NEWSMEAT Power Rankings
Among the most famous and powerful Americans, whose campaign contributions result most often in victory?
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| Rank |
Donor |
Total |
Dem |
GOP |
Spec Int |
Election
Win/Loss |
| 201 | Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson professional poker player | $114,100 | 59% | 15% | 26% | 7-1 |
| 202 | Tommy Hilfiger Tommy Hilfiger Inc founder | $104,250 | 25% | 0% | 75% | 11-2 |
| 203 | Ann Richards Governor of Texas 1991-95 | $73,733 | 44% | 0% | 56% | 24-11 |
| 204 | Danny Goldberg Air America ceo 2005-06; record producer | $185,800 | 61% | 0% | 39% | 56-43 |
| 205 | David H Safavian White House Procurement Chief 2004-05; indicted for corruption | $22,084 | 1% | 64% | 35% | 26-7 |
| 206 | John Wells television producer | $270,250 | 31% | 0% | 69% | 15-9 |
| 207 | J Battenberg, III Delphi Corp chairman, ceo | $68,450 | 12% | 16% | 72% | 16-4 |
| 208 | Cameron Crowe screenwriter, director | $45,300 | 61% | 0% | 39% | 9-2 |
| 209 | Richard Kovacevich Wells Fargo - Chairman | $316,220 | 9% | 21% | 70% | 31-20 |
| 210 | Ivan Boesky financier, ex-con | $105,950 | 15% | 24% | 61% | 36-20 |
| 211 | Michael Jordan EDS chairman, ceo | $83,700 | 7% | 26% | 67% | 16-4 |
| 212 | Mansoor Ijaz pundit | $85,800 | 26% | 0% | 74% | 8-1 |
| 213 | Ed Begley, Jr actor | $40,700 | 90% | 0% | 10% | 20-11 |
| 214 | Tim Blixseth timber and real estate mogul | $214,530 | 11% | 24% | 65% | 17-12 |
| 215 | Henry McKinnell Pfizer Chairman, CEO 2001-06 | $181,950 | 6% | 32% | 62% | 23-15 |
| 216 | Nancy Brinker Susan G Komen for the Cure founder, CEO | $185,695 | 2% | 43% | 55% | 30-16 |
| 217 | John W Henry Boston Red Sox co-owner 2002-present; financier | $1,105,750 | 91% | 0% | 9% | 20-9 |
| 218 | Alice Walton Wal-Mart billionaire | $3,430,281 | 5% | 10% | 85% | 44-29 |
| 219 | Bob Weinstein Miramax co-founder | $140,400 | 36% | 0% | 64% | 11-3 |
| 220 | Julia Louis-Dreyfus actress | $49,500 | 83% | 0% | 17% | 5-1 |
| 221 | Steve Tisch NY Giants co-owner; movie producer | $489,950 | 73% | 0% | 27% | 20-27 |
| 222 | Robert Zoellick World Bank president | $19,300 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 20-6 |
| 223 | Aaron Sorkin screenwriter, producer | $275,400 | 43% | 0% | 57% | 11-6 |
| 224 | Andrew Grove Intel co-founder | $137,102 | 25% | 8% | 67% | 15-7 |
| 225 | George Clooney actor | $64,900 | 92% | 0% | 8% | 5-2 |
| 226 | Donald Rumsfeld Sec. of Defense 1975-77, 2001-06 | $415,300 | 1% | 65% | 34% | 79-69 |
| 227 | Brian Grazer producer | $131,192 | 40% | 1% | 59% | 5-10 |
| 228 | Bob Kerrey Senator 1989-2000; New School Univ. president | $53,677 | 95% | 0% | 5% | 11-4 |
| 229 | Oleg Cassini designer | $21,250 | 56% | 23% | 21% | 14-4 |
| 230 | Floyd Abrams attorney, author, First Amendment advocate | $110,900 | 63% | 2% | 35% | 32-19 |
| 231 | Robert Kraft New England Patriots owner | $386,950 | 49% | 9% | 42% | 27-20 |
