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Ashley Hinson
Ashley Hinson
stated on October 18, 2022 a tweet:
Nancy Pelosi gave “$30,000 … to boost @LizMathis1’s campaign”
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By Jami Martin-Trainor • November 4, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 5, 2020 an interview with NBC:
“You’ve raised a lot more money than I have, Bernie.”
True
By Louis Jacobson • March 5, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 7, 2019 a statement to the press:
Minneapolis "city government preemptively informed the Target Center that it would be responsible for $530,000 in security and other costs" related to a Trump rally, "more than 26 times the estimated security costs for a 2009 Target Center health care rally held by President Barack Obama."
True
By Amy Sherman • October 8, 2019
Claire McCaskill
Claire McCaskill
stated on September 10, 2018 a Q&A at Truman State University:
"My opponent is endorsed by Citizens United."
True
By Sten Spinella • October 25, 2018
Ted Budd
Ted Budd
stated on August 30, 2018:
Most of Kathy Manning’s donors are from out-of-state.
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By Rashaan Ayesh • September 26, 2018
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on March 6, 2018 an interview on HBO's "Real Time With Bill Maher":
"I don’t take a dime of PAC money."
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By W. Gardner Selby • August 20, 2018
Jenny Wilson
Jenny Wilson
stated on April 20, 2018 in a press release:
Says Mitt Romney is using "a million of his presidential campaign dollars to finance his Utah Senate race."
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By John Kruzel • April 27, 2018
Cynthia Nixon
Cynthia Nixon
stated on March 22, 2018 a Buffalo News article:
"In one day of fundraising I received more small donor (contributions) than Andrew Cuomo received in seven years."
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By Dan Clark • March 22, 2018
Daniel Biss
Daniel Biss
stated on November 27, 2017 a tweet:
These guys are now pretty much living up to the @BruceRauner standard. And falling dismally short of the @MittRomney standard. Even Romney released his full tax returns.
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By Matt Dietrich • December 4, 2017
Betty Jean Grant
Betty Jean Grant
stated on August 17, 2017 a Spectrum News story after the debate:
"I'm the only candidate who has not accepted money from Carl Paladino nor LPCiminelli; two of the biggest developers in the city of Buffalo."
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By Dan Clark • August 25, 2017
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on November 13, 2016 CNN's "State of the Union":
Financial conflict-of-interest "laws don't apply to the president, right? So, the president doesn't have to have a blind trust."
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By Lauren Carroll • November 16, 2016
Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith
stated on November 9, 2016 a web post and email blast:
"I was the first member of Congress to contribute to Donald Trump."
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By W. Gardner Selby • November 11, 2016
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on September 21, 2016 a series of blog posts, ending on Sept. 21, 2016:
"Zephyr Teachout says she is against Super PACs despite taking money from Super PAC donors"
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By Dan Clark • October 20, 2016
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on August 23, 2016 in a campaign ad:
Says Russ Feingold broke his 1992 promise to always get the majority of funding from Wisconsin residents.
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By Eric Litke • September 7, 2016
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on July 27, 2016 fundraising email:
"The Koch network (is) spending more money (in a Senate race) in Ohio than anywhere else in the country."
True
By Nadia Pflaum • July 28, 2016
Ohio Democratic Party
Ohio Democratic Party
stated on April 8, 2016 a Facebook post:
Says Republican presidential candidate and Gov. John Kasich has spent 177 days out of state and used $350,000 in taxpayer money on his "costly campaign."
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By Nadia Pflaum • April 19, 2016
Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
stated on February 6, 2016 a column posted on Medium.com:
Says she "is 6th in hard dollars raised and has more cash on hand than Governors (John) Kasich and (Chris) Christie combined."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 8, 2016
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on October 31, 2015 a campaign email:
"‘Dark money’ spending" in the 2016 election cycle "is 10 times what it was at the same point in the 2012 election cycle," when it topped $308 million.
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By Tom Kertscher • November 5, 2015
George Will
George Will
stated on May 31, 2015 a broadcast of "Fox News Sunday":
"We spend more money on lobbying than we do on campaigns."  
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By Jon Greenberg • June 1, 2015
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on April 16, 2015 an interview with Democracy Now:
"I’m the only member of the House of Representatives who raised most of his campaign funds in the last election from small contributions of less than $200."
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By Amy Sherman • April 27, 2015
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