Hall of Fame
Branford Marsalis ($7,000)
Alicia Silverstone ($900)
Toni Morrison ($7,300)
Gary Ross ($70,122)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus ($43,700)
Melissa Boyle Mahle ($500)
Mark O'Meara ($2,500)
Jimmie Johnson ($4,300)
Ina Garten ($5,800)
Soon-Yi Previn ($1,000)
Les Moonves ($40,450)
John Rich ($15,200)
John Ziegler ($11,100)
Kathy Griffin ($4,300)
Brad Grey ($205,150)
Ally Walker ($2,800)
Jennifer Garner ($10,600)
Maury Povich ($66,300)
Ron Howard ($196,392)
Jennifer Aniston ($30,800)
Jeff Bridges ($28,350)
Robin Williams ($148,600)
Garry Trudeau ($119,100)
Cher ($11,400)
Jim Caviezel ($2,100)
John Cleese ($2,300)
Dean Smith ($26,808)
Ed Begley, Jr ($36,200)
Larry David ($194,100)
Oliver Stone ($39,200)
Julie Bowen ($1,000)
Monty Hall ($3,800)
Alan Cumming ($2,300)
Fran Tarkenton ($12,100)
Jack Nicholson ($24,500)
Drew Curtis ($1,500)
Arthur Blank ($288,300)
Paul Thomas Anderson ($1,500)
Regis Philbin ($1,000)
George Foreman ($1,000)
Jasper Johns ($10,000)
Blake Edwards ($8,500)
Michael Tucker ($20,550)
Rick Pitino ($2,000)
Maura Tierney ($45,100)
Lou Piniella ($4,000)
Sam Wyche ($4,500)
Christopher Guest ($52,850)
Mariska Hargitay ($2,400)
Tom Coughlin ($1,126)
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Hall of Fame ► Sports
Fran Tarkenton
, 70 (bio ) hall-of-fame quarterback
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
875
Election Picks: 3 wins, 3 losses
$11,100 Republican $1,000 special interest total: $12,100
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
TARKENTON, FRANCIS A ATLANTA, GA 30326 SELF-EMPLOYED/FINANCIAL EXECUTIVESIMMONS, ROBERT R (R) Senate - CT SIMMONS FOR SENATE - $500 10/19/09
Tarkenton, Francis Atlanta, GA 30326 Prepaid Legal Services/IndependentTom Cole (R) House (OK District: 04) COLE FOR CONGRESSWon $2,300 general 10/15/08
TARKENTON, FRANCIS A. MR. ATLANTA, GA 30326 TARKENTON FINANCIAL/INSURANCERudy Giuliani (R) President RUDY GIULIANI PRESIDENTIAL COMMITTEE INCLost $2,300 primary 04/16/07
Mr. Francis A. Tarkenton Atlanta, GA 30326 Prepaid Legal Services/IndependentTom Cole (R) House (OK District: 04) COLE FOR CONGRESSWon $2,000 primary 09/02/03
Tarkenton, Francis Atlanta, GA 30326 Tom Cole (R) House (OK District: 04) COLE FOR CONGRESS - $-1,000 general 10/17/02
Mr. Francis Tarkenton Atlanta, GA 30326 Prepaid Legal Services/IndependentTom Cole (R) House (OK District: 04) COLE FOR CONGRESSWon $1,000 primary 08/09/02
Mr. Francis Tarkenton Atlanta, GA 30326 Prepaid Legal Services/IndependentTom Cole (R) House (OK District: 04) COLE FOR CONGRESSWon $1,000 general 08/09/02
Mr. Francis Tarkenton Atlanta, GA 30326 Prepaid Legal Services/IndependentTom Cole (R) House (OK District: 04) COLE FOR CONGRESSWon $1,000 08/09/02
TARKENTON, FRANCIS ATLANTA, GA 30326 COCA-COLA ENTERPRISES INC COCA-COLA ENTERPRISES INC EMPLOYEES PAC - $1,000 primary 05/10/96
TARKENTON, FRANCIS ATLANTA, GA 30326 STERLING SOFTWAREGRAMM, WILLIAM PHILLIP (R) President PHIL GRAMM FOR PRESIDENT, INC.Lost $1,000 primary 03/14/95
TARKENTON, FRANCIS A MR ATLANTA, GA 30326 BROADCASTERDU PONT, PETE (R) President PETE DU PONT FOR PRESIDENTLost $1,000 primary 10/14/87
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US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,559
3,087
GIs Killed in Action
3,478
722
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
906
206
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,930
2,953
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
98,000
68,000
Brookings
, AP
Total Cost (approved through Sept 30, 2010)
$791 Bln
$269 Bln
AP
Cost Per Day (Avg)
$288 Mil
$82 Mil
casualty status updated March 8, 2010
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