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Caroline Kennedy ($46,650)
Julie Taymor ($28,000)
Robert Blake ($3,000)
Mike Francesa ($1,000)
Reba McEntire ($2,500)
Albert Brooks ($250)
Marsha Mason ($57,875)
Harry Connick, Jr ($33,100)
Kate O'Beirne ($200)
Tracy Scoggins ($500)
Tia Carrere ($2,250)
Marlon Wayans ($2,500)
Ed Harris ($17,350)
Lainie Kazan ($1,500)
Melissa Gilbert ($9,800)
Louie Anderson ($2,500)
Peter Farrelly ($90,900)
Tim Gunn ($1,000)
Candy Spelling ($17,000)
Cuba Gooding, Jr ($4,300)
Joe Watkins ($8,000)
Nick Saban ($250)
Chuck Palahniuk ($2,000)
Ron Jaworski ($5,000)
Al Michaels ($2,000)
Zygi Wilf ($198,634)
Aaron Sorkin ($201,700)
Annette Bening ($27,724)
Bill Pullman ($1,500)
Daryl Hannah ($800)
Cindy Crawford ($3,300)
Uma Thurman ($28,000)
Kevin Sorbo ($1,500)
David Montgomery ($54,200)
George Brett ($3,300)
Digger Phelps ($1,250)
Billie Jean King ($19,800)
Mariel Hemingway ($1,750)
Gordie Howe ($1,000)
Andy Borowitz ($22,850)
Mark Kulkis ($6,100)
Marcia Cross ($1,200)
Emmanuel Lewis ($3,450)
Melissa Boyle Mahle ($500)
Mary Stuart Masterson ($9,375)
Helen Hunt ($7,550)
Taye Diggs ($2,300)
Michael Douglas ($614,350)
Diedrich Bader ($3,000)
Andy Griffith ($2,500)
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Michael Chertoff
, 55 (bio ) Secretary of Homeland Security 2005-09
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
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Election Picks: 2 wins, 8 losses
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Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
CHERTOFF, MICHAEL MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ 07092 LATHAM & WATKINSZIMMER, DICK (R) House (NJ District: 12) ZIMMER 2000 INCLost $1,000 general 10/24/00
CHERTOFF, MICHAEL WESTFIELD, NJ 07090 LATHAM & WATKINSFRANKS, ROBERT D (R) Senate - NJ BOB FRANKS FOR US SENATE INCLost $500 general 08/08/00
CHERTOFF, MICHAEL SHORT HILLS, NJ 07078 LATHAM & WATKINSTREFFINGER, JAMES W (R) Senate - NJ JIM TREFFINGER FOR SENATE INCLost $500 primary 06/05/00
CHERTOFF, MICHAEL MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ 07092 LATHAM & WATKINSGORMLEY, WILLIAM L (R) Senate - NJ GORMLEY FOR SENATE PRIMARY ELECTION FUNDLost $500 primary 12/09/99
CHERTOFF, MICHAEL MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ 07092 ATTORNEYGIULIANI, RUDOLPH W (R) Senate - NY FRIENDS OF GIULIANI EXPLORATORY COMMITTEELost $1,000 primary 11/24/99
CHERTOFF, MICHAEL MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ 07092 LATHAM & WATKINSGeorge W Bush (R) President BUSH FOR PRESIDENT INC. - $-500 primary 09/10/99
CHERTOFF, MICHAEL MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ 07092 LATHAM & WATKINSGeorge W Bush (R) President BUSH FOR PRESIDENT INC.Won $500 primary 07/14/99
CHERTOFF, MICHAEL MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ 07092 LATHAM & WATKINSGeorge W Bush (R) President BUSH FOR PRESIDENT INC.Won $1,000 primary 04/23/99
CHERTOFF, MICHAEL MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ 07092 LAYTHAM & WATKINSD'AMATO, ALFONSE M (R) Senate - NY FRIENDS OF SENATOR D'AMATO (1998 COMMITTEE)Lost $1,000 general 06/09/98
CHERTOFF, MICHAEL MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ 07092 LAYTHAM & WATKINSD'AMATO, ALFONSE M (R) Senate - NY FRIENDS OF SENATOR D'AMATO (1998 COMMITTEE)Lost $500 primary 10/30/97
CHERTOFF, MICHAEL MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ 07092 LAYTHAM & WATKINSD'AMATO, ALFONSE M (R) Senate - NY FRIENDS OF SENATOR D'AMATO (1998 COMMITTEE)Lost $500 primary 06/16/97
CHERTOFF, MICHAEL WESTFIELD, NJ 07090 LATHAM WATKINS ET ALZIMMER, DICK (R) Senate - NJ ZIMMER FOR SENATE INCLost $250 general 10/24/96
CHERTOFF, MICHAEL WESTFIELD, NJ 07090 LATHAM WATKINS ET ALZIMMER, DICK (R) Senate - NJ ZIMMER FOR SENATE INCLost $500 general 08/14/96
CHERTOFF, MICHAEL MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ 07092 LATHAM & WATKINSMARTINI, WILLIAM J (R) House (NJ District: 08) MARTINI FOR CONGRESSLost $250 primary 04/01/96
CHERTOFF, MICHAEL NEW YORK, NJ LATHAM & WATKINSMARTINI, WILLIAM J (R) House (NJ District: 08) MARTINI FOR CONGRESSWon $250 general 10/18/94
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