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Paul Vallas
stated on November 14, 2018 a press release

Says Susana Mendoza’s assertion that she fought efforts to hike vehicle sticker prices when she was Chicago’s city clerk "is absurd … Mendoza pushed a draconian sticker penalty program."

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By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • November 18, 2018

Bruce Rauner
stated on May 11, 2018 a policy forum

"There’s more union jobs growing in Texas, which is a right-to-work state, than in Illinois, and factory workers make more money in Texas than they do in Illinois."

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By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • May 24, 2018

Bruce Rauner
stated on January 3, 2018 an interview with the editorial board of the Herald-News of Joliet

"The Legionella bacteria is in most water systems in Illinois."

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By Brett Chase • January 16, 2018

Bruce Rauner
stated on October 20, 2017 a press conference

"To be clear, all my investments are in a trust that I don’t control."

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By Matt Dietrich • October 27, 2017

Karen Lewis
stated on September 4, 2017 a blog post

The new Illinois school funding formula "created a tax shelter for the wealthy and a voucher program…"

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By Matt Dietrich • September 12, 2017

Rahm Emanuel
stated on July 31, 2017 a press conference

"Every one of the financial bad management practices that I inherited, every one of them, have either been eliminated or cut significantly."

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By Matt Dietrich • August 14, 2017

Richard Durbin
stated on February 1, 2017 a interview on Morning Joe

Says President Barack Obama’s nominees met a standard of 60 votes, "a standard that was met by Elena Kagan as well as Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama's choices."

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By Kevin Hoffman • February 10, 2017

Aaron DeGroot
stated on December 2, 2016 a tweet

Says Kate Cloonen "needs that extra $68,000" lawmaker salary on top of the "$8.5 million in state contracts for her construction company."

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By Marc Filippino • January 6, 2017

Rahm Emanuel
stated on November 15, 2016 Interview with Bill Kurtis

[Chicago is the] only city in the United States, you get a B average in high school, community college is free.

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By Anna Bruzgulis • December 28, 2016

Barney Frank
stated on September 28, 2016 a fundraising email supporting Illinois' 10th House District Democratic nominee Brad Schneider

"Paul Ryan’s already spent millions to try and permanently derail Brad (Schneider)’s progressive, energized campaign."

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By Marc Filippino • October 27, 2016

Brad Schneider
stated on September 16, 2016 a campaign tweet

Says Republican U.S. Rep. Bob Dold "continues to side with his Republican leadership and the NRA in blocking consideration of a bill that would keep firearms out of the hands of people on the terrorist watch list."

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By Anna Bruzgulis • October 18, 2016

Leslie Geissler Munger
stated on September 15, 2016 a Chicago Sun-Times editorial board debate

"My opponent… was on both the city of Chicago payroll and the state of Illinois payroll simultaneously, taking full salary, funding her full pension benefits both as a city worker and as a state worker for 10 years."

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By Kevin Hoffman • September 22, 2016

Luis Gutierrez
stated on May 12, 2016 in a speech

"Every single strawberry that is served to Members of Congress will have passed through the rough hands of an undocumented immigrant."

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By Taylor Leighton • July 22, 2016

Bruce Rauner
stated on June 1, 2016 a press conference

"We have lower family incomes in Illinois today than we had 17 years ago in Illinois ... because of the control of (House) Speaker (Michael) Madigan and his Democrats."

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By Matt Dietrich • July 13, 2016

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