Hall of Fame
Robert Redford ($47,500)
Greg Kinnear ($1,000)
Ben Stein ($69,150)
Bobby Farrelly ($2,000)
Steve Tisch ($477,650)
Jeremy Mayfield ($1,000)
Bob Griese ($500)
Maria Shriver ($19,900)
Cathy Guisewite ($5,525)
Allison Janney ($1,000)
Heather Thomas ($277,514)
Michael Mann ($13,950)
Alex Haley ($2,000)
Al Franken ($57,653)
Sam Seder ($2,050)
Bart Starr ($34,410)
Marc Cherry ($10,150)
Linda Gray ($6,500)
Amy Madigan ($52,700)
John Fogerty ($3,000)
Jenny McCarthy ($1,250)
Chris Matthews ($2,000)
Julius Peppers ($2,000)
Jasmine Guy ($3,800)
Michelle Bernard ($5,275)
Harry Belafonte ($1,500)
Michael Kors ($26,050)
Jim Irsay ($92,100)
Oleg Cassini ($21,250)
Jerry Richardson ($76,150)
Ed Koch ($28,192)
Jalen Rose ($4,300)
Mel Brooks ($20,300)
Billy Dee Williams ($1,000)
Kate Hudson ($17,000)
Alonzo Mourning ($63,500)
Adam Sandler ($2,100)
Joe Eszterhas ($1,000)
Carol Higgins Clark ($1,000)
Drew Carey ($7,300)
Bill Condon ($400)
Elmore Leonard ($4,200)
Tom Skerritt ($14,525)
Sanjay Gupta ($8,200)
Keith Hernandez ($7,750)
Usher ($250)
David Talbot ($2,450)
Kenneth Tomlinson ($11,600)
Kathleen Turner ($35,500)
William Dean Singleton ($14,000)
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Hall of Fame ► Celebrities
Andy Griffith
actor
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
1,652
Election Picks: 1 win, 3 losses
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
Griffith, Andy Los Angeles, CA 90025 Self employed/ActorJohn Kerry (D) President JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INCLost $1,000 primary 06/04/04
GRIFFITH, ANDY MANTEO, NC 27954 ACTORSANDERS, CHARLES ADDISON (D) Senate - NC SANDERS FOR SENATELost $500 primary 11/30/95
GRIFFITH, ANDY NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA 91602 ACTORSANFORD, JAMES TERRY (D) Senate - NC TERRY SANFORD FOR U S SENATELost $500 general 11/03/92
GRIFFITH, ANDY NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA 91602 VIACOMSANFORD, JAMES TERRY (D) Senate - NC TERRY SANFORD FOR U S SENATEWon $500 general 10/22/86
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US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,439
2,967
GIs Killed in Action
3,476
649
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
889
192
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,883
2,678
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
124,000
68,000
AP
, AP
Total Cost (approved through Sept 30, 2009)
$711 Bln
$219 Bln
AP
Cost Per Day (Avg)
$298 Mil
$75.2 Mil
casualty status updated November 17, 2009
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• Celebrities (actors, musicians, authors, icons)
• Billionaires
• Sports Stars
• Media
• Business Executives
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