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Ivan Reitman ($16,800)
Roger Ebert ($1,500)
Jeanne Tripplehorn ($3,760)
Drew Barrymore ($1,000)
Mark Wahlberg ($3,000)
Richard Petty ($23,950)
Rip Torn ($4,300)
John Grisham ($224,525)
Ricardo Montalban ($250)
Gordie Howe ($1,000)
Vince McMahon ($13,000)
Gary Sinise ($4,400)
Robert Duvall ($1,000)
Drayton McLane Jr ($386,494)
Dan Rooney ($82,800)
Bill Romanowski ($250)
Patton Oswalt ($225)
Andrew Napolitano ($12,000)
Pat Bowlen ($38,250)
Martin Scorsese ($16,600)
Sandra Bernhard ($3,039)
Joss Whedon ($34,500)
Hale Irwin ($1,000)
Josh Brolin ($2,000)
Sam Wyche ($4,500)
Meryl Streep ($26,500)
Sally Kirkland ($1,300)
Jamie Lee Curtis ($55,478)
Jim Boeheim ($500)
Jerry Richardson ($76,150)
John Fund ($1,000)
Natalie Portman ($4,300)
Robert Forster ($500)
Corbin Bernsen ($550)
John Cleese ($2,300)
Jenny McCarthy ($1,250)
Tommy Maddox ($2,000)
Joan Jett ($7,550)
Herbie Hancock ($9,560)
Laura San Giacomo ($1,500)
Deborah Norville ($1,000)
Chris Weitz ($24,838)
Errol Morris ($3,200)
Rose McGowan ($800)
Joanne Woodward ($218,850)
Sally Field ($36,600)
Bob Weir ($9,092)
Majel Roddenberry ($3,000)
Ben Crenshaw ($9,173)
Magic Johnson ($38,800)
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George Halas
, 1895-1983 (bio ) Chicago Bears owner 1933-83; Football Hall of Fame charter member
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
1,548
Election Picks: 3 wins, 4 losses
$6,875 Republican $2,000 Democrat $1,500 special interest total: $10,375
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
HALAS, GEORGE S CHICAGO, IL 60604 PERCY, CHARLES H SENATOR (R) Senate - IL CITIZENS FOR PERCY, 1984Lost $1,000 primary 01/20/83
HALAS, GEORGE S CHICAGO, IL 60604 PERCY, CHARLES H SENATOR (R) Senate - IL CITIZENS FOR PERCY, 1984Lost $1,000 general 01/20/83
HALAS, GEORGE S CHICAGO, IL 60604 CHICAGO BEARS FOOTBALL CLUB REPUBLICAN MAJORITY FUND - $500 primary 08/19/82
HALAS, GEORGE S CHICAGO, IL 60604 CHICAGO BEARS FOOTBALL CLUBEVANS, THOMAS BEVERLY JR (R) House (DE District: 00) EVANS - '82 COMMITTEELost $500 primary 06/19/82
HALAS, GEORGE S CHICAGO, IL 60604 CHICAGO BEARS FOOTBALL CLB INC NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE CONTRIBUTIONS (R) - $500 primary 05/19/82
HALAS, GEORGE S CHICAGO, IL 60640 CHICAGO BEARS FOOTBALANNUNZIO, FRANK (D) House (IL District: 11) ANNUNZIO FOR PEOPLE COMMITTEEWon $500 general 05/19/82
HALAS, GEORGE S CHICAGO, IL 60604 CHICAGO BEARS FOOTBALL CLUB 1982 REPUBLICAN SENATE-HOUSE DINNER (R) - $1,000 primary 05/19/82
HALAS, GEORGE S CHICAGO, IL 60640 CHICAGO BEARS FOOTBALL CLUB INC REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE - CONTRIBUTIONS (AKA REPUBLICAN NATIONAL FINANCE COMMITTEE (R) - $500 primary 08/19/81
HALAS, GEORGE S CHICAGO, IL 60004 CHICAGO BEAR FOOTBALL CLUB VFW POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - $1,000 primary 09/11/80
HALAS, GEORGE S CHICAGO, IL 60640 CHICAGO BEARSGOLDWATER, BARRY M (R) Senate - AZ GOLDWATER SENATE COMMITTEEWon $500 primary 07/23/80
HALAS, GEORGE S CHICAGO, IL 60604 REPUBLICANS FOR VICTORY (R) - $500 primary 06/30/80
HALAS, GEORGE S CHICAGO, IL 00000 CHICAGO BEARS FOOTBALL CLUBJimmy Carter (D) President CARTER/MONDALE PRESIDENTIAL COMMITTEE INCLost $500 primary 05/19/80
HALAS, GEORGE S CHICAGO, IL 00000 KLUCZYNSKI, MELANIE (D) House (IL District: 05) KLUCZYNSKI FOR CONGRESSLost $1,000 primary 01/10/80
HALAS, GEORGE S MR CHICAGO, IL 60640 OWNER OF CHICAGO BEARSRonald Reagan (R) President REAGAN FOR PRESIDENT (1980 PRIMARY PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE)Won $1,000 primary 11/30/79
HALAS, GEORGE S CHICAGO, IL 60604 CHICAGO BEARS FOOTBALL CLUB INC ARIZONA REPUBLICAN PARTY (R) - $375 primary 02/12/79
* general election result only; "Lost" = didn't win seat for that cycle
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