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Republican Candidates Lead in Villanova Donations

More than $600,000 has been donated to candidates and Political Action Committees in 2012.

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Republican candidates and organizations have received 58 percent of federal campaign donations from the 19085 ZIP code so far in the 2012 election cycle.

The Republican National Committee is the top recipient, with $121,650 from here, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

President Barack Obama ($3,269,793) has a lead in donations over Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney ($2,844,980) in the Greater Philadelphia/New Jersey area.

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However, in 19085, Romney's campaign has earned $115,400 while Obama's has raised $56,454.

So far this election cycle, $620,334 has been donated to candidates and Political Action Committees from the 19085 ZIP code. That number is about 14 times what the average ZIP code donates, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

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Republican candidates also lead in and .

The contributions are based on Federal Election Commission data made available electronically on Aug. 6.

The top contributors from 19085 are:

ContributerRecipientOccupationAmountDate COZEN, SANDY W DNC Services Corp SELF EMPLOYED $30,000 06/21/12 COZEN, SANDY W DNC Services Corp SELF EMPLOYED $25,000 09/28/11 KRANCER, RONALD A MR National Republican Congressional Cmte RETIRED $20,000 02/23/11 KRANCER, RONALD A MR National Republican Congressional Cmte RETIRED $10,000 05/31/11 HONDROS, PAUL JAMES MR National Republican Congressional Cmte ALPHA ONE CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC $10,000 05/15/12 GARDNER, KAREN MRS Romney, Mitt (R) INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS $10,000 05/08/12 HELLER, MICHAEL DNC Services Corp COZEN O'CONNOR $8,750 06/21/12 WALTER, WILLIAM G MR Republican National Cmte RETIRED $5,001 03/06/12 WALTER, WILLIAM G MR Republican National Cmte $5,000 08/31/11 BOKHARI, SYED DR People for Enterprise/Trade/Econ Growth BUILDING BEYOND BRIC INVESTM $5,000 03/20/12

The top recipients from 19085 are:

RecipientAmount Romney, Mitt (R) $115,400 DNC Services Corp $66,050 National Republican Congressional Cmte $62,105 Obama, Barack (D) $56,454 Casey, Bob (D) $44,198 Meehan, Patrick (R) $27,749 Republican National Cmte $25,661 Santorum, Rick (R) $17,750 Schwartz, Allyson (D) $12,550 DaVita Inc $10,500

Patch Editor Sam Strike contributed to this report.

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