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 |
| 801 | Geena Davis actress | $37,450 | 71% | 0% | 29% | 1-1 |
| 802 | Annabeth Gish actress | $1,800 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 2-0 |
| 803 | Laura Innes actress, director | $3,800 | 93% | 0% | 7% | 1-0 |
| 804 | Kate Walsh actress | $3,050 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-1 |
| 805 | Steve Jobs Apple Computer ceo; Pixar chairman, ceo | $229,000 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 4-3 |
| 806 | Carol Burnett actress, comedian | $14,750 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 3-1 |
| 807 | Charlton Heston actor; NRA president 1998-2003 | $8,750 | 23% | 77% | 0% | 4-3 |
| 808 | Howard Hesseman actor | $4,375 | 57% | 0% | 43% | 1-0 |
| 809 | Linda Lavin actress | $3,750 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 3-1 |
| 810 | Emmanuel Lewis actor | $3,450 | 72% | 0% | 28% | 1-0 |
| 811 | Wendy Wasserstein playwright | $3,350 | 94% | 0% | 6% | 3-1 |
| 812 | Cash Warren producer | $3,100 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-1 |
| 813 | Cedric 'the Entertainer' Kyles actor, comedian | $2,500 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 814 | Marlon Wayans actor | $2,500 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 815 | Sean McManus CBS News/Sports chief | $1,250 | 80% | 20% | 0% | 2-0 |
| 816 | Dominick Dunne author, journalist | $1,250 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 2-0 |
| 817 | Peter Ueberroth Commissioner of Baseball 1984-89; businessman | $39,000 | 4% | 57% | 39% | 5-8 |
| 818 | Miguel Estrada attorney | $14,950 | 7% | 89% | 4% | 5-4 |
| 819 | Owen Wilson actor | $6,400 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 2-1 |
| 820 | Monty Hall game show host | $3,800 | 74% | 13% | 13% | 5-2 |
| 821 | Pete Seeger singer/songwriter | $3,700 | 78% | 0% | 22% | 4-2 |
| 822 | Bill Pullman actor | $1,500 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 2-0 |
| 823 | Chuck Close artist | $56,600 | 23% | 0% | 77% | 1-0 |
| 824 | Amy Madigan actress | $52,700 | 39% | 0% | 61% | 7-5 |
| 825 | Martina Navratilova pro tennis player | $27,800 | 59% | 0% | 41% | 8-7 |
| 826 | Oprah Winfrey talk show host, actress | $19,300 | 95% | 5% | 0% | 2-1 |
| 827 | Wes Craven filmmaker | $19,100 | 63% | 0% | 37% | 4-3 |
| 828 | Rosanna Arquette actress | $17,300 | 15% | 0% | 85% | 1-0 |
| 829 | Chuck Lorre TV producer, writer, director | $12,300 | 19% | 0% | 81% | 1-0 |
| 830 | Lionel Richie recording artist | $7,800 | 29% | 0% | 71% | 1-0 |
| 831 | Amy Tan author | $6,800 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 2-2 |
| 832 | Bill Clinton 42nd US President | $6,800 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 3-2 |
| 833 | M Night Shyamalan filmmaker | $5,900 | 39% | 0% | 61% | 1-1 |
| 834 | David Fincher director | $5,900 | 39% | 0% | 61% | 1-0 |
| 835 | Joseph Gordon-Levitt actor | $5,700 | 75% | 0% | 25% | 1-1 |
| 836 | Nora Roberts author | $4,300 | 88% | 0% | 12% | 1-0 |
| 837 | Samuel Jackson actor | $3,300 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 838 | Christine Taylor actress | $3,300 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 839 | Gene Wilder actor | $3,250 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 840 | Valerie Bertinelli actress | $2,800 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 841 | Ally Walker actress | $2,800 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 842 | Mark Burnett game show producer | $2,300 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 843 | Stephon Marbury pro basketball player | $2,300 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 844 | John Cleese actor, author | $2,300 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 845 | Brooke Shields actress | $2,300 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 846 | Angela Bassett actress | $2,300 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 847 | Grant Hill pro basketball player | $2,300 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 848 | Gabrielle Union actress | $2,300 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 849 | Bob Balaban actor, director | $2,300 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 850 | Teri Hatcher actress | $2,300 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 851 | Taye Diggs actor | $2,300 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 852 | Nia Long actress | $2,300 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 