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Dan Bongino
stated on October 12, 2024 in a Facebook post:

CBS exposed “the fact” that Kamala Harris’ crowd sizes are inflated because her campaign bused hundreds of attendees to her New Hampshire rally.

By Sofia Ahmed • October 16, 2024

Nikki Haley
stated on January 17, 2024 in a rally in Rochester, N.H.:

Donald Trump “proposed when he was president” that “he wanted to raise the gas tax up to 25 cents."

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • January 19, 2024

Nikki Haley
stated on January 2, 2024 in a town hall in Rye, N.H.:

“Right now, over 70% of federal employees are still working from home three years after COVID."

By Louis Jacobson • January 5, 2024

Dean Phillips
stated on November 13, 2023 in a speech at Dartmouth College:

"Half of American high school students are not familiar with the Holocaust."

By Louis Jacobson • November 20, 2023

Chris Sununu
stated on July 10, 2017 in an interview on New Hampshire Public Radio:

California and New York are "the two biggest polluting states in the country."

By Nick Reid • July 28, 2017

Jeb Bush
stated on April 6, 2017 in an op-ed:

"When public schools face increased competition, they get better and kids learn more."

By Lola Duffort • April 17, 2017

Maggie Hassan
stated on March 28, 2017 in a letter:

Says there is a "traditional 60-vote threshold for confirming Supreme Court nominees."

By Ella Nilsen • March 31, 2017

Maggie Hassan
stated on November 2, 2016 in a debate:

Kelly Ayotte "voted for a budget that had $90 billion of cuts to Pell Grants."

By Lola Duffort • November 5, 2016

National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on September 8, 2016 in an ad:

Maggie Hassan "raised tuition, making it the highest in America."

By Lola Duffort • October 6, 2016

Colin Van Ostern
stated on August 16, 2016 in a speech in Manchester, N.H.:

As a result of Chris Sununu’s vote against a Planned Parenthood contract, "nearly 3,000 fewer" women and families statewide accessed health care for birth control, cancer screenings and annual exams.

By Ella Nilsen • October 6, 2016

Ted Gatsas
stated on September 1, 2016 in an ad:

Chris "Sununu supported Obama’s Common Core agenda, taking away local control of our schools."

By Allie Morris • September 12, 2016

Colin Van Ostern
stated on September 6, 2016 in a debate:

"I cast the deciding vote extending Medicaid health care coverage to 50,000 of our fellow citizens,"

By Allie Morris • September 8, 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

Chris Christie
stated on August 6, 2015 in comments in a GOP debate in Cleveland:

"I was appointed U.S. attorney by President Bush on Sept. 10, 2001."

By Nick Reid • August 7, 2015

Hillary Clinton
stated on July 7, 2015 in an interview with CNN:

Despite keeping distance from national media interviewers, "I did local press all along, the last three months."

By Casey McDermott • July 15, 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

Ben Carson
stated on April 6, 2015 in a speech in Manchester N.H.:

"We spent twice as much per capita for health care in this country as the next closest nation."

By Nick Reid • April 30, 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

Jennifer Horn
stated on February 4, 2015 in in a press release:

"The governor must inform the Senate president about his or her absence from the state."

By Allie Morris • March 5, 2015

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