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Kelly Ayotte
stated on May 18, 2016 in a press release:

Says Maggie Hassan was "out of state on 30 days over the last three months."

By Clay Wirestone • May 27, 2016

Maggie Hassan
stated on April 12, 2016 in a press release:

"Kelly Ayotte has voted four times against the federal Paycheck Fairness Act."

By Clay Wirestone • April 29, 2016

Jack Falanagan
stated on March 10, 2016 in a speech :

Says New Hampshire’s second congressional district includes two counties where "almost 5 percent if not more" of residents are enrolled in the state’s expanded Medicaid program.

By Clay Wirestone • April 15, 2016

Jennifer Horn
stated on March 16, 2016 in a press release:

"For more than 80 years, there has not been a nomination and confirmation of a Supreme Court Justice in a presidential election year. This is simply not the time to break with decades of bipartisan practice."

By Clay Wirestone • March 18, 2016

New Hampshire Republican Party
stated on February 16, 2016 in an online petition:

"Given the results of the primary, the vote of one New Hampshire superdelegate is equal to the votes of about 10,000 grassroots activists."

By Clay Wirestone • March 18, 2016

New Hampshire Democratic Party
stated on February 16, 2016 in a press release:

Blocking a U.S. Supreme Court nomination during the remaining months of President Obama’s term "would leave the nation’s highest court with an unprecedented year-long vacancy."

By Clay Wirestone • February 19, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on February 2, 2016 in a campaign event in Keene, N.H.:

Says Goldman Sachs CEO said Congress would "have to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid and give huge tax breaks to the wealthy and the large corporations."

By Clay Wirestone • February 5, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on February 4, 2016 in a Democratic presidential debate in Durham, N.H.:

Says a Sanders campaign ad "never said ... a newspaper endorsed us that did not."

By Clay Wirestone, Louis Jacobson • February 5, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on February 3, 2016 in a campaign ad:

Says he was endorsed by the Valley News newspaper.

By Clay Wirestone • February 4, 2016

Jeb Bush
stated on January 21, 2016 in an editorial board interview with the Concord Monitor:

"90 percent of all pain medications are prescribed in the United States."

By Clay Wirestone • February 4, 2016

Ann McLane Kuster
stated on December 3, 2015 in an interview with New Hampshire Public Radio:

Says the Security Against Foreign Enemies Act of 2015 would not "pause" the resettlement of Syrian refugees in the United States.

By Clay Wirestone • December 19, 2015

Ben Carson
stated on September 30, 2015 in a campaign stop in Exeter, N.H:

Birth control pioneer Margaret Sanger "believed that people like me should be eliminated."

By Clay Wirestone • October 5, 2015

Americans for Prosperity
stated on August 11, 2015 in TV ad:

Gov. Maggie Hassan’s budget proposal "raises taxes on small businesses and increases taxes and fees by $100 million."

By Clay Wirestone • August 27, 2015

Kelly Ayotte
stated on July 1, 2015 in a town hall meeting in Colebrook, N.H.:

The federal deficit would pay for 40 gallons of "New Hampshire maple syrup" for everyone in the United States.

By Clay Wirestone • July 22, 2015

Maggie Hassan
stated on June 16, 2015 in her State of the State speech in Nashua:

Six thousand people have sought addiction treatment through expanded Medicaid.

By Clay Wirestone • July 2, 2015

Impact America Action
stated on June 8, 2015 in an ad:

As governor, Maggie Hassan first proposed a $1 billion spending increase.

By Clay Wirestone • June 25, 2015

Rick Perry
stated on May 7, 2015 in a visit to Deerfield, NH:

"The entirety of North America -- Canada, the United States and Mexico -- there's more known reserves in those three countries than in Russia and Saudi Arabia."

By Clay Wirestone • June 5, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on April 17, 2015 in a speech at Politics and Eggs:

"On my last trip to New Hampshire, I think I met the guy who founded the first and only bank since Dodd-Frank passed, since the financial crisis. One bank in the country."

By Clay Wirestone • May 8, 2015

Evan Bayh
stated on April 2, 2015 in an interview in Concord, N.H.:

"The fastest-growing part of the Pentagon’s budget are health care expenses."

By Clay Wirestone • April 21, 2015

Lindsey Graham
stated on March 8, 2015 in a speech in Concord, N.H.:

"If you took every penny of the 1 percent, including their dog, you wouldn't even begin to balance the budget."

By Clay Wirestone • March 27, 2015

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