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Stephen Root ($500)
Lainie Kazan ($1,500)
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Larry Brown ($1,000)
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Christie Brinkley ($98,860)
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Hall of Fame ► Celebrities
Denise Rich
songwriter
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
135
Election Picks: 20 wins, 9 losses
$5,000 Republican $1,143,100 Democrat $13,500 special interest total: $1,161,600
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
Rich, Denise New York, NY 10022 Denise Rich Group/SongwriterNita M. Lowey (D) House (NY District: 18) NITA LOWEY FOR CONGRESSWon $1,000 primary 09/09/06
Rich, Denise IR, Wesley Clark (D) President CLARK FOR PRESIDENT INC.Lost $2,000 primary 02/16/04
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 W & R GROUP DNC-NON-FEDERAL INDIVIDUAL (soft-money donation) - $25,000 primary 11/03/00
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 W & R GROUP DNC NON-FEDERAL UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATION ACCOUNT (soft-money donation) - $41,500 primary 10/30/00
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 W & R GROUP DCCCC NON-FEDERAL ACCOUNT #5 (soft-money donation) - $10,000 primary 10/24/00
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 W & R GROUP DNC-NON-FEDERAL INDIVIDUAL (soft-money donation) - $35,000 primary 09/29/00
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 W & R GROUP DNC-NON-FEDERAL INDIVIDUAL (soft-money donation) - $10,000 primary 09/25/00
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 W & R GROUP DNC-NON-FEDERAL INDIVIDUAL (soft-money donation) - $15,000 primary 09/22/00
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 W & R GROUP DNC-NON-FEDERAL INDIVIDUAL (soft-money donation) - $5,000 primary 09/06/00
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 W & R GROUP DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE (D) - $5,000 primary 09/06/00
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 W & R GROUP DNC-NON-FEDERAL INDIVIDUAL (soft-money donation) - $20,000 primary 07/06/00
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 SEFL/W & R GROUP DNC-NON-FEDERAL INDIVIDUAL (soft-money donation) - $10,000 primary 06/30/00
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 DENISE RICHJane Harman (D) House (CA District: 36) FRIENDS OF JANE HARMANWon $1,000 general 06/21/00
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 SELF/W & R GROUP DNC-NON-FEDERAL INDIVIDUAL (soft-money donation) - $50,000 primary 05/18/00
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10021 W & R GROUP DNC NON-FEDERAL UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATION ACCOUNT (soft-money donation) - $50,000 primary 03/31/00
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 SONGWRITEREdward M. Kennedy (D) Senate - MA KENNEDY FOR SENATE 2000Won $1,000 primary 03/29/00
Rich, Denise Ms. New York, NY 10022 Self employed/SongwriterAl Gore (D) President GORE/LIEBERMAN GENERAL ELECTION LEGAL AND ACCOUNTING COMPLIANCE FUNDLost $1,000 general 01/29/00
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 THE G & P CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FOR COMMITTEE FOR A PROGRESSIVE CONGRESS INC - $2,000 primary 11/17/99
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 DCCCC NON-FEDERAL ACCOUNT #5 (soft-money donation) - $5,000 primary 10/29/99
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 SONG WRITERHillary Rodham Clinton (D) Senate - NY NEW YORK SENATE 2000Won $5,000 primary 10/07/99
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 SONGWRITERHillary Rodham Clinton (D) Senate - NY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON FOR US SENATE COMMITTEE INCWon $1,000 primary 10/07/99
RICH, DENISE MS NEW YORK, NY 10022 W & R GROUP DNC-NON-FEDERAL INDIVIDUAL (soft-money donation) - $20,000 primary 09/28/99
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 SONGWRITERHillary Rodham Clinton (D) Senate - NY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON FOR US SENATE COMMITTEE INCWon $1,000 general 08/05/99
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 SONGWRITERNita M. Lowey (D) House (NY District: 18) NITA LOWEY FOR CONGRESSWon $1,000 primary 06/16/99
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 SONGWRITERNita M. Lowey (D) House (NY District: 18) NITA LOWEY FOR CONGRESSWon $1,000 general 06/16/99
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 SONGWRITERCarolyn B. Maloney (D) House (NY District: 14) MALONEY FOR CONGRESSWon $1,000 general 06/01/99
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 SONGWRITERCarolyn B. Maloney (D) House (NY District: 14) MALONEY FOR CONGRESSWon $1,000 primary 06/01/99
RICH, DENISE NY, NY 10022 SONGWRITER CAROLYN'S PAC - $3,000 primary 05/18/99
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 PHILANTHRAPIST VOTERS FOR CHOICE/FRIENDS OF FAMILY PLANNING - $5,000 primary 04/22/99
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10021 IDG PUBLISHINGGIULIANI, RUDOLPH W (R) Senate - NY FRIENDS OF GIULIANI EXPLORATORY COMMITTEELost $1,000 primary 04/20/99
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 SONGWRITER DNC-NON-FEDERAL INDIVIDUAL (soft-money donation) - $50,000 primary 04/06/99
