Arlington Residents, Businesses Donate to Gubernatorial Campaigns

The governor's race in Virginia is attracting contributions from all over the state and the country, including more than $55,000 in donations from Arlington residents and businesses in the first quarter of 2013.

Campaign finance reports show that Democrat Terry McAuliffe has outraised his Republican counterpart Ken Cuccinelli in the Virginia governor's race overall, according to the Virginia Public Access Project.

McAuliffe, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, raised $5,139,285 between Jan. 1 and March 31, while Cuccinelli, attorney general of Virginia, raised $2,380,403 in the same time period.

"The Republican nominee for Virginia governor found himself hamstrung by rules banning him from courting donors during this year’s legislative session," according to the Washington Post.

Campaign finance records show that Arlington residents and businesses have donated $37,951 to the McAuliffe campaign and $17,905 to the Cuccinelli campaign in the first quarter of 2013.

The largest donor to Cuccinelli's campaign was the Republican Governors Association, with a contribution of $1 million on March 29. Former President Bill Clinton donated $100,000 to McAuliffe.