NEWSMEAT Power Rankings
Among the most famous and powerful Americans, whose campaign contributions result most often in victory?
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Donor |
Total |
Dem |
GOP |
Spec Int |
Election
Win/Loss |
| 701 | Frank Gifford NFL hall-of-famer; sportscaster | $8,000 | 38% | 63% | 0% | 3-4 |
| 701 | Marc Anthony entertainer | $4,200 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 702 | James Caan actor | $4,200 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 703 | Connie Schultz columnist | $4,200 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 704 | Elaine May director, screenwriter, actress | $7,000 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-1 |
| 704 | Don LaFontaine "In a world..." movie trailer voice actor | $8,550 | 94% | 0% | 6% | 2-1 |
| 705 | Don Johnson actor | $6,000 | 42% | 42% | 16% | 3-3 |
| 705 | Lorne Michaels producer | $68,650 | 65% | 6% | 29% | 13-14 |
| 706 | Deval Patrick Governor of Massachusetts | $66,300 | 86% | 0% | 14% | 12-14 |
| 707 | Meryl Streep actress | $26,500 | 96% | 0% | 4% | 6-6 |
| 708 | Raymond Floyd pro golfer | $7,200 | 7% | 86% | 7% | 2-1 |
| 708 | E Neville Isdell Coca-Cola chairman, ceo | $26,210 | 8% | 0% | 92% | 2-0 |
| 709 | Clive Davis Arista Records founder | $18,500 | 11% | 0% | 89% | 2-0 |
| 710 | Maynard James Keenan rock star | $4,500 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-1 |
| 710 | Bobby Bowden FSU football coach | $15,500 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 3-2 |
| 711 | Paul Shaffer entertainer | $11,000 | 45% | 9% | 46% | 1-1 |
| 712 | Veronica Hamel actress | $9,400 | 101% | 0% | 0% | 1-3 |
| 713 | Mary Stuart Masterson actress | $9,375 | 32% | 0% | 68% | 3-1 |
| 714 | David McCullough author, historian | $9,000 | 72% | 28% | 0% | 3-2 |
| 714 | Lou Piniella pro baseball manager, player; sportscaster | $4,000 | 50% | 50% | 0% | 1-1 |
| 715 | Anjelica Huston actress | $3,000 | 67% | 0% | 33% | 1-1 |
| 715 | Blake Edwards director, producer | $8,500 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 2-2 |
| 716 | Shelley Hack actress | $7,500 | 33% | 0% | 67% | 2-0 |
| 717 | Dinah Shore | $7,250 | 90% | 0% | 10% | 3-2 |
| 717 | Mark O'Meara pro golfer | $2,500 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 3-1 |
| 718 | Dabney Coleman actor | $2,500 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 1-2 |
| 718 | Mark Cuban Dallas Mavericks owner | $7,000 | 14% | 14% | 72% | 2-0 |
| 719 | Elizabeth Cheney | $5,000 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 3-1 |
| 720 | Tony Danza actor | $2,300 | 43% | 43% | 14% | 1-1 |
| 720 | James McDermott, Jr former chairman of Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc.; charged with insider-trading (settled) | $4,500 | 22% | 78% | 0% | 2-0 |
| 721 | Rafael Palmeiro baseball player | $4,000 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 722 | Kenny G recording artist | $2,000 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-1 |
| 722 | Bobby Valentine baseball manager, player | $4,000 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 723 | Rush Limbaugh radio talk show host | $2,000 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 1-1 |
| 723 | James 'LL Cool J' Smith hip hop artist, actor | $4,000 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 724 | Beverly D'Angelo actress | $2,000 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-1 |
| 724 | Pat O'Brien tv personality | $3,000 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 2-0 |
| 725 | Dylan McDermott actor | $2,000 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-1 |
| 725 | William Pryor judge, US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | $2,200 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 2-0 |
| 726 | Marilu Henner actress | $2,000 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 2-0 |
