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Celebrity Political Contributions

http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/

This site lists all the political contributions that various celebrities have made since 1978. It’s pretty interesting.

Here is a list of celebrities whose contributions have been mostly for Republican candidates or organizations:

Entertainers
Roy Acuff: $1,400 — all to Republicans
Denise Austin: $10,000 — all to Republicans
Alan Autry: $1,000 — all to Republicans
Bob Barker: $2,000 — all to Republicans
Crystal Bernard: $1,000 — all to Republicans
David Blaine: $1,000 — all to Republicans
Ivan Boesky: $105,950 — 59% to Republicans (17% to Democrats)
Pat Boone: $28,435 — 79% to Republicans (none to Democrats)
Ernest Borgnine: $2,500 — 80% to Republicans (20% to Democrats)
Julie Bowen: $1,000 — all to Republicans
Bruce Boxleitner: $5,000 — 80% to Republicans (10% to Democrats)
Billy Bush: $450 — all to Republicans
Neil Bush: $3,990 — all to Republicans
Candace Bushnell: $1,000 — all to Republicans
James Cagney: $7,750 — all to Republicans
Glen Campbell: $8,170 — 88% to Republicans (12% to Democrats)
Frank Capra: $1,200 — 79% to Republicans (none to Democrats)
Drew Carey: $3,000 — all to Republicans
Dixie Carter: $3,750 — 67% to Republicans (27% to Democrats)
Jim Caviezel: $2,100 — all to Republicans
Marc Cherry: $7,850 — 52% to Republicans (38% to Democrats)
Tom Clancy: $234,750 — all to Republicans
Carol Higgins Clark: $1,000 — all to Republicans
Mary Higgins Clark: $59,400 — 95% to Republicans (2% to Democrats)
Patricia Cornwell: $139,000 — 96% to Republicans (4% to Democrats)
Catherine Coulter: $17,000 — all to Republicans
Shannen Doherty: $240 — all to Republicans (but apparently she has also held elected office as a Republican — who knew?)
Jerry Doyle: $1,000 — all to Republicans
Robert Duvall: $1,000 — all to Republicans
Joe Eszterhas: $1,000 — all to Republicans
Sara Evans: $3,561 — only 35% to Republicans, but the other 65% to the Conservative Reform Agenda in Government PAC
Jamie Farr: $4,300 — 88% to Republicans (none to Democrats)
José Feliciano: $800 — all to Republicans
Jeff Foxworthy: $2,000 — all to Republicans
Eva Gabor: $1,000 — all to Republicans
Larry Gatlin: $11,740 — 96% to Republicans (none to Democrats)
Kathy Lee Gifford: $3,000 — 67% to Republicans (33% to Democrats)
Kelsey Grammer: $12,000 — 50% to Republicans (8% to Democrats)
Amy Grant: $12,750 — 88% to Republicans (none to Democrats)
Lee Greenwood: $17,350 — 93% to Republicans (7% to Democrats)
Merv Griffin: $35,000 — 83% to Republicans (none to Democrats)
Sammy Hagar: $6,500 — all to Republicans
Merle Haggard: $1,000 — all to Republicans
Jack Hanna: $8,100 — all to Republicans
Tippi Hedren: $300 — all to Republicans
Charleton Heston: $8,750 — all to Republicans
Bob Hope: $84,250 — 95% to Republicans (2% to Democrats)
Dennis Hopper: $5,000 — 80% to Republicans (none to Democrats)
Arianna Huffington: $4,389 — 76% to Republicans (none to Democrats)
Dan Jenkins: $5,700 — 65% to Republicans (35% to Democrats)
Don Johnson is not a majority Republican supporter, but his biggest single political contribution was to the Republicans National Committee in 1992 — he contributed as much to them then as he has to all the Democrats who have received his money put together.
Toby Keith: $4,000 — all to Republicans
Dean Koontz: $10,325 — all to Republicans
Mark Kulkis: $5,800 — 95% to Republicans (5% to Democrats)
Swoosie Kurtz: $250 — all to Republicans
Beverly LaHaye: $16,711 — 60% to Republicans (none to Democrats)
Tim LaHaye: $8,000 — 56% to Republicans (none to Democrats)
Vicki Lawrence: $1,200 — 83% to Republicans (17% to Democrats)
Cloris Leachman: $1,000 — all to Republicans
David Limbaugh: $8,850 — all to Republicans
Art Linkletter: $2,000 — all to Republicans
Heather Locklear: $1,000 — all to Republicans
Traci Lords: $300 — all to Republicans
Loreta Lynn: $4,300 — 77% to Republicans (none to Democrats)
Wink Martindale: $2,000 — all to Republicans
Reba McEntire: $2,500 — all to Republicans
Ted McGinley: $500 — all to Republicans
Dr. Phil McGraw: $1,000 — all to Republicans
Vince McMahon: $12,000 — 50% to Republicans (nome to Democrats)
Ricardo Montalban: $250 — all to Republicans
Jim Nabors: $800 — all to Republicans
Wayne Newton: $24,250 — 67% to Republicans (29% to Democrats)
Chuck Norris: $28,255 — all to Republicans
Buck Owens: $3,000 — all to Republicans
Lou Pearlman: $20,600 — 90% to Republicans (10% to Democrats)
George Peppard: $750 — 67% to Republicans (33% to Democrats)
Maury Povich: $2,000 — all to Republicans (W in ‘04, specifically)
Prince: $1,000 — all to Republicans
Joan Rivers: $6,750 — only 44% to Republicans, but only 7% to Democrats, and that was in ‘79.
Tony Robbins: $32,290 — 66% to Rpublicans (34% to Democrats)
Mr. Fred Rogers: $2,500 — 60% to Republicans (40% to Democrats)
Cesar Romero: $500 — all to Republicans
Jeri Ryan: $250 — all to Republicans
Pat Sajak: $16,100 — 94% to Republicans (none to Democrats)
Phyllis Schlafly: $10,901 — 82% to Republicans (none to Democrats)
Rick Schroder: $1,750 — all to Republicans
Charles Schulz: $3,250 — 62% to Republicans (38% to Democrats)
Arnold Schwarzenegger: $20,250 — 65% to Republicans (32% to Democrats — but currently holding elected office as a Republican)
Tracy Scroggins: $500 — all to Republicans
Tom Selleck: $10,500 — 52% to Republicans (29% to Democrats)
Paul Shaffer: $1,000 — all to Republicans
Frank Sinatra: $21,750 — 77% to Republicans (18% to Democrats)
Gary Sinise: $2,100 — all to Republicans
Jaclyn Smith: $3,324 — all to Republicans
Kevin Sorbo: $1,500 — all to Republicans
Mickey Spillane: $200 — all to Republicans
Robert Stack: $2,000 — all to Republicans
Ben Stein: $48,200 — 68% to Republicans (4% to Democrats) — served in the Nixon administration
Connie Stevens: $5,150 — 90% to Republicans (none to Democrats)
Jimmy Stewart: $55,747 — 93% to Republicans (2% to Democrats)
George Strait: $240 — all to Republicans
Joel Surnow: $4,100 — all to Republicans
Dr. Herman Tarnower : $500 — all to Republicans
Rip Torn: $2,000 — all to Republicans
Randy Travis: $1,245 — all to Republicans
Alex Trebek: $2,000 — all to Republicans
Ivana Trump: $10,000 — 55% to Republicans (45% to Democrats)
Gloria Vanderbilt: $6,900 — 72% to Republicans (28% to Democrats)
Hank Williams, Jr.: $5,750 — 57% to Republicans (30% to Democrats)
James Woods: $500 — all to Republicans
Tammy Wynette: $2,500 — all to Republicans
Martin Yan: $250 — all to Republicans
Dwight Yoakam: $200 — all to Republicans
Pia Zadora: $6,500 — 62% to Republicans (38% to Democrats)
Stephanie Zimbalist: $25,500 — 80% to Republicans (none to Democrats)

