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Barry Bostwick ($250)
Anne Sweeney ($25,500)
Liev Schreiber ($500)
Morgan Freeman ($7,400)
Loretta Lynn ($4,300)
Bob Balaban ($2,300)
Kyle MacLachlan ($1,000)
Annabeth Gish ($1,250)
Garry Trudeau ($117,800)
Sherwood Schwartz ($131,025)
Jerry Reinsdorf ($416,353)
Star Jones ($1,250)
Tyne Daly ($12,050)
Seth Green ($2,300)
Denise Austin ($10,000)
Ethan Hawke ($25,000)
David McCullough ($7,000)
Joe Scarborough ($9,562)
Debra Messing ($6,600)
Bruce Springsteen ($12,000)
Susan Saint James ($35,300)
Ed Koch ($25,647)
Fran Tarkenton ($9,300)
Holly Robinson Peete ($34,890)
Laura Innes ($1,250)
Taye Diggs ($2,300)
Suzanne Somers ($1,000)
Heather Thomas ($201,014)
Cloris Leachman ($1,000)
Ron Kuby ($7,250)
Amy Tan ($9,100)
Art Linkletter ($2,000)
Robert Smigel ($8,100)
Donal Logue ($18,000)
Paul Rodriguez ($2,200)
Jane Seymour ($6,000)
Caroline Rhea ($1,700)
Felicity Huffman ($2,750)
Tommy Tune ($9,875)
Melissa Fitzgerald ($2,500)
Jerry Zucker ($58,666)
Farid Suleman ($19,100)
Val Kilmer ($2,300)
Leonard Nimoy ($36,900)
Burt Bacharach ($64,450)
Bill Romanowski ($250)
Shelley Hack ($7,500)
Alan Cumming ($1,000)
Alan Dershowitz ($20,810)
Bret Easton Ellis ($1,850)
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Hall of Fame ► Celebrities
Taylor Hackford
, 63 (bio ) director
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
713
Election Picks: 5 wins, 4 losses
$2,000 Republican $8,000 Democrat $15,700 special interest total: $25,700
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
HACKFORD, TAYLOR LOS ANGELES , CA 90046 SELF-EMPLOYED/PRODUCER Bill Richardson (D) President RICHARDSON FOR PRESIDENT INC. - $1,000 primary 11/28/07
HACKFORD, TAYLOR LOS ANGELES , CA 90046 (FREELANCE)/DIRECTOR DGA-PAC THE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA INC. - $1,200 primary 08/23/07
Hackford, Taylor Los Angeles , CA 90046 Self-Employed/Filmmaker PROGRESSIVE PATRIOTS FUND - $1,000 primary 08/03/07
HACKFORD, TAYLOR LOS ANGELES , CA 90046 SELF-EMPLOYED/FILM MAKER FRANKEN, AL (DFL) Senate - MN AL FRANKEN FOR SENATE - $250 primary 04/05/07
Hackford, Taylor Los Angeles, CA 90046 Self-Employed/Filmmaker PROGRESSIVE PATRIOTS FUND - $1,000 primary 10/16/06
HACKFORD, TAYLOR LOS ANGELES, CA 90046 (FREELANCE)/DIRECTOR DGA-PAC THE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA INC. - $1,200 primary 08/11/06
HACKFORD, TAYLOR LOS ANGELES, CA 90046 SELF/LIFE UNDERWRITEROlympia J. Snowe (R) Senate - ME SNOWE FOR SENATEWon $1,000 primary 04/26/06
Hackford, Taylor Los Angeles, CA 90046 Self-Employed/Film Maker MIDWEST VALUES PAC (MVP) - $500 primary 03/31/06
Hackford, Taylor Los Angeles, CA 90046 Self Employed/FilmmakerJ. Dennis Hastert (R) House (IL District: 14) HASTERT FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEEWon $1,000 primary 09/16/05
HACKFORD, TAYLOR LOS ANGELES, CA 90046 (FREELANCE)/DIRECTOR DGA-PAC THE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA INC. - $1,200 primary 07/08/05
Hackford, Taylor Los Angeles, CA 90046 Self-Employed/Director DGA-PAC THE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA INC. - $1,200 primary 06/01/04
HACKFORD, TAYLOR LOS ANGELES, CA 90046 DIRECTORS GUILDBlanche L. Lincoln (D) Senate - AR FRIENDS OF BLANCHE LINCOLNWon $1,000 primary 12/10/03
Hackford, Taylor Los Angeles, CA 90046 Self-Employed/Director DGA-PAC THE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA INC. - $1,200 primary 05/19/03
Hackford, Taylor Mr. Los Angeles, CA 90046 Film DirectorJohn Kerry (D) President JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INCLost $500 primary 03/06/03
HACKFORD, TAYLOR LOS ANGELES, CA 90046 FILM MAKERAlan Blinken (D) Senate - ID BLINKEN FOR SENATE CAMPAIGN 2002 LLCLost $1,000 primary 03/19/02
Hackford, Taylor Los Angeles, CA 90046 Self-Employed/Director DGA-PAC THE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA INC. - $1,200 primary 02/07/02
Hackford, Taylor Los Angeles, CA 90046 Self-Employed/Director DGA-PAC THE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA INC. - $1,000 primary 07/25/01
Hackford, Taylor Los Angeles, CA 90046 Self-Employed/Director DGA-PAC THE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA INC. - $1,000 primary 07/25/01
Hackford, Taylor Los Angeles, CA 90046 Self-Employed/Director DGA-PAC THE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA INC. - $3,000 primary 10/27/00
HACKFORD, TAYLOR LOS ANGELES, CA 90046 DIRECTOR DGA-PAC THE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA INC. - $1,000 primary 10/29/99
HACKFORD, TAYLOR LOS ANGELES, CA 90046 FILM DIRECTORXavier Becerra (D) House (CA District: 31) BECERRA FOR CONGRESSWon $250 general 09/28/94
HACKFORD, TAYLOR LOS ANGELES, CA 90046 TAYLOR HACKFORD INCWOFFORD, HARRIS L (D) Senate - PA CITIZENS FOR SENATOR WOFFORDLost $1,000 primary 11/27/91
HACKFORD, TAYLOR HOLLYWOOD, CA 90028 NEW VISIONSMETZENBAUM, HOWARD M (D) Senate - OH VOICES FOR CHANGE '88Won $2,000 primary 10/04/88
HACKFORD, TAYLOR LOS ANGELES, CA 90028 HART, GARY K (D) House (CA District: 19) GARY K HART FOR CONGRESSLost $1,000 primary 06/06/88
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