| 726 | Rod Steiger actor | $2,000 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-1 |
| 727 | Art Linkletter tv personality, spokesman | $2,000 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 2-0 |
| 727 | Tom Hammond sportscaster | $2,000 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-2 |
| 728 | Robert Stack actor | $2,000 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 2-0 |
| 729 | Aretha Franklin recording artist | $2,000 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 2-0 |
| 729 | Beverly Sills opera singer | $2,000 | 50% | 50% | 0% | 1-1 |
| 730 | Rob Lowe actor | $1,000 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-1 |
| 730 | B B Schraub Texas State Judge | $1,000 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 4-0 |
| 731 | Philip Cooney ex Bush White House staffer; oil executive | $500 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 1-1 |
| 731 | Bill Richardson Governor of New Mexico 2003-present; Secretary of Energy 1998-2001 | $14,119 | 96% | 4% | 0% | 9-7 |
| 732 | Peyton Manning NFL quarterback | $9,500 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 2-1 |
| 733 | Ossie Davis actor | $24,789 | 58% | 0% | 42% | 11-11 |
| 734 | Richard A Clarke former national security expert | $38,044 | 82% | 3% | 15% | 7-4 |
| 735 | Griffin Dunne filmmaker | $6,950 | 97% | 0% | 3% | 3-3 |
| 736 | Howard Stern talk show host | $4,350 | 94% | 0% | 6% | 2-1 |
| 737 | Annie Leibovitz photographer | $8,300 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-1 |
| 738 | Billie Jean King tennis player/coach | $19,800 | 42% | 25% | 33% | 3-2 |
| 739 | Stephen Hadley National Security Advisor 2005-09 | $12,250 | 0% | 92% | 8% | 6-2 |
| 740 | Kenneth Tomlinson former Corp for Public Broadcasting chairman ; retired journalist | $11,600 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 10-7 |
| 741 | Herbie Hancock musician | $9,560 | 95% | 0% | 5% | 4-2 |
| 742 | Andrew Greeley author, Catholic priest | $8,600 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 2-2 |
| 743 | John Legend recording artist | $5,600 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-1 |
| 744 | Michael W McConnell judge, US Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit | $2,400 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 3-1 |
| 745 | James Cayne Bear Stearns - CEO 2001-08; world-class Bridge player | $154,770 | 16% | 42% | 42% | 28-28 |
| 746 | Anna Wintour Vogue editor-in-chief | $47,150 | 79% | 0% | 21% | 3-1 |
| 747 | Stuart Reese MassMutual ceo | $38,500 | 3% | 18% | 79% | 3-1 |
| 748 | Amy Grant singer | $21,250 | 0% | 93% | 7% | 6-4 |
| 749 | Andrew von Eschenbach FDA Commissioner 2005-present | $8,505 | 18% | 82% | 0% | 2-2 |
| 750 | Elisabeth Shue actress | $7,500 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-1 |
| 751 | Ansel Adams photographer | $5,750 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 4-2 |
| 752 | Jim Kelly NFL quarterback 1983-96 | $4,000 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 4-2 |
| 753 | John G Roberts Chief Justice of the Supreme Court 2005-present | $11,185 | 0% | 33% | 67% | 3-1 |
| 754 | Stephen Bechtel, Jr Bechtel Group co-owner | $485,000 | 2% | 64% | 34% | 50-46 |
| 755 | Paul Otellini Intel ceo 2005-present | $49,700 | 12% | 17% | 71% | 3-2 |
| 756 | David Cote Honeywell International - Chairman and CEO 2002-present | $36,668 | 0% | 26% | 74% | 3-2 |
| 757 | Andy Borowitz satirist, writer | $22,850 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 3-4 |
| 758 | Bill Maher comedian, political satirist | $5,850 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 2-2 |
| 759 | Maury Povich talk/game show host | $64,300 | 7% | 5% | 88% | 2-1 |
| 760 | John Mellencamp rock star | $28,300 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 5-5 |
