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NEWSMEAT Hall of Fame - National Politics
Federal Campaign Contributions Since 1978
updated every Monday
Contributor (click name for detailed report) Total Dem GOP Spec Int Election
Win/Loss
Jack Abramoff lobbyist, GOP fundraiser; convicted of conspiracy, tax evasion and mail fraud$225,4880%66%34%109-44
Duane Acklie businessman$339,5000%77%23%41-23
David Addington Vice President's chief of staff 2005$10,9150%100%0%4-5
Ken Adelman defense analyst$4,7500%100%0%4-2
Lamar Alexander US Senator; TN Governor 1978-87$39,7970%86%14%10-8
Joe Allbaugh FEMA Director 2001-03; lobbyist$35,20015%85%0%12-5
Aldrich Ames Soviet spy, CIA agent$5,500100%0%0%0-0
Phil Angelides Calif. State Treasurer; 2006 candidate for governor$229,34992%0%8%75-41
Richard Armitage US Deputy Secretary of State 2001-05$14,1505%81%14%7-8
James A Baker, III Secretary of State 1989-92; attorney$62,9500%98%2%10-12
Haley Barbour Governor of Mississippi 2004-present$193,5950%69%31%121-46
Bob Barr US Congressman 1993-2005$19,8350%77%23%1-4
Evan Bayh US Senator 1999-present; Governor of Indiana 1989-97$1,000100%0%0%0-1
Paul Begala political consultant, commentator$31,110100%0%0%4-11
Richard Ben-Veniste attorney, 9/11 commissioner$29,57593%5%2%18-9
William Bennett Sec. of Education 1985-88; author; radio host$9,8000%85%15%3-4
Sandy Berger former National Security Advisor$81,12592%0%8%31-24
Joe Biden US Senator 1973-present$2,0000%0%100%0-0
Sam Bodman Secretary of Energy$42,8503%89%8%8-9
John Boehner House Majority Leader 2006-present; Member of Congress 1990-present$24,8650%99%1%14-6
Josh Bolten White House Chief of Staff 2006-present$3,5000%100%0%5-2
John R Bolton US Ambasador to the UN 2005-06$1,2500%80%20%0-0
Barbara Boxer Senator since 1993$11,01489%0%11%9-11
Brent Bozell media watchdog$6,2500%20%80%0-2
Donna Brazile political consultant$7,05087%0%13%10-6
David Brock author, media watchdog$10,00095%0%5%4-8
Michael D Brown former head of FEMA 2003-05$1,7500%100%0%2-0
Sam Brownback US Senator 1996-present$3,9650%100%0%2-1
Bay Buchanan pundit$3,5000%29%71%0-4
Pat Buchanan columnist, presidential candidate$68,7500%22%78%2-12
Barbara Bush First Lady 1989-93$22,9750%100%0%5-5
George H W Bush 41st US President$41,8000%98%2%11-14
George W Bush 43rd US President$13,4500%89%11%7-7
John 'Jeb' Bush Gov. of Florida 1999-2006$15,9500%87%13%8-9
Neil Bush businessman$3,9900%100%0%3-3
Peter Buttenwieser political fundraiser$4,043,60895%0%5%147-130
Andrew Card White House Chief of Staff 2001-06$76,0002%77%21%31-30
Jimmy Carter 39th US President 1977-81$17,650100%0%0%4-6
James Carville political guru$33,26093%0%7%12-13
Dick Cheney Vice President 2001-present$79,6460%55%45%29-9
Elizabeth Cheney $5,0000%100%0%3-1
Michael Chertoff Sec of Homeland Security$7,7500%100%0%2-8
Henry Cisneros HUD Secretary 1993-97$62,60089%0%11%27-12
Wesley Clark NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe 1997-2000$7,300100%0%0%4-2
Richard A Clarke former national security expert$36,04487%3%10%7-4
Torie Clarke public relations consultant, pundit$19,7500%91%9%6-7
Paul Clement US Solicitor General 2005-08$2,5000%100%0%1-0
Clark Clifford Secretary of Defense 1968-69; attorney$110,24490%0%10%41-24
Bill Clinton 42nd US President$6,800100%0%0%3-2
Hillary Clinton Senator$3,800100%0%0%1-1
Charles W Colson Pres. Nixon chief counsel 1969-73; Watergate felon$11,0000%100%0%1-1
Philip Cooney ex Bush White House staffer; oil executive$5000%100%0%1-1
John Cornyn US Senator 2002-present$1,7500%100%0%2-1
Ann Coulter conservative pundit, author$2500%0%100%0-1
Larry Craig US Senator 1990-2007$8,0000%100%0%3-3
Lester Crawford FDA Commissioner 2005; convicted felon$9,3500%97%3%2-0
