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... Alida Rockefeller Messinger, 40, says she was only 5 years old ...
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Funders: In 2008, League of Conservation Voters' non-federal 527 received $275,000 from Alida Messinger;
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.....the following contributors have donated $1 million dollars of more to various democratic-leaning 527s..... Alida R. Messinger, trustee for the Rockefeller Family Fund, has contributed $1,177,000 this election cycle.
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