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Karen Handel
Karen Handel
stated on April 21, 2014 a press release
Says U.S. Senate candidate David Perdue flip-flopped on releasing his tax returns.
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By Eric Stirgus • May 9, 2014
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on April 23, 2014 a press conference
Roughly 500,000 Georgians -- or about 5 percent of the state’s residents -- have gone through a background check to legally obtain a Georgia weapons carry license.
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By Nancy Badertscher • May 6, 2014
Wilton Gregory
Wilton Gregory
stated on March 31, 2014 in the Georgia Bulletin, the Catholic newspaper
The Cathedral of Christ the King is one of the Archdiocese of Atlanta’s largest and fastest-growing parishes.                                                                                                              
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By Nancy Badertscher • May 2, 2014
Don Balfour
Don Balfour
stated on April 11, 2014 a flier
"When you get a commercial pilot’s license, you learn to communicate in English no matter where you are in the world."
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By Eric Stirgus • April 22, 2014
Michelle Nunn
Michelle Nunn
stated on April 10, 2014 statements
"On average, women make 77 cents for every dollar men make."
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By Eric Stirgus • April 18, 2014
Georgia Department of Public Health
Georgia Department of Public Health
stated on April 7, 2014 department blog post
"Georgia has the nation's fifth largest Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Supplemental Nutrition program, serving more than 270,000 mothers, babies and children every day."
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By Nancy Badertscher • April 15, 2014
Karen Handel
Karen Handel
stated on April 7, 2014 an email
Seventy-two percent of Georgians did not have a chance to finish college.
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By Eric Stirgus • April 14, 2014
Alisha Thomas Morgan
Alisha Thomas Morgan
stated on March 20, 2014 a speech
"In order to pass the CRCT in Georgia, you simply have to get half of the answers correct."
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By Eric Stirgus • April 8, 2014
John McCallum
John McCallum
stated on March 18, 2014 a video
"A child born in America today will inherit $1.5 million in debt the moment they're placed in their mother's arms."
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By Eric Stirgus • March 26, 2014
Kathleen Sebelius
Kathleen Sebelius
stated on March 11, 2014 Atlanta press conference
Says some Georgians can get health insurance for $105 a month.  
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By Eric Stirgus, Nancy Badertscher • March 25, 2014
Americans for Prosperity Georgia chapter
Americans for Prosperity Georgia chapter
stated on February 20, 2014 a press conference
"Georgia’s civil forfeiture laws are among the worst in the country and the very worst in the South."
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By Eric Stirgus • March 3, 2014
David Perdue
David Perdue
stated on February 5, 2014 a video
Dollar General "added 2,500 stores and 20,000 jobs" during his four-year tenure as CEO.
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By Eric Stirgus • February 14, 2014
Kasim Reed
Kasim Reed
stated on January 31, 2014 a speech
"Right now, we only keep 50 percent of Georgia Tech's graduates."
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By Eric Stirgus • February 11, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 29, 2014 a Facebook post
The cost of the food stamp program is at an all-time high.  
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By Eric Stirgus • February 7, 2014
David Scott
David Scott
stated on January 6, 2014 a letter
President Barack Obama’s judicial appointments for Georgia and the region were drafted in secret and not vetted by legal groups among the president’s supporters.
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By Eric Stirgus • January 17, 2014
Eugene Yu
Eugene Yu
stated on December 9, 2013 a website
Says "Harry Reid has a better voting attendance record than these three Congressmen!"
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By Eric Stirgus • December 17, 2013
John Loud
John Loud
stated on November 19, 2013 newspaper article
"These 60 acres (the Atlanta Braves want to build a stadium on) have produced zero SPLOST money for parks and recreation, have produced zero money for education."      
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By Eric Stirgus • November 26, 2013
Mike Plant
Mike Plant
stated on November 20, 2013 an interview
"No one in the country has ever built a brand new sports facility and created this kind of development at the same time."
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By Eric Stirgus • November 22, 2013
Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
stated on November 7, 2013 a hearing
The U.S. Department of Defense spends $80 million a year on prostate cancer research, $25 million a year on ovarian cancer research and $150 million a year on breast cancer research.
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By Eric Stirgus • November 19, 2013
John Barge
John Barge
stated on October 17, 2013 a town hall meeting
"We have about six school districts that are in school 140 to 150 days this year."
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By Eric Stirgus • October 29, 2013
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