Hall of Fame
Ben Silverman ($27,500)
Daniel Stern ($7,000)
Joel Surnow ($4,100)
Anne Heche ($1,000)
John Elway ($46,600)
Chuck Scarborough ($3,500)
Walid Phares ($1,000)
Bill Belichick ($1,000)
Howard Hesseman ($4,375)
Chuck Close ($56,600)
Judy Collins ($22,999)
Raymond Floyd ($7,200)
Sean 'Diddy' Combs ($3,000)
Lionel Richie ($7,800)
Jane Curtin ($14,200)
James Lipton ($1,300)
Ken Burns ($41,050)
Mark Richt ($1,000)
Jon Bon Jovi ($35,280)
Dan Reeves ($18,500)
Haim Saban ($11,060,228)
Francis Ford Coppola ($8,518)
Christine Lahti ($19,050)
Paul Dooley ($40,800)
Annie Leibovitz ($8,300)
Matt Groening ($59,450)
Kate Hudson ($17,000)
Markos Moulitsas ($37,050)
Phil Donahue ($162,200)
Gary Bettman ($4,300)
Cornel West ($2,250)
George Brett ($3,300)
Pat Summerall ($3,500)
Marc Cherry ($10,150)
Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson ($59,400)
Jeremy Sisto ($2,000)
Betty White ($10,000)
Mark Cuban ($7,000)
John Astin ($1,000)
Ben Harper ($2,000)
Tony Bennett ($8,900)
Campbell Scott ($250)
Sidney Lumet ($6,050)
Kevin Sorbo ($1,500)
Paul Tagliabue ($54,749)
Jason Alexander ($35,100)
Bob Odenkirk ($4,500)
Tom Wolfe ($1,200)
Herb Alpert ($223,950)
Art Modell ($251,750)
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Hall of Fame ► Celebrities
Lawrence Bender , 51 (bio ) producer; political activist
NEWS MEAT
1,888
Election Picks: 8 wins, 10 losses
$53,050 Democrat $8,500 special interest total: $61,550
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election
Amount
Date
FEC
Bender, Lawrence 90067 Patrick J. Murphy (D)Won $250 primary 02/08/08 Bender, Lawrence 90211 Barack Obama (D)Won $2,300 primary 03/31/07 BENDER, LAWRENCE 90067 - $1,000 primary 11/14/06 BENDER, LAWRENCE 90077 Harold, Jr. Ford (D)Lost $1,000 general 11/02/06 Bender, Lawrence 90067 Philip J. Kellam (D)Lost $500 general 10/10/06 BENDER, LAWRENCE 90048 BROWN, MATTHEW A (D)Lost $1,000 primary 01/26/06 Bender, Lawrence 90067 - $1,000 primary 08/05/05 BENDER, LAWRENCE K 90048 Harold, Jr. Ford (D)Lost $1,000 primary 06/30/05 Bender, Lawrence 90048 - $2,500 primary 10/25/04 Bender, Lawrence 90067 Barbara Boxer (D)Won $1,000 general 10/07/04 Bender, Lawrence 90067 - $2,500 primary 09/30/04 Bender, Lawrence Mr. 90067 John Kerry (D)Lost $25,000 primary 06/10/04 Bender, Lawrence K 90048 Harold, Jr. Ford (D)Won $2,000 primary 03/31/04 Bender, Lawrence 90077 Howard Dean (D)Lost $2,000 primary 12/30/03 Bender, Lawrence K 90077 Dick Gephardt (D)Lost $2,000 primary 03/31/03 Bender, Lawrence 90067 - $5,000 primary 04/16/02 BENDER, LAWRENCE 90067 Alan Blinken (D)Lost $1,000 primary 03/29/02 Bender, Lawrence 90048 Rahm Emanuel (D)Won $500 primary 12/10/01 Bender, Lawrence 90077 Mark K. Shriver (D)Lost $500 primary 10/29/01 Bender, Lawrence 90077 Edward J. Markey (D)Won $1,000 primary 06/11/01 Bender, Lawrence 90077 Edward J. Markey (D)Won $1,000 general 06/11/01 Bender, Lawrence Mr. 90077 Al Gore (D)Lost $1,000 general 10/26/00 BENDER, LAWRENCE 90067 Hillary Rodham Clinton (D)Won $1,000 primary 10/26/00 BENDER, LAWRENCE 90077 BERNSTEIN, ED (D)Lost $1,000 general 10/20/00 BENDER, LAWRENCE 90067 Adam Schiff (D)Won $500 general 10/17/00 BENDER, LAWRENCE 90067 Hillary Rodham Clinton (D)Won $2,500 primary 06/30/00 Bender, Lawrence Mr. 90077 Al Gore (D)Lost $1,000 primary 10/14/99 BENDER, LAWRENCE 90077 Hillary Rodham Clinton (D)Won $500 primary 09/27/99 Receive an alert every time new records are added to Lawrence Bender's report.
* general election result only; "Lost" = didn't win seat for that cycleNEWS MEAT report provided by the Federal Election Commission as of 11/2/09 — 17,177,929 records
NEWSMAKERS
political donations of today's newsmakers
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,425
2,953
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
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Political donations made by the powerful, rich, and famous.
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