| 232 | John Schnatter Papa John's Pizza founder | $55,350 | 4% | 42% | 54% | 14-5 |
| 233 | Jann Wenner Rolling Stone | $223,454 | 44% | 2% | 54% | 31-35 |
| 234 | August Busch, III Anheuser-Busch - Chairman 1977-2006 | $567,250 | 10% | 33% | 57% | 47-41 |
| 235 | Stephen Schwarzman financier, billionaire | $433,742 | 13% | 39% | 48% | 47-53 |
| 236 | Pam Shriver pro tennis player | $37,750 | 71% | 19% | 10% | 17-9 |
| 237 | Chris Rock comedian, actor | $42,100 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 4-1 |
| 238 | Tom Perkins venture capitalist; sportsman | $124,782 | 22% | 44% | 34% | 21-14 |
| 239 | Nelson Peltz food industry mogul | $329,583 | 37% | 11% | 52% | 47-38 |
| 240 | Harrison Ford actor | $51,550 | 78% | 2% | 20% | 3-7 |
| 241 | Marge Schott Cincinnati Reds owner 1985-99 | $19,025 | 0% | 95% | 5% | 14-6 |
| 242 | Henry Winkler actor, director, producer | $35,000 | 87% | 0% | 13% | 19-8 |
| 243 | Tracey Edmonds entertainment executive | $36,475 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 5-2 |
| 244 | Donald Segretti C.R.E.E.P. political operative; Watergate convict | $22,650 | 0% | 53% | 47% | 14-2 |
| 245 | Jack Bovender HCA Inc chairman, ceo | $288,314 | 5% | 36% | 59% | 34-27 |
| 246 | Frank Perdue Perdue Farms chairman | $20,700 | 19% | 58% | 23% | 11-3 |
| 247 | Pete Coors Coors Brewing Co chairman | $498,005 | 0% | 34% | 66% | 37-41 |
| 248 | Garry Marshall producer, director, actor | $79,300 | 52% | 0% | 48% | 6-3 |
| 249 | Leonard Nimoy actor | $43,450 | 64% | 0% | 36% | 15-6 |
| 250 | Jackson Browne musician | $62,266 | 73% | 0% | 27% | 17-12 |
| 251 | Darren Star producer, screenwriter | $74,900 | 56% | 0% | 44% | 5-2 |
| 252 | Goldie Hawn actress | $49,090 | 66% | 1% | 33% | 15-8 |
| 253 | Neil Simon playwright, screenwriter | $67,875 | 62% | 0% | 38% | 10-3 |
| 254 | Edward Whitacre GM - Chairman; AT&T - Chairman, CEO 2005-07 | $77,300 | 23% | 56% | 21% | 27-18 |
| 255 | Siegfried Fischbacher Vegas entertainer | $46,450 | 70% | 0% | 30% | 14-4 |
| 256 | Francis Ford Coppola filmmaker | $8,518 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 10-0 |
| 257 | Jeffrey Skilling former Enron ceo; convicted of corporate fraud | $220,783 | 4% | 61% | 35% | 19-11 |
| 258 | Dana Delany actress | $38,000 | 53% | 0% | 47% | 10-3 |
| 259 | Jamie Lee Curtis actress | $56,978 | 91% | 0% | 9% | 6-3 |
| 260 | Robert Stevens Lockheed Martin ceo | $39,928 | 49% | 11% | 40% | 11-2 |
| 261 | Joe Allbaugh FEMA Director 2001-03; lobbyist | $43,200 | 18% | 77% | 5% | 12-5 |
| 262 | Rex Tillerson Exxon Mobil chairman, ceo | $156,720 | 0% | 17% | 83% | 8-1 |
| 263 | Jerry Zucker producer, screenwriter | $71,966 | 60% | 5% | 35% | 15-10 |
| 264 | Barry Manilow singer/songwriter | $95,900 | 73% | 3% | 24% | 7-9 |
| 265 | Robert Walter Cardinal Health Chairman, CEO | $61,800 | 4% | 80% | 16% | 12-3 |
| 266 | Darrell Waltrip sportscaster; NASCAR driver 1972-2000 | $65,025 | 0% | 49% | 51% | 9-3 |
