NEWSMEAT Power Rankings
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 |
| 901 | Jason Sehorn pro football player 1994-2003 | $2,000 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 902 | Bobby Knight basketball coach | $2,000 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 903 | David Toms pro golfer | $2,000 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 904 | Clyde Drexler NBA all star 1983-98 | $2,000 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 905 | Ric Flair pro wrestler | $2,000 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 906 | Sam Brownback US Senator 1996-present | $3,965 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 2-1 |
| 907 | Jane Smiley author | $14,175 | 61% | 0% | 39% | 4-5 |
| 908 | Alphonso Jackson Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 2004-08 | $6,050 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 3-2 |
| 909 | Edward Zander Motorola chairman, ceo | $48,300 | 5% | 13% | 82% | 3-1 |
| 910 | Rodney Peete pro football player 1989-2004; commentator | $36,900 | 18% | 0% | 82% | 1-1 |
| 911 | Fred F Fielding White House Counsel 1981-86, 2007; 9/11 Commissioner | $32,500 | 5% | 69% | 26% | 12-12 |
| 912 | Farid Suleman Citadel Broadcasting Corp chariman, ceo | $27,300 | 18% | 18% | 64% | 3-2 |
| 913 | Kathy Najimy actress | $16,650 | 75% | 0% | 25% | 3-3 |
| 914 | Ronni Chasen publicist | $1,200 | 79% | 0% | 21% | 2-0 |
| 915 | Isaac Mizrahi fashion designer | $18,765 | 44% | 0% | 56% | 1-3 |
| 916 | Matthew Broderick actor | $18,700 | 63% | 0% | 37% | 3-5 |
| 917 | Jonathan Franzen author | $9,100 | 64% | 0% | 36% | 2-1 |
| 918 | Byron Nelson pro golfer 1935-46 | $7,851 | 0% | 31% | 69% | 5-1 |
| 919 | Davis Love III pro golfer | $4,700 | 0% | 47% | 53% | 1-1 |
| 920 | Alan Cumming actor | $2,500 | 72% | 0% | 28% | 1-0 |
| 921 | Larry Gatlin country music star | $15,990 | 9% | 64% | 27% | 4-3 |
| 922 | Blair Brown actress | $12,500 | 54% | 0% | 46% | 4-5 |
| 923 | Pamela Reed actress | $4,725 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 3-2 |
| 924 | Francine Pascal author | $3,500 | 86% | 0% | 14% | 3-2 |
| 924 | Sharon Lawrence actress | $18,658 | 82% | 0% | 18% | 6-5 |
| 925 | Alston Correll Georgia-Pacific chairman, ceo | $24,308 | 0% | 26% | 74% | 2-1 |
| 926 | Fran Drescher actress | $7,050 | 61% | 0% | 39% | 2-1 |
| 927 | Michael Chabon author | $13,705 | 91% | 0% | 9% | 3-3 |
| 928 | Justine Bateman actress | $1,300 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 3-1 |
| 929 | Mark Green Air America president; politician | $5,910 | 92% | 0% | 8% | 7-5 |
| 930 | Michael E Toner Federal Election Commission chairman 2002-06 | $14,806 | 0% | 68% | 32% | 4-3 |
| 931 | Les Moonves CBS president and CEO | $52,850 | 33% | 5% | 62% | 12-12 |
| 932 | Jim Abrahams director, screenwriter | $15,550 | 20% | 0% | 80% | 2-1 |
| 933 | Scott Bakula actor | $9,050 | 83% | 0% | 17% | 2-1 |
| 934 | Pat Bowlen Denver Broncos owner | $53,250 | 15% | 25% | 60% | 10-8 |
| 935 | James Owens Caterpillar chairman, ceo | $40,540 | 0% | 52% | 48% | 9-7 |
| 936 | Ed Harris actor | $21,475 | 44% | 0% | 56% | 3-2 |
| 937 | Judith Regan book publisher, FOX News personality | $14,500 | 24% | 34% | 42% | 3-2 |
| 937 | Jim Cramer business journalist; former hedge fund manager | $261,000 | 76% | 0% | 24% | 7-4 |
| 938 | Helen Reddy recording artist; hypnotherapist | $10,000 | 75% | 0% | 25% | 4-5 |
| 939 | Dale Jarrett race car driver | $6,200 | 0% | 81% | 19% | 2-2 |
| 940 | Dino De Laurentiis movie producer | $5,500 | 9% | 55% | 36% | 2-1 |
| 941 | Phyllis Diller actress, comic | $4,500 | 44% | 33% | 23% | 2-1 |
| 942 | James Brolin actor | $3,737 | 67% | 0% | 33% | 2-1 |
| 943 | Michelle Pfeiffer actress | $3,500 | 71% | 0% | 29% | 1-1 |
| 944 | Brock Peters actor | $2,500 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 2-1 |
| 945 | Melissa Fitzgerald actress | $2,500 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-1 |
| 946 | Rich Eisen sportscaster | $1,750 | 86% | 0% | 14% | 1-0 |
| 947 | Phylicia Rashad actress | $1,500 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 948 | Amy Heckerling filmmaker | $750 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 2-0 |
| 949 | Paula Poundstone comedian | $7,500 | 73% | 0% | 27% | 4-4 |
| 950 | Sam Raimi director | $5,950 | 17% | 23% | 60% | 2-1 |
