Romney Campaign Gets $20K from Oakton Residents

Oakton area residents have contributed about $52,000 to presidential campaigns during the 2012 election cycle.

As of Feb. 21, 2012, former Gov. Mitt Romney’s campaign has received the most money from community members in the 22124 ZIP code, with a total of $20,000, according to information at Opensecrets.org.

President Barack Obama’s campaign had the second-highest amount in contributions, with $17,000 from residents in the same ZIP code.

Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum’s campaign received about $12,000 from Oakton residents, while former U.S. Rep. Newt Gingrich’s (R-Georgia) campaign received about $9,000. Both will not be on the GOP primary ballot in Virginia, which is scheduled for Tuesday.

The campaign to elect U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) raised less than $7,000 in donations.

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.

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

Polls are open between 6 a.m. and 7 p.m.

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