UPDATE: Whipple Contributors Heavily Favor Favola

Campaign contributors who gave money to retiring state Sen. Mary Margaret Whipple overwhelmingly favor Arlington County Board Member Barbara Favola over Jamie Areizaga-Soto as a successor, according to analysis released Friday night by the Virginia Public Access Project, or VPAP.

Favola and Areizaga-Soto are in a bitter primary battle that will be resolved Tuesday. The winner will face Republican Caren Merrick in November.

VPAP determined that 65 of Whipple's donors have contributed a total of $51,585 to Favola's campaign. Only four people who contributed to Whipple also donated to Areizaga-Soto -- giving a total of $950.

The disparity is hardly surprising, considering Whipple herself endorsed Favola and has given her nearly $50,000.

In all, Areizaga-Soto has raised about $344,000 -- and of that, $230,000 is the candidate's own money. Favola has raised about $277,000 total.

Favola had about $35,000 cash on hand as of Aug. 10, according to the latest data available. Areizaga-Soto had about $47,000 left entering the final stretch of campaigning.

Spending in this race is more than double that of the average state Senate primary, according to VPAP analysis.

Update (5:30 p.m.): Whipple gave another $5,000 to Favola in the last 24 hours, according to information just published on VPAP. That's affects Favola's various totals listed above.