| 951 | Rue McClanahan actress | $8,975 | 44% | 0% | 56% | 5-2 |
| 951 | John R Hall dentist | $750 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 1-1 |
| 952 | Roger Goodell NFL Commissioner 2006-present | $46,900 | 15% | 36% | 49% | 5-3 |
| 953 | Wesley Clark NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe 1997-2000 | $12,200 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 4-2 |
| 954 | John Ratzenberger actor | $9,525 | 39% | 31% | 30% | 3-2 |
| 955 | Jimmy Stewart actor | $55,747 | 2% | 29% | 69% | 5-6 |
| 956 | Alonzo Mourning NBA star | $127,100 | 8% | 0% | 92% | 1-1 |
| 957 | Betty Thomas director, actress | $19,100 | 41% | 0% | 59% | 1-1 |
| 958 | George W Bush 43rd US President | $16,850 | 0% | 90% | 10% | 7-7 |
| 959 | Sheryl Crow rock star | $16,550 | 76% | 0% | 24% | 4-3 |
| 960 | Deepak Chopra self-help guru | $14,900 | 53% | 0% | 47% | 1-2 |
| 961 | Paula White megachurch preacher, "life coach" | $7,300 | 32% | 68% | 0% | 2-2 |
| 962 | Cindy Crawford model | $3,300 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-1 |
| 963 | Zach Braff actor | $3,300 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-1 |
| 964 | Adam Yauch recording artist | $3,300 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-1 |
| 965 | Salma Hayek actress | $3,300 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-1 |
| 966 | John C Reilly actor | $3,300 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-1 |
| 967 | Big Kenny Alphin recording artist | $3,300 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-1 |
| 968 | Halle Berry actress | $3,300 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-1 |
| 969 | Norman Mailer author | $1,530 | 82% | 0% | 18% | 3-1 |
| 970 | Margot Kidder actress | $7,250 | 66% | 0% | 34% | 3-3 |
| 971 | Jim Gaffigan comedian, actor | $1,250 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 972 | Bob Weir recording artist; Grateful Dead founding member | $11,781 | 48% | 0% | 52% | 2-4 |
| 973 | John McEnroe tennis champion; sports commentator | $11,600 | 91% | 0% | 9% | 1-3 |
| 974 | Jennifer Granholm Governor of Michigan | $6,350 | 76% | 0% | 24% | 5-4 |
| 975 | Tom Berenger actor | $3,400 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-3 |
| 976 | Kal Penn actor | $4,155 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-1 |
| 977 | Davis Guggenheim filmmaker | $7,550 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 2-4 |
| 978 | Jack Buck sportscaster | $1,350 | 0% | 81% | 19% | 1-0 |
| 979 | Ben Stein writer, actor | $83,470 | 6% | 38% | 56% | 15-14 |
| 980 | Egil 'Bud' Krogh Nixon operative, convicted in Watergate scandal; attorney | $7,950 | 44% | 56% | 0% | 6-5 |
| 981 | Michael Bidwell Arizona Cardinals - president | $24,675 | 21% | 49% | 30% | 6-6 |
| 982 | Phil Jackson NBA coach, player | $7,755 | 65% | 0% | 35% | 3-2 |
| 983 | Myron Ullman, III JC Penny chairman, ceo | $70,600 | 0% | 8% | 92% | 2-1 |
| 984 | Ellen DeGeneres comedian, actress | $38,800 | 95% | 0% | 5% | 1-0 |
| 985 | Malcolm Glazer Tampa Bay Buccaneers owner; Manchester United owner | $26,000 | 19% | 4% | 77% | 1-0 |
| 986 | Fritz Henderson General Motors - CEO 2009 | $24,272 | 8% | 12% | 80% | 3-2 |
| 987 | Torie Clarke public relations consultant, pundit | $20,750 | 5% | 67% | 28% | 6-7 |
| 988 | Norman Jewison director | $16,550 | 82% | 0% | 18% | 6-8 |
| 989 | Linda Ronstadt singer | $15,500 | 45% | 0% | 55% | 5-4 |
| 990 | Mark Ruffalo actor | $14,900 | 40% | 0% | 60% | 3-4 |
| 991 | Itzhak Perlman concert violinist | $11,000 | 9% | 0% | 91% | 1-0 |
| 992 | Stevie Nicks rock star | $8,000 | 88% | 0% | 12% | 2-3 |
| 993 | Christopher Reeve actor, activist | $7,750 | 19% | 0% | 81% | 2-1 |
| 994 | James Cagney actor | $7,750 | 0% | 13% | 87% | 1-0 |
| 995 | Michael Keaton actor | $7,000 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-1 |
| 996 | Evander Holyfield champion boxer | $6,000 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 997 | Ally Sheedy actress | $5,100 | 20% | 0% | 80% | 1-0 |
| 998 | G Gordon Liddy radio talk show host; Watergate convict | $5,000 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 2-3 |
| 999 | George Pataki Governor of New York 1995-2006 | $4,500 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 1000 | Dixie Carter actress | $4,000 | 25% | 0% | 75% | 1-0 |
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