| 267 | Bette Midler singer, actress | $159,425 | 46% | 1% | 53% | 12-10 |
| 268 | George Bodenheimer ESPN president | $81,480 | 23% | 7% | 70% | 11-3 |
| 269 | Richard Fuld Lehman Brothers - Chairman, CEO 1994-2008 | $203,950 | 34% | 11% | 55% | 39-30 |
| 270 | Tom Freston Viacom president 2005-06; MTV co-founder | $145,595 | 45% | 2% | 53% | 16-12 |
| 271 | Charles Schwab Charles Schwab Inc. chairman, ceo | $2,000,612 | 1% | 65% | 34% | 57-53 |
| 272 | Michael Moore filmmaker, activist | $37,100 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 11-6 |
| 273 | Dikembe Mutombo pro basketball player 1991-2003; humanitarian | $26,500 | 76% | 4% | 20% | 4-0 |
| 274 | Robert Benmosche MetLife - Chairman, CEO 1998-2006 | $54,475 | 48% | 15% | 37% | 12-7 |
| 275 | J Howard Marshall, II oil tycoon | $106,950 | 5% | 13% | 82% | 13-6 |
| 276 | Mel Brooks filmmaker, comedian | $22,700 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 6-1 |
| 277 | Richard Fairbank Capitol One chairman, ceo | $106,850 | 16% | 17% | 67% | 7-3 |
| 278 | Raymond Gilmartin Merck chairman, CEO 1994-2005 | $408,250 | 2% | 14% | 84% | 26-18 |
| 279 | Jada Pinkett Smith actress | $36,600 | 96% | 0% | 4% | 2-0 |
| 280 | Ted Harbert TV entertainment executive | $60,925 | 83% | 0% | 17% | 11-7 |
| 281 | Art Rooney, Sr Pittsburgh Steelers founder | $14,500 | 52% | 28% | 20% | 12-3 |
| 282 | Paul Dooley actor | $43,060 | 83% | 0% | 17% | 2-0 |
| 283 | Carl W Ford, Jr former State Dept Intel Chief | $16,250 | 37% | 40% | 23% | 13-6 |
| 284 | Caroline Kennedy author, attorney | $47,650 | 82% | 0% | 18% | 16-10 |
| 285 | Michael Dukakis 1988 presidential candidate | $36,363 | 87% | 0% | 13% | 30-19 |
| 286 | Susan Saint James actress | $40,000 | 66% | 6% | 28% | 8-4 |
| 287 | Eric Schmidt Google chairman, ceo | $454,816 | 60% | 4% | 36% | 22-10 |
| 288 | John Boehner House Majority Leader 2006-present; Member of Congress 1990-present | $27,115 | 0% | 93% | 7% | 14-6 |
| 289 | Mort Zuckerman media and real estate tycoon | $80,500 | 58% | 5% | 37% | 14-10 |
| 290 | Roy Horn Vegas entertainer | $45,450 | 69% | 0% | 31% | 12-4 |
| 291 | John Stumpf Wells Fargo - CEO | $36,820 | 21% | 28% | 51% | 9-2 |
| 292 | Phil Donahue talk show host | $164,600 | 28% | 0% | 72% | 13-8 |
| 293 | Sally Field actress | $40,600 | 83% | 0% | 17% | 14-8 |
| 294 | Robin Williams actor, comedian | $151,100 | 79% | 0% | 21% | 8-5 |
| 295 | Philip Anschutz oil- railroad- sports- real estate- entertainment-mogul | $549,095 | 4% | 41% | 55% | 77-71 |
| 296 | Sidney Poitier actor | $9,950 | 76% | 10% | 14% | 7-0 |
| 297 | David Pecker American Media, Inc ceo | $100,120 | 45% | 13% | 42% | 18-13 |
| 298 | Tony Rezko businessman; convicted of fraud and money laundering | $73,815 | 57% | 15% | 28% | 20-17 |
| 299 | Robert Greenwald filmmaker | $46,761 | 60% | 0% | 40% | 18-13 |
| 300 | Hugh Hefner Playboy founder | $136,800 | 47% | 0% | 53% | 14-23 |
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