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Daphna Ziman is one of political Hollywood’s top fundraisers for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.).
Daphna Ziman in Beverly Hills
Talks about Hillary Clinton
By Tina Daunt, L. A. Times Staff Writer
February 16, 2007
The 2008 presidential campaign is on and Daphna Ziman, a former model who heads her own film and television production company, is one of political Hollywood’s top fundraisers for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.).
“It’s a battle for every cent and endorsement. Hillary Clinton is the right candidate,” Ziman explains. “The nation is in deep need for a mother figure who will lead the people out of a violent world and back into caring for the poor and the disabled, mostly caring for our children, our future.”
This is how it goes during political season in Hollywood: There’s a core group of avid money raisers, many of them established and respected in the entertainment industry. (Clinton has about a dozen of them, including media mogul Haim Saban and supermarket magnate Ron Burkle.) They have Rolodexes that can help raise millions. In previous years, billionaires could open their checkbooks and give staggering sums to a single candidate. But with new contribution limits — $2,300 per person — fundraising has become a more labor-intensive process. (Saban said recently: “Every donor must also become a fundraiser.”)
