Hall of Fame
Todd Bridges ($1,000)
Trisha Yearwood ($3,000)
Kristi Yamaguchi ($2,300)
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ($1,000)
Jami Gertz ($65,750)
Geena Davis ($37,450)
Kyra Sedgwick ($12,700)
J J Abrams ($183,800)
Sofia Coppola ($3,250)
James Taylor ($32,550)
Pat Summerall ($3,500)
Diane Lane ($1,500)
Mike McCaskey ($10,500)
Magic Johnson ($38,800)
George Clooney ($57,700)
James L Dolan ($467,700)
John Legend ($5,600)
Chris Matthews ($2,000)
Sean 'Diddy' Combs ($3,000)
Art Modell ($251,750)
Wanda Sykes ($4,600)
Danny Meyer ($220,600)
Leonardo DiCaprio ($41,909)
Kevin Kline ($13,588)
George Karl ($9,900)
Jenny McCarthy ($1,250)
Michael Bidwell ($19,875)
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Sr ($5,250)
Julia Roberts ($2,000)
Byron Scott ($1,000)
Randi Rhodes ($6,700)
Lauren Graham ($1,000)
Timothy Hutton ($500)
Fran Tarkenton ($11,600)
Sam Raimi ($5,950)
Drew Curtis ($1,500)
Isaac Mizrahi ($18,765)
Michelle Pfeiffer ($3,500)
Harvey Fierstein ($4,750)
Annie Leibovitz ($8,300)
Dweezil Zappa ($6,500)
Viggo Mortensen ($9,050)
Al Michaels ($2,000)
Jennifer Jason Leigh ($300)
Priscilla Presley ($750)
Lance Berkman ($1,000)
Jerry Seinfeld ($12,000)
Brendan Fraser ($27,000)
Susanna Hoffs ($2,300)
Chris Noth ($450)
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Hall of Fame ► Business Executives
Laurence Fink
BlackRock Inc founder, CEO
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
396
Election Picks: 8 wins, 7 losses
$2,000 Republican $49,600 Democrat $6,000 special interest total: $57,600
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
FINK, LAURENCE D NEW YORK, NY 10075 BLACKROCK INVESTMENTS/CHAIRMAN/CHIEDebbie Stabenow (D) Senate - MI STABENOW FOR US SENATE - $2,400 primary 03/24/09
FINK, LAURENCE D NEW YORK, NY 10075 BLACKROCK INVESTMENTS/CHAIRMAN/CHIEDebbie Stabenow (D) Senate - MI STABENOW FOR US SENATE - $2,400 general 03/24/09
Fink, Laurence D New York, NY 10075 Black Rock/Chairman & CeoBarack Obama (D) President OBAMA VICTORY FUNDWon $30,800 primary 07/22/08
Fink, Laurence D. New York, NY 10021 BlackRock Inc./CEO SOLUTIONS AMERICA PAC - $5,000 primary 07/21/06
FINK, LAURENCE D NEW YORK, NY 10022 BLACK ROCK INC./CEOJosh Rales (D) Senate - MD RALES FOR US SENATELost $2,000 primary 12/30/05
Fink, Laurence D Mr. New York, NY 10154 BlackRock Inc./Chief ExecutiveJohn Kerry (D) President JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INCLost $2,000 primary 03/26/03
FINK, LAURENCE NEW YORK, NY 10154 BLACKROCK FINANCIALEdward M. Kennedy (D) Senate - MA KENNEDY FOR SENATE (1994)Won $1,000 primary 06/18/94
FINK, LAURENCE ALPINE, NJ 07620 BLACK ROCK FINANCIALFrank R. Lautenberg (D) Senate - NJ LAUTENBERG COMMITTEE (1994)Won $1,000 general 04/22/94
FINK, LAURENCE ALPINE, NJ 07620 BLACK ROCK FINANCIALFrank R. Lautenberg (D) Senate - NJ LAUTENBERG COMMITTEE (1994)Won $1,000 primary 04/22/94
FINK, LAURENCE D ALPINE, NJ 07620 THE BLACKSTONE GROUPBRADLEY, BILL (D) Senate - NJ BILL BRADLEY FOR U S SENATE '90Won $1,000 primary 03/28/90
FINK, LAURENCE D MR NEW YORK, NY 10154 BLACKSTONE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT L PChris Dodd (D) Senate - CT FRIENDS OF CHRIS DODD (1992)Won $500 primary 07/11/89
FINK, LAURENCE D MR ALPINE, NJ 07620 DOLE FOR PRESIDENT COMMITTEE INC - $1,000 primary 11/23/87
FINK, LAURENCE D ALPINE, NJ 07620 Michael Dukakis (D) President DUKAKIS FOR PRESIDENT COMMITTEE, INCLost $1,000 primary 11/19/87
FINK, LAURENCE D ALPINE, NJ 07620 KARNES, DAVID (R) Senate - NE FRIENDS OF SENATOR DAVID KARNESLost $1,000 primary 11/09/87
FINK, LAURENCE D ALPINE, NJ 07620 FIRST BOSTON CORPSANFORD, JAMES TERRY (D) Senate - NC TERRY SANFORD FOR U S SENATELost $1,000 general 11/09/87
FINK, LAURENCE D ALPINE, NJ 07620 FIRST BOSTON CORPBABBITT, BRUCE (D) President BABBITT FOR PRESIDENT COMMITTEELost $1,000 primary 07/15/87
FINK, LAURENCE D MR NEW YORK, NY 10017 FIRST BOSTON CORPBENTSEN, LLOYD SENATOR (D) Senate - TX SENATOR LLOYD BENTSEN ELECTION COMMITTEEWon $500 primary 06/25/87
FINK, LAURENCE D ALPINE, NJ 07620 CRANSTON, ALAN SENATOR (D) Senate - CA CRANSTON FOR SENATE '92 INCWon $1,000 general 11/03/86
FINK, LAURENCE D MR ALPINE, NJ 07620 FIRST BOSTON BANKPACKWOOD, ROBERT W (R) Senate - OR RE-ELECT PACKWOOD COMMITTEEWon $1,000 primary 10/31/85
FINK, LAURENCE D ALPINE, NJ 07620 Walter Mondale (D) President MONDALE FOR PRESIDENT COMMITTEE INCLost $1,000 primary 06/28/84
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US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,444
2,972
GIs Killed in Action
3,478
659
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
891
190
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,877
2,678
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
124,000
68,000
AP
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Total Cost (approved through Sept 30, 2009)
$711 Bln
$219 Bln
AP
Cost Per Day (Avg)
$298 Mil
$75.2 Mil
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