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Chuck Todd
Chuck Todd
stated on November 9, 2014 an interview:
Wisconsin is below the national average in wage growth and job growth.  
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By Tom Kertscher • November 28, 2014
Mother Jones
Mother Jones
stated on November 24, 2014 a Facebook post:
"Turkeys today weigh 29.8 pounds. In the ‘30s, they weighed 13.2 pounds."
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By Tom Kertscher • November 25, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 12, 2014 a Facebook post:
"Fox News uses photo of a married couple promoting ‘traditional marriage’ and the photo is actually of a same-sex couple."
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By Jon Greenberg • November 21, 2014
Violence Policy Center
Violence Policy Center
stated on September 8, 2014 an annual study:
Georgia ranks No. 9 in the rate of women murdered by men.
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By April Hunt • November 19, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on November 7, 2014 an interview:
"The president of the United States came in the Tuesday before the election in a ward that went 99% for him in the last election and they couldn't even (increase) the vote there."
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By Dave Umhoefer • November 12, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 10, 2014 a meme on social media:
Congress has 11 percent approval ratings, yet 96.4 percent of incumbent lawmakers were re-elected in 2014.
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By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2014
Sloan Roach
Sloan Roach
stated on November 6, 2014 a television interview:
Georgia has led the nation in student fatalities caused by motorists illegally passing stopped school buses.
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By April Hunt, Nancy Badertscher • November 11, 2014
Dave Brat
Dave Brat
stated on October 15, 2014 a speech.:
"I’ll be the only economist in the (U.S.) House."
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By Sean Gorman • November 9, 2014
Robert Healey
Robert Healey
stated on November 5, 2014 interviews:
I spent only $36.29 on my campaign for governor.
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 9, 2014
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on October 27, 2014 a fundraising letter:
"Among the developed nations, we are the least economically and socially mobile country in the world."
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By Joshua Gillin • November 6, 2014
Sean Spicer
Sean Spicer
stated on November 2, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union":
The last time Republican U.S. Senate candidates "beat more than two (incumbents) was 1980."
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By Lauren Carroll • November 2, 2014
Jonathan Karl
Jonathan Karl
stated on November 2, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week":
"Kansas has not elected somebody other than a Republican (to the U.S. Senate) since before 'The Wizard of Oz' hit the movie theaters."
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By Katie Sanders • November 2, 2014
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on October 26, 2014 a TV debate:
"We have the third-lowest minimum wage … of developed countries."
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By Alex Kuffner • November 1, 2014
James Carr
James Carr
stated on September 20, 2014 an interview:
"Before World War II, very few people actually had health insurance."
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By Sean Gorman • October 30, 2014
Doug Muder
Doug Muder
stated on October 20, 2014 a post on the Weekly Sift blog:
Says Sen. Rand Paul’s 2011 budget "included a big cut in the CDC."  
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By Jon Greenberg • October 27, 2014
Allan Fung
Allan Fung
stated on October 21, 2014 a Providence Journal-WPRI-12 debate:
"Governor Carcieri has not been campaigning with me."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 24, 2014
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on October 15, 2014 a letter to David Feldman, Houston's city attorney:
A lawyer demanded "several Houston pastors hand over to the city government many of their private papers, including their sermons."
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By Dylan Baddour • October 23, 2014
John Kitzhaber
John Kitzhaber
stated on October 20, 2014 a campaign debate:
"Ninety-five percent of Oregonians now have health insurance coverage, tens of thousands for the very first time."
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By Dana Tims • October 20, 2014
Peter Kilmartin
Peter Kilmartin
stated on October 2, 2014 an interview on Rhode Island Public Radio:
"In the past three years, we have prosecuted or brought more cases on access to public records than in the previous 12 years combined."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 18, 2014
The Rhode Island Catholic
The Rhode Island Catholic
stated on October 2, 2014 a newspaper editorial:
Almost every state has offered an insurance plan on its health exchange that does not cover abortion.
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By Alex Kuffner • October 17, 2014
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