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Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 21, 2011 a television interview:
Says critics who say he cut Medicaid are wrong; his budget added $1.2 billion to the program  
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By Dave Umhoefer • June 24, 2011
Common Sense Now
Common Sense Now
stated on June 20, 2011 an ad:
Says Miami-Dade mayoral candidate Julio Robaina "has the highest salary among Florida mayors. More than $260,000."
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By Amy Sherman • June 23, 2011
David Axelrod
David Axelrod
stated on June 19, 2011 a CNN interview:
When Mitt Romney was governor, Massachusetts ranked 47th out of 50 states in job creation.  
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By Robert Farley • June 22, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on April 29, 2011 a speech at the Harvard Graduate School of Education:
"When the union says I want to eliminate tenure, that’s not true."
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By Erin O'Neill • June 21, 2011
The Accountability Project
The Accountability Project
stated on June 10, 2011 a TV ad:
Says former Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez and current mayoral candidate Carlos Gimenez  both drove fancy European cars at taxpayer expense.
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By Amy Sherman • June 20, 2011
New Jersey Education Association
New Jersey Education Association
stated on May 4, 2011 a television ad:
"As soon as Chris Christie was governor, he gave tax cuts to millionaires."
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By Caryn Shinske • June 19, 2011
Doug Whitsett
Doug Whitsett
stated on June 3, 2011 a legislative hearing:
The Medford Water Commission was fined $279,000 for dumping plain drinking water into a stream.
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By Janie Har • June 18, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on June 13, 2011 a Republican presidential debate:
Says an alternative to Social Security that operates in Galveston County, Texas, has meant that participants will "retire with a whole lot more money" than under Social Security.
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By Louis Jacobson • June 17, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on June 13, 2011 a Republican presidential candidate debate in New Hampshire:
"Obamacare takes $500 billion out of Medicare and funds Obamacare."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 16, 2011
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on May 19, 2011 a news release:
"The Democrat-led Senate has failed to pass a budget for 750 days ... Senate Democrats have neglected one of their most basic responsibilities."
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By Tom Feran • June 16, 2011
Ted Ferrioli
Ted Ferrioli
stated on April 26, 2011 an opinion column:
"The Public Employee Retirement System is making more millionaires than the Oregon state lottery."
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By Janie Har • June 16, 2011
New Jersey Assembly Democrats
New Jersey Assembly Democrats
stated on May 10, 2011 a press release:
Gov. Chris Christie caused a 4.1 percent increase in property taxes in 2010, marking the highest increase since 2007.
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • June 16, 2011
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on May 5, 2011 a debate in South Carolina:
The Medicare drug program "resulted in the program coming in 40 percent under budget. ... And the reason it was, is because the design was right." 
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 15, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on May 15, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"A large number of the uninsured earn $75,000 or more a year."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 15, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on June 13, 2011 a Republican presidential debate:
If today's economy was rebounding at the rate of the "Reagan recovery," it would have created the equivalent of 25 million new jobs and raised federal revenue by $800 billion a year.
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By Louis Jacobson, Willoughby Mariano • June 14, 2011
Ted Nugent
Ted Nugent
stated on June 1, 2011 an oped column.:
Rick Perry "has never lost an election and remains the only person to have won the Texas governorship three times in landslide elections."
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By W. Gardner Selby • June 14, 2011
Gary Black
Gary Black
stated on June 2, 2011 Interview:
Workers who pick produce in Georgia’s fields can make $12 to $18 an hour.
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • June 14, 2011
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on June 6, 2011 a tweet:
Says 1,000 World War II veterans die every day.
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By Ciara O'Rourke • June 13, 2011
Peter Pantuso
Peter Pantuso
stated on June 7, 2011 a speech at a press conference.:
Commercial buses in the United States have "a stellar safety record, a safety record that exceeds that of any other commercial mode or surface transportation mode."
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By Jacob Geiger • June 11, 2011
Mike Haridopolos
Mike Haridopolos
stated on June 9, 2011 an 'Orlando Sentinel' op-ed:
"Obamacare cuts $500 billion in future Medicare funding in order to fund the new constitutionally questionable government mandate, even going so far as to scuttle Medicare's most popular (and successful) part, Medicare Advantage."
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By Aaron Sharockman • June 10, 2011
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