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Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on January 28, 2013 in an interview on NJToday:
"New Jersey has lost over half of our pharmaceutical jobs to states you know, not low-tax states like in the South, but high-tax states like New York."
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By Caryn Shinske • February 24, 2013
Tim Knopp
Tim Knopp
stated on February 12, 2013 in a press release:
Knopp says he upheld a campaign promise not to join the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS).
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By Janie Har • February 23, 2013
Ohio Republican Party
Ohio Republican Party
stated on February 19, 2013 in a Tweet:
"Kewpie burgers are delicious. An Ohio institution. And they'll cost less thanks to John Kasich's tax cut."
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By Tom Feran • February 22, 2013
Kenneth Block
Kenneth Block
stated on January 24, 2013 in a television interview:
"More than 9,000 Rhode Island voters used the Moderate Party master lever mechanism and they didn't have a single Moderate on their ballot."
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By Michael McKinney • February 22, 2013
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on February 4, 2013 in a news conference:
Without a Medicaid expansion, 275,000 more Ohioans could be getting their primary care in emergency rooms, costing "everybody a lot of money."
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By Tom Feran • February 21, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 19, 2013 in a speech in Washington, D.C.:
The sequester "won’t consider whether we’re cutting some bloated program that has outlived its usefulness, or a vital service that Americans depend on every single day. It doesn’t make those distinctions."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 21, 2013
Sarah Eckhardt
Sarah Eckhardt
stated on February 18, 2013 in an email blast.:
Says Travis County's unemployment rate is below the national average while its poverty rate exceeds the national average--and local poverty is rising.
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By W. Gardner Selby • February 21, 2013
Jon Bramnick
Jon Bramnick
stated on February 8, 2013 in a panel discussion for "On The Record with Michael Aron":
Says, "when this governor came to office, he had (an) 11 billion dollar  - I call it mismanagement – deficit."
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By Caryn Shinske • February 21, 2013
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on February 11, 2013 in a letter to Ohio lawmakers:
Federal spending on entitlements "is projected to consume all revenue by 2045."
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By Stephen Koff • February 21, 2013
David Cote
David Cote
stated on February 11, 2013 in a speech during a “Fix the Debt” press event:
"The only time in our history when the debt has been higher than this was the end of World War II."
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By Jake Berry • February 21, 2013
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on February 13, 2013 in a radio interview:
"Nobody in total is proposing cutting anything. We’re trying to reduce the rate of growth in government."
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By Dave Umhoefer • February 20, 2013
Steny Hoyer
Steny Hoyer
stated on February 12, 2013 in a media availability with reporters:
"The majority of (the American people) voted for a Democratic House."
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By Katie Sanders • February 19, 2013
Patience Roggensack
Patience Roggensack
stated on February 6, 2013 in a campaign TV ad:
Says she heard more than 2,400 cases as a Wisconsin appeals court judge  
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By Dave Umhoefer • February 17, 2013
Peter Courtney
Peter Courtney
stated on February 6, 2013 in a press release:
Says, "Statistics indicate that one in eight children, and one in 18 adults in Oregon suffers from mental illness."
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By Janie Har • February 16, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 12, 2013 in the State of the Union address:
Says he and Mitt Romney agreed on tying minimum wage increases to inflation.
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By Molly Moorhead • February 14, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 12, 2013 in GOP response to Obama's State of the Union:
"I still live in the same working-class neighborhood I grew up in."
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By Katie Sanders • February 14, 2013
John Wisniewski
John Wisniewski
stated on February 2, 2013 in a campaign rally:
"We have a governor who's vetoed measures like increasing our minimum wage and restoring the earned income tax cut."
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By Bill Wichert • February 14, 2013
Leah Ward Sears
Leah Ward Sears
stated on February 5, 2013 in newspaper column:
"I was never against same-sex marriage."
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By Eric Stirgus, Janel Davis • February 13, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 12, 2013 in the State of the Union Address:
Says "overwhelming majorities of Americans" support gun legislation "like background checks."
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By Becky Bowers • February 13, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 29, 2013 in his State of the State address.:
Says Texas high school "graduation rates are at an all-time high—the third-highest in the nation—which represents a significant turnaround from just a few short years ago."
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By W. Gardner Selby • February 11, 2013
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