Rich, Denise New York, NY 10029 Self employed/SongwriterAl Gore (D) President GORE 2000 INCLost $1,000 primary 01/19/99
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 W&R GROUP DNC NON-FEDERAL UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATION ACCOUNT (soft-money donation) - $10,000 primary 01/15/99
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 W & R GROUP DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE (D) - $10,000 primary 01/15/99
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE (D) - $-6,000 primary 01/13/99
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 DSCC NON-FEDERAL INDIVIDUALS (soft-money donation) - $25,000 primary 10/22/98
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 DSCC/NON-FED UNINCORP ASSOC (soft-money donation) - $25,000 primary 09/30/98
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 DSCC/NON-FED UNINCORP ASSOC (soft-money donation) - $5,000 primary 09/22/98
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10021 DNC NON-FEDERAL UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATION ACCOUNT (soft-money donation) - $50,000 primary 09/17/98
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10021 DNC NON-FEDERAL UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATION ACCOUNT (soft-money donation) - $50,000 primary 09/17/98
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 20021 DNC-NONFEDERAL-CORPORATE (soft-money donation) - $42,000 primary 09/14/98
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10021 DNC NON-FEDERAL UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATION ACCOUNT (soft-money donation) - $5,000 primary 08/11/98
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 DCCCE NON-FEDERAL ACCOUNT #5 (soft-money donation) - $10,000 primary 06/19/98
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 SONG WRITER BROADCAST MUSIC INC LEGISLATIVE FUND FOR AUTHORS COMPOSERS & PUBLISHERS - $1,000 primary 04/30/98
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 HOMEMAKERMILLER, JONATHAN SCOTT (D) House (KY District: 06) FRIENDS OF JONATHAN MILLERLost $500 primary 04/24/98
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 SONGWRITERCharles Schumer (D) Senate - NY SCHUMER '98Won $1,000 primary 04/22/98
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 SONGWRITERCharles Schumer (D) Senate - NY SCHUMER '98Won $1,000 general 04/22/98
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 SONGWRITER LEADERSHIP '02 (FKA FRIENDS OF ALBERT GORE JR INC) (D) - $5,000 primary 04/01/98
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 ZAREM INCBarbara A. Mikulski (D) Senate - MD MIKULSKI FOR SENATE COMMITTEEWon $500 primary 03/27/98
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 SONGWRITER DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE (D) - $15,000 primary 03/20/98
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 D'AMATO, ALFONSE M (R) Senate - NY FRIENDS OF SENATOR D'AMATO (1998 COMMITTEE)Lost $1,000 primary 11/20/97
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 D'AMATO, ALFONSE M (R) Senate - NY FRIENDS OF SENATOR D'AMATO (1998 COMMITTEE)Lost $1,000 general 11/20/97
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE (D) - $2,000 primary 09/15/97
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 DNC NON-FEDERAL UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATION ACCOUNT (soft-money donation) - $50,000 primary 09/12/97
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE (D) - $2,000 primary 09/09/97
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 ZAREM INC DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE (D) - $20,000 primary 06/30/97
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 ZAREM INC DNC-NON-FEDERAL INDIVIDUAL (soft-money donation) - $30,000 primary 06/30/97
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 SONGWRITERNita M. Lowey (D) House (NY District: 18) NITA LOWEY FOR CONGRESSWon $1,000 primary 06/16/97
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 SONGWRITERNita M. Lowey (D) House (NY District: 18) NITA LOWEY FOR CONGRESSWon $1,000 general 06/16/97
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 Tom Strickland (D) Senate - CO FRIENDS OF TOM STRICKLAND INCLost $1,000 general 11/02/96
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10128 SONGWRITERCarolyn McCarthy (D) House (NY District: 04) FRIENDS OF CAROLYN MCCARTHYWon $500 general 10/29/96
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 SONGWRITERTom Harkin (D) Senate - IA CITIZENS FOR HARKINWon $1,000 general 07/26/96
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 DNC-NON-FEDERAL INDIVIDUAL (soft-money donation) - $50,000 primary 06/27/96
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY GREEN, MARK (D) Senate - NY GREEN FOR UNITED STATES SENATELost $1,000 general 06/17/96
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 GREEN, MARK (D) Senate - NY GREEN FOR UNITED STATES SENATELost $1,000 primary 06/13/96
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 SONGWRITERNita M. Lowey (D) House (NY District: 18) NITA LOWEY FOR CONGRESSWon $1,000 general 06/03/96
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 ZEREM EMILY'S LIST - $2,500 primary 05/24/96
