Hall of Fame
Art Linkletter ($2,000)
Mark Brunell ($5,000)
Alan Cumming ($1,000)
Danny Ainge ($3,550)
Bud Selig ($88,850)
Tim LaHaye ($10,300)
Jack Abernethy ($4,800)
Rebecca De Mornay ($5,100)
Gore Vidal ($2,000)
Bonnie Raitt ($196,784)
Ian Gomez ($250)
Jamie Foxx ($10,700)
Bob Weinstein ($87,000)
James Caan ($4,200)
John Smoltz ($8,800)
James Lipton ($1,300)
Christine Baranski ($1,500)
Marina Sirtis ($5,100)
Nancy Sinatra ($45,625)
Suzanne Vega ($3,200)
Larry Hagman ($42,699)
Don LaFontaine ($6,750)
Al Michaels ($2,000)
Howard Stern ($4,350)
Jim Nantz ($7,300)
Lynn Swann ($10,800)
Stephanie Zimbalist ($25,500)
Harvey Keitel ($13,200)
J J Abrams ($81,700)
Chuck Barris ($16,500)
Lorenzo Lamas ($1,450)
Marlee Matlin ($300)
Kim Cattrall ($500)
Amber Tamblyn ($4,300)
Sarah Jessica Parker ($24,500)
Jami Gertz ($57,950)
Clive Davis ($13,500)
Anna Paquin ($900)
Mario Andretti ($43,215)
James Burrows ($191,840)
Jeffrey Tambor ($250)
James Iha ($500)
Tommy Lee Jones ($12,300)
Sanjay Gupta ($8,200)
Zach Braff ($3,300)
Jennifer Tilly ($250)
Victoria Principal ($11,700)
Lanny Wadkins ($1,300)
Rene Russo ($12,000)
Pamela Reed ($4,725)
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Hall of Fame ► Celebrities
Charlton Heston
, 1923-2008 (bio ) actor; NRA president 1998-2003
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
635
Election Picks: 4 wins, 3 losses
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
HESTON, CHARLTON BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 GIULIANI, RUDOLPH W (R) Senate - NY FRIENDS OF GIULIANI EXPLORATORY COMMITTEELost $1,000 primary 12/28/99
HESTON, CHARLTON BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 ACTORDavid Dreier (R) House (CA District: 26) DREIER FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEEWon $250 primary 08/10/95
HESTON, CHARLTON BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 RETIREDHERSCHENSOHN, BRUCE (R) Senate - CA HERSCHENSOHN FOR U S SENATE-1992Lost $1,000 general 10/29/92
HESTON, CHARLTON BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 ACTORGINGRICH, NEWTON L (R) House (GA District: 06) FRIENDS OF NEWT GINGRICHWon $500 primary 10/27/92
HESTON, CHARLTON BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 RETIREDHERSCHENSOHN, BRUCE (R) Senate - CA HERSCHENSOHN FOR U S SENATE-1992Lost $1,000 general 08/13/92
HESTON, CHARLTON BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 ACTORArlen Specter (R) Senate - PA CITIZENS FOR ARLEN SPECTERWon $1,000 primary 01/27/92
HESTON, CHARLTON BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 ACTORArlen Specter (R) Senate - PA CITIZENS FOR ARLEN SPECTERWon $1,000 general 01/27/92
HESTON, CHARLTON LOS ANGELES, CA 90067 ACTORSALOMON, JIM (R) House (CA District: 24) SALOMON FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEELost $1,000 general 11/14/89
HESTON, CHARLTON LOS ANGELES, CA 90067 ACTORSALOMON, JIM (R) House (CA District: 24) SALOMON FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEELost $1,000 primary 11/14/89
HESTON, CHARLTON BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90212 Ronald Reagan (R) President REAGAN-BUSH '84Won $1,000 primary 07/10/84
* general election result only; "Lost" = didn't win seat for that cycle
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2008 DELEGATE COUNT as of 07/04/08
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
1,934
2,462
GIs Killed in Action
3,353
331
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
763
137
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,476
1,354
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
148,500
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 July 1, 2008
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 6/30/08
15,140,899 records (election cycles 1980-2008)
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