Hall of Fame
Janine Turner ($7,500)
Lou Holtz ($12,100)
John O'Hurley ($2,300)
Kathy Najimy ($16,650)
Carrie Fisher ($13,500)
Rachael Ray ($2,300)
Jimmy Smits ($8,900)
Heather Thomas ($260,314)
Davis Guggenheim ($6,550)
Clint Eastwood ($4,750)
Sidney Lumet ($6,050)
Harry Connick, Jr ($33,100)
James Woods ($1,500)
Dan Rooney ($65,600)
Brendan Fraser ($27,000)
Anthony Pellicano ($500)
Joe Paterno ($7,550)
Glen Campbell ($8,170)
Kevin Sorbo ($1,500)
Susan Saint James ($37,300)
George Foreman ($1,000)
David Pecker ($85,770)
Tom Bergeron ($8,800)
Meg Ryan ($10,300)
Doris Roberts ($1,000)
Sharon Stone ($32,700)
Jerry Doyle ($1,000)
Dino De Laurentiis ($5,500)
John Leguizamo ($1,000)
Todd Bridges ($1,000)
Benicio Del Toro ($500)
Darren Star ($69,900)
Cloris Leachman ($1,000)
Tina Brown ($1,000)
Kathy Griffin ($4,300)
Paul Azinger ($4,700)
Peter Jacobsen ($2,500)
Peter Graves ($500)
Barry Diller ($458,125)
Scott Wolf ($2,000)
Nick Saban ($250)
Matthew Broderick ($18,700)
Helen Hunt ($7,550)
Michael Jordan ($22,400)
Jim Lampley ($5,725)
Quincy Jones ($245,975)
Alanis Morissette ($3,000)
Jane Curtin ($9,800)
Caroline Kennedy ($41,850)
David Spade ($2,000)
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Les Charles (bio ) TV producer, writer
NEWS MEAT
75
Election Picks: 21 wins, 6 losses
$292,250 Democrat $2,500 special interest total: $294,750
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election
Amount
Date
FEC
CHARLES, LESLIE 93108 FRANKEN, AL (DFL)pending $2,300 general 06/30/08 CHARLES, LESLIE 93108 FRANKEN, AL (DFL)pending $2,300 primary 06/30/08 Charles, Leslie 93108 Lois Capps (Dem)Won $2,300 general 02/11/08 Charles, Leslie 90210 - $25,000 primary 05/02/07 CHARLES, LESLIE 93108 - $1,000 primary 03/28/07 Charles, Leslie 93108 Lois Capps (Dem)Won $2,300 primary 03/13/07 CHARLES, LESLIE 93108 - $500 primary 01/22/07 CHARLES, LESLIE 93108 Sherrod Brown (D)Won $1,000 general 09/25/06 CHARLES, LESLIE 93108 - $5,000 primary 09/13/06 CHARLES, LESLIE MR 90210 Russ Feingold (D)- $1,000 primary 09/08/06 Charles, Leslie 93108 Lois Capps (Dem)Won $2,000 general 09/05/06 CHARLES, LESLIE 90210 Dianne Feinstein (D)Won $1,000 general 05/18/06 CHARLES, LESLIE 90210 Evan Bayh (D)- $1,000 primary 10/25/05 Charles, Leslie 93108 Lois Capps (Dem)Won $1,000 primary 10/18/05 CHARLES, LESLIE 90210 Dianne Feinstein (D)Won $2,100 primary 06/07/05 CHARLES, LESLIE 90210 Dianne Feinstein (D)Won $1,100 general 06/07/05 Charles, Leslie 90210 - $25,000 primary 03/31/05 Charles, Leslie 93108 Lois Capps (Dem)Won $1,000 primary 03/14/05 Charles, Leslie 90210 - $15,000 primary 10/28/04 Charles, Leslie 90210 Cynthia Rodriguez Matthews (D)Lost $2,000 general 10/28/04 Charles, Leslie 93108 Lois Capps (Dem)Won $1,000 general 09/15/04 CHARLES, LESLIE 90210 Barbara Boxer (D)Won $2,000 general 08/31/04 CHARLES, LESLIE MR 90210 - $10,000 primary 06/23/04 Charles, Leslie 93108 Lois Capps (Dem)Won $1,000 general 03/09/04 Charles, Leslie 90210 Dick Gephardt (D)Lost $2,000 primary 06/30/03 Charles, Leslie 93108 Lois Capps (Dem)Won $2,000 primary 03/31/03 CHARLES, LES 90210 Mary Landrieu (D)Won $10,000 primary 12/03/02 Charles Leslie 90210 - $5,000 primary 06/28/02 CHARLES, LESLIE 90210 Tom Strickland (D)Lost $3,000 primary 05/17/02 Charles, Leslie 93108 Lois Capps (Dem)Won $1,000 general 03/28/02 CHARLES, LES 90210 Richard