Hall of Fame
John Podhoretz ($450)
Burt Reynolds ($1,500)
Steve Forbes ($7,177,893)
Jeff Bridges ($28,350)
Betty Thomas ($13,700)
Hugh Hefner ($132,000)
Pia Zadora ($6,500)
Marisa Tomei ($5,400)
Jennifer Jason Leigh ($300)
David Hyde Pierce ($32,300)
Ted Harbert ($52,775)
Chris Noth ($450)
Tony La Russa ($500)
Sanjay Gupta ($8,200)
Veronica Hamel ($9,400)
Joanne Woodward ($218,850)
Tommy Maddox ($2,000)
Joe Dumars ($1,000)
Mel Karmazin ($219,706)
Merril Hoge ($1,000)
Michael Bidwell ($19,875)
Erica Jong ($7,000)
Ted Allen ($250)
Lynda Carter ($14,400)
Maggie Gyllenhaal ($11,000)
Jimmie Johnson ($4,300)
Barry Switzer ($8,000)
John Astin ($1,000)
Gloria Vanderbilt ($6,900)
Anne Heche ($1,000)
Paul Haggis ($17,050)
Melanie Griffith ($129,422)
Rhea Perlman ($84,804)
Don Shula ($18,734)
Alfre Woodard ($12,675)
Dermot Mulroney ($3,500)
Branford Marsalis ($5,100)
Jay Roach ($19,400)
Joel Surnow ($4,100)
Bill Cunningham ($10,550)
John Cleese ($2,300)
Bill Bidwell ($2,000)
Ed Helms ($250)
Elisabeth Hasselbeck ($1,000)
Kate Jackson ($500)
Adrien Brody ($2,000)
Denise Rich ($1,161,600)
Ted Nugent ($1,500)
Gary Ross ($70,122)
Bill Kristol ($8,500)
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Alan Dershowitz
, 71 (bio ) attorney
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
342
Election Picks: 17 wins, 10 losses
$360 Republican $21,450 Democrat total: $21,810
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
DERSHOWITZ, ALAN CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138 HARVARD/PROFESSORFRANKEN, AL (DFL) Senate - MN AL FRANKEN FOR SENATEWon $250 general 09/25/08
DERSHOWITZ, ALAN CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138 HARVARD UNIVERSITY/PROFESSORMark Udall (D) House (CO District: 02) UDALL FOR COLORADOLost $250 primary 07/23/08
DERSHOWITZ, ALAN CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138 HARVARD/PROFESSORFRANKEN, AL (DFL) Senate - MN AL FRANKEN FOR SENATEWon $500 primary 07/23/08
Dershowitz, Alan Cambridge, MA 02138 Harvard University/Law ProfessorHillary Clinton (D) President HILLARY CLINTON FOR PRESIDENTLost $1,000 primary 03/31/07
DERSHOWITZ, ALAN CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138 HARVARD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW/PRHillary Rodham Clinton (D) Senate - NY FRIENDS OF HILLARYWon $1,000 primary 07/25/05
DERSHOWITZ, ALAN CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138 HARVARD UNIVERSITYBarack Obama (D) Senate - IL OBAMA FOR ILLINOIS INCWon $1,000 general 09/16/04
DERSHOWITZ, ALAN DR CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138 HARVARD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAWHillary Rodham Clinton (D) Senate - NY FRIENDS OF HILLARYWon $1,000 primary 08/13/04
DERSHOWITZ, ALAN CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138 HAVARD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAWBarbara Boxer (D) Senate - CA FRIENDS OF BARBARA BOXERWon $500 general 08/10/04
Dershowitz, Alan Cambridge, MA 02138 Harvard University/Law ProfessorJohn Kerry (D) President JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INCLost $1,000 primary 05/20/04
DERSHOWITZ, ALAN CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138 HARVARD UNIVERSITYChris Dodd (D) Senate - CT FRIENDS OF CHRIS DODDWon $400 primary 07/29/03
DERSHOWITZ, ALAN PROFESSOR CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138 HARVARD UNIVERSITYArlen Specter (D) Senate - PA CITIZENS FOR ARLEN SPECTERWon $500 primary 09/04/02
DERSHOWITZ, ALAN CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138 HARVARD UNIVERSITYHillary Rodham Clinton (D) Senate - NY NEW YORK SENATE 2000Won $1,000 primary 08/07/00
