Hall of Fame
Neal Boortz ($3,250)
Tyra Banks ($6,500)
Art Linkletter ($2,000)
Phylicia Rashad ($1,500)
Susan Saint James ($36,300)
Roger Penske ($455,800)
Matt LeBlanc ($4,000)
Roy Horn ($30,450)
Chuck Barris ($16,500)
Tommy Chong ($750)
Betty Thomas ($12,500)
Karl Malone ($16,000)
Chris Weitz ($6,850)
Les Charles ($294,750)
Tatum O'Neal ($1,500)
Tim LaHaye ($10,300)
Viggo Mortensen ($6,750)
Anne Sweeney ($25,500)
Erica Jong ($7,000)
Warren Beatty ($37,393)
Camryn Manheim ($1,000)
Jonathan Franzen ($6,800)
Larry Charles ($2,500)
Mike Mills ($43,341)
Marvin Hamlisch ($7,250)
Alonzo Mourning ($28,300)
Diedrich Bader ($3,000)
Dave Matthews ($2,100)
Kim Basinger ($5,500)
Christopher Lloyd ($4,800)
Steven Weber ($4,300)
Tom Clancy ($237,050)
Garry Trudeau ($115,800)
David Rasche ($5,925)
Christina Applegate ($2,000)
Sam Waterston ($30,027)
Jeffrey Lurie ($56,900)
Mary Steenburgen ($97,475)
Topher Grace ($4,600)
Beverly LaHaye ($20,011)
Malcolm Glazer ($26,000)
Bert Blyleven ($250)
Olivia Wilde ($250)
Dan Castellaneta ($1,000)
Maya Angelou ($24,550)
Marla Gibbs ($3,900)
Bill Maher ($3,550)
Joe Dumars ($1,000)
John Williams ($10,500)
Gary Cole ($2,800)
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Hall of Fame ► Business Executives
Ben Cohen (bio ) Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream co-founder
NEWS MEAT
1,730
Election Picks: 10 wins, 27 losses
$1,000 Republican $82,185 Democrat $3,688 Independent $34,300 special interest total: $121,173
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election
Amount
Date
FEC
cohen, ben 05495 RICHMOND, CEDRIC L (D) - $2,300 primary 07/16/08 cohen, ben 05495 RICHMOND, CEDRIC L (D) - $2,300 primary 07/16/08 COHEN, BEN 05495 Jeanne Shaheen (D) - $1,000 general 07/02/08 COHEN, BEN 05495 Jeanne Shaheen (D) - $1,300 primary 07/02/08 Cohen, Ben 05401 Paul W. Hodes (D) - $1,000 primary 06/10/08 Cohen, Ben 05495 Dan Maffei (D) - $1,000 primary 06/05/08 COHEN, BEN 05495 Jeanne Shaheen (D) - $1,000 primary 05/19/08 cohen, ben 57186 FALLON, ED (D) - $2,300 primary 02/24/08 COHEN, BEN 05495 FRANKEN, AL (DFL) - $2,300 primary 02/19/08 cohen, ben 57186 - $2,300 primary 02/19/08 Cohen, Ben 05495 John Edwards (D) - $2,300 primary 12/12/07 Cohen, Ben 05401 Paul W. Hodes (D) - $1,000 primary 10/30/07 Cohen, Ben 05495 Peter Welch (D) - $1,000 primary 09/20/07 Cohen, Ben 05495 - $5,000 primary 06/20/07 Cohen, Ben 05495 Carol Shea-Porter (D) - $1,150 primary 04/30/07 COHEN, BEN 94133 Jon Tester (D)Won $1,850 general 10/26/06 Cohen, Ben 05495 - $3,000 primary 10/25/06 Cohen, Ben 05401 - $3,000 primary 10/23/06 COHEN, BEN 05401 Sheldon Whitehouse (D)Won $2,100 general 10/22/06 COHEN, BEN 05495 Claire McCaskill (D)Won $2,100 general 10/21/06 Cohen, Ben 94133 Jon Tester (D)Won $3,000 primary 10/21/06 COHEN, BEN 05401 Harold, Jr. Ford (D)Lost $2,100 general 10/19/06 Cohen, Ben 05495 - $3,000 primary 10/19/06 Cohen, Ben 05495 Amy Klobuchar (D)Won $3,000 primary 10/18/06 Cohen, Ben 05495 Peter Welch (D)Won $2,200 primary 09/08/06 Cohen, Ben 05495 Patricia Godchaux (R)Lost $1,000 primary 08/06/06 COHEN, BEN 94133 Jon Tester (D)Won $250 general 07/17/06 Cohen, Ben 05495 Peter Welch (D)Won $2,000 primary 06/29/06 COHEN, BEN 05495 Tom Harkin (D)- $2,000 primary 12/27/05 Cohen, Ben 05495 - $2,000 primary 07/13/04 COHEN, BEN 05495 Barack Obama (D)Won $2,000 general 06/22/04 Cohen, Ben 05401 - $5,000 primary 04/13/04 Cohen, Ben 05401 - $5,000 primary 09/23/03 cohen, ben 05495 Dennis Kucinich (D)Lost $2,000 primary 06/27/03 COHEN, BEN Walter Mondale (D)Lost $1,000 general 11/02/02 Cohen, Ben 05495 Charles A. Pillsbury (UNK)Lost $1,000 general 10/07/02 Cohen, Ben 05495 Lynn Nancy Rivers (D)Lost $1,000 primary 04/17/02 COHEN, BEN 05495 COYNE-MCCOY, KATHLEEN (D) - $-1,000 primary 10/25/01 Cohen, Ben 05495 - $2,500 primary 08/13/01 COHEN, BEN LAMAGNA, DAL (D)Lost $1,000 general 10/11/00 COHEN, BEN 05403 Lynn Woolsey (D)Won $385 general 09/10/00 COHEN, BEN 05495 COYNE-MCCOY, KATHLEEN (D)Lost $1,000 general 08/10/00 COHEN, BEN 05495 - $500 primary 07/06/00 Cohen, Ben 05401 HUSTON, MICHAEL L (D)Lost $1,000 general 06/24/00 COHEN, BEN 05401 FREDERICK, LINNA JANE YOUNG (D)Lost $1,000 general 06/22/00 Cohen, Ben 05401 BRANNEN, BARNEY L III (D)Lost $1,000 primary 06/20/00 Cohen, Ben Mr. 05495 Ralph Nader (IND) - $-1,000 general 06/05/00 Cohen, Ben Mr. 05495 Ralph Nader (IND)Lost $1,000 general 06/05/00 Cohen, Ben Mr. 05495 Ralph Nader (IND)Lost $2,000 general 04/11/00 COHEN, BEN 05495 LIERMAN, TERRY L (D)Lost $1,000 general 12/26/99 COHEN, BEN 05495 LIERMAN, TERRY L (D)Lost $1,000 primary 12/26/99 COHEN, BEN 05495 LIERMAN, TERRY L (D)Lost $1,000 primary 12/26/99 COHEN, BEN 05495 LIERMAN, TERRY L (D)Lost $1,000 general 12/26/99 COHEN, BEN LECKMAN, SCOTT ALBERT (D)Lost $500 general 10/26/98 COHEN, BEN 05495 Barbara Boxer (D)Won $500 general 10/21/98 COHEN, BEN 05495 GREEN, MARK (D)Lost $1,000 primary 07/20/98 COHEN, BEN 05495 ROSSITER, CALEB S (D)Lost $1,000 general 06/30/98 COHEN, BEN 05495 ROSSITER, CALEB S (D)Lost $1,000 primary 03/25/98 COHEN, BEN 05495 ARNESEN, DEBORAH ARNIE (D)Lost $1,000 general 11/01/96 COHEN, BEN 05495 - $5,000 primary 03/29/96 COHEN, BEN MR 05495 GANTT, HARVEY BERNARD (D)Lost $1,000 primary 03/28/96 COHEN, BEN MR 05495 GANTT, HARVEY BERNARD (D)Lost $1,000 general 03/28/96 COHEN, BEN 05495 FURSE, ELIZABETH (D)Lost $500 primary 10/17/95 COHEN, BEN 05495 BACKUS, JAN (D)Lost $500 general 11/07/94 COHEN, BEN 05495 FISH, HAMILTON JR (D)Lost $1,000 primary 09/12/94 COHEN, BEN 05495 ANDREWS, THOMAS H (D)Lost $1,000 general 07/27/94 COHEN, BEN 05676 FURSE, ELIZABETH (D)Won $1,000 general 10/26/92 COHEN, BEN 05465 Bernie Sanders (IND)Won $473 primary 09/01/92 COHEN, BEN 05465 Bernie Sanders (IND)Won $473 general 09/01/92 COHEN, BEN 05465 HARKIN, TOM (D) - $-500 primary 05/12/92 COHEN, BEN 05676 SWEENEY, KEVIN J (D)Lost $250 primary 04/15/92 COHEN, BEN HARKIN, TOM (D)Lost $1,000 primary 01/06/92 COHEN, BEN 05465 HARKIN, TOM (D)Lost $250 primary 09/11/91 COHEN, BEN 05465 Bernie Sanders (IND)Won $242 primary 09/08/91 COHEN, BEN 05476 FURSE, ELIZABETH (D)Won $500 primary 08/26/91 COHEN, BEN HARKIN, TOM (D)Lost $250 primary 08/10/91 COHEN, BEN 05465 - $5,000 primary 10/09/90 COHEN, BEN 05465 - $5,000 primary 10/01/90 COHEN, BEN 05465 GANTT, HARVEY BERNARD (D)Lost $500 general 09/26/90 COHEN, BEN 05465 - $1,000 primary 11/04/88 COHEN, BEN 05465 Bernie Sanders (IND)Lost $500 primary 04/12/88 Receive an alert every time new records are added to Ben Cohen's report.
* general election result only; "Lost" = didn't win seat for that cycleNEWS MEAT report provided by the Federal Election Commission as of 10/6/08 — 15,706,073 records
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US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,035
2,563
GIs Killed in Action
3,385
389
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
796
151
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,530
1,616
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 October 11, 2008
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