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Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on May 10, 2012 TV interview
Florida has "1,200 golf courses. I think 58 million rounds played a year in Florida. We’ve got 44 percent of all travel golf in the country here. 5 million people come here just for golf."
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By Katie Sanders • May 11, 2012
Jennifer Williamson
Jennifer Williamson
stated on May 3, 2012 a campaign mailer
Says "One-third of our healthcare dollars go to wasteful insurance billing and bureaucracy."
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By Ian K. Kullgren • May 11, 2012
Dominic Chavez
Dominic Chavez
stated on March 30, 2012 a campaign video
Says since 2000, Austin’s "tax burden" rose more than 40 percent while family income rose more than 20 percent.
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By Sue Owen • May 11, 2012
Jamie Radtke
Jamie Radtke
stated on April 5, 2012 a statement
If Congress froze the current spending level and then cut it by 2 percent annually, "we could balance the budget in five years."
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By Nancy Madsen • May 10, 2012
Shaun Ireland
Shaun Ireland
stated on March 30, 2012 a campaign video on the city's website
Says no Austin City Council "member lives south of" Lady Bird Lake "or north of 45th Street."
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By Sue Owen • May 9, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 3, 2012 a graphical tool on the campaign website
Says Mitt Romney "has refused to say whether he would have vetoed or signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act."
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By Becky Bowers • May 8, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 5, 2012 a campaign speech in Ohio
Mitt Romney has "proposed cutting his own taxes while raising them on 18 million working families."
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By Molly Moorhead • May 8, 2012
Mike Foley
Mike Foley
stated on April 25, 2012 a speech in the Ohio House
Says Ohio law gives tax breaks "to rich people who own private jets."
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By Joe Guillen • May 8, 2012
A C Wharton
A C Wharton
stated on April 16, 2012 an interview about his city budget proposal.
"We will not ask for a tax increase to run city government."
Mostly True
By Zack McMillin • May 6, 2012
Jefferson Smith
Jefferson Smith
stated on April 30, 2012 a debate
Says  "I don’t agree with Mr. Hales that we should give a sweeping break to the developers to allow them to build that infill housing without paying for those very basics."
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By Janie Har • May 5, 2012
Scott DesJarlais
Scott DesJarlais
stated on April 24, 2012 a blog post on his website.
"The United States already has the highest corporate tax rate in the world."
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By Michael Collins • May 4, 2012
Kevin DeWine
Kevin DeWine
stated on April 4, 2012 a resignation letter
Since 2009, the Ohio Republican Party has made more contacts with voters — nearly 6.6 million — than any other GOP state organization in the nation.
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By Reginald Fields • May 3, 2012
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on March 23, 2012 a news release
Says excessive speculation is pushing up oil prices and a recent report estimates it "adds 56 cents to every gallon of gasoline siphoned from the pump."
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By Peter Krouse • May 2, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on April 18, 2012 radio interview
"About 230,000 people that were on unemployment when I took office are not on unemployment now."
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By Katie Sanders • April 27, 2012
Citizens for Transportation Mobility
Citizens for Transportation Mobility
stated on April 14, 2012 a flier
The average Atlanta resident "spends an extra $924 each year in additional gasoline and wasted time."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • April 27, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 17, 2012 a graphic posted on his website
"President Obama's suggested reduction in spending for next year: $0."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 20, 2012
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on April 17, 2012 a TV ad.
Says Ted Cruz represents a Chinese company found guilty of stealing blueprints from an American manufacturer.
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By W. Gardner Selby • April 19, 2012
AARP
AARP
stated on March 26, 2012 a news release
"Large phone companies and their trade association have hired 35 registered lobbyists to influence and pass SB 271 (deregulation legislation)."
Mostly True
By Aaron Marshall • April 19, 2012
Jon O'Brien
Jon O'Brien
stated on April 11, 2012 written testimony at a House hearing
"Only 14 percent of Catholics agree with the Vatican's position that abortion should be illegal."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 19, 2012
Jamie Radtke
Jamie Radtke
stated on March 28, 2012 a web video
George Allen "voted for 40,000 earmarks."
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By Nancy Madsen • April 18, 2012
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