Hall of Fame
Joe Francis ($4,000)
Penny Marshall ($29,258)
Andy Reid ($2,300)
Mario Andretti ($43,215)
Susan Sarandon ($65,344)
Brian Grazer ($69,000)
Jeffrey Wright ($8,650)
Warren Littlefield ($9,620)
Kevin Harvick ($1,000)
Daniel 'Lemony Snicket' Handler ($12,300)
Molly Ivins ($1,250)
Jamie Farr ($4,300)
Steve Guttenberg ($4,000)
Jerry Bruckheimer ($27,350)
Ron Kuby ($7,250)
Will Smith ($4,600)
Greg Biffle ($3,500)
Teri Garr ($10,625)
James Burrows ($191,840)
Ernest Borgnine ($2,500)
Julie Andrews ($3,000)
Chris Parnell ($3,000)
Adam Sandler ($2,100)
Mark Wahlberg ($2,000)
PJ O'Rourke ($14,500)
Bob Balaban ($2,300)
Andrew Napolitano ($12,000)
Vicki Lawrence ($1,200)
Peter Yarrow ($14,872)
Bradley Whitford ($132,150)
Michael Waltrip ($4,800)
Lucy Liu ($2,500)
Tucker Carlson ($1,000)
Rosie Perez ($1,000)
Nicole Miller ($10,500)
Andre Agassi ($158,700)
Neil Simon ($67,875)
Valerie Harper ($12,500)
Tom Freston ($106,095)
Marlo Thomas ($324,800)
Alan Dershowitz ($20,810)
Dylan McDermott ($2,000)
Yogi Berra ($1,000)
Suzanne Vega ($3,200)
Gary Bettman ($2,000)
Liev Schreiber ($500)
Paul Tagliabue ($32,749)
Nancy Grace ($1,000)
Michael Kors ($6,850)
Ry Cooder ($13,500)
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Richard Gere
, 58 (bio ) actor
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
851
Election Picks: 5 wins, 5 losses
$1,000 Republican $10,550 Democrat $2,000 special interest total: $13,550
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
Gere, Richard Culver City , CA 90232 Gere Productions, Inc./Actor Barack Obama (D) President OBAMA FOR AMERICA - $2,300 primary 02/26/08
GERE, RICHARD CULVER CITY, CA 90232 SELF/ACTORHillary Rodham Clinton (D) Senate - NY FRIENDS OF HILLARYWon $1,000 general 10/23/06
Gere, Richard Culver City, CA 90232 various/actorWesley Clark (D) President CLARK FOR PRESIDENT INC.Lost $500 primary 12/18/03
Gere, Richard Culver City, CA 90232 Gere Poductions/ActorTom Lantos (D) House (CA District: 12) TOM LANTOS FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEEWon $1,000 primary 09/30/03
Gere, Richard Culver City, CA 90232 Gere Productions/ActorKatrina Swett (D) House (NH District: 02) KATRINA SWETT FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEELost $1,000 general 10/16/02
GERE, RICHARD NEW YORK, NY 10012 GERE PRODUCTIONSFrank R. Wolf (R) House (VA District: 10) FRIENDS OF FRANK WOLFWon $1,000 general 09/26/00
GERE, RICHARD NEW YORK, NY 10022 Charles Schumer (D) Senate - NY SCHUMER '98Won $1,000 general 10/16/98
GERE, RICHARD NEW YORK, NY 10003 ACTORFISH, HAMILTON JR (D) House (NY District: 19) HAM FISH JR FOR CONGRESSLost $500 primary 09/14/94
GERE, RICHARD NEW YORK, NY 10003 ACTORFISH, HAMILTON JR (D) House (NY District: 19) HAM FISH JR FOR CONGRESSLost $500 general 09/14/94
GERE, RICHARD NEW YORK, NY 10003 ACTORFISH, HAMILTON JR (D) House (NY District: 19) HAM FISH JR FOR CONGRESSLost $500 general 09/13/94
GERE, RICHARD NEW YORK, NY 10003 ACTORFISH, HAMILTON JR (D) House (NY District: 19) HAM FISH JR FOR CONGRESSLost $500 primary 09/13/94
GERE, RICHARD CULVER CITY, CA 90232 ACTORDianne Feinstein (D) Senate - CA VOICES FOR CHANGE '92Won $1,000 primary 09/18/92
GERE, RICHARD LOS ANGELES, CA 90069 ACTORKERREY, J ROBERT (BOB) SENATOR (D) President KERREY FOR PRESIDENTLost $500 primary 11/25/91
GERE, RICHARD CULVER CITY, CA 90232 GERE PRODUCHARKIN, TOM (D) President AMERICANS FOR HARKINLost $250 primary 10/31/91
GERE, RICHARD NY, NY 10003 ACTOR PAX AMERICAS (FKA PRIORITIES PAC) - $500 primary 01/18/91
GERE, RICHARD NY, NY 10003 GERE PRODUCTIONS PAX AMERICAS (FKA PRIORITIES PAC) - $1,500 primary 12/08/86
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Days
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