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New Hampshire Republican Party
stated on March 8, 2012 in a written statement.:

Says former U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter refused to host town hall meetings during her time in Congress.

By Jake Berry • March 23, 2012

Rick Santorum
stated on January 8, 2012 in a Republican presidential primary debate:

Paul Ryan’s Medicare plan provides "pretty much" the same coverage that members of Congress receive.

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Molly Moorhead • January 8, 2012

Jon Huntsman
stated on December 12, 2011 in a debate at St. Anselm College in Manchester, N.H.:

"You look at defense … we're spending more than the rest of the world combined."

By Jake Berry • December 13, 2011

Ron Paul
stated on November 30, 2011 in a house party in New Hampshire:

"The Fed created $15 trillion in the bailout process" and $5 trillion went overseas.

By Jon Greenberg • December 9, 2011

Jon Huntsman
stated on November 16, 2011 in an editorial board meeting with the Nashua Telegraph:

"We have more natural gas in this country than Saudi Arabia has oil."

By Maryalice Gill • December 8, 2011

Rick Perry
stated on October 1, 2011 in a forum in Hampton, N.H.:

"We cut property taxes by one-third in the state of Texas while I’ve been governor."

By Jake Berry • October 21, 2011

Herman Cain
stated on October 12, 2011 in an interview on MSNBC:

"Every worker pays 15.3 percent payroll tax."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 12, 2011

Mitt Romney
stated on October 11, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Hanover, N.H.:

In the early 1960s, all levels of government were "consuming about 27 percent of the U.S. economy," a number that has risen to 37 percent today. With that trendline, "we cease at some point to be a free economy."

By Louis Jacobson • October 12, 2011

New Hampshire Democratic Party
stated on September 4, 2011 in a news release:

"Two-thirds of Granite Staters oppose the Tea Party" and its agenda on labor unions.

By John Gregg • September 16, 2011

Jon Huntsman
stated on July 4, 2011 in a house party in Belmont, N.H. :

Says that when he was governor of Utah, he worked with the state Legislature to create a flat tax that "cut income taxes by 30 percent."

By Kevin Landrigan, Louis Jacobson • July 28, 2011

Rick Santorum
stated on July 18, 2011 in a house party in Henniker, N.H.:

In Europe, "church attendance rates (are) in the single digits" because churches are supported by taxes.

By Josh Rogers • July 27, 2011

Mitt Romney
stated on July 5, 2011 in a Town Hall in Wolfeboro, N.H.:

"Federal law requires that hospitals treat people whether or not they can pay. So someone (who) doesn’t have health insurance -- they can go to the hospital and get free care."

By Dan Gorenstein • July 22, 2011

Mitt Romney
stated on July 5, 2011 in a town hall in Wolfeboro, N.H.:

During his first year, President Obama said he "was going to visit Kim Jong-ll and Ahmadinejad and Assad and Chavez – the worst actors in the world."

By Josh Rogers • July 20, 2011

Michele Bachmann
stated on June 26, 2011 in CBS' Face the Nation:

"Under Barack Obama the last two years, the number of federal limousines for bureaucrats has increased 73 percent."

June 27, 2011

Jay Carney
stated on June 14, 2011 in a comment to reporters aboard Air Force One:

In the Republican presidential debate in New Hampshire, none of the candidates mentioned the "middle class" or "education."

By Maryalice Gill • June 24, 2011

Tim Pawlenty
stated on June 10, 2011 in an interview WKXL-AM.:

Says President Barack Obama promised he would cut the deficit in half, but instead will at least double it.

By Gregory Trotter • June 24, 2011

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