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Steve Buckstein
Steve Buckstein
stated on June 18, 2012 in a tweet, online post
"Did you know Wisconsin's AFSCME union has lost 50%+ of its members since no longer requiring membership?"
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By Janie Har • June 22, 2012
Ohio Democratic Party
Ohio Democratic Party
stated on June 3, 2012 a news release
Rob Portman won the fewest votes of all Ohio U. S. Senate victors since 2000.
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By Stephen Koff • June 5, 2012
Ron Gerberry
Ron Gerberry
stated on April 17, 2012 a news conference
The last three days of early voting "happen to be the most populated days of voting that we have in early voting."
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By Joe Guillen • June 4, 2012
Jeff Fitzgerald
Jeff Fitzgerald
stated on May 13, 2012 Facebook and Twitter posts
Says he posted a "win" in the Republican Party of Wisconsin endorsement contest in the U.S. Senate primary.
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By Dave Umhoefer • May 18, 2012
Will Weatherford
Will Weatherford
stated on March 28, 2012 remarks to the press
"It's the first time in the nation this many members have been drawn (by a Legislature) into the same districts where it wasn't a court order."
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By Katie Sanders • April 13, 2012
Texas Democratic Party
Texas Democratic Party
stated on March 3, 2012 a quoted comment.
"In Texas, there are 668 Democratic Hispanic elected officials to the 60 in the Republican Party."
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By W. Gardner Selby • March 16, 2012
American Civil Liberties Union of Florida
American Civil Liberties Union of Florida
stated on March 1, 2012 interview on "The Colbert Report"
There are "a larger number of shark attacks in Florida than there are cases of voter fraud."
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By Katie Sanders • March 2, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 25, 2012 a Spanish-language radio ad
Says Newt Gingrich said "Spanish is the language of the ghetto."
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By Aaron Sharockman • January 25, 2012
Steny Hoyer
Steny Hoyer
stated on December 13, 2011 an opinion column.
Says up to a quarter of African Americans don’t have government photo ID.
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By Sue Owen • January 14, 2012
Our Oregon
Our Oregon
stated on November 14, 2011 a statement on their website
Says "we’re losing one voter every 13 minutes."
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By Ian K. Kullgren • November 23, 2011
Robert Hagan
Robert Hagan
stated on November 3, 2011 an interview with Ohio Capital Blog’s Marc Kovac
"The governor won this state with 49 percent. We had some of the closest races in the House in history. So you’re not dealing with this 70-30, like they want to make it."
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By Henry J. Gomez • November 14, 2011
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on September 14, 2011 an email to supporters
"About 57 percent of registered Democrats in the new (9th Congressional) district come from my old district."
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By Sabrina Eaton • October 21, 2011
Ruben Navarrette Jr.
Ruben Navarrette Jr.
stated on September 28, 2011 an opinion column.
"Every month, another 50,000 U.S.-born Hispanics turn 18 and become eligible to vote."  
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By W. Gardner Selby • October 7, 2011
Chris Redfern
Chris Redfern
stated on September 15, 2011 a news conference
Says that to drive the length of the newly drawn 15th District "you’d find yourself on the road as long as it would take to drive from Columbus to Niagara Falls."
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By Aaron Marshall • October 5, 2011
We Are Ohio
We Are Ohio
stated on September 2, 2011 a campaign commercial
"Issue 2 makes it illegal for us to negotiate for enough firefighters to do the job."
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By Joe Guillen • September 9, 2011
Marcia Fudge
Marcia Fudge
stated on August 22, 2011 an e-mail to Democratic supporters
"H.B. 194, the Voter Suppression Bill, invalidates a vote where a voter properly marks the ballot in support of a particular candidate, but also writes in the name of that same candidate."
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By Joe Guillen • September 2, 2011
New Hampshire Democratic Party
New Hampshire Democratic Party
stated on June 27, 2011 a statement by state Democratic chairman Ray Buckley in a call with reporters
"Mitt Romney is the first Massachusetts politician to run for president and not win the New Hampshire primary in a generation."
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By Jake Berry • July 10, 2011
Bill Kristol
Bill Kristol
stated on July 3, 2011 an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
Forty percent of union members voted Republican in 2008.
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By Louis Jacobson • July 7, 2011
Nina Perales
Nina Perales
stated on May 31, 2011 a press release.
Says a Republican-drawn map of proposed U.S. House districts for Texas "gerrymanders more than nine million Latinos in Texas to make sure that we have no more electoral opportunity than we did in 1991."
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By W. Gardner Selby • June 22, 2011
Kathie Tovo
Kathie Tovo
stated on April 29, 2011 a TV ad.
Says the Austin City Council "may give $4 million a year to subsidize a race track."
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By W. Gardner Selby • June 12, 2011
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