Hall of Fame
Joe Francis ($4,000)
Joely Fisher ($5,800)
Janeane Garofalo ($9,888)
Katrina vanden Heuvel ($196,500)
Danny Glover ($8,825)
Meryl Streep ($26,500)
Olivia Wilde ($500)
M Night Shyamalan ($5,900)
James Spader ($300)
Ed Koch ($28,192)
Armen Keteyian ($250)
Marc Cherry ($10,150)
Geena Davis ($37,450)
Phylicia Rashad ($1,500)
Alex Spanos ($6,758,260)
Rachael Ray ($2,300)
Ed Asner ($33,575)
Bob Saget ($1,000)
Elie Wiesel ($1,000)
Bradley Whitford ($154,250)
Michael Bolton ($1,500)
Danny Devito ($144,700)
Jon Stewart ($2,000)
David Letterman ($4,600)
John Davidson ($550)
Edward James Olmos ($2,300)
Jack Klugman ($7,866)
Edward Norton ($134,109)
Ben Crenshaw ($9,173)
Kyle MacLachlan ($1,000)
Kenneth Tomlinson ($11,600)
Joe Watkins ($8,000)
Davis Love III ($4,700)
Steven Weber ($4,300)
Shirley MacLaine ($2,000)
Glen Campbell ($8,170)
Troy Aikman ($10,300)
Caroline Rhea ($1,700)
Ted McGinley ($500)
Ted Nugent ($1,500)
Phyllis Diller ($4,500)
Forest Whitaker ($7,100)
Betty Thomas ($13,700)
Tim Matheson ($1,900)
Michael Smerconish ($22,850)
Jon Bon Jovi ($35,280)
Harry Thomason ($40,850)
Evan Handler ($750)
Martin Scorsese ($16,600)
Paul Shaffer ($11,000)
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Hall of Fame ► Business Executives
Jim Koch
Boston Beer Co founder and brewer
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
1,065
Election Picks: 3 wins, 2 losses
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
KOCH, JAMES Mr. NEWTON, MA 02458 BOSTON BEER COMPANY/BREWERStephen F. Lynch (D) House (MA District: 09) STEPHEN F. LYNCH FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEEWon $500 primary 03/31/06
KOCH, JAMES NEWTON, MA 02458 BOSTON BEER COMPANY/BREWERStephen F. Lynch (D) House (MA District: 09) STEPHEN F. LYNCH FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEELost $250 general 10/12/04
Koch, James Newton, MA 02158 BOSTON BEER COMPANY THE/ExecutiveRoger Kahn (D) House (GA District: 11) FRIENDS OF ROGER KAHN INCLost $1,000 general 10/25/02
KOCH, JAMES CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138 BOSTON BREWERYMOAKLEY, JOHN JOSEPH (D) House (MA District: 09) RE-ELECT CONGRESSMAN JOSEPH MOAKLEY COMMITTEEWon $1,000 primary 08/19/91
KOCH, JAMES CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138 BOSTON BEER COMPANYJohn F. Kerry (D) Senate - MA KERRY COMMITTEEWon $500 general 11/06/90
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US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,447
2,975
GIs Killed in Action
3,478
659
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
891
190
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,877
2,678
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
124,000
68,000
AP
, AP
Total Cost (approved through Sept 30, 2009)
$711 Bln
$219 Bln
AP
Cost Per Day (Avg)
$298 Mil
$75.2 Mil
casualty status updated November 25, 2009
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