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Among the most famous and powerful Americans, whose campaign contributions result most often in victory?
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Rank Donor Total Dem GOP Spec Int Election
Win/Loss
1301Joan Jett rock star$7,55093%0%7%2-3
1302Ina Garten culinary celebrity$5,80078%17%5%2-2
1303Robert Mueller Director of the FBI$4500%100%0%0-1
1304Tom Izzo basketball coach$450100%0%0%0-1
1305Julie Taymor director$30,50021%0%79%1-2
1306Stephen Sondheim composer, lyricist$21,9385%0%95%0-1
1307Arnold Schwarzenegger Gov. of Calif., actor, bodybuilder$20,25032%15%53%4-5
1308Charles W Colson Pres. Nixon chief counsel 1969-73; Watergate felon$11,0000%9%91%1-1
1309Dermot Mulroney actor$9,80036%0%64%0-1
1310Mark Geragos attorney$9,70070%30%0%1-2
1311Connie Stevens entertainer$9,2500%61%39%2-2
1312Peter Falk actor$7,60049%0%51%3-3
1313Erica Jong author$7,00079%0%21%2-3
1314Roger Ailes FOX News chairman, ceo$6,7500%22%78%1-1
1315Howard Krongard Inspector General of the State Department 2005-08$6,35016%39%45%2-2
1316Rebecca De Mornay actress$5,10049%0%51%1-2
1317Jane Lynch actress$5,100100%0%0%1-2
1318Greg Biffle NASCAR driver$3,5000%14%86%0-1
1319Isabella Rossellini actress$3,500100%0%0%1-1
1320Harvey Mansfield professor, author$3,3000%15%85%0-1
1321Larry Charles TV writer, director and producer$2,50080%0%20%1-2
1322Lawrence Welk musician, band leader$1,6000%31%69%0-1
1323Max Wright actor$1,50033%0%67%0-1
1324Peter Bonerz actor, director$1,50050%0%50%0-1
1325Henry Fonda actor$1,500100%0%0%1-1
1326Drew Curtis fark.com founder, author$1,50033%67%0%1-1
1327Molly Ivins syndicated columnist$1,25040%0%60%0-1
1328Carol Higgins Clark author, actress$1,0000%100%0%1-1
1329Daryl Hannah actress$80063%0%37%0-1
1330Swoosie Kurtz actress$75067%0%33%0-1
1331Peter Graves actor$500100%0%0%0-1
1332Telly Savalas actor$500100%0%0%0-1
1333David Soul actor$500100%0%0%0-1
1334Kate Jackson actress$500100%0%0%0-1
1335Nora Dunn actress$500100%0%0%0-1
1336Tracy Scoggins actress$5000%100%0%0-1
1337Tennessee Williams playwright$500100%0%0%0-1
1338Al Jarreau singer$500100%0%0%0-1
1339Melissa Boyle Mahle ex-CIA officer; author$500100%0%0%0-1
1340Timothy Hutton actor$500100%0%0%0-1
1341Maggie Gallagher columnist$5000%100%0%0-1
1342Jim Boeheim basketball coach$500100%0%0%0-1
1343Sam Sheperd actor$500100%0%0%0-1
1344Sarah Vowell author, journalist$500100%0%0%0-1
1345Phil LaMarr actor$500100%0%0%0-1
1346Dean Martin entertainer$500100%0%0%0-1
1347Zalmay Khalilzad US Ambassador to Iraq 2005-$5000%100%0%0-1
1348Andy Garcia actor$500100%0%0%0-1
1349Dr Herman Tarnower "Scarsdale Diet" creator; murder victim$5000%100%0%0-1
1350Tim McCarver sportscaster; former baseball player$5000%100%0%0-1
1351Joan Didion writer$500100%0%0%0-1
1352Queen Latifah entertainer$500100%0%0%0-1
1353 Boxcar Willie country music star$500100%0%0%0-1
1354Kyle Chandler actor$5000%100%0%0-1
1355James Stockdale Vice Admiral; war hero; 1992 VP candidate$1,4730%85%15%1-2
1356Richard Schulze Best Buy chairman$150,9003%50%47%9-10
1357John Hughes writer, director, producer$15,65044%41%15%3-4
1358Julia Sweeney actress, writer$2,31824%0%76%0-1
1359Rose McGowan actress$80069%0%31%0-1
1360Howard Dean DNC chairman; VT Governor 1991-2002$76074%0%26%0-1
1361James Earl Jones actor$599100%0%0%0-1
1362Jack Nicklaus golf champion$17,2900%27%73%1-1
1363Billy Crystal actor, comedian$15,90069%0%31%1-1
1364Richard Haass Council on Foreign Relations president 2003-present$4,2000%100%0%2-5
1365Jessica Alba actress$600100%0%0%0-1
1366Helen Mirren actress$600100%0%0%0-1
1367Mandy Patinkin actor, singer$3,21184%0%16%1-3
1368Lee Corso sports commentator$680100%0%0%0-1
1369Judd Apatow filmmaker$75,80059%0%41%3-3
1370Meg Ryan actress$10,30090%0%10%2-3
1371Emmitt Smith pro football player 1990-2004$7,700100%0%0%1-1
1372Hal Sparks actor, comedian$4,21878%0%22%1-1
1373Gay Talese author, journalist$1,30023%77%0%1-1
1374Carol Leifer comedian$8,25048%0%52%3-2
1375Cheryl Tiegs model$7,25052%0%48%3-3
1376Tom Tancredo US Congressman 1999-2009$2,5000%50%50%1-1
1377Christine Baranski actress$2,27077%0%23%1-1
1378Cornel West professor$2,25078%0%22%1-2
1379Susan Dey actress$1,35056%0%44%0-1
1380Gene Washington NFL Director of Football Operations; former player$1,250100%0%0%1-1
1381Patricia Clarkson actress$750100%0%0%0-1
1382Patti LuPone actress$750100%0%0%0-1
1383Angela Braly Wellpoint Inc - President & CEO$67,1582%33%65%3-4
1384Victoria Principal actress$11,70010%0%90%1-1
1385Morgan Freeman actor$7,400100%0%0%2-3
1386Kathleen Sebelius Kansas Governor 2003-present$7,02574%0%26%5-6
1387Jim Nabors actor, singer$8000%100%0%0-1
1388José Feliciano entertainer, recording artist$8000%100%0%0-1
1389Danny Ainge pro basketball player 1981-95; Boston Celtics executive$3,5500%100%0%3-1
1390Bob Perkins Texas District Judge$2,87572%0%28%1-1
1391Buck Henry writer$10,40098%0%2%2-4
1392Gloria Vanderbilt heiress, fashion designer$6,90028%14%58%1-2
1393John Lithgow actor$4,94086%4%10%2-4
1394Lorenzo Lamas actor$1,4500%66%34%0-1
1395Matthew Dowd political consultant$490100%0%0%0-2
1396Merv Griffin entertainer, producer, hotel mogul$35,0000%3%97%0-1
1397Donal Logue actor$19,00016%0%84%1-1
1398John Edwards US Senator 1998-2004$15,75019%0%81%1-1
1399Richard Nixon 37th US President$13,5000%22%78%1-2
1400Larry Craig US Senator 1990-2007$8,0000%88%12%3-3
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