Hall of Fame
Marisa Tomei ($2,400)
Christie Hefner ($178,382)
Lucy Liu ($2,500)
Oleg Cassini ($21,250)
Dennis Hopper ($5,000)
Melissa Gilbert ($9,300)
Hal Sparks ($2,750)
Dan Aykroyd ($7,600)
John Leguizamo ($1,000)
Robert Wright ($289,250)
Bernie Kosar ($72,800)
Annabeth Gish ($1,250)
Kristen Johnston ($3,250)
Jim Nabors ($800)
Peter Ueberroth ($34,700)
Brian Urlacher ($1,000)
Penny Marshall ($29,258)
Jerry Rice ($0)
Dennis Quaid ($4,200)
Sam Wyche ($4,000)
David McCullough ($7,000)
Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds ($9,900)
Amanda Peet ($4,200)
Jerome Armstrong ($3,150)
Mandy Patinkin ($2,011)
Ron Kuby ($7,250)
Cris Collinsworth ($6,500)
Robert DeNiro ($67,200)
Shane Battier ($3,300)
Stephen Root ($500)
Teri Hatcher ($2,300)
Paul Dooley ($6,800)
Jerry Reinsdorf ($416,353)
Chris Noth ($450)
Roger Ebert ($1,500)
Jack Nicklaus ($6,150)
Marvin Hamlisch ($7,250)
David Caruso ($6,000)
Randy Jackson ($2,300)
Bob Barker ($3,000)
Kevin Johnson ($11,400)
Jalen Rose ($2,000)
James Earl Jones ($599)
Shannen Doherty ($240)
Fannie Flagg ($1,000)
Sidney Poitier ($9,950)
Nolan Ryan ($15,000)
John Goodman ($4,000)
Isaac Mizrahi ($4,165)
Jon Miller ($6,000)
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Hall of Fame ► Business Executives
Ray Kroc
, 1902-1984 (bio ) McDonald's founder
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
1,423
Election Picks: 1 win, 3 losses
$3,000 Republican $500 Democrat $6,000 special interest total: $9,500
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
KROC, RAY A LAJOLLA, CA 92037 MCDONALD'S HEADQUARTERS MCDONALD'S CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - $1,000 primary 10/12/83
KROC, RAY A LA JOLLA, CA 92037 MCDONALDS CORP.PERCY, CHARLES H SENATOR (R) Senate - IL CITIZENS FOR PERCY, 1984Lost $1,000 12/19/82
KROC, RAY A SAN DIEGO, CA 92109 MCDONALDSMCKINNON, DAN (R) House (CA District: 41) MCKINNON FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEELost $1,000 primary 04/03/80
KROC, RAY SAN DIEGO, CA 92108 BUSINESSMANVAN DEERLIN, LIONEL MC (D) House (CA District: 42) COMMITTEE TO RE-ELECT CONGRESSMAN LIONEL VAN DEERLINLost $500 primary 02/10/80
KROC, RAY A SAN DIEGO, CA 00000 BUSINESS EXECUTIVELEBOUTILLIER, JOHN (R) House (NY District: 03) JOHN LEBOUTILLIER FOR CONGRESSWon $1,000 primary 01/11/80
KROC, RAY A LAJOLLA, CA 00000 MCDONALD'S CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - $5,000 primary 12/07/79
* general election result only; "Lost" = didn't win seat for that cycle
Data for this NEWS MEAT report provided by the Federal Election Commission as of — records
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political donations of today's newsmakers
2008 DELEGATE COUNT as of 07/04/08
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
1,934
2,462
GIs Killed in Action
3,353
331
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
763
137
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,476
1,354
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
148,500
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 July 1, 2008
NEWSMEAT HALL OF FAME
individual donations of $200 or more made after 1977
Political donations made by the powerful, rich, and famous.
• Celebrities (actors, musicians, authors, icons)
• Billionaires
• Sports Stars
• Media
• Business Executives
• Politics (pols, players, pundits, shills)
Data Provided by the Federal Election Commission as of 6/30/08
15,140,899 records (election cycles 1980-2008)
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