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Christine Whitman
Christine Whitman
stated on September 19, 2011 an interview on NJTV:
"The proudest accomplishment (of my tenure) was leaving the state with a $1.2 billion surplus, which was the largest we’d ever had, and getting spending under control and a balanced budget."  
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By Caryn Shinske • October 17, 2011
Robert Kraig
Robert Kraig
stated on October 3, 2011 a news release, blog:
Wisconsin bill "grants drug companies and medical device manufacturers immunity from injuries and deaths caused by their products."
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By Tom Kertscher • October 14, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 11, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Hanover, N.H.:
Massachusetts has "less than 1 percent of our kids that are uninsured. You (Gov. Perry) have a million kids uninsured in Texas."
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By Louis Jacobson • October 12, 2011
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on October 5, 2011 a widely distributed email memo.:
Says David Dewhurst accused Cruz of being a Red Chinese Communist.
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By W. Gardner Selby • October 11, 2011
Amanda Fritz
Amanda Fritz
stated on October 3, 2011 in campaign literature:
Says that "In 2009, I saved ratepayers around $500 million by persuading the Council to pursue a less expensive compliance mechanism if the City is required to treat Bull Run drinking water."
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By Janie Har • October 11, 2011
Matthew Rothschild
Matthew Rothschild
stated on October 4, 2011 an interview:
U.S. unemployment among people ages 16 to 24 is "18.4 percent, which is a 60-year high."
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By Tom Kertscher • October 10, 2011
Libertarian National Committee
Libertarian National Committee
stated on August 10, 2011 a video posted on its website:
Says Rick Perry "supported a guest worker program to help people who would otherwise be illegal aliens."
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By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • October 10, 2011
Ruben Navarrette Jr.
Ruben Navarrette Jr.
stated on September 28, 2011 an opinion column.:
"Every month, another 50,000 U.S.-born Hispanics turn 18 and become eligible to vote."  
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By W. Gardner Selby • October 7, 2011
Michael Moore
Michael Moore
stated on September 28, 2011 an interview on "Democracy Now":
"Not a single banker, a CEO from Wall Street, anyone from corporate America — nobody, (there was) not one arrest of any of these people who brought down the economy in 2008."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 7, 2011
Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
stated on September 15, 2011 a television interview:
"We have a $2 trillion to $3 trillion infrastructure deficit. We’ve got work that needs to get done. We’ve got people that want to go to work."
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By Henry J. Gomez • October 6, 2011
David Axelrod
David Axelrod
stated on September 27, 2011 a speech to the New Hampshire Institute of Politics:
"The typical white male worker in this country is making in real terms what he was making in 1973" and "the average worker is making what they were making in 1996."
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By John Gregg • October 5, 2011
Chris Redfern
Chris Redfern
stated on September 15, 2011 a news conference:
Says that to drive the length of the newly drawn 15th District "you’d find yourself on the road as long as it would take to drive from Columbus to Niagara Falls."
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By Aaron Marshall • October 5, 2011
Marcy Kaptur
Marcy Kaptur
stated on September 14, 2011 a speech in the House of Representatives:
"Last year, Korea sold nearly half a million cars in our country. ... The United States, you know how much we sell to them? Six thousand. What kind of deal is that?"
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By Sabrina Eaton • October 4, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 30, 2011 a speech:
"My home state since June of 2009 created 40 percent of the new jobs in America."
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By Eric Stirgus • October 4, 2011
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on September 21, 2011 a campaign video.:
Says David Dewhurst skipped nine candidate forums after announcing his U.S. Senate candidacy.
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By Sue Owen, W. Gardner Selby • October 3, 2011
Earl Blumenauer
Earl Blumenauer
stated on September 23, 2011 a House floor speech:
Says "Every year air pollution protections are delayed, another 34,000 people will die prematurely."
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By Charles Pope • October 3, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on September 15, 2011 an op-ed:
"If our recovery were more typical of the postwar era . . . we would have 14 million more jobs today."
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By Willoughby Mariano • October 3, 2011
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on September 26, 2011 a speech on the Senate floor:
"President Obama has declared disasters in 48 of 50 states this year."
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By Molly Moorhead • September 30, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 22, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Orlando.:
Says that illegal immigrants get a $100,000 break on University of Texas tuition over four years.
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By Sue Owen • September 28, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on September 2, 2011 a press conference at Point Pleasant Beach:
"The water quality in the ocean is perfect. It’s been tested up and down every ocean shore in New Jersey."
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By Caryn Shinske • September 25, 2011
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