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Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on January 8, 2019 an interview on Bloomberg television:
"President Trump has the strongest support percentage-wise in our state than any other state in the nation. He won West Virginia by almost 43 percentage points and he's been carrying close to 60 percent approval."
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By Jensen Mills, Stephanie Alvaro • January 28, 2019
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on January 9, 2019 a TV interview.:
"We took a deal to the president just last February, less than a year ago -- $25 billion over 10 years in border security done the right way - and the president blew up the deal."
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By Warren Fiske • January 15, 2019
Jim Justice
Jim Justice
stated on November 9, 2018 a tweet:
"As of September 2018, there are 6,683 WV children in foster care — 1,415 of whom are legally eligible for adoption."
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By Matt Minard • January 10, 2019
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on January 2, 2019 a tweet:
"Wisconsin lost over 600 farms last year & our farmers can't afford the #TrumpShutdown."
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By D.L. Davis • January 9, 2019
Paul Vallas
Paul Vallas
stated on December 31, 2018 a radio interview:
"I took over the school district when it had a $1 billion structural deficit and left them with $1 billion in cash and 70,000 more students than they have today."
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By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • January 6, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on December 17, 2018 a Facebook post:
"Hillary on child aliens in 2014: Send them back."
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By Miriam Valverde • January 2, 2019
Dallas Woodhouse
Dallas Woodhouse
stated on December 8, 2018 a tweet:
Says no elections protest was filed, McCready conceded and "every" county board certified its results from the Mark Harris, Dan McCready race.
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By Paul Specht • December 21, 2018
Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown
stated on December 11, 2018 an NPR interview:
California’s budget surplus is about "$30 billion"
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By Chris Nichols • December 18, 2018
Carl Heastie
Carl Heastie
stated on November 30, 2018 a public hearing:
"Under any objective measure, our static compensation has failed to keep pace with economic realities."
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 14, 2018
Jim Justice
Jim Justice
stated on September 19, 2018 a tweet:
"WV's tourism industry grew at a rate 30% above the national rate in 2017. This increase reversed a four-year decline in which travel-generated spending fell more than $600 million."
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By Matt Minard • December 14, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on December 12, 2018 a blog post:
"Migrants DEMAND $50,000 each to go home, or else …"
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By Miriam Valverde • December 13, 2018
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on December 9, 2018 an interview:
"At least three or four of the pieces that are in" in the Republican lame-duck legislation, Scott Walker "has vetoed previously."  
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By Tom Kertscher • December 13, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on December 9, 2018 a Facebook post:
"Border Patrol agents were caught on film destroying supplies left to help migrants"
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By Miriam Valverde • December 11, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on December 9, 2018 a headline:
"Principal bans candy canes."
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By Amy Sherman • December 11, 2018
Jim Justice
Jim Justice
stated on November 5, 2018 a tweet:
"Hunters contribute more than $500 million" to West Virginia.
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By Douglas Soule • December 10, 2018
Miro Weinberger
Miro Weinberger
stated on December 7, 2018 Speech on carbon pricing. :
"As a city, we currently use about 4 percent less electricity today than we used in 1989."
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By Elizabeth Gribkoff • December 8, 2018
Roman Prezioso
Roman Prezioso
stated on November 29, 2018 a panel discussion at West Virginia University:
"Fifty percent of our (West Virginia) budget was for lower education."
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By Lizzie Perry, Shannon MacNeil • December 6, 2018
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on December 3, 2018 a tweet:
"After a decade of progress, the rate of uninsured children is now rising."  
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By Jon Greenberg • December 5, 2018
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on November 28, 2018 a radio interview.:
During his governorship: "Every single city and county in Virginia, their unemployment dropped, and in most of the rural communities, it dropped more than 50 percent."  
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By Warren Fiske • December 4, 2018
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on November 29, 2018 a press conference at the border:
There was "an estimated $5.3 million of economic loss just for a few hours of shutting down the border. You’re talking about millions and millions of dollars — billions of dollars — of economic consequence, if we continue with this rhetoric around shutting down the border without considering what that means."
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By Chris Nichols • December 3, 2018
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