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Xavier Becerra
Xavier Becerra
stated on May 19, 2013 a comment on 'Meet the Press':
"We have a tax code that allows groups to use their political operations within the tax code, under the guise of a charity, to use undisclosed millions of dollars to do political campaigns."
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By Jon Greenberg • May 22, 2013
Battleground Texas
Battleground Texas
stated on February 26, 2013 an adviser's interview on the "Colbert Report.":
In 2008, "only 54 percent of Latinos in Texas were registered to vote and only 35 percent actually turned out."
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By W. Gardner Selby • March 22, 2013
Bob Bennett
Bob Bennett
stated on March 4, 2013 a news release :
Ohio Republicans made significant gains during [Chris McNulty’s] time at the ORP, including the extremely successful re-election of President Bush in Ohio."
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By Henry J. Gomez • March 13, 2013
Ed Fallone
Ed Fallone
stated on March 6, 2013 an interview:
"The majority of my contributions have been from private individuals" giving $125 on average, "not from PACs, not from groups."
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By Dave Umhoefer • March 13, 2013
Tim Knopp
Tim Knopp
stated on February 12, 2013 a press release:
Knopp says he upheld a campaign promise not to join the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS).
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By Janie Har • February 23, 2013
Kenneth Block
Kenneth Block
stated on January 24, 2013 a television interview:
"More than 9,000 Rhode Island voters used the Moderate Party master lever mechanism and they didn't have a single Moderate on their ballot."
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By Michael McKinney • February 22, 2013
Steny Hoyer
Steny Hoyer
stated on February 12, 2013 a media availability with reporters:
"The majority of (the American people) voted for a Democratic House."
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By Katie Sanders • February 19, 2013
Pink Slip Rick
Pink Slip Rick
stated on January 17, 2013 social media posts:
Says Rick Scott’s proposal for election reform "only mandates 48 hours of early voting."
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By Katie Sanders • January 22, 2013
Kenneth Block
Kenneth Block
stated on December 16, 2012 a newspaper commentary:
"Eleven states complete their [legislative] sessions within three calendar months, and another five only meet biennially."
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By John Hill • January 8, 2013
Ken Detzner
Ken Detzner
stated on November 9, 2012 a CNN interview:
November 2012 was "a record year of turnout. More people voted before Election Day using absentee ballots and voting early than ever before in our history."
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By Amy Sherman • December 7, 2012
Sandy Pasch
Sandy Pasch
stated on December 29, 2012 a radio address:
Democratic Party candidates for the state Assembly "actually received 200,000 more votes statewide" than their Republican counterparts in the 2012 election  
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By Dave Umhoefer • December 5, 2012
Robert Menendez
Robert Menendez
stated on November 14, 2012 a speech:
"For the first time in history, the share of the national popular vote margin is smaller than the Latino vote margin."
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By Bill Wichert • November 26, 2012
Larry Sabato
Larry Sabato
stated on October 16, 2012 an article:
"The higher the education level, the more likely they are to vote Democratic."
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By Janel Davis • November 5, 2012
Jon Husted
Jon Husted
stated on September 17, 2012 a news release:
"Had the online change of address been in place in 2008 an estimated 130,000 voters who cast provisional ballots could have changed their address online and voted a regular ballot."
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By Reginald Fields • September 28, 2012
Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson
stated on August 17, 2012 an interview with Evan Smith on “Overheard,” premiered Sept. 6, 2012:
"I am going to be on the ballot in all 50 states. There is no other third-party candidate that’s going to come close to achieving that."  
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By W. Gardner Selby • September 20, 2012
NAACP
NAACP
stated on September 12, 2012 press release:
"Since 2000, only 10 cases of in-person voter fraud have been proven nationally."
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By Janel Davis • September 19, 2012
Warren Kampf
Warren Kampf
stated on August 1, 2012 a town hall meeting:
Voter turnout for some groups in the 2008 presidential general election in Georgia "was far greater than it should have been demographically."
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By Eric Stirgus • August 14, 2012
Protect Your Vote Ohio
Protect Your Vote Ohio
stated on August 1, 2012 a news release:
"Thousands of politicians from across Ohio – along with their relatives, employees and friends – are still eligible to serve" on the proposed redistricting commission.
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By Joe Guillen • August 9, 2012
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on August 16, 2012 a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate.:
"An April study found that about 70 percent of ads in this election cycle have been negative [due to SuperPACs], up from only 9 percent through the same period in 2008."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 5, 2012
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on July 9, 2012 a fundraising email:
Sherrod Brown’s approval rating "has plummeted to 38 percent among Ohio voters" in a poll by a Democratic pollster.
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By Stephen Koff • July 13, 2012
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