Hall of Fame
Neil Simon ($67,875)
John Ziegler ($11,100)
Linda Ronstadt ($14,000)
Kirk Douglas ($20,300)
Ed Begley, Jr ($35,700)
Ricardo Montalban ($250)
David Stern ($1,123,360)
Kinky Friedman ($250)
Michael Bidwell ($19,875)
Liev Schreiber ($1,500)
Sarah Jessica Parker ($26,800)
Elie Wiesel ($1,000)
Ally Walker ($2,800)
Gary Cole ($2,800)
Donal Logue ($19,000)
George Clooney ($57,700)
Dixie Carter ($4,000)
Chris Berman ($7,749)
Gary Sinise ($4,400)
Donny Deutsch ($100,900)
Bob Odenkirk ($4,500)
William 'Hootie' Johnson ($14,949)
Tom Hammond ($2,000)
John Kasich ($10,826)
Curtis Martin ($2,300)
Gloria Reuben ($1,700)
Troy Aikman ($10,300)
Matt Drudge ($2,358)
Sam Simon ($65,300)
John Andretti ($750)
Joe Gibbs ($6,200)
Maya Angelou ($24,550)
John Smoltz ($9,800)
Paul Weitz ($2,750)
Halle Berry ($3,300)
Chris Zorich ($1,000)
Peri Gilpin ($3,000)
Sophia Bush ($250)
Bobby Valentine ($4,000)
Larry Merchant ($10,050)
Melvin Van Peebles ($750)
Diane von Furstenberg ($188,000)
Rick Schroder ($1,750)
Jay Chandrasekhar ($1,200)
Brian Urlacher ($1,000)
Art Linkletter ($2,000)
Aretha Franklin ($2,000)
Tracey Edmonds ($36,475)
Pam Dawber ($2,000)
Lou Dobbs ($1,000)
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Hall of Fame ► Celebrities
Melissa Gilbert
, 45 (bio ) actress
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
1,819
Election Picks: 1 win, 4 losses
$3,300 Republican $6,500 Democrat total: $9,800
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
GILBERT, MELISSA SHERMAN OAKS, CA 91403 SELF EMPLOYED/ACTORBarbara Boxer (D) Senate - CA FRIENDS OF BARBARA BOXER- $500 primary 12/22/08
GILBERT, MELISSA LOS ANGELES, CA 90025 Rudy Giuliani (R) President RUDY GIULIANI PRESIDENTIAL COMMITTEE INC - $-2,300 general 02/28/08
GILBERT, MELISSA MS. LOS ANGELES, CA 90025 SELF-EMPLOYED/ACTOR/DIRECTORRudy Giuliani (R) President RUDY GIULIANI PRESIDENTIAL COMMITTEE INCLost $2,300 general 05/21/07
GILBERT, MELISSA MS. LOS ANGELES, CA 90025 SELF-EMPLOYED/ACTOR/DIRECTORRudy Giuliani (R) President RUDY GIULIANI PRESIDENTIAL COMMITTEE INCLost $2,300 primary 05/21/07
Gilbert, Melissa Los Angeles, CA 90025 Self/ActorNick Clooney (D) House (KY District: 04) CLOONEY FOR CONGRESSLost $2,000 primary 02/12/04
GILBERT, MELISSA LOS ANGELES, CA 90025 SCREEN ACTORS GUILDBlanche L. Lincoln (D) Senate - AR FRIENDS OF BLANCHE LINCOLNWon $2,000 primary 12/17/03
Gilbert, Melissa Los Angeles, CA 90025 Screen Actors Guild/PresidentDick Gephardt (D) President GEPHARDT FOR PRESIDENT INC.Lost $2,000 primary 06/30/03
Gilbert, Melissa Los Angeles, CA 90067 Self/ActressDOYLE, JERRY (R) House (CA District: 24) DOYLE FOR CONGRESSLost $1,000 general 05/30/00
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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
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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
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