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Julie Gunnigle
stated on September 15, 2022 a debate

"If Arizona were a country, it’d be the eighth largest incarcerator in the world."

By Tori Gantz • November 11, 2022

Kari Lake
stated on October 12, 2022 a press conference

Katie Hobbs “has voted to double our gas tax.”

By Alexis Waiss • November 3, 2022

Liz Cheney
stated on October 28, 2022 an ad

Kari Lake and Mark Finchem “have said that they will only honor the results of an election if they agree with it."

November 1, 2022

Katie Hobbs
stated on October 9, 2022 an interview on CBS News' Face the Nation

Kari Lake has “gone on the record saying she supports Arizona's complete abortion ban. She's called it a great law.”

By Jon Greenberg • October 12, 2022

Adrian Fontes
stated on September 22, 2022 a debate

Mark Finchem “wants to strip Arizona’s citizens of their capacity to vote by mail.”

By Renee Romo • September 30, 2022

Senate Majority PAC
stated on September 12, 2022 an ad

Blake Masters does not support abortion exceptions for rape and incest.

September 16, 2022

Mark Kelly
stated on August 5, 2022 an ad

Blake Masters “wants to pass a national ban on abortion.”

August 26, 2022

AFSCME
stated on October 7, 2020 a Facebook ad

Says "David Schweikert took over $120,000 from the drug industry and voted against legislation to lower prescription drug prices."

By Jon Greenberg • October 19, 2020

Mark Kelly
stated on September 2, 2020 campaign website

Says Sen. Martha McSally “supported a plan to turn Medicare into a voucher program and ‘shift costs’ onto seniors” and “even supported raising the retirement age.”

By Miriam Valverde • September 14, 2020

Mike Pence
stated on August 2, 2016 a Phoenix town hall

Says that under the Obama administration, "the debt has nearly doubled."

By Anthony Cave • August 9, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 22, 2016 an interview with Vox

"Immigrants start businesses at a faster rate; they seem to grow those businesses more successfully."

By Anthony Cave • July 27, 2016

Arizona House Democrats
stated on June 20, 2016 a blog post

Says Gov. Doug Ducey wants to use "taxpayer dollars to increase the salaries of private prison guards."

By Anthony Cave • June 29, 2016

John McCain
stated on May 17, 2016 a campaign advertisement

"30,000 Arizonans may have no choice" on Affordable Care Act coverage.

By Anthony Cave • June 11, 2016

Arizona Grassroots Action PAC
stated on March 1, 2016 an online advertisement

Says Ann Kirkpatrick "votes with her party nearly 90 percent of the time."

By Anthony Cave • April 29, 2016

Bill Clinton
stated on March 20, 2016 a campaign rally for Hillary Clinton

"80 percent of the American people haven’t gotten a pay raise since the crash."

By Anthony Cave • March 24, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on March 15, 2016 a political advertisement that aired in Arizona.

"Arizona schools rank 45th in the nation, dead last in funding per student."

By Anthony Cave • March 17, 2016

Diane Douglas
stated on February 4, 2016 remarks made during a state Senate Education Committee meeting.

The Arizona State Board of Education’s "failure to report teachers whose certifications have been revoked or suspended ... resulted in the death of a student."

By Anthony Cave • February 19, 2016

Michael M. Crow
stated on January 26, 2016 front of the state Senate Appropriations Committee

Arizona is spending "less on a per-capita basis than every single state in this country in higher education."

By Anthony Cave • February 5, 2016

John McCain
stated on January 27, 2016 a committee hearing

"Today Russia holds many of our most precious national security satellites at risk before they ever get off the ground."

By Anthony Cave • January 30, 2016

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