Billionaires
Sheldon Adelson (Sands casino): $949,032 — 79% to Republicans (17% to Democrats)
Philip Anschutz (business): $321,015 — 70% to Republicans (7% to Democrats)
Stephen Betchel, Jr. (engineering): $433,800 — 62% to Republicans (2% to Democrats)
Tim Blixseth (timber): $212,230 — 84% to Republicans (11% to Democrats)
Michael Dell (Dell computers): $836,900 — 90% to Republicans (2% to Democrats)
Maurice Greenberg (AIG insurance): $363,400 — 72% to Republicans (8% to Democrats)
Wayne Huizenga (Miami Dolphins): $536,670 — 84% to Republicans (5% to Democrats)
Abigail Johnson (Fidelity investments): $65,450 — 64% to Republicans (23% to Democrats)
Kirk Kerkorian (MGM-Mirage): $134,600 — 50% to Republicans (27% to Democrats)
David Koch (Koch conglomerate): $1,918,080 — 98% to Republicans (none to Democrats)
Ken Langone (Home Depot): $386,943 — 63% to Republicans (10% to Democrats)
J. Howard Marshall II (oil): $106,950 — 81% to Republicans (4% to Democrats)
Billy Joe “Red” McCombs (ClearChannel): $518,997 — 85% to Republicans (9% to Democrats)
John Menard (Menards): $119,500 — 90% to Repbulicans (7% to Democrats)
Tom Monaghan (Domino’s Pizza): $246,931 — 68% to Republicans (2% to Democrats) — most of the rest to conservative Catholic PACs
Rupert Murdoch (News Corporation): $333,338 — 60% to Republicans (25% to Democrats)
H. Ross Perot (business): $47,980 — 66% to Republicans (21% to Democrats)
T. Boone Pickens (oil): $6,346,061 — 11% to Republicans, but none to Democrats, and most of his contributions were to Swift Boats Veterans for Truth
Charles Schwab (Schwab brokerage): $1,615,012 — 88% to Republicans (2% to Democrats)
Helen Walton (Wal-Mart): $77,900 — 53% to Republicans (11% to Democrats)
Jim Walton (Wal-Mart): $886,234 — 89% to Republicans (1% to Democrats)
John Walton (Wal-Mart): $489,635 — 71% to Republicans (14% to Democrats)
S Robson Walton (Wal-Mart): $421,750 — 78% to Republicans (6% to Democrats)
Steve Wynn (Wynn Las Vegas): $423,747 — 69% to Republicans (22% to Democrats)

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