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Citizens for a Progressive Wisconsin
Citizens for a Progressive Wisconsin
stated on September 10, 2010 campaign literature distributed by an outside group
"While many of his colleagues turned down a $2,500 pay raise ... (Jeff) Plale pocketed the extra money."
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By James B. Nelson • September 13, 2010
Bill McCollum
Bill McCollum
stated on August 5, 2010 a debate.
"In my attorney general's office, we've cut the budget 18 percent."
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • August 6, 2010
Americans for Job Security
Americans for Job Security
stated on July 9, 2010 an issue advocacy ad
"Jane Norton supported the largest tax hike in Colorado history."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 26, 2010
Americans for Job Security
Americans for Job Security
stated on July 9, 2010 a television ad
The "state bureaucracy" Jane Norton managed "grew by $43 million in just three years."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 26, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on May 3, 2010 a Web ad
"The city of Houston now has more debt per capita than California."
Half-True
May 14, 2010
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on February 18, 2010 a statement on a campaign Web site
Marco Rubio "supported $800,000 for AstroTurf for a field where he played flag football." 
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 24, 2010
Bill McCollum
Bill McCollum
stated on March 22, 2010 a press conference
Florida's cost for the Medicaid expansion will be $1.6 billion a year or more.
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 23, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on February 8, 2010 a TV advertisement.
"I vetoed more than $3 billion in spending. Lawmakers and I cut taxes for 40,000 small businesses. Now Texas is No. 1 in job creation. The nation’s five best housing markets are right here in Texas. We balanced five state budgets and we cut state spending."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 25, 2010
Debra Medina
Debra Medina
stated on January 29, 2010 a Republican gubernatorial debate
"The governor’s not taking his own fiscal advice. ... In the first fiscal quarter of this year, we’ve seen a 13.5 percent increase in spending, double-digit spending out of the executive branch in the State of Texas."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • February 8, 2010
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