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Anthony Gemma
Anthony Gemma
stated on August 19, 2010 a news release following a candidate debate:
"Bill Lynch told three lies in ten seconds"
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By Cynthia Needham • August 26, 2010
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on August 18, 2010 MSNBC's "The Ed Show.":
The United States is "50th in life expectancy" in the world.
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By Lukas Pleva • August 25, 2010
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on August 3, 2010 a press release:
"Taxpayer money will provide iPod Touch devices to high school students in Utah, BlackBerry smart phones to smokers who kick the habit and funding for a study of exotic ants in East Africa."
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By Ciara O'Rourke • August 24, 2010
Tamara Holder
Tamara Holder
stated on August 18, 2010 comments on the Hannity show.:
"The Republicans have 2 percent of the Muslim vote.''
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By Lukas Pleva • August 20, 2010
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on August 19, 2010 a statement posted to his website:
"In 2008 (Mandel) was re-elected to a second term, representing a district with a 2:1 Democrat to Republican voter ratio."
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By Joe Guillen • August 20, 2010
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on August 11, 2010 liberal blogs:
Republican candidate for Georgia governor "dabbled" in birther conspiracy theories.
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By Willoughby Mariano • August 20, 2010
Holly Benson
Holly Benson
stated on July 31, 2010 a debate.:
"Most AGs don't go to court.."  
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By Amy Sherman • August 19, 2010
Kevin Brady
Kevin Brady
stated on July 28, 2010 a U.S. House floor speech:
"Over 80 percent of our trade deficit today is with countries that are not trade agreement partners, that are not level playing fields for the United States."
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By W. Gardner Selby • August 19, 2010
Stephen Archambault
Stephen Archambault
stated on August 12, 2010 a candidate debate:
Rhode Island is "at the top of the country for alcohol-related fatalities."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 19, 2010
Laura Tyson
Laura Tyson
stated on August 15, 2010 an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour'':
"Unemployment for those with college educations is now 4.5 percent. Unemployment for those with more than a college education, below 4 percent."
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By Louis Jacobson • August 17, 2010
Roy Barnes
Roy Barnes
stated on August 11, 2010 a television interview:
Said he won the Democratic primary "without one ... negative TV spot."
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By Jim Tharpe, Willoughby Mariano • August 17, 2010
Matthew Dowd
Matthew Dowd
stated on August 15, 2010 a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour'':
Obama's approval numbers 'are in the low 40s.'
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By Louis Jacobson • August 16, 2010
Committee to Protect Florida
Committee to Protect Florida
stated on August 2, 2010 in a mailer:
Kathryn Starkey "only attended half of those meetings."  
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By Jodie Tillman • August 13, 2010
Elizabeth Dennigan
Elizabeth Dennigan
stated on June 28, 2010 a statement on her campaign website:
"We are amassing most of our military strength in a country where fewer than 100 members of al Qaeda remain."
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By Cynthia Needham • August 13, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on August 9, 2010 a TV interview.:
"The state budget has gone up over 80 percent under Rick Perry."
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By W. Gardner Selby • August 12, 2010
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on August 2, 2010 a campaign video:
"If we ban the practice of earmarks, we could save the American taxpayer anywhere between $15 (billion) to $20 billion dollars a year in pork-barrel spending."  
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By Amy Sherman • August 10, 2010
Lee Fisher
Lee Fisher
stated on June 16, 2010 a news release:
Rob Portman has taken more than $125,000 from "Big Oil."
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By Stephen Koff • August 6, 2010
Holly Benson
Holly Benson
stated on July 31, 2010 a candidates' debate:
"Florida is now the No. 1 state in the country for automobile accident fraud."
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By Lukas Pleva • August 5, 2010
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on August 2, 2010 a press release:
Georgia has lost more than 124,000 jobs and the unemployment rate has increased since the stimulus passed
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By Eric Stirgus • August 5, 2010
Ted Strickland
Ted Strickland
stated on July 17, 2010 a news release:
"In 2009, the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council ranked Ohio 11th in the nation and 1st in the Midwest for overall business climate."
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By Mark Naymik • August 4, 2010
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