Hall of Fame
Kirstie Alley ($1,000)
David Rasche ($7,675)
Valerie Bertinelli ($2,800)
Faith Hill ($12,500)
Alex Karras ($14,200)
Julie Bowen ($1,000)
Julianne Moore ($7,250)
James L Dolan ($467,700)
Matt Groening ($59,450)
Laura Linney ($2,300)
Olivia Newton-John ($500)
Al Franken ($57,653)
David Cross ($13,200)
Brooke Shields ($2,300)
Kenneth Tomlinson ($11,600)
Howie Mandel ($5,000)
Sean Young ($2,700)
Harold Ramis ($29,550)
Tim Robbins ($38,210)
John Podhoretz ($450)
Kinky Friedman ($250)
Kristi Yamaguchi ($2,300)
Andy Borowitz ($22,850)
PJ O'Rourke ($14,500)
Veronica Hamel ($9,400)
Nia Long ($2,300)
Laura San Giacomo ($1,500)
Jill Eikenberry ($6,000)
Holly Robinson Peete ($36,640)
Jeff Goldblum ($1,000)
Jasper Johns ($10,000)
Jim Cramer ($261,000)
Kate Spade ($2,945)
Jason Segel ($250)
Martin Short ($1,500)
Liev Schreiber ($1,500)
Gordie Howe ($1,000)
Sharon Stone ($33,700)
Tatum O'Neal ($1,500)
Robin Williams ($148,600)
Annabeth Gish ($1,800)
Harry Thomason ($40,850)
Dave Checketts ($86,900)
Larry Hagman ($44,449)
Dr Phil McGraw ($1,000)
Virginia Halas McCaskey ($24,200)
Sammy Hagar ($8,800)
Eli Roth ($500)
Oscar De La Hoya ($1,000)
Kal Penn ($4,155)
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Hall of Fame ► Business Executives
Frank Perdue
, 1920-2005 Perdue Farms chairman
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
243
Election Picks: 11 wins, 3 losses
$13,100 Republican $4,000 Democrat $3,600 special interest total: $20,700
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
Perdue, Frank P Salisbury, MD 21802 Perdue Poultry/PresidentBenjamin L. Cardin (D) House (MD District: 03) BEN CARDIN FOR CONGRESSWon $1,000 general 06/22/04
Perdue, Frank P Mr Salisbury, MD 21802 Perdue Farms Inc./Business ExecutivSam Johnson (R) House (TX District: 03) FRIENDS OF SAM JOHNSONWon $1,000 general 06/15/04
Perdue, Frank Salisbury, MD 21801 Perdue/Executive REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE OF DELAWARE (R) - $1,000 primary 10/01/03
Perdue, Frank P. Mr. Salisbury, MD 21802 Perdue Farms Inc./Business ExecutivSam Johnson (R) House (TX District: 03) FRIENDS OF SAM JOHNSONWon $1,000 primary 05/30/03
PERDUE, FRANK SALISBURY, MD 21802 PERDUE FARMS INCSusan M. Collins (R) Senate - ME COLLINS FOR SENATORWon $1,000 primary 05/01/02
Perdue, Frank Salisbury, MD 21802 Perdue Poultry/PresidentBenjamin L. Cardin (D) House (MD District: 03) BEN CARDIN FOR CONGRESSWon $1,000 primary 03/14/02
PERDUE, FRANK SALISBURY, MD 21802 PERDUE FARMSBOYD, JOHN (D) House (VA District: 05) FRIENDS OF JOHN BOYDLost $500 primary 04/24/00
PERDUE, FRANK SALISBURY, MD 21802 PERDUE FARMS INCORPORATEDFAIRCLOTH, DUNCAN M (R) Senate - NC FAIRCLOTH FOR SENATE COMMITTEE 1998Lost $1,000 general 08/17/98
PERDUE, FRANK P SALISBURY, MD 21802 PERDUE FARMS INCSam Johnson (R) House (TX District: 03) FRIENDS OF SAM JOHNSONWon $1,000 primary 10/30/97
PERDUE, FRANK SALISBURY, MD 21802 PERDUE FARMS INCSusan M. Collins (R) Senate - ME COLLINS FOR SENATORWon $1,000 general 10/24/96
PERDUE, FRANK SALISBURY, MD 21802 HELMS, JESSE (R) Senate - NC HELMS FOR SENATE COMMITTEE (2002)Won $100 primary 04/11/96
PERDUE, FRANK SALISBURY, MD 21802 HELMS, JESSE (R) Senate - NC HELMS FOR SENATE COMMITTEE (2002)Won $1,000 general 04/11/96
PERDUE, FRANK SALISBURY, MD 21802 PERDUE CHICKENSHELMS, JESSE (R) Senate - NC HELMS FOR SENATE COMMITTEE (2002)Won $1,000 primary 03/25/96
PERDUE, FRANK P SALISBURY, MD 21802 CLAYTON, EVA MCPHERSON (D) House (NC District: 01) EVA CLAYTON COMMITTEE FOR CONGRESSWon $1,000 primary 11/15/95
PERDUE, FRANK SALISBURY, MD 21801 PERDUE FARMSROTH, WILLIAM V JR (R) Senate - DE ROTH SENATE COMMITTEEWon $1,000 primary 03/30/94
PERDUE, FRANK SALISBURY, MD 21801 PERDUE FARMSROTH, WILLIAM V JR (R) Senate - DE ROTH SENATE COMMITTEEWon $1,000 general 03/30/94
PERDUE, FRANK P SALISBURY, MD 21802 PERDUE FARMSANTHONY, BERYL FRANKLIN JR (D) House (AR District: 04) BERYL ANTHONY FOR CONGRESS CAMPAIGN COMMITTEELost $500 primary 01/08/92
PERDUE, FRANK MR SALISBURY, MD 21801 PERDUE POULTRYGORTON, SLADE (R) Senate - WA FRIENDS FOR SLADE GORTONWon $1,000 general 11/18/88
PERDUE, FRANK SALISBURY, MD 21801 POULTRY PRODUCERWALLOP, MALCOLM (R) Senate - WY WALLOP SENATE DRIVE INCWon $1,000 primary 11/03/87
PERDUE, FRANK P SALISBURY, MD 21801 PERDUE FARMS INC NATIONAL CHICKEN COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - $1,000 primary 01/16/86
PERDUE, FRANK P SALISBURY, MD 21801 PERDUE FARMS INC NATIONAL CHICKEN COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - $800 primary 01/11/85
PERDUE, FRANK SALISBURY, MD 21801 PERDUE INC NATIONAL CHICKEN COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - $800 primary 01/13/84
PERDUE, FRANK SALISBURY, MD 21801 PERDUE FARMS INC NATIONAL CHICKEN COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - $500 primary 01/17/83
PERDUE, FRANK SALISBURY, MD 21801 PERDUE INC NATIONAL CHICKEN COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - $500 primary 01/19/82
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