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Falls Church Voters Drop $75,000 into Presidential Campaigns

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Falls Church area residents have contributed about $75,000 to presidential campaigns during the 2012 election cycle.

Residents in the 22042 ZIP code have donated a total of about $28,000 to various campaigns. Residents in the 22046 ZIP code have contributed about $47,000.

As of Feb. 21, 2012, President Barack Obama’s campaign has received about $36,000 from Falls Church community members, according to information at Opensecrets.org.

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Former Gov. Mitt Romney’s campaign had the second-highest amount in contributions, with $33,000 from Falls Church ZIP codes.

The campaigns to elect U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and U.S. Rep. Newt Gingrich’s (R-Georgia) received less than $3,000 each.

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Fairfax County residents have donated a total of more than $1 million to presidential campaigns.

More than half of those dollars have gone to Romney’s campaign, which has gained a total of about $576,000 from Fairfax County residents. Obama has received the second-highest number of donations, with $457,000.

Gingrich has received about $57,000 from county residents, while Santorum and Paul have collected about $17,000 and $12,000 respectively.

The Virginia Republican Presidential Primary election will be held on Tuesday, March 6, but only Romney and Paul will appear on the ballot.

Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.

If you aren’t sure where to vote on Tuesday, you can find out where to vote through the State Board of Elections website.


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