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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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