Fairfax Station, Clifton Residents Donate $60,000 to 2012 Presidential Campaigns

Fairfax Station area residents have contributed about $60,000 to presidential campaigns during the 2012 election cycle.

Residents in the 22039 ZIP code donated a total of about $27,000 to various campaigns, and residents in the 20124 ZIP code donated $33,000.

As of Feb. 21, 2012, former Gov. Mitt Romney’s campaign has received the most money from area community members, with a total of about $30,000, according to information at Opensecrets.org.

President Barack Obama’s campaign had the second-highest amount in contributions, with $19,000 from Fairfax Station and Clifton ZIP codes.

The campaigns to elect U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) has received $8,052, Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and former U.S. Rep. Newt Gingrich’s (R-Georgia) campaigns received less than $6,000 each.

Fairfax County residents in Patch's coverage area have donated a total of more than $1.2 million to presidential campaigns.

More than half of those dollars have gone to Romney’s campaign, which has gained a total of more than $780,000 from Fairfax County residents. Obama has received the second-highest number of donations, with more than $620,000.

Gingrich has received more than $75,000 from county residents, while Santorum and Paul have collected less than $30,000 each.

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This article has been corrected to include additional ZIP codes in the Vienna and McLean area, which impacted Patch coverage area numbers.