Loudoun County is home to some high-end presidential donors, with 30 households giving $5,000 or more to the Republican or Democrat campaigns, according to the Virginia Public Access Project (VPAP), a nonpartisan money-tracker in the state’s politics.

Altogether, Loudouners have donated approximately $650,000 to the campaigns of President Barack Obama and his challenger, Republican Mitt Romney, with Romney taking a large chunk of the change. These totals do not include donations less than $200, which VPAP does not track. The Republican candidate, by the end of August, had secured more than $350,000 in contributions of $200 or more, while Obama has taken just less than $300,000.

The contribution limit for individuals to presidential campaigns is $5,000. Sixteen households in Loudoun that have given $5,000 or more to Romney and 14 have given $5,000 or more to Obama.

Obama has received 100 more donations of $200 or greater than his challenger; the Democrat’s taken 538 separate contributions to Romney’s 438. However, the GOP candidate’s average donation greatly exceeds the president’s, $801 to $556.

Donations from Loudoun residents account for 4.5 percent of the $14.2 million Virgnians have given to the two candidates since January 2011.

Those households that have given $5,000 or more to the Romney campaign are: Brock and Lisa Bierman of Round Hill; Philip and Carol Friedman of Leesburg; Mark E. and Wendy M. Stavish of Leesburg; Sue and Patrick J. Bourke of Leesburg; George C. and Ursula E. Andreas of Middleburg; Megan S. and John Medica of Middleburg; Craig Coy of Leesburg; Waler G. and Cynthia Davis of Waterford; William H. Dean of Sterling; Peter and Linda Hoyt of Leesburg; Curtis Kolcun of Leesburg; Trowbridge and Margaret Littleton of Middleburg; Thomas J. Medaglia III of Leesburg; Thomas R. and Gayle J. Runquist of Leesburg; Lawrence Simon of Middleburg; and Patrick Sweeney of Philomont.

Loudoun residents that donated $5,000 or more to President Obama are: Janet M. Taliaferro of Leesburg; Louis B. Susman of Dulles; James R. Ramzy of Leesburg; Rania Nazhat of Sterling; Jon Love of Ashburn; Eleni Kounalakis of Dulles; William Hasselberger of Bluemont; Norman Eisen of Dulles; Ross Biro of Ashburn; Elizabeth M. Berry of Dulles; Wanda A. Alexander of Ashburn; Eric Adolphe of Leesburg; Ava J. Abramowitz of Leesburg; and Betty L. and Fred L. Morefield of Purcellville.

Visit VPAP.org for more information about campaign finances in Virginia. VPAP was assisted in its research by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics.