Hall of Fame
Lauren Hutton ($4,000)
Steven Bochco ($95,508)
Tommy Maddox ($2,000)
Brett Ratner ($18,050)
Robert Greenwald ($46,761)
Stevie Wonder ($2,000)
Swoosie Kurtz ($750)
Emmylou Harris ($4,050)
Chris Evert ($500)
Keith Hernandez ($7,750)
Maggie Gallagher ($500)
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ($1,000)
Sanjay Gupta ($8,200)
Ron Insana ($33,200)
Neil Diamond ($32,750)
David Crosby ($4,500)
Roger Ailes ($6,750)
Ron Jaworski ($5,000)
Richard Kind ($2,500)
Ivan Reitman ($16,800)
Vivica A Fox ($1,000)
Jim Kelly ($4,000)
Martina Navratilova ($27,800)
Jada Pinkett Smith ($36,600)
Mark Richt ($1,000)
Meg Ryan ($10,300)
Owen Wilson ($6,400)
Rachael Ray ($2,300)
Betty Thomas ($13,700)
Norman Jewison ($16,550)
Maria Shriver ($19,900)
Patricia Richardson ($13,550)
David McCullough ($9,000)
Tony La Russa ($500)
Les Charles ($319,050)
Michael Smerconish ($22,850)
Scott Bakula ($3,550)
Tom Seaver ($1,000)
Mary Higgins Clark ($61,900)
Tony Shalhoub ($3,700)
Michael Chabon ($13,705)
Elie Wiesel ($1,000)
Shirley Temple Black ($4,900)
Tom Ricketts ($77,000)
Randy Newman ($29,300)
Lynda Carter ($14,400)
Marcia Gay Harden ($1,250)
Bette Midler ($159,425)
Drayton McLane Jr ($386,494)
James Iha ($778)
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John Ratzenberger
, 62 (bio ) actor
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
946
Election Picks: 3 wins, 2 losses
$4,500 Republican $4,700 Democrat $325 special interest total: $9,525
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
RATZENBERGER, JOHN D. MR. WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA 91361 FIDDLERS BAY PRODUCTION/ACTORJohn McCain (R) President MCCAIN-PALIN VICTORY CALIFORNIALost $1,500 primary 10/03/08
RATZENBERGER, JOHN D. MR. WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA 91361 FIDDLERS BAY PRODUCTION/ACTORJohn McCain (R) President MCCAIN-PALIN VICTORY CALIFORNIALost $500 primary 09/23/08
RATZENBERGER, JOHN D. MR. WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA 91361 FIDDLERS BAY PRODUCTION/ACTORJohn McCain (R) President MCCAIN VICTORY CALIFORNIALost $1,000 primary 08/30/08
RATZENBERGER, JOHN LOS ANGELES, CA 90025 ACTORKENNEDY, JOSEPH P II (D) House (MA District: 08) CITIZENS FOR JOE KENNEDY 1988Won $200 primary 09/11/95
RATZENBERGER, JOHN SEATTLE, WA 98104 ACTORHYATT, JOEL (D) Senate - OH HYATT FOR SENATE COMMITTEELost $1,000 general 08/16/94
RATZENBERGER, JOHN LOS ANGELES, CA 90025 ACTOR NATIONAL REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL COMMITTEE (R) - $1,500 primary 06/21/94
RATZENBERGER, JOHN LOS ANGELES, CA 90025 Barbara Boxer (D) Senate - CA BARBARA BOXER FOR U S SENATEWon $500 general 10/28/92
RATZENBERGER, JOHN LOS ANGELES, CA 90025 ACTOR HOLLYWOOD WOMEN'S POLITICAL COMMITTEE - $325 primary 12/06/89
RATZENBERGER, JOHN LOS ANGELES, CA 90025 PARAMONT STUDIOSMETZENBAUM, HOWARD M (D) Senate - OH VOICES FOR CHANGE '88Won $2,000 primary 10/06/88
RATZENBERGER, JOHN MR LOS ANGELES, CA 90029 ACTOR DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE (D) - $1,000 primary 09/26/88
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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 11/16/09 — 17,204,191 records
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political donations of today's newsmakers
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
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 11/16/09
17,204,191 records (election cycles 1980-2010)
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