-7 |
| G Kennedy Thompson Wachovia chairman, ceo | $65,350 | 25% | 58% | 17% | 14-2 |
| Rex Tillerson Exxon Mobil chairman, ceo | $52,200 | 0% | 71% | 29% | 4-0 |
| John Tyson Tyson Foods chairman, ceo | $413,390 | 36% | 16% | 48% | 130-61 |
| Myron Ullman, III JC Penny chairman, ceo | $48,300 | 0% | 7% | 93% | 1-0 |
| Robert Ulrich Target chairman, ceo | $236,439 | 1% | 65% | 34% | 18-18 |
| Thomas Usher US Steel chairman, ceo | $208,700 | 6% | 34% | 60% | 33-27 |
| Mitchell Wade MZM founder; convicted of bribing a member of Congress | $87,700 | 1% | 83% | 16% | 23-5 |
| Rick Wagoner GM chairman and ceo | $107,752 | 16% | 15% | 69% | 23-5 |
| Robert Walter Cardinal Health Chairman, CEO | $37,100 | 0% | 73% | 27% | 12-3 |
| Robert Wayman HP interim ceo | $52,300 | 2% | 26% | 72% | 6-5 |
| Sandy Weill Citigroup chairman | $119,164 | 39% | 14% | 47% | 26-13 |
| Jack Welch GE ceo 1981-2001 | $168,300 | 12% | 21% | 67% | 28-6 |
| William Weldon Johnson & Johnson chairman, ceo | $20,000 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 3-3 |
| Edward Whitacre AT&T - Chairman, CEO 2005-07 | $66,900 | 25% | 66% | 9% | 23-15 |
| Miles White Abbott Laboratories chairman, ceo | $112,050 | 0% | 86% | 14% | 8-4 |
| Meg Whitman eBay - CEO 1998-2008 | $242,901 | 4% | 65% | 31% | 17-4 |
| Gary Winnick former chairman of Global Crossing Ltd | $564,440 | 31% | 58% | 11% | 91-62 |
| Steve Wozniak personal computing pioneer | $30,780 | 90% | 8% | 2% | 3-10 |
| R David Yost AmerisourceBergen ceo | $27,124 | 3% | 55% | 42% | 6-3 |
| Edward Zander Motorola chairman, ceo | $48,300 | 5% | 13% | 82% | 2-0 |
| George Zimmer Men's Wearhouse founder, CEO | $267,350 | 94% | 1% | 5% | 23-14 |
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political donations of today's newsmakers
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| US WAR SHEET |
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Iraq |
Afghanistan |
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Days |
1,982 |
2,510 |
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GIs Killed in Action |
3,370 |
361 |
DoD |
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Non-Hostile GI Deaths |
777 |
146 |
DoD |
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GIs Severely Wounded |
13,479 |
1,506 |
DoD |
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Current Troop Deployment |
145,000 |
30,000 |
Brookings, AP |
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Total Cost (approved through mid 2009) |
$650 Bln |
$200 Bln |
AP |
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Cost Per Day (Avg) |
$261 Mil |
$70.8 Mil |
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casualty status updated August 19, 2008
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