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Who is Elizabeth Simons? Meet the largest individual donor to Virginia's disgraced Dem AG nominee

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3 weeks ago

FIRST ON FOX: The largest individual donor to Jay Jones’ flailing attorney general campaign in Virginia is a billionaire heiress who has backed a variety of left-wing candidates and causes along with a recent massive donation backing socialist NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani.Elizabeth "Liz" Simons, the daughter of the late billionaire hedge fund manager James "Jim" Simons, donated a total of $750,000 to Jones’ campaign over the past few months in four separate payments, campaign finance records show. The elder Simons founded the successful hedge fund Renaissance Technologies and built up...