Virginia Senate Race: Donations by ZIP Code
Who are your neighbors donating to in the U.S. Senate race in Virginia?
A new Washington Post poll Tuesday shows the Virginia Senate race neck and neck, with Tim Kaine and George Allen split down the middle. Each has 46 percent, the same as a year ago, the newspaper noted.
Kaine is ahead in fundraising, collecting $7,434,457 to Allen's $6,137,826 as of March 31. Allen is in a primary race with three fellow Republicans, while Kaine has the Democratic field to himself.
Allen leads the race in donations from in-state donors, with 47.8 percent of his donations coming from Virginia. Kaine's in-state donations account for 31.3 percent, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.
However donations of less than $200 total $421,434 for Kaine and $130,700 for Allen.
In fundraising, the two trade first-place in donations honors from ZIP code to ZIP code in Northern Virginia.
Here are donations as of March 31, broken down by a sampling of Northern Virginia ZIP codes, courtesy of Virginia Public Access Project and the Center for Responsive Politics:
| ZIP Code | George Allen | Tim Kaine |
| Annandale area/22303 | $10,100 | $12,000 |
| Burke area/22009 and 22015 | $14,200 | $7,000 |
| Del Ray/22301 | $19,550 | $18,350 |
| Old Town/22314 and 22320 | $52,950 | $131,850 |
| Belle Haven/22307 | $28,950 | $18,800 |
| Fairfax Station/22039 and 20124 | $31,750 | $8,700 |
| Fort Hunt/22308 | $37,450 | $22,900 |
| Kingstowne/22315 | $1,000 | $500 |
| Lorton/22079 | $7,000 | $250 |
| Mount Vernon/22309 | $50,300 | $4,499 |
| Rose Hill/22310 | $2,250 | $950 |
Allen faces three primary challengers on the ballot June 12. The winner of the primary will face Kaine in the general election, set for Nov. 6.
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Editor's note: Information for this article did not include donations of less than $200. Donations of less than $200 total $421,434 for Kaine and $130,700 for Allen.
Leslie Hagan
8:14 pm on Tuesday, May 8, 2012
The fact that George Allen is leading in donations in Del Ray, of all places, is more depressing than I can say.
Steve
7:29 am on Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Leslie, the fact that Allen leads in all but two NoVA zip codes listed here leaves me not only depressed, but dumbfounded. Either Kaine hasn't tried too hard in Del Ray or Del Ray has totally lost its identity.
JamesOnThePotomac
9:05 am on Wednesday, May 9, 2012
You would think Del Ray would be a bastion for the Democrats. It must be all those Gay Republicans hiding in their closets making those donations.
Linda Kelly
9:31 am on Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Don't be too quick to despair. There is not a perfect correlation between 22301 and Del Ray. Zip code 22301 includes most of Rosemont and extends to parts of Old Town. And Del Ray includes zip code 22305 (up by Mt. Vernon School) which is not included in this calculation.
Paul
9:32 am on Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Don't worry about Kaine. He's getting plenty of $ from the DNC, ActBlue, MoveOn, etc. not to mention George Soros and Alexandria routinely gives any dem 70% of the vote even if they have never heard of them.
Eric Wagner
12:02 pm on Wednesday, May 9, 2012
If memory serves me well, Ed Gillespie lives in ZIP code 22309 where the donation ration is 10:1 in the GOP's favor. He is the chairman of the Republican State Leadership Committee and of course it's in his job description to help elect GOP candidates for the Senate.
Mary Ann Barton
7:26 pm on Wednesday, May 9, 2012
The 22301 ZIP code donations to Allen and Kaine are actually closer than these figures show; donations of less than $200 weren't included in this Center for Responsive Politics information; after combing through FEC records the grand total as of March 31 shows Kaine has an extra nine donations totaling $620 from 22301; Allen has two donations totaling $200 from 22301. For 22301 that puts Kaine at $18,970 and Allen at $19,750.
T Ailshire
8:13 am on Thursday, May 10, 2012
All these figures prove to me is our area has more money than sense.