LittleSis: Jess S Jackson

Grew up during Depression; became farmer. Planted grapevines on 80-acre pear- and-walnut orchard in California 1970s. First Kendall-Jackson wine on market 1982. Now produces more than 4 million cases of vino a year on 14,000 planted acres. Recently acquired 44-acre Chateau Potelle Winery in Mt. Veeder, Calif. Has invested $250 million in Thoroughbred breeding. Mr. Jackson was a successful lawyer looking for a little excitement in his life in 1974, when he and his wife, the former Jane Kendall, bought an 80-acre pear and walnut farm in Lakeport, Calif., north of San Francisco. Mr. Jackson began expanding, creating or acquiring more than 30 wineries and brands that today produce more than five million cases annually. His umbrella company, Jackson Family Wines, includes in its portfolio La Crema, Cardinale, Arrowood, Cambria, Lokoya, Matanzas Creek and Vérité in the United States, Château Lassègue in Bordeaux, Tenuta di Arceno in Tuscany, Yangarra in the McLaren Vale region of Australia and Viña Calina in Chile. Mr. Jackson’s first marriage ended in divorce. He is survived by his second wife, Barbara Banke; two children from his first marriage, Jennifer Hartford and Laura Giron; three children from his second marriage, Katie, Julia and Christopher; and two grandchildren.

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Nina Rosenwald	Dianne Feinstein, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Ed Case, Al D’Amato, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, PAC to the Future, Carly Fiorina
Elizabeth J Cabraser	Dianne Feinstein, Patrick Leahy, Mike Thompson, Lynn C Woolsey, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, PAC to the Future, John William Conway, John Garamendi
Alicia W Smith	Howard Coble, Dianne Feinstein, Patrick Leahy, Mitch McConnell, Mike Thompson, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, John William Conway
Mark Gorenberg	Dianne Feinstein, Patrick Leahy, John McCain, Ed Case, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, PAC to the Future, John Garamendi
Geraldine S Lebow	Dianne Feinstein, Patrick Leahy, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Al D’Amato, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee
George Vradenburg	Dianne Feinstein, Patrick Leahy, John McCain, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Republican Party of Kentucky, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, John William Conway, Carly Fiorina
Barry F Schwartz	Dianne Feinstein, Patrick Leahy, Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Al D’Amato, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, National Thoroughbred Racing Association Political Action Committee/Horse PAC
Michael D Eisner	Dianne Feinstein, Patrick Leahy, Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, PAC to the Future, John William Conway, Bill Thomas
Carl H Lindner	Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Al D’Amato, Republican Party of Kentucky, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Kentucky State Democratic Central Executive Committee, Bill Thomas
Candy Ergen	Howard Coble, Dianne Feinstein, Patrick Leahy, John McCain, Al D’Amato, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Kentucky State Democratic Central Executive Committee
Diane B Wilsey	Dianne Feinstein, Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Mike Thompson, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, PAC to the Future, Carly Fiorina
George S Kaufman	Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Al D’Amato, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Inactive Federal Political Committee, PAC to the Future
Robert C Wright	Dianne Feinstein, Patrick Leahy, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Al D’Amato, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Republican Party of Kentucky, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee
Terry S Semel	Dianne Feinstein, Patrick Leahy, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Carly Fiorina, Fiorina Victory Cmte
Larry J Hochberg	Dianne Feinstein, Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Al D’Amato, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Carly Fiorina
Richard M Rosenberg	Dianne Feinstein, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Mike Thompson, Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Al D’Amato, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic National Committee, Inactive Federal Political Committee, Carly Fiorina
Ronald M Meyer	Dianne Feinstein, Patrick Leahy, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Al D’Amato, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, PAC to the Future, John Garamendi
Barbra Streisand	Dianne Feinstein, Patrick Leahy, Mike Thompson, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Bruce Lunsford, PAC to the Future, John William Conway, John Garamendi
Leonard A Lauder	Dianne Feinstein, Patrick Leahy, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Al D’Amato, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, PAC to the Future
Albert B Ratner	Dianne Feinstein, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Al D’Amato, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, PAC to the Future

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Nina Rosenwald

Dianne Feinstein, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Ed Case, Al D’Amato, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, PAC to the Future, Carly Fiorina

Elizabeth J Cabraser

Dianne Feinstein, Patrick Leahy, Mike Thompson, Lynn C Woolsey, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, PAC to the Future, John William Conway, John Garamendi

Alicia W Smith

Howard Coble, Dianne Feinstein, Patrick Leahy, Mitch McConnell, Mike Thompson, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, John William Conway

Mark Gorenberg

Dianne Feinstein, Patrick Leahy, John McCain, Ed Case, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, PAC to the Future, John Garamendi

Geraldine S Lebow

Dianne Feinstein, Patrick Leahy, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Al D’Amato, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee