Hall of Fame
Don Shula ($18,734)
Peter Graves ($500)
Tom Berenger ($3,400)
Ina Garten ($5,800)
Brian 'Head' Welch ($2,000)
Joe Walsh ($7,250)
Marisa Tomei ($2,900)
John Calipari ($6,550)
Dan Marino ($9,500)
Marvin Hamlisch ($7,250)
Evan Handler ($750)
Fisher Stevens ($3,500)
John Smoltz ($8,800)
Peri Gilpin ($3,000)
Isabella Rossellini ($2,000)
Natalie Maines ($4,672)
Zach Braff ($3,300)
Jack Hanna ($9,070)
James Earl Jones ($599)
Ivan Boesky ($105,950)
Tom Hayden ($113,628)
Cloris Leachman ($1,000)
Peter Ueberroth ($38,000)
Bebe Neuwirth ($1,600)
Martin Short ($1,500)
Suzanne Vega ($3,200)
Ivan Reitman ($16,800)
Danny Glover ($8,825)
Kevin James ($2,100)
Kevin Sorbo ($1,500)
Maya Angelou ($24,550)
Laura Innes ($3,800)
Meredith Baxter ($55,250)
Harry Connick, Jr ($33,100)
Julia Roberts ($2,000)
Maria Shriver ($19,900)
Jasmine Guy ($3,800)
Rhea Perlman ($88,504)
Tom Arnold ($28,746)
David Toms ($2,000)
Viggo Mortensen ($9,050)
Dan Jenkins ($5,700)
Ben Stein ($63,900)
Jon Stewart ($2,000)
Cindy Crawford ($3,300)
Warren Littlefield ($9,620)
Rachael Ray ($2,300)
Paul Giamatti ($250)
Christine Lahti ($19,050)
Connie Stevens ($7,150)
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Hall of Fame ► Sports
Richard Petty , 71 (bio ) NASCAR champion
NEWS MEAT
1,460
Election Picks: 5 wins, 11 losses
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election
Amount
Date
FEC
Petty, Richard Mr. 27317 - $1,000 primary 09/03/08 Petty, Richard 27317 Howard Coble (R)Won $1,000 general 09/02/08 PETTY, RICHARD L MR 27317 Elizabeth H. Dole (R)Lost $1,000 general 05/12/08 PETTY, RICHARD 28117 John McCain (R)Lost $1,000 primary 05/08/08 PETTY, RICHARD L MR 28117 - $2,000 primary 02/13/08 Petty, Richard 27317 Howard Coble (R)Won $1,000 general 11/07/06 Petty, Richard 27317 - $250 primary 11/04/05 Petty, Richard 27317 Kevin R. Triplett (R)Lost $500 general 06/28/04 Petty, Richard 27317 Kevin R. Triplett (R)Lost $500 primary 07/28/03 Petty, Richard MR. 27317 Elizabeth H. Dole (R)Won $1,000 primary 10/15/02 Petty, Richard L. 27317 - $1,000 primary 10/11/02 Petty, Richard MR. 27317 Elizabeth H. Dole (R)Won $2,000 primary 07/24/02 PETTY, RICHARD L 27317 Elizabeth H. Dole (R)Won $1,000 general 07/08/02 PETTY, RICHARD L 27317 Elizabeth H. Dole (R) - $-1,000 primary 07/08/02 PETTY, RICHARD L 27317 Elizabeth H. Dole (R)Won $1,000 primary 06/26/02 PETTY, RICHARD L 27317 Elizabeth H. Dole (R)Won $1,000 primary 10/16/01 PETTY, RICHARD L 27317 FAIRCLOTH, DUNCAN M (R)Lost $1,000 general 09/16/98 PETTY, RICHARD 27317 GARLITS, DONALD GLENN (R)Lost $1,000 general 10/27/94 PETTY, RICHARD 27317 GARLITS, DONALD GLENN (R)Lost $1,000 primary 07/20/94 PETTY, RICHARD L 27317 FAIRCLOTH, DUNCAN M (R)Lost $500 general 02/23/94 PETTY, RICHARD L 27317 FAIRCLOTH, DUNCAN M (R)Won $500 general 10/22/92 PETTY, RICHARD L 27317 HELMS, JESSE (R)Won $250 primary 07/10/90 PETTY, RICHARD L 27317 HELMS, JESSE (R) - $-250 general 07/10/90 PETTY, RICHARD L 27317 HELMS, JESSE (R)Won $250 general 06/20/90 PETTY, RICHARD L 27317 HELMS, JESSE (R)Won $950 general 06/20/90 PETTY, RICHARD 27317 CARRINGTON, JOHN H (R)Lost $500 primary 03/26/90 PETTY, RICHARD L 27317 HELMS, JESSE (R)Won $250 primary 01/02/90 PETTY, RICHARD L MR 27317 HELMS, JESSE (R)Won $500 primary 08/04/89 PETTY, RICHARD L MR 27317 FETZER, TOM (R)Lost $500 general 09/22/88 PETTY, RICHARD MR 27317 COBEY, WILLIAM W JR (R)Lost $500 general 07/17/86 PETTY, RICHARD L MR 27317 BROYHILL, JAMES T (R)Lost $1,000 general 05/30/86 PETTY, RICHARD 27317 COBEY, WILLIAM W JR (R)Lost $750 general 10/27/84 Receive an alert every time new records are added to Richard Petty's report.
* general election result only; "Lost" = didn't win seat for that cycleNEWS MEAT report provided by the Federal Election Commission as of 11/24/08 — 16,293,404 records
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US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,087
2,615
GIs Killed in Action
3,394
404
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
815
152
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,595
1,680
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
146,000
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 December 1, 2008
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