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New Hampshire Republican Party
stated on March 8, 2012 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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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