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Stacey Evans
Stacey Evans
stated on January 26, 2018 campaign website:
Georgia "has the lowest minimum wage in the country."
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By Miriam Valverde • February 5, 2018
Kionne McGhee
Kionne McGhee
stated on January 25, 2018 a speech on the House floor:
"There were slaves in 1845 who helped construct and build the Old Capitol."
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By Allison Graves • February 1, 2018
Joe Kennedy
Joe Kennedy
stated on January 30, 2018 response to State of the Union address:
"Top CEOs (are) making 300 times the average worker."
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By John Kruzel • January 31, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2018 the 2018 State of the Union address:
Says one year later, "the coalition to defeat ISIS has liberated very close to 100 percent of the territory just recently held by these killers in Iraq and Syria."
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By Jon Greenberg • January 31, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2018 the State of the Union speech:
"Since we passed tax cuts, over 3 million workers have gotten tax cut bonuses — many of them thousands and thousands of dollars."
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By Amy Sherman • January 31, 2018
Richard Cordray
Richard Cordray
stated on December 14, 2017 a speech:
On taxes, "if you go back and look 50 years ago, individuals paid about 7 percent of the total and corporations paid 5 percent. Fast forward 50 years: individuals still 7 percent, corporations (are) down to 2 percent."
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By Amy Sherman • January 30, 2018
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on January 24, 2018 a tweet:
"No state generates as much solar power as California, or has as many people whose jobs depend on it."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 25, 2018
Andrew White
Andrew White
stated on December 7, 2017 his campaign kickoff speech in Houston:
Says Texas schools are ranked "43rd in the nation."
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By W. Gardner Selby • January 25, 2018
Delaine Eastin
Delaine Eastin
stated on January 13, 2018 a town hall :
California is 41st in the nation in per pupil K-12 spending, but "No. 1 in per prisoner" spending.
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By Chris Nichols • January 17, 2018
Edward Cox
Edward Cox
stated on January 9, 2018 a radio interview:
"Of all the 62 counties in New York state, all of them, unemployment is going up except for the five counties of New York City."
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By Dan Clark • January 17, 2018
Martha Laning
Martha Laning
stated on January 5, 2018 an interview:
Conservative groups have spent $5 million "against" Tammy Baldwin -- five times more than against all other Democratic U.S. Senate incumbents up for election in 2018 combined.  
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By Tom Kertscher • January 17, 2018
Keisha Lance Bottoms
Keisha Lance Bottoms
stated on January 2, 2018 her inaugural speech:
"Atlanta is on its strongest financial footing in 40 years."  
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By Jon Greenberg • January 12, 2018
Kelda Helen Roys
Kelda Helen Roys
stated on December 11, 2017 a candidates forum:
In 2011 under Scott Walker, Wisconsin for the first time spent "more on our prison system than we did" on the University of Wisconsin System.  
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By Tom Kertscher • January 12, 2018
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on October 29, 2017 a conference call reported in a PJ Media web post:
Says a "recent analysis" showed that 91 percent of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients are employed, in school or serving in the military.    
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By Jasper Scherer • January 10, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 8, 2018 a tweet:
"African American unemployment is the lowest ever recorded in our country. The Hispanic unemployment rate dropped a full point in the last year and is close to the lowest in recorded history. Dems did nothing for you but get your vote!"
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By Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2018
Cora Faith Walker
Cora Faith Walker
stated on November 9, 2017 a guest commentary in the St. Louis American:
"The average life expectancy for African Americans in Saint Louis and Saint Louis County varies by as much as 18 years compared to the white population, with nearly half of all African-American kids under the age of 18 living in poverty."
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By Emily Sanderson, Tessa Weinberg • December 25, 2017
Matt Adamczyk
Matt Adamczyk
stated on December 15, 2017 an interview:
Wisconsin's state court agency "basically" has rented the same office space across from the Capitol "since 1974."  
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By Tom Kertscher • December 22, 2017
Jerry Patterson
Jerry Patterson
stated on December 8, 2017 an interview with Austin American-Statesman commentator Ken Herman:
Says the Texas General Land Office led by George P. Bush has repaired just two homes since Hurricane Harvey.
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By W. Gardner Selby • December 21, 2017
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on October 13, 2017 a speech:
Missouri "is leading the country when it comes to improving services for mental and behavioral health. Innovation is happening right here." 
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By Carolina Vargas • December 15, 2017
Truth Examiner
Truth Examiner
stated on November 2, 2017 a headline:
"New Jersey police chief says black people ‘have no value’ and should all be executed."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • December 14, 2017
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