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Richard Burr
stated on October 29, 2016 a private meeting with supporters

"I had the longest judicial vacancy in the history of the United States."

By Will Doran • November 3, 2016

Ami Bera
stated on October 18, 2016 a U.S. Congressional campaign debate

Says the U.S. Attorney’s Office said "that neither I nor my campaign had any idea what was going on" regarding my father's illegal campaign contributions. "And that’s why they closed this case."

By Chris Nichols • October 19, 2016

Gary Johnson
stated on September 4, 2016 an interview

"Sixty percent of Americans now support legalizing marijuana."

September 23, 2016

Common Cause
stated on July 19, 2016 an online video ad

"Half of all NC legislative candidates are unopposed because of gerrymandering."

By Will Doran • August 9, 2016

Van Jones
stated on July 7, 2016 a panel discussion on CNN

African-Americans don't use drugs at a higher level than whites but "wind up going to prison six times more."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 13, 2016

Paul Ryan
stated on June 19, 2016 an interview

"People have a constitutional right to have semiautomatic rifles."

June 24, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on June 13, 2016 an interview with Hugh Hewitt

"In America, radical speech is not a crime."

By Amy Sherman • June 15, 2016

Newt Gingrich
stated on May 15, 2016 an interview on "Fox News Sunday"

"The Chinese last year probably stole $360 billion in intellectual property from the United States."

By Louis Jacobson • May 17, 2016

John Kasich
stated on April 3, 2016 an interview

"There are no rules governing" the 2016 Republican convention, "the rules have not been set."

April 8, 2016

JoAnne Kloppenburg
stated on March 15, 2016 TV ad

Says the GOP is "helping pay for" Justice Rebecca Bradley's campaign and "she recently skipped court to attend an event paid for" by Scott Walker's "lobbyist friends."

March 31, 2016

Rebecca Bradley
stated on March 21, 2016 an interview

Says JoAnne Kloppenburg "has told us she thinks it's her job to promote a more equal society."

March 30, 2016

Caleb Rowden
stated on March 4, 2016 a Columbia/Boone County League of Women Voters Town Hall

"Seventy percent of Missourians support voter photo ID legislation."

By Katie Moeller • March 14, 2016

JoAnne Kloppenburg
stated on February 8, 2016 a TV ad

Says state Supreme Court candidate Joe Donald twice "supported" incumbent Justice Rebecca Bradley.

February 14, 2016

Jeb Bush
stated on January 24, 2016 a post on Medium

"My two appointments to the Florida Supreme Court, Raul Cantero and Kenneth Bell, have earned reputations as its most consistent conservatives."

By Louis Jacobson • February 10, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on February 2, 2016 an interview in Bow, N.H.

"Ted Cruz defended a Chinese company that stole an invention from an American inventor."

By Jonathan Van Fleet • February 7, 2016

Chris Larson
stated on November 22, 2015 an interview

The Milwaukee County executive can sell the public "museum, the airport and the zoo" -- all on his own, without County Board approval

December 3, 2015

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."

October 22, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on September 25, 2015 comments to reporters

A state agency wanted to fire an employee who spent four hours per day watching pornography, but the state "employment commission reinstated the person."

October 7, 2015

Rand Paul
stated on September 16, 2015 a presidential debate

"There's never been a direct Supreme Court case on people who were here illegally, whether or not their kids are citizens."

By Louis Jacobson • September 18, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on August 21, 2015 speaking to reporters in Iowa

"It has been the law since the beginning of the country that the children of American citizens born ... abroad are American citizens by birth."

By W. Gardner Selby • September 4, 2015

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