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Bill McCollum
Bill McCollum
stated on June 10, 2010 a statement from his campaign
Rick Scott's former health care company, Columbia/HCA, committed "fraud."
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By Aaron Sharockman • June 10, 2010
Bud Chiles
Bud Chiles
stated on June 3, 2010 announcing his campaign for governor.
"Almost 1 million children ... have no health insurance in this state."
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By Aaron Sharockman • June 9, 2010
Fulton County Government
Fulton County Government
stated on May 26, 2010 a press releaase
"Fulton County has successfully reduced the number of pregnancies" among 15- to 19-year-olds.
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By Willoughby Mariano • June 9, 2010
David Caton
David Caton
stated on November 5, 2009 a mass e-mail
If voters agree in November to approve a one-cent sales tax increase, that will give "Hillsborough County the highest sales tax of all Florida counties."
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By Bill Varian • June 7, 2010
Francis Kung'u
Francis Kung'u
stated on May 19, 2010 a presentation
"For now, we are still below average in the metro region."
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By Eric Stirgus • June 5, 2010
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on June 2, 2010 comments on his campaign website
Charlie Crist "bizarrely vetoed" $9.7 million for a teaching hospital at the University of Florida "despite having previously argued the budget request had merit."
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By Amy Sherman • June 4, 2010
Colin Powell
Colin Powell
stated on May 30, 2010 an interview on ABC News' "This Week"
"The president has added close to 68,000 troops in the last year, since he came into office, not just the 30,000 you hear, but the others that were added before that."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 30, 2010
Michael Steele
Michael Steele
stated on May 23, 2010 an interview on ABC's This Week
The Republican Party "fought very hard in the '60s to get the civil rights bill passed, as well as the voting rights bill."
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By Louis Jacobson • May 25, 2010
Chris Matthews
Chris Matthews
stated on May 20, 2010 an interview with Jay Leno on NBC's The Tonight Show
Halliburton gave Dick Cheney a $34 million payout when he left the company to join the presidential ticket.
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By Louis Jacobson • May 24, 2010
Kendrick Meek
Kendrick Meek
stated on May 21, 2010 a campaign website
"Jeff Greene only moved from California to Florida in the last two years. In fact, he would not legally be allowed to run for any other statewide office because he has not lived here long enough to meet the residency requirement."
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By Amy Sherman • May 24, 2010
Michael Steele
Michael Steele
stated on May 23, 2010 an interview on ABC's 'This Week.'
In Hawaii, "they don't have a history of throwing incumbents out of office."
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By Aaron Sharockman • May 23, 2010
Alex Sink
Alex Sink
stated on May 18, 2010 a press release.
Rick Scott "was forced to resign as the head of a company that pled guilty to massive amounts of systematic fraud, including 14 felonies, leading to a historic $1.7 billion fine."
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By Aaron Sharockman • May 20, 2010
Alex Sink
Alex Sink
stated on May 15, 2010 email
"Rick Scott's even saying he wants more offshore drilling."
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By Amy Sherman • May 18, 2010
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on May 13, 2010 an e-mail press release
Bill McCollum explained his lack of action on mortgage fraud by saying, "You can't do everything."
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By Trenton Daniel • May 13, 2010
Linda Chavez-Thompson
Linda Chavez-Thompson
stated on May 4, 2010 a speech to the Central Texas Democratic Forum
"Texas has, now, the highest share of minimum-wage workers in the nation."
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May 13, 2010
George Will
George Will
stated on May 9, 2010 a roundtable segment on ABC's This Week
Greece "has a GDP the size of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex."
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By Louis Jacobson • May 12, 2010
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on May 10, 2010 a press release
"Ms. Kagan has spent her entire professional career in Harvard Square, Hyde Park and the D.C. Beltway."  
True
May 10, 2010
John Barrasso
John Barrasso
stated on May 10, 2010 an interview on Fox News
On military recruiters at Harvard, Elena Kagan "took a position and the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that she was wrong."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 10, 2010
Vern Buchanan
Vern Buchanan
stated on April 27, 2010 in a web video.
"In the last 50 years, (the federal government has) only balanced the budget five times."
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By Aaron Sharockman • May 7, 2010
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on May 5, 2010 an op ed article
"We can prevent terror suspects from boarding an airplane, but the FBI doesn't have the power to block them from buying dynamite or an AK-47."
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May 7, 2010
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