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John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on September 29, 2012 a television interview
"We're up 123,000 jobs over the last year and three-quarters. We're actually, according to the Bureau of Labor statistics, down 500 ... auto jobs in Ohio."
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By Tom Feran • October 5, 2012
Joseph Kyrillos
Joseph Kyrillos
stated on October 4, 2012 a debate on NJTV
Says the United States has the "highest corporate tax rate in the world."
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By Erin O'Neill • October 5, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 3, 2012 the first presidential debate in Denver
"We’re now spending 42 percent of our economy on government."
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By Louis Jacobson • October 4, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2012 the first presidential debate
Romney "would turn Medicare into a voucher program."
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By Katie Sanders, Louis Jacobson • October 4, 2012
Michael Julian Bond
Michael Julian Bond
stated on September 17, 2012 Atlanta City Council meeting
Almost 400 arrests in the city last year for panhandling-related offenses involved just 78 suspects, an indication that the same people are panhandling over and over.
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By Janel Davis • October 2, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 17, 2012 a television ad
Chinese tire imports threatened 1,000 American jobs, so President Obama "stood up to China and protected American workers. Mitt Romney attacked Obama's decision."
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By Molly Moorhead • October 1, 2012
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on September 12, 2012 a news release.
George Allen "voted to end Pell Grants for 84,000 students."
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By Sean Gorman • October 1, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 23, 2012 an interview on CBS' "60 Minutes"
"Taxes are lower on families than they've been probably in the last 50 years."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 28, 2012
Jon Husted
Jon Husted
stated on September 17, 2012 a news release
"Had the online change of address been in place in 2008 an estimated 130,000 voters who cast provisional ballots could have changed their address online and voted a regular ballot."
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By Reginald Fields • September 28, 2012
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on September 11, 2012 a campaign speech
Deficit spending ‘exploded during the Obama administration’ to $5.3 trillion over four years, compared to $2 trillion in eight years under President George W. Bush.  
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By Dave Umhoefer • September 28, 2012
Eugene McKenna
Eugene McKenna
stated on September 13, 2012 a forum on casino gambling
"There’s at least 7,500 addicted gamblers in Rhode Island, at least, … it could be as high as 22,000."
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By John Hill • September 28, 2012
National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
stated on September 4, 2012 an anti-Nelson mailer
Bill Nelson voted to confirm Sonia Sotomayor, "who signed a Supreme Court opinion saying Americans do not have an individual right to own firearms."
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By Katie Sanders • September 26, 2012
Adam Hasner
Adam Hasner
stated on September 24, 2012 a press release from the Mitt Romney campaign
"President Obama decided not to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan, Amy Sherman • September 25, 2012
Secure America Now
Secure America Now
stated on September 12, 2012 a TV ad
Says Obama adviser David Plouffe took "large piles of cash" from a joint venture partner of a company owned by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.
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By Becky Bowers • September 25, 2012
Karen Handel
Karen Handel
stated on September 11, 2012 a book
"Obamacare will provide coverage for abortions, despite the president’s commitment that it would not."
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By Eric Stirgus • September 24, 2012
Republican Jewish Coalition
Republican Jewish Coalition
stated on September 24, 2012 an election flier
Barack Obama "refuses to acknowledge Jerusalem as the capital of Israel."
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By Tom Feran • September 24, 2012
It's Still a Bad Idea
It's Still a Bad Idea
stated on September 13, 2012 a campaign ad
"Their New York casino deal was called ‘rigged’ and ‘corrupt.’" 
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By Janie Har • September 21, 2012
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on September 6, 2012 a news release
The national debt of $16 trillion, is "enough to buy both the Cleveland Indians and Cincinnati Reds 1,918 times."
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By Tom Feran • September 21, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 19, 2012 a speech
Says Barack Obama's comments indicate he "believes in redistribution" of wealth.
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By Eric Stirgus • September 20, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 13, 2012 a campaign ad
"Even today part of Romney’s fortune is invested in China."
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By Jon Greenberg • September 20, 2012
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