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Michael Caputo
Michael Caputo
stated on June 22, 2016 an interview on Capital Tonight, Time Warner Cable News.:
Says Donald Trump "spent the least amount of money of any of the competitive primary contenders that he beat so badly."
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By Dan Clark • July 1, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on May 26, 2016 a fundraising letter:
Says Russ Feingold’s "campaign is powered by small-dollar contributions like ours."
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By Sarah Hauer • June 22, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on April 30, 2016 a speech at the California Republican Party Convention:
"Here in California, Donald Trump has given $12,000 to Jerry Brown, Gavin Newsom and Kamala Harris."  
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By Chris Nichols • May 3, 2016
Robby Mook
Robby Mook
stated on April 19, 2016 a Medium post:
"In last week’s debate, Bernie questioned Hillary’s commitment to fighting climate change because a whopping 0.2 percent of the money given to our campaign has come from employees of oil and gas companies. Not even 2 percent, mind you: 0.2 percent."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 22, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on April 3, 2016 ad paid for by campaign for Ted Cruz:
Says a company that got tax breaks from the state later "laid off 100 Ohioans, even as its CEO cut a half-million-dollar check to Kasich’s super PAC."  
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By Nadia Pflaum • April 12, 2016
Tim Canova
Tim Canova
stated on March 24, 2016 campaign website:
"After taking hundreds of thousands of dollars from Goldman Sachs and other Wall Street banks, (Debbie Wasserman Schultz) has voted to prevent the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from regulating payday loans and addressing racial discrimination in car loans."    
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By Amy Sherman • March 30, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 6, 2016 a Democratic debate in Flint, Mich.:
"President Obama took more money from Wall Street in the 2008 campaign than anybody ever had."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 7, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 13, 2016 a Republican debate:
"In New Hampshire, I spent $3 million. Jeb Bush spent $44 million. He came in five, and I came in number one."
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By Nick Reid • February 19, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on October 26, 2015 a Houston press conference:
My campaign "finished the last quarter reporting the most cash on hand of any Republican in the field … $13.8 million in the bank, $3.5 million more than the Jeb Bush campaign."
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By W. Gardner Selby • October 30, 2015
Chris Danou
Chris Danou
stated on October 20, 2015 remarks in Assembly debate:
A Republican bill that would change John Doe criminal investigations is "creating exceptions in the law for politicians."
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By Tom Kertscher • October 22, 2015
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on September 18, 2015 a speech:
"Millions of dollars are spent by Planned Parenthood to elect Democrats to the House of Representatives and the Senate."  
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By Tom Kertscher • October 8, 2015
Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
stated on September 30, 2015 an interview on Fox News' "Hannity":
Planned Parenthood "is an organization that funnels millions of dollars in political contributions to pro-abortion candidates."
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By Louis Jacobson • October 5, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on September 28, 2015 comments on Twitter.:
"Unlike virtually every other campaign, we don't have a super PAC."
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By Linda Qiu • September 30, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on September 16, 2015 the CNN debate:
"When he (Donald Trump) asked Florida to have casino gambling, we said no."
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By Amy Sherman, Linda Qiu • September 17, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on August 6, 2015 comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland:
Says that Donald Trump "supported Charlie Crist."  
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By Amy Sherman • August 7, 2015
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 6, 2015 a meme on social media:
Says Hillary Clinton’s top 10 donors are mainly "banks, corporations and media," while Bernie Sanders’ top 10 donors are labor unions.
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By Louis Jacobson • July 7, 2015
Represent.us
Represent.us
stated on April 30, 2015 a meme on social media:
"The U.S. representatives that voted to keep militarizing the police received 73 percent more campaign money from the defense industry" than the representatives who voted to stop it.
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By Louis Jacobson • April 30, 2015
Lawrence Lessig
Lawrence Lessig
stated on January 5, 2015 an editorial board interview with the Concord Monitor:
"If you ask how many times did Ronald Reagan attend a fundraiser when he ran for re-election in 1984, the answer is eight times. If you say how many times did Barack Obama attend a fundraiser in 2012, the answer is 228 times."
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By Jonathan Van Fleet • January 20, 2015
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on November 5, 2014 an interview:
In Wisconsin, unions can essentially give "unlimited" contributions to political parties, but business can't give any. 
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By Tom Kertscher • November 21, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on September 30, 2014 a debate:
Greg Abbott has benefitted from "payday lenders who have given him $300,000 and then received a ruling from him that they can operate in a loophole in the law that allows them to charge unlimited rates and fees."
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By Dylan Baddour • October 29, 2014
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