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 |
| 501 | Greg Norman pro golfer | $6,000 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 3-0 |
| 502 | Kim Basinger actress | $5,500 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 3-0 |
| 503 | Marg Helgenberger actress | $28,750 | 61% | 0% | 39% | 2-4 |
| 504 | Lloyd Bridges actor | $3,950 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 4-0 |
| 505 | Roger Penske Penske Racing team owner; Penske Corporation chairman, ceo | $458,850 | 5% | 84% | 11% | 38-36 |
| 506 | Doyle Brunson professional poker player | $34,400 | 65% | 23% | 12% | 5-4 |
| 507 | James Garner actor | $29,620 | 84% | 0% | 16% | 18-14 |
| 508 | David Hyde Pierce actor | $32,300 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 2-2 |
| 509 | Tom Hayden activist, author | $113,628 | 89% | 0% | 11% | 27-24 |
| 510 | Isiah Thomas NBA star, executive | $14,000 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-3 |
| 511 | Marsha Mason actress | $57,875 | 73% | 3% | 24% | 14-17 |
| 512 | Tom DeLay House Majority Leader 2003-05; indicted on charges of money laundering | $26,900 | 0% | 76% | 24% | 10-7 |
| 513 | Ted Kennedy US Senator 1962-2009 | $45,969 | 78% | 0% | 22% | 12-10 |
| 514 | Jane Pauley journalist; talk show host | $7,900 | 87% | 0% | 13% | 2-0 |
| 515 | Candice Bergen actress | $87,200 | 95% | 0% | 5% | 8-5 |
| 516 | Lamar Alexander US Senator; TN Governor 1978-87 | $39,797 | 3% | 84% | 13% | 10-8 |
| 517 | Carl Icahn financier | $504,850 | 39% | 57% | 4% | 33-25 |
| 518 | Kate Hudson actress | $17,000 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-1 |
| 519 | Sherwood Schwartz television producer | $139,025 | 41% | 1% | 58% | 24-20 |
| 520 | Greg Stevens political media consultant | $19,350 | 0% | 94% | 6% | 8-5 |
| 521 | Erik Prince Blackwater USA founder | $263,850 | 0% | 90% | 10% | 26-20 |
| 522 | Donald Fehr baseball players union president | $18,756 | 47% | 43% | 10% | 12-5 |
| 523 | Ted Stevens US Senator 1968-2009; convicted felon | $18,050 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 7-4 |
| 524 | Russell Simmons music/media mogul; activist | $81,000 | 89% | 0% | 11% | 12-11 |
| 525 | Vikram Pandit Citigroup CEO | $58,024 | 9% | 73% | 18% | 5-3 |
| 526 | Richard Causey former Enron chief accounting officer; convicted of fraud | $15,260 | 3% | 29% | 68% | 6-2 |
| 527 | Judith Light actress | $12,450 | 86% | 0% | 14% | 4-2 |
| 528 | Jane Seymour actress | $6,000 | 67% | 33% | 0% | 2-0 |
| 529 | Kitty Carlisle actress; game show panelist | $5,950 | 83% | 4% | 13% | 6-0 |
| 530 | Chris Tucker actor, comedian | $4,000 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 3-0 |
| 531 | Sarah Jessica Parker actress | $26,800 | 79% | 0% | 21% | 5-3 |
| 532 | David Rasche actor | $6,425 | 84% | 0% | 16% | 5-1 |
| 533 | Michael Jordan basketball star | $22,400 | 78% | 0% | 22% | 2-2 |
| 534 | Seth MacFarlane animator, screenwriter, producer, director and voice actor | $53,100 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 2-0 |
| 535 | Annette Bening actress | $27,724 | 57% | 0% | 43% | 2-2 |
| 536 | Suze Orman financial advisor, writer, and TV host | $39,500 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 537 | Courteney Cox actress | $13,800 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-2 |
| 538 | Jeff Bridges actor | $28,350 | 96% | 0% | 4% | 13-12 |
| 539 | Phil Spector record producer; convicted murderer | $-87 | 675% | 0% | 0% | 3-1 |
| 540 | Shane Battier pro basketball player | $5,300 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 2-0 |
| 541 | John Kasich FOX News host; US Congressman 1983-2001 | $10,826 | 0% | 63% | 37% | 6-1 |
| 542 | Harry Thomason pruducer, director | $40,850 | 99% | 0% | 1% | 8-5 |
| 543 | Lou Holtz college football coach | $12,600 | 25% | 75% | 0% | 6-3 |
| 544 | Ralph Reed political strategist | $28,730 | 0% | 93% | 7% | 11-9 |
| 545 | Sylvester Stallone actor | $78,300 | 56% | 43% | 1% | 7-3 |
| 546 | Nancy Walls actress, comedian | $10,000 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 547 | Anne Bancroft actress | $5,000 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 2-0 |
| 548 | Linda Evans actress | $3,300 | 70% | 30% | 0% | 3-0 |
| 549 | Mario Cuomo NY governor 1983-1995 | $29,900 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 7-5 |
| 550 | Jay Roach director | $19,400 | 81% | 0% | 19% | 3-2 |
| 551 | Peter Dolan Bristol-Meyers Squibb chairman, CEO 2001-06 | $94,516 | 12% | 38% | 50% | 9-8 |
| 552 | Randy Newman songwriter | $29,300 | 97% | 0% | 3% | 4-2 |
| 553 | Mike Nichols filmmaker | $9,200 | 63% | 0% | 37% | 3-1 |
| 554 | Meredith Baxter actress | $55,250 | 52% | 0% | 48% | 8-5 |
| 555 | James A Baker, III Secretary of State 1989-92; attorney | $62,950 | 2% | 97% | 1% | 10-12 |