Mario Cuomo NY governor 1983-1995$28,900100%0%0%8-4
Kenneth H Dalhberg C.R.E.E.P. midwest finance chairman$122,9530%99%1%25-33
Howard Dean DNC chairman; VT Governor 1991-2002$760100%0%0%0-1
Tom DeLay House Majority Leader 2003-05; indicted on charges of money laundering$26,9000%76%24%10-7
Chris Dodd US Senator 1981-present$4,000100%0%0%1-3
Bob Dole US Senator 1969-1996$319,2500%86%14%71-57
William Donaldson SEC chairman 2003-05; business executive$37,0005%68%27%13-6
Matthew Dowd political consultant$490100%0%0%0-2
Michael Dukakis 1988 presidential candidate$32,22698%0%2%29-19
Chet Edwards US Congressman 1991-present$3,241100%0%0%3-2
John Edwards US Senator 1998-2004$15,75094%0%6%1-1
Daniel Ellsberg whistleblower; political activist$500100%0%0%1-1
Rahm Emanuel US Congressman 2003-08$14,75093%0%7%9-3
Clark Kent Ervin former Inspector Gen., Dept. of Homeland Security$1,75043%57%0%1-1
Miguel Estrada attorney$14,9500%96%4%5-4
Marsha J Evans American Red Cross ceo, president$1,2500%100%0%0-0
Kenneth Feinberg Special Master, Sept 11th Victims Compensation Fund; attorney$342,30073%3%24%73-43
Dianne Feinstein US Senator 1992-present$397,90196%0%4%90-44
Douglas Feith Undersecretary of Defense for Policy 2001-05$45,5505%78%17%21-16
Geraldine Ferraro Congresswoman 1978-84; 1984 VP candidate$125,94290%0%10%59-31
Fred F Fielding White House Counsel 1981-86, 2007; 9/11 Commissioner$26,0000%91%9%12-12
Gerald Ford 38th US President$3,7500%100%0%8-4
Carl W Ford, Jr former State Dept Intel Chief$16,25032%62%6%13-6
Louis Freeh FBI Director 1993-2001$41,85022%74%4%7-4
Milton Friedman economist$30,0000%33%67%5-6
John Kenneth Galbraith economist, diplomat$24,80053%0%47%11-11
Robert Gates Secretary of Defense nominee; CIA director 1991-92$3,0000%100%0%2-0
Newt Gingrich politician$22,8700%99%1%5-6
Rudy Giuliani Mayor of New York (1994-2001)$6,7500%100%0%1-6
Alberto Gonzales US Attorney General 2005-07$1,2750%39%61%1-1
Al Gore Vice President 1993-2001$38,09784%0%16%5-7
Jamie Gorelick 9/11 Commissioner; fmr US Deputy Atty General$167,17578%5%17%74-34
Porter Goss CIA Director 2004-06; Congressman 1989-2004$19,1000%95%5%13-18
L Patrick Gray, III acting FBI Director 1972-73$1,7900%100%0%1-0
Alan Greenspan Federal Reserve Chairman 1987-2006$6,5000%92%8%4-1
Bo Gritz activist, conspiracy theorist, decorated vet$1,000100%0%0%1-0
Richard Haass Council on Foreign Relations president 2003-present$4,2000%100%0%2-5
Stephen Hadley National Security Advisor 2005-present$12,2500%92%8%5-3
Chuck Hagel Senator 1997-present$12,7008%84%8%8-8
Katherine Harris Member of Congress 2002 - present$3,0000%100%0%0-1
Francis J Harvey Secretary of the Army 2004-2007$21,5300%69%31%3-4
Orrin Hatch US Senator 1977-present$5,5000%91%9%2-3
Eric Holder US Attorney General nominee$34,57582%3%15%17-12
Mike Huckabee Governor of Arkansas 1996-2006$3,3000%100%0%0-2
Karen Hughes Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs 2005-present$4,5000%100%0%2-0
Duncan Hunter US Representative 1981-present$24,0000%96%4%16-8
Alphonso Jackson Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 2004-08$6,0500%100%0%3-2
Lady Bird Johnson First Lady 1963-68$88,85095%1%4%12-18
Vernon Jordan Washington power broker$312,46769%1%30%90-59
Tim Kaine Virginia Governor 2006-present$22,035100%0%0%4-11
Tom Kean Governor of NJ 1982-90; 9/11 Commission chair$138,9542%92%6%11-22
George Kennan diplomat, historian$3,000100%0%0%0-2
Ted Kennedy Senator 1962-present$41,16976%0%24%12-10
Bob Kerrey Senator 1989-2000; New School Univ. president$30,977100%0%0%11-5
John Kerry Senator, 2004 presidential candidate$6,448,965100%0%0%4-6
Teresa Heinz Kerry philanthropist$155,72286%4%10%39-19
