Hall of Fame
Ry Cooder ($13,500)
Kal Penn ($2,654)
Bradley Whitford ($132,150)
Jon Miller ($6,000)
Rona Barrett ($8,250)
Judith Regan ($14,500)
Sarah Jessica Parker ($26,800)
Tatum O'Neal ($1,500)
Andrew Greeley ($8,600)
Linda Evans ($3,300)
Dean Cain ($2,000)
Christie Hefner ($184,982)
Tony Bennett ($6,600)
Spike Jonze ($6,500)
Christina Applegate ($2,000)
John Elway ($24,300)
Rose McGowan ($800)
Brett Ratner ($20,350)
Alan Tudyk ($250)
Kirk Douglas ($20,300)
Jeff Bridges ($28,350)
Alex 'A-Rod' Rodriguez ($4,300)
Leonard Nimoy ($38,300)
Anne Heche ($1,000)
Michael Stipe ($76,838)
Hank Williams, Jr ($5,750)
Merril Hoge ($1,000)
Cybill Shepherd ($23,500)
Thomas Gibson ($4,300)
Branford Marsalis ($4,600)
Jeffrey Tambor ($250)
Topher Grace ($4,600)
Gwyneth Paltrow ($11,450)
Garry Shandling ($6,300)
Suze Orman ($39,500)
Paul Newman ($281,400)
Jane Kaczmarek ($38,750)
James Iha ($500)
Duncan 'Atrios' Black ($2,292)
Mario Lemieux ($2,800)
Felicity Huffman ($2,750)
Robert Duvall ($1,000)
Wayne Newton ($25,250)
Linda Fiorentino ($1,000)
Maureen McGovern ($6,300)
Murray Waas ($250)
Al Pacino ($4,000)
Bob Odenkirk ($4,500)
Patty Duke ($1,000)
Joe Watkins ($8,000)
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Hall of Fame ► Billionaires
Jerry Yang , 39 (bio ) Yahoo! co-founder
NEWS MEAT
133
Election Picks: 18 wins, 2 losses
$28,000 Republican $185,041 Democrat $28,000 special interest total: $241,041
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election
Amount
Date
FEC
YANG, JERRY C 94089 - $28,500 primary 11/05/07 Yang, Jerry 94089 - $5,000 primary 10/03/07 Yang, Jerry 95032 Nancy Pelosi (D) - $2,300 general 06/29/07 Yang, Jerry 95032 Nancy Pelosi (D) - $2,300 primary 06/29/07 Yang, Jerry Chih-Yuan 94089 - $28,500 primary 06/29/07 Yang Revocable Trust, Jerry 95032 - $10,000 primary 09/26/06 Yang Revocable Trust, Jerry 95032 - $10,000 primary 09/26/06 Yang, Jerry C 94089 - $5,000 primary 09/18/06 Yang, Jerry Chih-Yuan 95032 - $25,000 primary 08/31/06 Yang, Jerry C 95032 - $25,000 primary 06/30/05 Yang, Jerry C 94089 - $5,000 primary 12/17/04 Yang, Jerry C 94089 - $25,000 primary 09/24/04 Yang, Jerry Chih-Yuan 94089 - $5,000 primary 12/17/03 YANG, JERRY C MR. 94022 George W Bush (R)Won $2,000 primary 07/16/03 Yang, Jerry Chih-Yuan 94089 - $5,000 primary 08/19/02 Jerry Yang 94022 Richard A. Gephardt (D)Won $1,000 primary 08/06/02 Jerry Yang 94022 Richard A. Gephardt (D)Won $1,000 general 08/06/02 Yang, Jerry 94022 Zoe Lofgren (D)Won $1,000 primary 08/11/01 YANG, JERRY 95132 - $500 general 09/29/00 YANG, JERRY 95132 Robert F. Bennett (R)Won $1,000 primary 09/19/00 YANG, JERRY 95132 Thomas M., III Davis (R)Won $500 general 09/19/00 YANG, JERRY 95132 Orrin G. Hatch (R)Won $1,000 general 09/12/00 YANG, JERRY 95132 Zoe Lofgren (D)Won $500 general 09/11/00 YANG, JERRY 95132 Harry Reid (D)Won $1,000 primary 08/22/00 YANG, JERRY 95132 - $1,000 primary 08/15/00 YANG, JERRY 95132 - $500 general 06/27/00 YANG, JERRY 95132 John, Jr. Conyers (D)Won $500 primary 06/14/00 YANG, JERRY 95132 Patrick Leahy (D)Won $1,000 primary 05/22/00 YANG, JERRY 95132 - $1,000 primary 05/17/00 YANG, JERRY 95132 Rick Boucher (D)Lost $500 primary 04/14/00 YANG, JERRY 95132 Adam Smith (D)Won $1,000 primary 02/29/00 YANG, JERRY - $1,000 primary 02/24/00 YANG, JERRY 95132 Ellen O. Tauscher (D)Won $500 primary 02/24/00 YANG, JERRY 95132 Zoe Lofgren (D)Won $1,000 primary 02/24/00 YANG, JERRY 95132 FRIST, WILLIAM H (R)Won $1,000 primary 01/29/00 YANG, JERRY 95132 Martin Frost (D)Won $1,000 primary 11/15/99 YANG, JERRY 95132 Anna G. Eshoo (D)Won $250 primary 11/02/99 YANG, JERRY 95132 Ellen O. Tauscher (D)Won $500 primary 10/26/99 YANG, JERRY 95132 Howard L. Berman (D)Won $500 primary 07/28/99 Yang, Jerry Mr. 95132 John McCain (R)Lost $1,000 primary 06/30/99 YANG, JERRY 95132 R. W. "Bob" Goodlatte (R)Won $500 primary 05/24/99 YANG, JERRY 95132 Rick Boucher (D)Lost $500 primary 04/23/99 YANG, JERRY 95132 Mike DeWine (R)Won $1,000 primary 03/30/99 YANG, JERRY 94086 - $15,691 primary 10/27/97 YANG, JERRY 94086 - $20,000 primary 10/27/97 Receive an alert every time new records are added to Jerry Yang's report.
* general election result only; "Lost" = didn't win seat for that cycleNEWS MEAT report provided by the Federal Election Commission as of 8/25/08 — 15,501,783 records
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political donations of today's newsmakers
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
1,990
2,518
GIs Killed in Action
3,371
364
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
778
148
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,481
1,528
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
140,000
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 August 29, 2008
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