DERSHOWITZ, ALAN NEW YORK, NY 10021 HARVARD UNIVERSITYHillary Rodham Clinton (D) Senate - NY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON FOR US SENATE COMMITTEE INCWon $1,000 primary 04/17/00
DERSHOWITZ, ALAN CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138 HARVARD UNIVERSITYRoger Kahn (D) House (GA District: 11) FRIENDS OF ROGER KAHN INCLost $500 primary 04/13/00
Dershowitz, Alan Prof. Cambridge, MA 02138 Harvard University/ProfessorJohn Cranley (D) House (OH District: 01) CRANLEY FOR CONGRESSLost $250 primary 02/16/00
DERSHOWITZ, ALAN CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138 HARVARD LAWHATCH, ORRIN GRANT (R) President ORRIN HATCH PRESIDENTIAL EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE INCLost $360 primary 09/13/99
DERSHOWITZ, ALAN PROFESSOR CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138 HARVARD UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOLArlen Specter (D) Senate - PA CITIZENS FOR ARLEN SPECTERWon $500 primary 12/09/97
DERSHOWITZ, ALAN CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138 HARVARD UNIVERSITYRuss Feingold (D) Senate - WI FEINGOLD SENATE COMMITTEEWon $500 primary 05/22/97
DERSHOWITZ, ALAN CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138 HARVARD LAW SCHOOLSWETT, DICK (D) Senate - NH SWETT FOR SENATELost $500 general 10/28/96
DERSHOWITZ, ALAN M CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138 HARVARD LAW SCHOOLJohn F. Kerry (D) Senate - MA KERRY COMMITTEEWon $500 general 10/21/96
DERSHOWITZ, ALAN CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138 HARVARD LAW SCHOOLHYATT, JOEL (D) Senate - OH HYATT FOR SENATE COMMITTEELost $1,000 general 09/30/94
DERSHOWITZ, ALAN CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138 HARVARD LAW SCHOOLWOFFORD, HARRIS L (D) Senate - PA CITIZENS FOR SENATOR WOFFORDLost $500 general 09/29/94
DERSHOWITZ, ALAN CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138 HARVARD LAW SCHOOLEdward M. Kennedy (D) Senate - MA KENNEDY FOR SENATE (1994)Won $1,000 general 09/27/94
DERSHOWITZ, ALAN CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138 HARVARD LAW SCHOOLWOFFORD, HARRIS L (D) Senate - PA CITIZENS FOR SENATOR WOFFORDLost $500 primary 05/09/94
DERSHOWITZ, ALAN CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138 HARVARD LAW SCHOOLHYATT, JOEL (D) Senate - OH HYATT FOR SENATE COMMITTEELost $1,000 primary 10/26/93
DERSHOWITZ, ALAN CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138 HARVARD LAW SCHOOLEdward M. Kennedy (D) Senate - MA KENNEDY FOR SENATE (1994)Won $1,000 primary 05/25/93
DERSHOWITZ, ALAN M CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138 HARVARD LAW SCHOOLABRAMS, ROBERT (D) Senate - NY ABRAMS COMMITTEELost $1,000 primary 11/26/91
DERSHOWITZ, ALAN MR CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138 HARVARD LAW SCHOOLWOFFORD, HARRIS L (D) Senate - PA CITIZENS FOR SENATOR WOFFORDLost $500 primary 08/20/91
DERSHOWITZ, ALAN CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138 HARVARD UNIVERSITY LAW SCArlen Specter (D) Senate - PA CITIZENS FOR ARLEN SPECTERWon $500 primary 05/07/91
DERSHOWITZ, ALAN M CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138 HARVARD LAW SCHOOLJohn F. Kerry (D) Senate - MA KERRY COMMITTEEWon $500 general 10/24/90
DERSHOWITZ, ALAN M CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138 HARVARD LAW SCHOOLJohn F. Kerry (D) Senate - MA KERRY COMMITTEEWon $500 primary 06/21/89
DERSHOWITZ, ALAN PROFESSOR CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138 HARVARD UNIVERSITYSIMON, PAUL (D) Senate - IL SIMON FOR SENATEWon $500 general 10/25/84
DERSHOWITZ, ALAN CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138 HARVARD UNIVJohn F. Kerry (D) Senate - MA KERRY COMMITTEEWon $800 primary 07/07/84
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