J. Durbin (D)Won $1,000 primary 03/19/02 CHARLES, LESLIE 93108 - $10,000 primary 12/12/01 CHARLES, LESLIE D 93108 - $1,000 primary 11/05/01 Charles, Leslie 93108 Lois Capps (Dem)Won $1,000 primary 06/25/01 Charles, Leslie Mr. 90210 - $5,000 primary 04/26/01 CHARLES, LESLIE 93108 - $20,000 primary 10/30/00 CHARLES, LES 93108 Dianne Feinstein (D)Won $10,000 primary 07/13/00 CHARLES, LESLIE D 93108 Lois Capps (Dem)Won $1,000 general 06/30/00 CHARLES, LESLIE 93108 Ben Nelson (D)Won $1,000 primary 03/31/00 CHARLES, LESLIE 92728 - $1,000 primary 03/10/00 CHARLES, LESLIE 93108 KERREY, J ROBERT (D) - $-1,000 general 03/01/00 CHARLES, LESLIE 90210 Adam Schiff (D)Won $1,000 primary 12/06/99 CHARLES, LESLIE 90210 - $5,000 primary 10/18/99 CHARLES, LESLIE 90210 - $12,500 primary 08/03/99 CHARLES, LESLIE D 90210 Lois Capps (Dem)Won $1,000 primary 06/30/99 CHARLES, LESLIE 93108 KERREY, J ROBERT (D)Lost $1,000 general 06/14/99 CHARLES, LES 93108 Dianne Feinstein (D)Won $1,000 primary 06/10/99 CHARLES, LES 93108 Dianne Feinstein (D)Won $1,000 general 06/10/99 CHARLES, LESLIE 90210 - $10,000 primary 10/21/98 CHARLES, LESLIE D 90210 Lois Capps (Dem)Won $1,000 general 09/15/98 CHARLES, LESLIE D 90210 Lois Capps (Dem)Won $1,000 primary 05/28/98 CHARLES, LES 93108 - $10,000 primary 04/23/98 CHARLES, LESLIE D 90210 Lois Capps (Dem)Won $1,000 02/07/98 CHARLES, LESLIE 90210 KERREY, J ROBERT (D)Lost $1,000 primary 12/30/97 CHARLES, LESLIE 90210 Barbara Boxer (D)Won $1,000 general 12/24/97 CHARLES, LESLIE D 90210 Lois Capps (Dem)Won $1,000 12/15/97 CHARLES, LESLIE 90210 - $500 primary 10/25/96 CHARLES, LES 93108 - $1,000 primary 10/18/96 CHARLES, LESLIE D 90210 Jane Harman (D)Won $1,000 general 10/18/96 CHARLES, LESLIE D 90210 CAPPS, WALTER H (D)Won $1,000 general 10/02/96 CHARLES, LESLIE 90210 Barbara Boxer (D)Won $100 primary 08/19/96 CHARLES, LESLIE 90210 Barbara Boxer (D)Won $1,000 primary 07/02/96 CHARLES, LESLIE 90210 Barbara Boxer (D)Won $1,000 primary 07/02/96 CHARLES, LESLIE D 90210 - $20,000 primary 03/26/96 CHARLES, LESLIE D 90210 Bill Clinton (D)Won $1,000 primary 03/22/96 CHARLES, LESLIE D 90210 Dianne Feinstein (D)Won $20,000 primary 08/24/94 CHARLES, LESLIE D 90210 Dianne Feinstein (D)Won $1,000 general 06/07/94 CHARLES, LESLIE D 90210 Dianne Feinstein (D)Won $1,000 primary 06/07/94 CHARLES, LESLIE D 90210 - $5,000 primary 10/31/92 CHARLES, LESLIE D 90210 - $10,000 primary 10/26/92 CHARLES, LESLIE D 90210 MCCARTHY, LEO T (D)Lost $500 general 05/01/90 CHARLES, LES MR 90210 Carl Levin (D)Won $250 primary 03/21/89 CHARLES, LESLIE D MR 90210 - $500 primary 11/07/88 CHARLES, LESLIE D MRS 90210 - $500 primary 11/07/88 Receive an alert every time new records are added to Les Charles's report.
* general election result only; "Lost" = didn't win seat for that cycleNEWS MEAT report provided by the Federal Election Commission as of 11/17/08 — 16,270,677 records
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US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,073
2,601
GIs Killed in Action
3,392
404
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
810
152
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,565
1,670
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
146,000
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 November 18, 2008
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