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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
Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson
stated on August 17, 2012 an interview with Evan Smith on “Overheard,” premiered Sept. 6, 2012:
"I am going to be on the ballot in all 50 states. There is no other third-party candidate that’s going to come close to achieving that."  
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By W. Gardner Selby • September 20, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on September 7, 2012 a television interview:
Based on the August 2012 national jobs numbers, "for every person who got a job, nearly four people stopped looking for a job."
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By James B. Nelson • September 19, 2012
NAACP
NAACP
stated on September 12, 2012 press release:
"Since 2000, only 10 cases of in-person voter fraud have been proven nationally."
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By Janel Davis • September 19, 2012
Brendan Doherty
Brendan Doherty
stated on September 12, 2012 in a news conference:
"The Providence Economic Development Partnership . . .which you [Cicilline] chaired, loaned $103,000 in taxpayer funds to one of your campaign workers. The worker never paid back the loan."
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By Tom Mooney • September 18, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on May 17, 2012 a private campaign fundraiser:
"Fifty percent of kids coming out of school can't get a job."
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By Becky Bowers, Louis Jacobson • September 18, 2012
Paul Summers
Paul Summers
stated on September 2, 2012 in an op-ed article written for Tennessee newspapers.:
Tennessee's appeals court judges "were selected by a handful of party officials in Nashville" before the system of "merit selection" was put into effect.
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By Tom Humphrey • September 14, 2012
Frank Guinta
Frank Guinta
stated on August 21, 2012 a television ad, “Future.”:
$50,000. That's what every child owes today because Washington politicians have run up a huge spending tab and left our kids the bill."
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By Jake Berry • September 12, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on September 9, 2012 an appearance on 'This Week.':
Says he and Mitt Romney "always said that we agree with the 2014 deadline" for leaving Afghanistan.
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By Molly Moorhead • September 11, 2012
Kal Penn
Kal Penn
stated on September 4, 2012 his Democratic National Convention speech:
Says Obama doubled funding for the Pell Grant.
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By Katie Sanders • September 11, 2012
Herb Garrett
Herb Garrett
stated on August 3, 2012 a letter:
Says Georgia will send more state money per child to state charter schools and that budget cuts are not applied to those charter schools.
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By Eric Stirgus • September 11, 2012
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