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Horatio Sanz ($1,000)
Stan Lee ($20,000)
Michael Kors ($6,850)
Andrew Napolitano ($12,000)
Jim Nantz ($7,300)
Patti LuPone ($750)
Beverly D'Angelo ($2,000)
Norah Jones ($2,250)
John Fund ($1,000)
Lou Diamond Phillips ($2,000)
James Cromwell ($6,550)
Patricia Clarkson ($750)
Pat Boone ($33,385)
Dr Keith Ablow ($1,750)
Vince McMahon ($13,000)
Anne Sweeney ($25,500)
Ozzy Osbourne ($2,000)
Tom Seaver ($1,000)
Jeff Bridges ($26,050)
Robert Beltran ($2,000)
Glenn Frey ($31,000)
C Vivian Stringer ($1,500)
John R Hall ($750)
Prince ($1,000)
Howard Stern ($4,350)
Jeanne Tripplehorn ($3,500)
Jessica Alba ($600)
Boyd Tinsley ($77,750)
Viggo Mortensen ($6,750)
Nichelle Nichols ($250)
Stephen Sondheim ($16,372)
Robert DeNiro ($67,200)
Paul Weitz ($2,500)
Thomas Gibson ($3,300)
Dr Phil McGraw ($1,000)
Al Pacino ($4,000)
Amy Holmes ($250)
Don Johnson ($6,000)
Andre Agassi ($158,700)
Seth MacFarlane ($51,800)
John MacLeod ($3,000)
Lynn Redgrave ($3,850)
J J Abrams ($81,700)
Jean Louisa Kelly ($500)
Swoosie Kurtz ($750)
Bonnie Hunt ($4,000)
Roy Horn ($30,450)
Robert Duvall ($1,000)
Paul Dooley ($6,800)
Lucy Liu ($2,500)
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Hall of Fame ► Business Executives
Ron Popeil
, 73 (bio ) inventor, salesman, Ronco founder
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
1,661
Election Picks: 1 win, 7 losses
$6,900 Republican $2,500 Democrat $21,500 special interest total: $30,900
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
POPEIL, RONALD BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 R.P. INVENTIONS LLC/PRESIDENT MGM MIRAGE PAC - $2,000 primary 12/22/06
POPEIL, RONALD BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 R.P. INVENTIONS LLC/PRESIDENT MGM MIRAGE PAC - $1,000 primary 12/28/05
POPEIL, RONALD M BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 INVENTORAlex Penelas (D) Senate - FL ALEX PENELAS US SENATE CAMPAIGNLost $1,000 primary 09/03/03
POPEIL, RONALD BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 RONCO INVENTIONS LLC/CEO MGM MIRAGE PAC - $2,500 primary 11/21/02
POPEIL, RONALD BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 RONCO INVENTIONS LLC MGM MIRAGE PAC - $1,000 primary 12/05/00
POPEIL, RONALD BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 GIULIANI, RUDOLPH W (R) Senate - NY FRIENDS OF GIULIANI EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE - $-1,000 general 06/30/00
POPEIL, RONALD BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 RONCO INVENTIONS LLC MIRAGE RESORTS INCORPORATED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FKA) GOLDEN NUGGET PAC - $2,500 primary 12/30/99
POPEIL, RONALD BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 RONCO INVENTIONS LLCGIULIANI, RUDOLPH W (R) Senate - NY FRIENDS OF GIULIANI EXPLORATORY COMMITTEELost $1,000 general 10/04/99
POPEIL, RONALD BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 RONCO INVENTIONS LLCGIULIANI, RUDOLPH W (R) Senate - NY FRIENDS OF GIULIANI EXPLORATORY COMMITTEELost $1,000 primary 10/04/99
POPEIL, RONALD BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 RONCO INVENTIONS LLC MIRAGE RESORTS INCORPORATED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FKA) GOLDEN NUGGET PAC - $2,500 primary 12/31/98
POPEIL, RONALD M BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 RONCO INVENTIONS LLCD'AMATO, ALFONSE M (R) Senate - NY FRIENDS OF SENATOR D'AMATO (1998 COMMITTEE)Lost $1,000 primary 03/09/98
POPEIL, RONALD M BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 RONCO INVENTIONS LLCD'AMATO, ALFONSE M (R) Senate - NY FRIENDS OF SENATOR D'AMATO (1998 COMMITTEE)Lost $1,000 general 03/09/98
POPEIL, RONALD BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 RONCO INCJohn Ensign (R) Senate - NV ENSIGN FOR SENATELost $1,000 general 12/29/97
POPEIL, RONALD BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 RONCO INCJohn Ensign (R) Senate - NV ENSIGN FOR SENATELost $1,000 primary 12/29/97
POPEIL, RONALD BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 MIRAGE RESORTS MIRAGE RESORTS INCORPORATED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FKA) GOLDEN NUGGET PAC - $5,000 primary 12/19/97
POPEIL, RON BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 RONCO INCPRITZKER, JAY ROBERT (D) House (IL District: 09) PRITZKER FOR CONGRESSLost $500 primary 11/19/97
POPEIL, RONALD LAS VEGAS, NV 89109 MIRAGE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MIRAGE RESORTS INCORPORATED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FKA) GOLDEN NUGGET PAC - $5,000 primary 08/30/96
POPEIL, RONALD M LAS VEGAS, NV 89101 MIRAGEBob Dole (R) President DOLE FOR PRESIDENT INCLost $1,000 primary 06/07/95
POPEIL, RON BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 RONCO TELEPRODUCTS, INC.CANNON, HOWARD W (D) Senate - NV CANNON FOR SENATE COMMITTEELost $1,000 general 10/19/82
POPEIL, RONALD M BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 RONDO TELEPRODUCTS INCLAXALT, PAUL (R) Senate - NV PAUL LAXALT FOR U S SENATE CMTEWon $900 primary 12/31/79
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