Hall of Fame
James Ellroy ($500)
Daryl Hannah ($800)
Rue McClanahan ($8,975)
Gary Sinise ($4,400)
John Rich ($12,800)
Jeremy Mayfield ($1,000)
Alan Dershowitz ($21,810)
Andy Borowitz ($22,850)
Burt Reynolds ($1,500)
Seth MacFarlane ($53,100)
Davis Love III ($4,700)
John Lithgow ($4,450)
Judith Light ($12,450)
Jack Klugman ($7,866)
Jason Segel ($250)
Neil Diamond ($32,750)
Jerry Buss ($52,550)
David Talbot ($2,450)
Elie Wiesel ($1,000)
George Wendt ($4,000)
Ryan O'Neal ($500)
Nora Ephron ($54,700)
Norman Lear ($1,029,555)
Evander Holyfield ($6,000)
Lou Pearlman ($20,600)
Richard Dreyfuss ($39,200)
Denise Rich ($1,161,600)
Moby ($12,500)
Matt Groening ($59,450)
Michael Tucker ($20,550)
Amy Brenneman ($12,000)
Tommy Tune ($9,875)
Barry Levinson ($52,950)
Digger Phelps ($1,250)
Valerie Bertinelli ($2,800)
Swoosie Kurtz ($750)
Barbra Streisand ($679,275)
Neal Boortz ($6,550)
Michelle Pfeiffer ($3,500)
Angie Dickinson ($2,000)
Mary Steenburgen ($101,225)
Alice Walker ($21,413)
Cameron Crowe ($41,400)
Talia Shire ($5,500)
Mark Feuerstein ($250)
Brad Grey ($190,550)
Michael Bolton ($1,500)
Joan Jett ($7,550)
Monty Hall ($3,800)
Richard Linklater ($7,800)
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Hall of Fame ► Celebrities
Betty White
, 87 (bio ) actress
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
699
Election Picks: 1 win, 1 loss
$9,750 Democrat $250 special interest total: $10,000
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
LUDDEN, BETTY W LOS ANGELES, CA 90025 SELF-EMPLOYED/ACTRESS DEMOCRATIC SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE (D) - $250 primary 07/21/09
LUDDEN, BETTY WHITE LOS ANGELES, CA 90049 DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE (D) - $600 primary 09/27/07
LUDDEN, BETTY W LOS ANGELES, CA 90025 SELF-EMPLOYED/ACTRESS DEMOCRATIC SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE (D) - $500 primary 10/18/06
LUDDEN, BETTY W LOS ANGELES, CA 90025 SELF-EMPLOYED/ACTRESS DEMOCRATIC SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE (D) - $750 primary 10/10/06
WHITE, BETTY LOS ANGELES, CA 90025 SELF-EMPLOYED/ACTRESS DEMOCRATIC SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE (D) - $1,000 primary 10/06/06
LUDDEN, BETTY WHITE LOS ANGELES, CA 90049 DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE (D) - $400 primary 08/14/06
WHITE, BETTY LOS ANGELES, CA 90049 SELF-EMPLOYED/ACTRESS DEMOCRATIC SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE (D) - $750 primary 07/10/06
LUDDEN, BETTY W LOS ANGELES, CA 90025 BETTY LUDDEN/ACTRESSDianne Feinstein (D) Senate - CA FEINSTEIN FOR SENATEWon $500 general 06/08/06
LUDDEN, BETTY W LOS ANGELES, CA 90025 SELF-EMPLOYED/ACTRESS DEMOCRATIC SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE (D) - $500 primary 02/22/06
LUDDEN, BETTY W LOS ANGELES, CA 90025 BETTY LUDDEN/ACTRESSDianne Feinstein (D) Senate - CA FEINSTEIN FOR SENATEWon $500 primary 12/09/05
LUDDEN, BETTY W LOS ANGELES, CA 90025 SELF-EMPLOYED/ACTRESS DEMOCRATIC SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE (D) - $1,250 primary 09/16/05
LUDDEN, BETTY WHITE LOS ANGELES, CA 90025 ACTRESS DEMOCRATIC SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE (D) - $1,000 primary 06/03/05
LUDDEN, BETTY WHITE LOS ANGELES, CA 90025 DEMOCRATIC SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE (D) - $250 primary 05/10/05
WHITE, BETTY LOS ANGELES, CA 90049 ACTRESS DEMOCRATIC SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE (D) - $250 primary 09/01/04
WHITE, BETTY LOS ANGELES, CA 90049 ACTRESS DEMOCRATIC SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE (D) - $250 primary 06/01/04
Ludden, Betty W Los Angeles, CA 90025 John Kerry (D) President JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INCLost $1,000 primary 04/19/04
White, Betty Los Angeles, CA 90049 Self-Employed/Actress SIERRA CLUB POLITICAL COMMITTEE - $250 general 06/12/02
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* general election result only; "Lost" = didn't win seat for that cycle
Data for this NEWS MEAT report provided by the Federal Election Commission as of 11/2/09 — 17,177,929 records
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US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,426
2,954
GIs Killed in Action
3,475
640
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
885
193
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,880
2,618
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 5, 2009
NEWSMEAT HALL OF FAME
individual donations of $200 or more made after 1977
Political donations made by the powerful, rich, and famous.
• Celebrities (actors, musicians, authors, icons)
• Billionaires
• Sports Stars
• Media
• Business Executives
• Politics (pols, players, pundits, shills)
Data Provided by the Federal Election Commission as of 11/2/09
17,177,929 records (election cycles 1980-2010)
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