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 ZAREM INC DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE (D) - $15,000 primary 02/23/96
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 DNC-NON-FEDERAL INDIVIDUAL (soft-money donation) - $35,000 primary 02/23/96
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 ZAREM INC DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE (D) - $5,000 primary 02/12/96
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 Bill Clinton (D) President CLINTON/GORE '96 PRIMARY COMMITTEE INC - $-1,000 primary 12/26/95
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 SONGWRITERNita M. Lowey (D) House (NY District: 18) NITA LOWEY FOR CONGRESSWon $1,000 primary 11/20/95
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 ZAREM INCBill Clinton (D) President CLINTON/GORE '96 PRIMARY COMMITTEE INCWon $1,000 primary 10/27/95
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 ZAREM INC DNC NON-FEDERAL UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATION ACCOUNT (soft-money donation) - $50,000 primary 10/23/95
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 Barbara Boxer (D) Senate - CA FRIENDS OF BARBARA BOXERWon $1,000 primary 10/03/95
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 SONGWRITERJay Rockefeller (D) Senate - WV FRIENDS OF SENATOR ROCKEFELLERWon $1,000 primary 06/27/95
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 ZAREM, INCBill Clinton (D) President CLINTON/GORE '96 PRIMARY COMMITTEE INCWon $1,000 primary 06/14/95
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 ZAREM INC DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE (D) - $20,000 primary 04/20/95
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 ZAREM INC DNC-NON-FEDERAL INDIVIDUAL (soft-money donation) - $5,000 primary 03/21/95
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 INTERPRENEURCarolyn B. Maloney (D) House (NY District: 14) MALONEY FOR CONGRESSWon $250 primary 06/29/94
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 SONG WRITERROBB, CHARLES S (D) Senate - VA ROBB FOR THE SENATEWon $1,000 primary 06/10/94
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 SONG WRITERROBB, CHARLES S (D) Senate - VA ROBB FOR THE SENATEWon $1,000 general 06/10/94
RICH, DENISE MS NEW YORK, NY 10022 ZAREM INC DNC-NON-FEDERAL NATIONAL HEALTH CARE (soft-money donation) - $100,000 primary 05/31/94
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 SONG WRITERNita M. Lowey (D) House (NY District: 18) NITA LOWEY FOR CONGRESSWon $1,000 primary 04/26/94
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 SONG WRITERNita M. Lowey (D) House (NY District: 18) NITA LOWEY FOR CONGRESSWon $1,000 general 04/26/94
RICH, DENISE MS NEW YORK, NY 10022 DNC-NON-FEDERAL INDIVIDUAL (soft-money donation) - $5,000 primary 04/22/94
RICH, DENISE MORGAN STANLEY INC DEMOCRATIC SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE (D) - $2,500 primary 03/24/94
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 ZAREM INC DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE (D) - $2,600 primary 02/04/94
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 DNC-NON-FEDERAL INDIVIDUAL (soft-money donation) - $5,000 primary 12/10/93
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 DNC-NON-FEDERAL INDIVIDUAL (soft-money donation) - $25,000 primary 12/10/93
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 DNC-NON-FEDERAL INDIVIDUAL (soft-money donation) - $25,000 primary 12/01/93
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 SONGWRITEREdward M. Kennedy (D) Senate - MA KENNEDY FOR SENATE (1994)Won $1,000 general 11/15/93
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 ZAREM INC DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE (D) - $5,000 primary 11/03/93
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 SONGWRITEREdward M. Kennedy (D) Senate - MA KENNEDY FOR SENATE (1994)Won $1,000 primary 11/01/93
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 ZAREM INC DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE (D) - $1,000 primary 09/20/93
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 DNC-NON-FEDERAL INDIVIDUAL (soft-money donation) - $35,000 primary 07/13/93
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 ACTRESSMITCHELL, GEORGE J (D) Senate - ME MITCHELL FOR SENATELost $750 primary 06/14/93
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 DNC-NON-FEDERAL INDIVIDUAL (soft-money donation) - $15,000 primary 05/26/93
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 FERRARO, GERALDINE A (D) Senate - NY FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION '92Lost $1,000 primary 09/29/92
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 ENTERTAINMENTArlen Specter (R) Senate - PA CITIZENS FOR ARLEN SPECTERWon $1,000 primary 03/26/91
RICH, DENISE NEW YORK, NY 10022 ENTERTAINMENTArlen Specter (R) Senate - PA CITIZENS FOR ARLEN SPECTERWon $1,000 general 03/26/91
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Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
1,938
2,466
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
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Total Cost (approved through mid 2009)
$650 Bln
$200 Bln
AP
Cost Per Day (Avg)
$261 Mil
$70.8 Mil
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