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Alex Sink
Alex Sink
stated on September 1, 2010 figures cites on campaign website:
"Florida spends more than $300 million a year just on children repeating pre-K through 3rd grade."
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By Laura Figueroa • September 21, 2010
Barbara Boxer
Barbara Boxer
stated on September 15, 2010 a political ad:
"As the CEO of HP, Carly Fiorina laid off 30,000 workers."
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By Robert Farley • September 17, 2010
Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown
stated on September 14, 2010 a campaign ad:
"Taxes went down under Jerry Brown."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 17, 2010
J.B. Van Hollen
J.B. Van Hollen
stated on March 18, 2010 written testimony to a Wisconsin Senate committee:
"Over 22,000 unique Internet Protocol addresses -- in Wisconsin alone -- have downloaded child pornography."
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By Tom Kertscher • September 15, 2010
Austan Goolsbee
Austan Goolsbee
stated on September 12, 2010 an interview on "This Week.":
Extending current tax rates would "average more than $100,000 a year to millionaires and even billionaires."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 13, 2010
Steven Costantino
Steven Costantino
stated on September 1, 2010 a TV commercial :
"He's the only candidate who's balanced budgets and brought jobs to Providence."
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By Cynthia Needham • September 11, 2010
Adam Putnam
Adam Putnam
stated on September 9, 2010 an interview with the St. Petersburg Times editorial board.:
"We've got to find 2 billion gallons (of water per day) between now and 2025."
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By Aaron Sharockman • September 10, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 8, 2010 a speech in Cleveland, Ohio.:
"When these same Republicans –- including Mr. Boehner –- were in charge, the number of earmarks and pet projects went up, not down."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 9, 2010
Mary Jordan
Mary Jordan
stated on September 5, 2010 a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":
"The president's party always gets shellacked in midterms. It's only twice, 1934 and 2002, that the president's party actually gained in both the House and the Senate."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 7, 2010
Mary Jordan
Mary Jordan
stated on September 5, 2010 a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":
Likens Obama's predicament to 1982, saying, "when Reagan just started out, (unemployment was at) exactly the same point. He was two years into his term. The unemployment was well over 10 percent, and it did come out of it."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 7, 2010
Mark Neumann
Mark Neumann
stated on August 16, 2010 a campaign radio ad:
"My supporters aren't special interest groups in Madison and Milwaukee."
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By Dave Umhoefer • September 7, 2010
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on August 18, 2010 a radio interview:
"More than half of our unemployed Ohioans have been out of work for six months or more."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • September 2, 2010
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on September 1, 2010 a campaign website:
"Florida is enjoying its lowest crime rate in 39 years."
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By Amy Sherman • September 1, 2010
Joe Sestak
Joe Sestak
stated on August 31, 2010 a campaign commercial:
"Pat Toomey thinks corporations shouldn't pay any taxes."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 1, 2010
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on August 16, 2010 a video posted online:
"The Great Lakes Compact has a loophole. And the loophole is that while you cannot remove the water in a big transport, you can remove it in containers of 5.7 gallons or less."
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By Robert Higgs • September 1, 2010
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on August 27, 2010 an ad.:
"When career politician Daniel Webster became speaker of the House, he wasted $32,000 of our money on a spiral staircase for his office."
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By Aaron Sharockman • August 31, 2010
Donna Brazile
Donna Brazile
stated on August 29, 2010 a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":
"Forty-five percent of those who've been unemployed, they've been unemployed for six months or longer."
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By Louis Jacobson • August 31, 2010
Ron Klein
Ron Klein
stated on August 24, 2010 a campaign TV advertisement.:
"The IRS filed an $11,000 lien against (Allen) West for back taxes. Three liens were placed on his home for unpaid bills, and a judge ordered West to pay over $5,000 for past due credit card bills."
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By Laura Figueroa • August 30, 2010
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on August 26, 2010 an interview with MSNBC's Chuck Todd.:
"We have 50 state lobbyists that just lobby the Legislature for money every year."
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By Aaron Sharockman • August 30, 2010
AFSCME
AFSCME
stated on August 17, 2010 a television election ad:
"Jim Renacci cheated on his income taxes" and is a "deadbeat citizen."
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By Jane Kahoun, Sabrina Eaton • August 27, 2010
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