Zalmay Khalilzad US Ambassador to Iraq 2005-$5000%100%0%0-1
Jeane Kirkpatrick US Ambassador to the UN 1981-85$16,0000%88%12%0-4
Henry Kissinger Sec. of State 1973-77$58,2001%81%18%27-15
Egil 'Bud' Krogh Nixon operative, convicted in Watergate scandal; attorney$7,95044%56%0%6-5
Howard Krongard Inspector General of the State Department 2005-present$6,35016%61%23%2-2
Dennis Kucinich US Congressman 1997-present$10,821100%0%0%1-1
Mary Landrieu US Senator 1996-present$16,75078%6%16%6-7
Lewis 'Scooter' Libby Vice President's chief of staff 2001-05; convicted of perjury$12,5000%92%8%4-1
Frank Luntz political consultant$4,8080%73%27%3-1
Harvey Mansfield professor, author$3,3000%100%0%0-1
Mary Matalin political strategist$19,5000%100%0%9-13
Terry McAuliffe DNC chairman 2001-05$25,010100%0%0%10-7
Cindy McCain philanthropist and businessperson$2,2500%100%0%1-2
John McCain US Senator$15,0780%100%0%1-3
Bonnie McElveen-Hunter American Red Cross chairman 2004-present; businesswoman$168,6470%97%3%2-5
George McGovern Congressman, Senator, and Democratic presidential nominee$13,500100%0%0%8-7
Robert McNamara Sec. of Defense 1961-68; World Bank pres. 1968-81$7,20058%42%0%7-2
Ken Mehlman RNC chairman 2005-06$106,6000%89%11%15-8
Harriet Miers White House Counsel 2005-07$18,07017%76%7%8-5
Zell Miller US Senator 2000-05; Gov. of Georgia 1991-99$9,00067%33%0%2-3
George Mitchell US Senator 1980-1995$68,45633%0%67%7-7
Walter Mondale Vice President 1977-80$49,57971%0%29%21-18
Stephen Moore economist, pundit$10,7502%47%51%4-5
Dick Morris political pundit and consultant$500100%0%0%1-0
Robert Mueller Director of the FBI$4500%100%0%0-1
Michael Mukasey US Attorney General; Federal Judge 1987-2006$1,20083%17%0%1-1
Ralph Nader consumer advocate$129,9050%0%100%0-5
Ray Nagin Mayor of New Orleans 2002-present$12,40056%24%20%7-2
John Negroponte ambassador$3,2500%100%0%2-1
Bob Ney Congressman 1995-2006; convicted of fraud conspiracy$1,7000%76%24%1-0
Richard Nixon 37th US President$13,5000%100%0%1-2
John O'Neill Swift Vets and POWs for Truth co-founder; attorney$35,3500%86%14%0-14
Barack Obama 44th US President-elect$5,550100%0%0%0-5
Ted Olson US Solicitor General 2001-04; attorney$96,2001%91%8%45-25
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis First Lady 1961-1963$27,50095%0%5%15-11
Peter Orszag economist$2,25056%0%44%0-2
Tom Osborne congressman, college football coach$17,6506%94%0%2-5
Sarah Palin 2008 VP candidate; Alaska Governor 2006-present$6280%100%0%0-1
George Pataki Governor of New York 1995-2006$1,0000%100%0%1-0
Nancy Pelosi Member of Congress, Minority Leader$56,41081%0%19%25-24
Mark Penn pollster, political strategist$10,850100%0%0%1-5
Richard Perle political advisor$500100%0%0%1-0
Jeanine Pirro Westchester County DA 1993-2005$8,1000%100%0%2-3
Valerie Plame Wilson former CIA operative$2,37284%0%16%1-1
Colin Powell Secretary of State 2001-05$42,0450%88%12%12-20
Dan Quayle Vice President 1989-1993$49,6850%91%9%7-11
Ronald Reagan 40th US President$1,5100%100%0%0-1
Ralph Reed political strategist$26,4300%92%8%10-10
Condoleezza Rice Secretary of State; Nat. Sec. Adv. (2001-05)$5,1000%55%45%1-2
Ann Richards Governor of Texas 1991-95$73,73359%0%41%24-11
Bill Richardson Governor of New Mexico 2003-present; Secretary of Energy 1998-2001$14,11996%4%0%9-7
Christina Romer economist; Council of Economic Advisors - chair designee$7,06589%0%11%1-3
Mitt Romney Governor of Massachussetts 2003-06; Bain Capital founder$212,7901%96%3%9-21
Hilary Rosen lobbyist; RIAA CEO 1998-2003$337,08173%4%23%105-44
Karl Rove Deputy Chief of Staff; political consultant$34,3500%100%0%15-8
John Rowland Gov. of Conn. 1995-2004; convicted of corruption$3,7507%93%0%2-4