853 | Susanna Hoffs recording artist | $2,300 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 854 | Annie Potts actress | $2,300 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 855 | Omar Epps actor | $2,300 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 856 | Scarlett Johansson actress | $2,300 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 857 | Bernie Mac comedian, actor | $2,300 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 858 | Curtis Martin NFL player 1995-2007 | $2,300 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 859 | George McGovern Congressman, Senator, and Democratic presidential nominee | $13,500 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 8-7 |
| 860 | Jeffrey Wright actor | $9,900 | 75% | 0% | 25% | 2-1 |
| 861 | James Woolsey CIA Director 1993-95 | $28,650 | 57% | 41% | 2% | 12-13 |
| 862 | Byron Allen entertainer | $15,700 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 3-3 |
| 863 | Tyne Daly actress | $12,050 | 42% | 0% | 58% | 1-1 |
| 864 | Lindsay Wagner actress | $2,100 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 865 | Dave Matthews recording artist | $2,100 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 866 | Kate Spade fashion designer | $2,945 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-1 |
| 867 | Linda McMahon World Wrestling Entertainment co-founder | $603,341 | 5% | 92% | 3% | 9-10 |
| 868 | Rhea Perlman actress | $84,804 | 79% | 0% | 21% | 6-7 |
| 869 | Richard Schulze Best Buy chairman | $64,400 | 6% | 94% | 0% | 7-9 |
| 870 | Penny Marshall director, actress | $29,258 | 72% | 0% | 28% | 6-4 |
| 871 | Burt Lancaster actor | $21,500 | 53% | 0% | 47% | 4-3 |
| 872 | Catherine Coulter author | $17,000 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 873 | Fran Tarkenton hall-of-fame quarterback | $11,600 | 0% | 91% | 9% | 3-3 |
| 874 | Dan Marino NFL quarterback | $9,500 | 0% | 21% | 79% | 1-0 |
| 875 | David Westin ABC News president | $9,000 | 39% | 22% | 39% | 5-3 |
| 876 | Bill Kristol Weekly Standard editor | $8,500 | 0% | 94% | 6% | 5-4 |
| 877 | Fran Townsend Homeland Security Advisor 2004-07 | $6,700 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 878 | Bill Murray actor | $6,000 | 83% | 0% | 17% | 3-1 |
| 879 | Donald Sterling LA Clippers owner; real estate mogul | $6,000 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 2-1 |
| 880 | Marisa Tomei actress | $5,400 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 881 | Jim Belushi actor | $5,250 | 81% | 19% | 0% | 3-2 |
| 882 | Mark Brunell NFL quarterback | $5,000 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 2-1 |
| 883 | Loretta Lynn recording artist | $4,300 | 0% | 77% | 23% | 1-0 |
| 884 | George Wendt actor | $4,000 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 2-1 |
| 885 | Toby Keith country music singer/songwriter | $4,000 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 886 | Alanis Morissette recording artist | $3,000 | 67% | 0% | 33% | 1-0 |
| 887 | Ernest Borgnine actor | $2,500 | 20% | 80% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 888 | Paul Clement US Solicitor General 2005-08 | $2,500 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 889 | Larry Mize pro golfer | $2,250 | 0% | 89% | 11% | 1-0 |
| 890 | Gary Collins actor, TV host | $2,250 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 891 | Jon Stewart comedian, satirist | $2,000 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 892 | Wink Martindale game show host | $2,000 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 893 | Ozzy Osbourne rock star | $2,000 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 894 | Tom Kite pro golfer | $2,000 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 895 | Al Michaels sportscaster | $2,000 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 896 | Jason Sehorn pro football player 1994-2003 | $2,000 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 897 | Bobby Knight basketball coach | $2,000 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 898 | David Toms pro golfer | $2,000 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 899 | Clyde Drexler NBA all star 1983-98 | $2,000 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 900 | Julius Peppers NFL football player | $2,000 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-0 |
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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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