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Mike Dovilla
Mike Dovilla
stated on April 12, 2012 a news release:
"Tourism accounts for 439,000 jobs in the state of Ohio, and visitors spend $36 billion annually."
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By Joe Guillen • April 20, 2012
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on April 2, 2012 an interview with Fox News:
"Our rainy day fund has gone from 89 cents to $240 million."
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By Tom Feran • April 11, 2012
Eric Kearney
Eric Kearney
stated on March 28, 2012 a speech in the Ohio Senate:
An effort to repeal voting-reform legislation would be "the first time in Ohio history where a bill has been passed to stop a referendum."
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By Joe Guillen • April 9, 2012
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on April 2, 2012 an interview with Fox News:
"We were the No. 1 job creator in America in February and we are now the No. 4 job creator in the last year."
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By Tom Feran • April 5, 2012
Marcy Kaptur
Marcy Kaptur
stated on March 12, 2012 an interview on PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton on MSNBC:
"The poorest in this country are women."
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By Peter Krouse • March 26, 2012
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on March 7, 2012 a news release:
"New business startups are at the lowest levels in 30 years."
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By Tom Feran • March 23, 2012
Ohio Democratic Party
Ohio Democratic Party
stated on March 13, 2012 a news release:
There are "850,000 Ohio jobs tied to the auto industry."
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By Henry J. Gomez • March 14, 2012
Kathleen Clyde
Kathleen Clyde
stated on January 27, 2012 a news conference:
"Ohio is not meeting its obligation to update voter registrations when voters change their address with the BMV."
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By Tom Feran • March 13, 2012
Jim Renacci
Jim Renacci
stated on February 13, 2012 a town hall-style meeting:
"The top 1 percent (of income earners) paid 36.7 percent (of the taxes).  ... The top 50 percent pay 97.7 percent."  
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By Sabrina Eaton • March 6, 2012
Kathleen Clyde
Kathleen Clyde
stated on February 8, 2012 an email:
"'Wrong precinct' rules exacerbate our provisional ballot problems (and) HB 194 does nothing to solve the wrong-precinct problem."
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By Tom Feran • February 20, 2012
Marc Schare
Marc Schare
stated on February 1, 2012 an Ohio House committee hearing :
A bill delaying the start of classes until Labor Day would permit school districts "to shave 5 full weeks off the school year."
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By Tom Feran • February 9, 2012
Kathleen Clyde
Kathleen Clyde
stated on January 27, 2012 a news conference:
"Ohio has one of the highest provisional ballot rates in the country, and many of them go uncounted each election."
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By Tom Feran • February 7, 2012
Armond Budish
Armond Budish
stated on January 31, 2012 a news conference:
"We've seen more anti-women's choice bills introduced in the first half of this session than we've seen in the last three General Assemblies."
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By Tom Feran • February 3, 2012
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on January 10, 2012 an interview with The Plain Dealer:
Says Ohio has 77 job training programs spread across 13 state agencies.
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By Reginald Fields • January 27, 2012
Ohio Republican Party
Ohio Republican Party
stated on January 22, 2012 an interview with The Plain Dealer:
Sherrod Brown "has voted with Barack Obama 95 percent of the time."
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By Stephen Koff • January 25, 2012
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on December 15, 2011 a news release:
"The top 10 most well-paid CEOs in America received a combined $770 million in 2010, while the average American worker’s wage rose just 2 percent."
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By Peter Krouse • January 19, 2012
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on November 14, 2011 a radio show:
Sherrod Brown "has been running for public office since Richard Nixon was president."
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By Peter Krouse • December 14, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on December 7, 2011 a Senate banking subcommittee hearing:
Richard Cordray’s nomination to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau marks the first time in Senate history "that a political party has blocked a nomination of someone because they didn't like the construction of the agency."
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By Stephen Koff • December 12, 2011
Alan Simpson
Alan Simpson
stated on November 18, 2011 a speech at the City Club of Cleveland:
Says military expenditures for the United States are greater than the combined spending of the next 14 largest nations.
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By Tom Feran • December 5, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on November 8, 2011 a news conference:
"We have had some significant accomplishments on a bipartisan basis."
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By Reginald Fields • November 29, 2011
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