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Gary Black
Gary Black
stated on May 13, 2022 a radio interview
In 2020, when Raphael Warnock ran a campaign ad featuring himself with a beagle, “that wasn’t his dog.”
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By Louis Jacobson • May 23, 2022
Kelda Helen Roys
Kelda Helen Roys
stated on May 8, 2022 TV interview
Because of U.S. Senate rules, Democrats need "more than a majority ... to codify Roe vs. Wade."
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By D.L. Davis • May 11, 2022
Eric Toney
Eric Toney
stated on April 14, 2022 News release
The state crime lab under Attorney General Josh Kaul "is testing significantly less items than former AG Brad Schimel and is still taking longer to test many categories of key items in comparison to Schimel, including DNA."
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By D.L. Davis • May 10, 2022
Andrea Stewart-Cousins
Andrea Stewart-Cousins
stated on May 3, 2022 a news conference
When the New York State Senate voted to legalize abortion in 1970, 12 Republican senators voted in favor of it.
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • May 7, 2022
Lee Zeldin
Lee Zeldin
stated on April 12, 2022 a tweet
“New York leads the U.S. in population loss.”
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By Elizabeth Egan, Marnique O. Panepento • May 6, 2022
Keith Pekau
Keith Pekau
stated on April 11, 2022 in a campaign advertisement
We’ve reduced crime to its lowest level in 27 years.
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By Analisa Trofimuk • May 1, 2022
Kathy Hochul
Kathy Hochul
stated on April 19, 2022 a campaign commercial
Since taking office, Hochul has passed more than 400 new bills
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 30, 2022
Melissa Agard
Melissa Agard
stated on April 11, 2022 Twitter
Cannabis reform "is supported by the majority of the residents of our state, including a majority of Republicans."
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By D.L. Davis • April 29, 2022
Jennifer Konfrst
Jennifer Konfrst
stated on March 21, 2022 a press release
Only 2% of K-12 students would benefit from Iowa’s school voucher bill.
True
April 7, 2022
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on March 15, 2022 a tweet.
“Virginia women are paid 80 cents for every dollar paid to Virginia men.”
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By Warren Fiske • March 18, 2022
Nikki Fried
Nikki Fried
stated on February 21, 2022 a virtual town hall meeting
Florida is "49th in the nation when it comes to (Medicaid) funding” for people with disabilities.
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By Yacob Reyes • March 14, 2022
Kathy Hochul
Kathy Hochul
stated on February 27, 2022 a news conference
“We are No. 1 among all large states in having fully vaccinated teenagers. We are No. 2 in all large states for having fully vaccinated five- to 11- year-olds.”
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 11, 2022
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on February 3, 2022 Twitter
"The US has made strides in reducing carbon emissions that other parts of the world have not."
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By D.L. Davis • March 11, 2022
Robert Ortt
Robert Ortt
stated on January 22, 2022 a news release
“With the ongoing pandemic, our State Park attendance is at the highest it’s ever been.”
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By Meghan Hall • March 9, 2022
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on February 16, 2022 a committee meeting
"In 2020, more journalists were killed in Mexico than in any other country in the world."
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By Nusaiba Mizan • February 28, 2022
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on February 14, 2022 a tweet
"100,000 Americans died of an overdose in a single year."
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By Nusaiba Mizan • February 21, 2022
Jennifer McClellan
Jennifer McClellan
stated on February 15, 2022 an op-ed.
“More than half of Virginia’s school buildings are older than 50 years.”
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By Warren Fiske • February 18, 2022
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on January 13, 2022 News release
Says he has issued more pardons than “any Wisconsin governor in contemporary history.”
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By Alan Hovorka • February 15, 2022
Brian Tyler Cohen
Brian Tyler Cohen
stated on February 2, 2022 a tweet
"Iowa Republicans have introduced a bill that would put government-installed cameras in every single classroom to livestream school activities for parents to spy on teachers and children."
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By Rylee Wilson • February 8, 2022
Joni Ernst
Joni Ernst
stated on January 23, 2022 an interview
In Iowa, “since we have put a number of the voting laws into place over the last several years — voter ID is one of those — we've actually seen voter participation increase, even in off-election years.”
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By Lyle Muller • January 26, 2022
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