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LI hedge fund exec gives $1M to Romney PAC

Republican presidential hopeful <Mitt Romney campaigns in Colorado

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A Long Island hedge fund executive is a million-dollar donor to a  soft-money political action committee Restore Our Future, which has  supported Mitt Romney for president by funding attack ads against his rivals.

Robert Mercer, chief executive of East Setauket-based Renaissance Technologies Corp., donated $1 million to super PAC Restore Our Future Inc. on July 28, newly disclosed...

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