Robert Rubin US Treasury Secretary 1995-99$413,95196%0%4%80-36
Tony Rudy "Team Abramoff" lobbyist; convicted on bribery conspiracy charges$60,3400%68%32%46-11
Donald Rumsfeld Sec. of Defense 1975-77, 2001-06$351,8001%83%16%81-68
Larry Sabato political pundit; professor$500100%0%0%1-0
David H Safavian White House Procurement Chief 2004-05; indicted for corruption$22,0841%67%32%26-7
Michael Scanlon lobbyist; convicted of bribery conspiracy$57,0000%100%0%3-1
Brent Scowcroft National Security Advisor 1974-77 and 1989-93$129,8632%55%43%15-17
Kathleen Sebelius Kansas Governor 2003-present$6,025100%0%0%4-6
Donald Segretti C.R.E.E.P. political operative; Watergate convict$16,0500%60%40%14-2
Dan Senor Iraq CPA Spokesman; FOX News contributor$4,5500%89%11%3-3
Al Sharpton minister; political activist$10,000100%0%0%0-1
Don Sherwood US congressman 1999-present$41,7500%94%6%4-7
Eliot Spitzer Governor of New York 2007-present$88,05096%0%4%22-25
Maurice Stans Sec. of Commerce 1969-72; indicted (acquitted) in Watergate scandal$48,5850%87%13%13-11
Ken Starr judge, DC Circuit Court of Appeals 1983-89; "Whitewater" Independent Counsel$34,7850%82%18%13-8
Ted Stevens US Senator 1968 - present; convicted felon$17,0500%100%0%7-4
James Stockdale Vice Admiral; war hero; 1992 VP candidate$1,4730%85%15%1-2
Lawrence Summers Harvard University president$9,800100%0%0%2-3
Tom Tancredo Congressman 1999-present$2,5000%100%0%1-1
Sara Taylor White House political aide 2001-07$2,9500%100%0%5-2
Fred Thompson US Senator 1994-2003; actor; attorney$44,1551%87%12%7-13
Larry Thompson deputy US Attorney General 2001-03; Pepsico evp$55,6211%88%11%20-19
Tommy Thompson Secretary of Health and Human Services 2001-05; Governor of Wisconsin 1987-2001$49,4671%98%1%4-8
Randall Tobias Director of Foreign Assistance & USAID Director 2006-07$205,3501%85%14%16-10
Michael E Toner Federal Election Commission chairman 2002-present$1,0000%100%0%1-0
Fran Townsend Homeland Security Advisor 2004-07$5,9500%100%0%1-0
Joe Trippi Democratic political consultant$26,17775%0%25%2-12
Jack Valenti lobbyist$430,73063%27%10%291-106
Tom Vilsack Governor of Iowa 1999-2006$18,54091%0%9%8-7
Paul Volcker Federal Reserve Chairman 1979-87$16,00058%39%3%9-9
Andrew von Eschenbach FDA Commissioner 2005-present$6,5058%92%0%2-2
Doug Wead writer; political aide$15,4500%100%0%6-6
Jim Webb US Senator; author; Secretary of the Navy 1987-88$950100%0%0%0-0
Caspar Weinberger Secretary of Defense 1981-87$3,7000%100%0%2-3
William Weld Governor of Massachusetts 1991-97$195,3001%85%14%35-48
William Westmoreland Army General; commanded American military operations in the Vietnam War from 1964-68$2,7000%100%0%2-1
Paul Weyrich Christian right activist$9,3500%68%32%5-15
Christine Todd Whitman NJ Gov 1994-2001; EPA chief 2001-03$131,9300%75%25%28-24
Kathleen Willey former White House aide, accused Pres. Clinton of sexual assault$4,75095%0%5%3-3
Joe Wilson former ambassador$10,25061%24%15%7-3
Paul Wolfowitz Deputy Secretary of Defense 2001-05; World Bank president 2005-07$10,9370%95%5%3-5
James Woolsey CIA Director 1993-95$27,65055%42%3%12-13
Andrew Young civil rights activist, politician, lobbyist$56,55075%4%21%18-24
Robert Zoellick World Bank president$19,3000%100%0%20-6

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Days 2,120 2,648  
GIs Killed in Action 3,400 406 DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths 821 153 DoD
GIs Severely Wounded 13,624 1,692 DoD
Current Troop Deployment 148,000 30,000 Brookings, AP
Total Cost (approved through mid 2009) $650 Bln $200 Bln AP
Cost Per Day (Avg) $261 Mil $70.8 Mil
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