Hall of Fame
James Garner ($29,620)
Marlon Wayans ($2,500)
Michael Kors ($11,450)
David Koepp ($31,600)
Dan Savage ($8,350)
Suze Orman ($39,500)
Billy Baldwin ($18,650)
Dave Matthews ($2,100)
Peri Gilpin ($3,000)
Steve Bing ($8,811,840)
James B Stewart ($2,000)
Kevin Harvick ($1,000)
Ryan O'Neal ($500)
Jane Seymour ($6,000)
Laura San Giacomo ($1,500)
George Bodenheimer ($62,680)
Blake Edwards ($8,500)
Paul Tagliabue ($32,749)
Norman Lear ($1,001,855)
Candy Spelling ($17,000)
Dylan McDermott ($2,000)
Harold Ramis ($26,250)
Robert Duvall ($1,000)
Keenen Ivory Wayans ($1,000)
Ashley Williams ($250)
Tina Brown ($1,000)
Olivia Newton-John ($500)
Marcia Gay Harden ($250)
Barry Levinson ($52,950)
Kate Capshaw ($160,775)
Heather Graham ($2,300)
Traci Lords ($300)
Isaiah Washington ($4,550)
Ben Stein ($58,900)
Hank Williams, Jr ($5,750)
Jay Chandrasekhar ($1,200)
Stockard Channing ($10,000)
Chris Weitz ($6,850)
Peter Falk ($6,150)
Henry Winkler ($35,000)
Al Leiter ($4,000)
Noam Chomsky ($2,450)
Brian France ($105,800)
Cheryl Hines ($2,000)
James 'LL Cool J' Smith ($4,000)
Sam Seder ($2,050)
Bill Cunningham ($10,550)
Linda Gray ($6,500)
George Karl ($7,500)
Boyd Tinsley ($82,350)
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Hall of Fame ► Billionaires
Riley Bechtel (bio ) Bechtel Group chairman, ceo
NEWS MEAT
1,704
Election Picks: 6 wins, 12 losses
$30,100 Republican $1,000 Democrat $43,285 special interest total: $74,385
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election
Amount
Date
FEC
BECHTEL, RILEY PEART 94105 - $570 primary 11/19/06 BECHTEL, RILEY PEART 94105 - $1,295 general 03/26/06 BECHTEL, RILEY PEART 94105 - $2,405 primary 12/18/05 Bechtel, Riley P 94119 - $2,000 primary 11/18/04 BECHTEL, RILEY P 94105 Bill Jones (R)Lost $1,000 general 10/07/04 BECHTEL, RILEY PEART 94105 - $2,405 primary 12/23/01 Bechtel, Riley P. Mr. 94105 Ralph Regula (Rep)Won $1,000 primary 11/09/01 BECHTEL, RILEY P 94119 - $2,000 primary 11/03/00 BECHTEL, RILEY P 94105 Ralph Regula (Rep)Won $1,000 general 10/18/00 BECHTEL, RILEY 94105 CAMPBELL, TOM (R)Lost $1,000 general 09/30/00 BECHTEL, RILEY 94105 HUTCHISON, CLAUDE B JR (R)Lost $1,000 general 09/30/00 Bechtel, Riley P. Mr. 94119 Elizabeth Dole (R)Lost $1,000 primary 06/30/99 BECHTEL, RILEY 94119 CAMPBELL, THOMAS J (R)Lost $1,000 primary 05/19/99 BECHTEL, RILEY P 94105 - $5,000 primary 12/31/97 BECHTEL, RILEY 94026 CAMPBELL, THOMAS J (R)Won $1,000 general 09/26/96 BECHTEL, RILEY P 94119 Bob Dole (R)Lost $100 primary 12/04/95 BECHTEL, RILEY P 94119 Bob Dole (R)Lost $2,000 primary 11/28/95 BECHTEL, RILEY P 94105 - $5,000 primary 10/30/95 BECHTEL, RILEY P 94105 - $5,000 primary 08/10/93 BECHTEL, RILEY P 94119 SEYMOUR, JOHN F (R)Lost $1,000 general 10/30/92 BECHTEL, RILEY P 94119 Dianne Feinstein (D)Won $1,000 general 10/26/92 BECHTEL, RILEY P 94119 - $10,000 primary 10/08/92 BECHTEL, RILEY P 94105 George H W Bush (R)Lost $1,000 primary 03/17/92 BECHTEL, RILEY P 94119 - $5,000 primary 02/05/92 BECHTEL, RILEY P 94119 SEYMOUR, JOHN F (R)Lost $500 primary 10/04/91 BECHTEL, RILEY P 94119 - $3,300 primary 09/20/91 BECHTEL, RILEY P 94026 CAMPBELL, TOM (R)Lost $1,000 primary 04/23/91 BECHTEL, RILEY P 94119 - $-230 primary 12/10/89 BECHTEL, RILEY P 94119 - $5,000 primary 07/10/89 BECHTEL, RILEY P 94119 - $1,000 primary 06/06/89 BECHTEL, RILEY P MR 94105 WILSON, PETER B (R)Won $1,000 general 10/21/88 BECHTEL, RILEY P - $540 primary 10/06/88 BECHTEL, RILEY P 94105 HECHT, CHIC (R)Lost $500 general 10/06/88 BECHTEL, RILEY P 94105 DAWKINS, PETER MILLER (R)Lost $1,000 general 09/16/88 BECHTEL, RILEY P 94105 DAWKINS, PETER MILLER (R)Lost $1,000 primary 05/17/88 BECHTEL, RILEY P 94119 - $5,000 primary 12/19/81 BECHTEL, RILEY P 94105 CONNALLY, JOHN B. (R)Lost $1,000 primary 01/19/81 Receive an alert every time new records are added to Riley Bechtel's report.
* general election result only; "Lost" = didn't win seat for that cycleNEWS MEAT report provided by the Federal Election Commission as of 10/6/08 — 15,706,073 records
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US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,033
2,561
GIs Killed in Action
3,385
389
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
796
151
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,530
1,616
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
146,000
30,000
Brookings , AP
Total Cost (approved through mid 2009)
$650 Bln
$200 Bln
AP
Cost Per Day (Avg)
$261 Mil
$70.8 Mil
casualty status updated October 11, 2008
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