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Jason Stanford
Jason Stanford
stated on November 17, 2014 a commentary
"Texas had the worst voter participation in the country" in the November 2014 elections.
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By Dylan Baddour • November 25, 2014
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on November 17, 2014 a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show"
On immigration, what reports say President Barack Obama "plans to do is roughly on the same scale" as what President George H.W. Bush did.  
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By Jon Greenberg • November 24, 2014
Kathleen Murphy
Kathleen Murphy
stated on November 18, 2014 a campaign website
"The NRA supported background checks..."
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By Sean Gorman • November 24, 2014
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on November 5, 2014 an interview
In Wisconsin, unions can essentially give "unlimited" contributions to political parties, but business can't give any. 
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November 21, 2014
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on November 20, 2014 a speech
The Orange County, Florida, school board "voted to make it impossible for a student to receive a grade below 50."
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By Amy Sherman • November 20, 2014
Ed Schultz
Ed Schultz
stated on November 13, 2014 a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Ed Show"
Repeal of Obamacare would "take away health care for 10.3 million Americans" who have received coverage since Oct. 1, 2013.
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By Jon Greenberg • November 18, 2014
Edward Lindsey
Edward Lindsey
stated on November 10, 2014 an Atlanta Journal-Constitution story
Georgia has some of the highest gas taxes in the Southeast but one of the lowest taxes on gasoline for transportation in the nation.
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By April Hunt, Nancy Badertscher • November 18, 2014
Jack Seiler
Jack Seiler
stated on November 5, 2014 a news release
"No one was taken into custody" for feeding the homeless.
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By Amy Sherman • November 17, 2014
Mike Martinez
Mike Martinez
stated on November 12, 2014 a press conference
Austin mayoral candidate "Steve Adler admitted his law firm worked with Koch Industries for nearly a decade."
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By W. Gardner Selby • November 14, 2014
Peter Barca
Peter Barca
stated on November 7, 2014 an interview
Republicans approved 12 times larger tax breaks for "people making over 350 grand" than for "the average middle-class person."
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By Dave Umhoefer • November 14, 2014
United for Care
United for Care
stated on November 6, 2014 a tweet
Amendment 2 on medical marijuana won a higher percentage of the vote than the last six Florida governors, including Jeb Bush’s 2002 landslide.
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By Joshua Gillin • November 13, 2014
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on November 5, 2014 a broadcast of "Hannity" on Fox News
Every new Republican member of the U.S. Senate said they "will vote to repeal and replace Obamacare."
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By Jon Greenberg • November 10, 2014
Greta Van Susteren
Greta Van Susteren
stated on November 9, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"
New Jersey has had "seven credit downgrades" since Chris Christie became governor.
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By Katie Sanders • November 9, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on October 14, 2014 an interview
The gender gap in his support is "not unique to me" and "there’s not a huge gap from where Republicans have been in presidential, gubernatorial and US Senate elections" in recent years.
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By Craig Gilbert, Dave Umhoefer • October 31, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 28, 2014 a speech
Wisconsin Republicans "repealed a statewide fair pay law" that made "sure women are treated fairly on the job."
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October 31, 2014
Zell Miller
Zell Miller
stated on October 27, 2014 television ad
Nathan Deal saved the HOPE scholarship program.
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By April Hunt, Nancy Badertscher • October 31, 2014
Nicholas Kristof
Nicholas Kristof
stated on October 22, 2014 an op-ed in the "New York Times"
"All of Liberia can produce less than one-third as much electricity as the Dallas Cowboys football stadium consumes at peak times."
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By Jon Greenberg • October 30, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on October 22, 2014 a campaign TV ad
Says his promise of 250,000 new private sector jobs was a "big goal."
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By Dave Umhoefer • October 30, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on September 30, 2014 a debate
Greg Abbott has benefitted from "payday lenders who have given him $300,000 and then received a ruling from him that they can operate in a loophole in the law that allows them to charge unlimited rates and fees."
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By Dylan Baddour • October 29, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 18, 2014 the president's weekly national address
"You cannot get (Ebola) from just riding on a plane or bus."
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By Steve Contorno • October 29, 2014
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