| 761 | Tom Bergeron game show host | $8,800 | 97% | 0% | 3% | 1-1 |
| 762 | Adam Savage TV host | $6,800 | 85% | 0% | 15% | 1-1 |
| 763 | Toni Morrison author | $5,800 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 764 | Randy Jackson musician, record producer, entertainer | $3,300 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 765 | Chris Berman sportscaster | $7,749 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 2-1 |
| 766 | Steven Rogel Weyerhaeuser chairman, ceo | $35,499 | 16% | 38% | 46% | 6-3 |
| 767 | John Smoltz pro baseball pitcher | $9,800 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 3-2 |
| 768 | Brett Ratner director | $18,050 | 93% | 0% | 7% | 5-5 |
| 769 | Dana Gould comedian, writer | $8,925 | 87% | 0% | 13% | 4-3 |
| 770 | Jane Fonda actress | $204,296 | 63% | 0% | 37% | 21-30 |
| 771 | Adrian Pasdar actor | $8,600 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-1 |
| 772 | Forest Whitaker actor, director | $7,100 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-1 |
| 773 | Bob Hope comedian, actor | $84,250 | 2% | 95% | 3% | 7-5 |
| 774 | David Bernauer Walgreens - Chairman, CEO 2002-06 | $59,369 | 10% | 4% | 86% | 2-0 |
| 775 | Tom Landry NFL coach | $35,980 | 0% | 82% | 18% | 5-3 |
| 776 | Taylor Hackford director | $28,900 | 35% | 7% | 58% | 6-5 |
| 777 | Amy Irving actress | $18,500 | 62% | 0% | 38% | 2-2 |
| 778 | Carrie Fisher actress, author | $13,500 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 7-4 |
| 779 | David Edmondson RadioShack ceo 2005-06 | $9,000 | 6% | 11% | 83% | 2-0 |
| 780 | Janine Turner actress | $7,500 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 4-2 |
| 781 | Michael D Brown former head of FEMA 2003-05 | $1,750 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 2-0 |
| 782 | Gloria Reuben actress | $1,700 | 88% | 0% | 12% | 2-0 |
| 783 | Burt Reynolds actor | $1,500 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 2-0 |
| 784 | Reese Witherspoon actress | $1,500 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 2-0 |
| 785 | James Woods actor | $1,500 | 67% | 33% | 0% | 2-0 |
| 786 | Martin Short actor, comedian | $1,500 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 2-0 |
| 787 | Michael Bolton singer | $1,500 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 2-0 |
| 788 | Anthony Edwards actor | $6,997 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 2-1 |
| 789 | Nicole Miller fashion designer | $33,500 | 34% | 3% | 63% | 5-4 |
| 790 | Moby recording artist, producer | $12,500 | 89% | 0% | 11% | 2-3 |
| 791 | Jim Lampley sportscaster | $7,625 | 90% | 0% | 10% | 3-3 |
| 792 | Anne Rice author | $89,583 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 6-5 |
| 793 | David Mamet writer | $16,700 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 5-2 |
| 794 | Errol Morris filmmaker | $3,200 | 88% | 0% | 12% | 1-0 |
| 795 | Pam Ward sportscaster | $2,800 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 796 | Doris Kearns Goodwin author, historian | $1,400 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 2-0 |
| 797 | Nancy Pelosi Member of Congress, Minority Leader | $56,410 | 81% | 0% | 19% | 25-24 |
| 798 | Bob Odenkirk actor, writer, producer | $4,500 | 78% | 0% | 22% | 2-1 |
| 799 | John Negroponte ambassador | $3,250 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 2-1 |
| 800 | Troy Aikman NFL quarterback 1989-2000; sportscaster | $10,300 | 0% | 90% | 10% | 2-1 |
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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 |
2,442 |
2,970 |
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GIs Killed in Action |
3,476 |
650 |
DoD |
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Non-Hostile GI Deaths |
891 |
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 23, 2009
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