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Jim Taricani
Jim Taricani
stated on March 24, 2013 a comment made on "10 News Conference."
"No one knows who bought the [38 Studios] bonds. And there was some language put in the bond offer that they must remain anonymous."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 8, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on March 14, 2013 a speech at the conservative CPAC conference
"There are 3 million jobs available in America that are not filled because too many of our people don’t have the skills for those jobs."
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By Louis Jacobson • March 14, 2013
Keith Faber
Keith Faber
stated on January 7, 2013 a newspaper interview
"Ohio is doing better right now than the national average on all the (economic) numbers."
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By Tom Feran • February 4, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 4, 2013 a tweet
"Thanks to Washington, nearly everyone will pay more in taxes in 2013. Somehow people think it's just the wealthy. It's not."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • January 20, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 15, 2013 a speech
Kohl’s Department Stores in 2012 "announced the creation of 3,000 new jobs."
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January 19, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on December 11, 2012 a news conference
Under Charlie Crist, Florida lost 825,000 jobs and the unemployment rate increased from 3.5 percent to 11.1 percent.
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By Katie Sanders • December 14, 2012
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on October 10, 2012 a television interview
Says President Barack Obama "did not come into office with the economy in a free fall."
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By James B. Nelson • November 26, 2012
Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood
stated on October 24, 2012 in a TV ad
"We borrow $4 billion every single day, much of it from China."
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By Becky Bowers • October 30, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 22, 2012 the third presidential debate in Boca Raton, Fla.
"Latin America’s economy is almost as big as the economy of China."
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By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 22, 2012 the third presidential debate in Boca Raton, Fla.
"Veterans’ unemployment is actually now lower than (the) general population. It was higher when I came into office."
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By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 16, 2012 the second presidential debate
Says his administration has created "5 million jobs … over the last 30 months in the private sector alone."
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By Louis Jacobson • October 17, 2012
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on October 1, 2012 news release
The  Georgia Department of Economic Development assisted with the creation of 28,776 jobs, an increase of 29 percent from last fiscal year, and $5.97 billion in investments, a 32 percent increase.  
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By Janel Davis • October 16, 2012
James Langevin
James Langevin
stated on October 9, 2012 a debate
"Under the Obama administration, we are drilling and producing more domestic energy supplies than we ever had before."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 16, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 6, 2012 a campaign ad
"Since President Obama took office, there are over 450,000 more unemployed women."
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By Louis Jacobson • October 10, 2012
American Crossroads
American Crossroads
stated on October 2, 2012 a campaign commercial
President Barack Obama’s "spending drove us $5 trillion deeper in debt."
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By Louis Jacobson • October 9, 2012
Joseph Kyrillos
Joseph Kyrillos
stated on October 4, 2012 a debate on NJTV
Says under U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez’s watch the nation’s unemployment rate and debt doubled and the federal budget deficit quadrupled.
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By Erin O'Neill • October 7, 2012
AFSCME
AFSCME
stated on September 4, 2012 a TV ad
Says Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Thompson "supports massive tax cuts for corporations that outsource Wisconsin jobs."
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By Dave Umhoefer • September 26, 2012
Chris Devaney
Chris Devaney
stated on September 4, 2012 Tennessee Republican Party web site posting
President Obama campaign surrogate Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley "acknowledged that we are not better off than we were four years ago."
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By Michael Collins • September 21, 2012
Americans For Tax Reform
Americans For Tax Reform
stated on September 19, 2012 an election flier
"Since President Obama took office, over 88,000 Ohio workers have lost their jobs."
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By Tom Feran • September 20, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 17, 2012 a campaign ad
"Under Obama, families have lost over $4,000 a year in income."
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By Molly Moorhead • September 19, 2012
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