Acknowledgments

Information on members of the Mother Jones 400 list was researched by Rachel Burstein, a Mother Jones investigative reporter. The ranking of the Mother Jones 400 list was compiled by Larry Makinson of the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan research group in Washington, D.C.

Additional research: Gregory W. Boller, associate professor of marketing, University of Memphis. Commerce Department reports on overseas business trips provided by Judicial Watch.

Additional consulting: Thomas Ferguson, professor of political science, University of Massachusetts, Boston; Nelson Polsby, director, Institute of Government Studies, University of California at Berkeley.

Photography research: Jolivette Mecenas, Susan Shaughnessy.

Fact-checking: Omar Beer, Laurel Druley, Suzanne Herel, Jamie Trost.

Special thanks to: Jennifer Shecter and Nancy Watzman, Center for Responsive Politics; Congressional Accountability Project; Common Cause; Center for Public Integrity; Ian Stirton and Kelly Huff, Federal Election Commission; Center for the Study of Responsive Law; Public Citizen; Lexis/Nexis.

Photo credits: Brian Smith (#2 Arnold Hiatt); Andy Freeberg (#10 David Koch); Ted Wood (#14 Foster Friess); Gary Williams (#33 Dr. Richard Machado); Dan Holmes (#53 Kenneth Lay); Katherine Lambert (#78 Robert L. Johnson); Lillian Vernon Corp. (#197 Lillian Vernon).

The MoJo Wire: Eric Umansky, Caia Grisar, Keith Hammond, Jennifer Hattam, Jamie Trost, Kevin Fox.

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