| 556 | Patricia Richardson actress | $13,550 | 93% | 0% | 7% | 3-1 |
| 557 | Donny Deutsch talk show host; advertising exec | $100,900 | 95% | 0% | 5% | 5-3 |
| 558 | Maggie Gyllenhaal actress | $11,000 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-1 |
| 559 | Jill Eikenberry | $6,000 | 58% | 0% | 42% | 4-1 |
| 560 | Dan Jenkins author, sportswriter | $5,700 | 35% | 65% | 0% | 3-0 |
| 561 | Mavis Leno writer, political activist | $4,300 | 70% | 0% | 30% | 3-0 |
| 562 | Al Franken satirist | $57,653 | 91% | 0% | 9% | 9-7 |
| 563 | Steve Martin actor, comedian, writer | $15,900 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-1 |
| 564 | Elmore Leonard author | $4,200 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 5-1 |
| 565 | David Snow Medco Health Solutions chairman, ceo | $25,850 | 26% | 44% | 30% | 11-5 |
| 566 | Bud Adams Tennessee Titans - owner | $6,300 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 2-0 |
| 567 | Jason Bateman actor | $5,125 | 84% | 0% | 16% | 2-0 |
| 568 | Cuba Gooding, Jr actor | $4,300 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 2-0 |
| 569 | Tom Arnold actor | $28,746 | 97% | 0% | 3% | 10-8 |
| 570 | Ben Silverman NBC Universal chairman | $27,500 | 87% | 0% | 13% | 3-2 |
| 571 | Ron Jaworski NFL quarterback 1973-89; TV analyst | $5,000 | 50% | 50% | 0% | 3-1 |
| 572 | Ellen Barkin actress | $95,500 | 98% | 2% | 0% | 6-4 |
| 573 | Sigourney Weaver actress | $5,800 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 3-0 |
| 574 | Jane Bryant Quinn journalist, columnist | $4,800 | 21% | 79% | 0% | 4-1 |
| 575 | John Ziegler film producer; radio talk show host | $11,100 | 84% | 0% | 16% | 2-1 |
| 576 | Randi Rhodes radio talk show host | $6,700 | 93% | 0% | 7% | 4-1 |
| 577 | Gerald Ford 38th US President | $3,750 | 0% | 367% | 0% | 8-4 |
| 578 | Joseph Abboud Joseph Abboud Worldwide chairman; fashion designer | $12,300 | 41% | 19% | 40% | 4-1 |
| 579 | James Whitmore actor | $34,270 | 95% | 0% | 5% | 2-3 |
| 580 | Vance Coffman Lockheed Martin chairman | $33,086 | 24% | 66% | 10% | 11-9 |
| 581 | Michael Scanlon lobbyist; convicted of bribery conspiracy | $57,000 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 3-1 |
| 582 | Walter Matthau actor | $18,250 | 97% | 0% | 3% | 3-4 |
| 583 | William 'Hootie' Johnson Augusta National Golf Club - Chairman 1998-2006 | $14,949 | 33% | 60% | 7% | 4-2 |
| 584 | John Goodman actor | $4,000 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 2-0 |
| 585 | Chris Matthews MSNBC | $2,000 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 4-0 |
| 586 | Larry Hagman actor | $44,449 | 88% | 9% | 3% | 12-11 |
| 587 | Judy Blume author | $35,250 | 89% | 0% | 11% | 7-9 |
| 588 | Don Cheadle actor | $7,700 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 589 | Philip Seymour Hoffman actor | $10,900 | 82% | 0% | 18% | 1-0 |
| 590 | Lionel Hampton bandleader, musician | $291,819 | 1% | 96% | 3% | 12-7 |
| 591 | Jack Nicholson actor | $24,500 | 99% | 0% | 1% | 9-12 |
| 592 | Alfre Woodard actress | $12,675 | 42% | 0% | 58% | 3-1 |
| 593 | Robert McNamara Sec. of Defense 1961-68; World Bank pres. 1968-81 | $7,200 | 58% | 42% | 0% | 7-2 |
| 594 | Alan Greenspan Federal Reserve Chairman 1987-2006 | $6,500 | 0% | 92% | 8% | 4-1 |
| 595 | Michael Pfleger Catholic priest; social activist | $3,750 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 4-1 |
| 596 | Majel Roddenberry producer, actress | $3,000 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 3-0 |
| 597 | Rick Dees radio host; songwriter | $2,500 | 40% | 60% | 0% | 3-0 |
| 598 | Robert Scheer columnist | $2,500 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 3-0 |
| 599 | Tavis Smiley talk show host; commentator | $2,500 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 3-0 |
| 600 | Peter Farrelly screenwriter, producer, director | $90,900 | 92% | 0% | 8% | 5-6 |
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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 |
2,439 |
2,967 |
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GIs Killed in Action |
3,476 |
649 |
DoD |
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Non-Hostile GI Deaths |
889 |
192 |
DoD |
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GIs Severely Wounded |
13,883 |
2,678 |
DoD |
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Current Troop Deployment |
124,000 |
68,000 |
AP
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Total Cost (approved through Sept 30, 2009) |
$711 Bln |
$219 Bln |
AP |
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Cost Per Day (Avg) |
$298 Mil |
$75.2 Mil |
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casualty status updated November 17, 2009
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