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Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on October 7, 2014 in debate:
Jason Carter never passed a bill in his tenure in the state Senate.  
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By April Hunt, Nancy Badertscher • October 24, 2014
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on October 13, 2014 in a debate:
Says Mark Pryor "votes with Obama 93 percent of the time."
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By Lauren Carroll • October 22, 2014
Corey Hebert
Corey Hebert
stated on October 20, 2014 in an interview on MSNBC's "All in with Chris Hayes":
"We've had 27 (Ebola) outbreaks around the globe and they've never spread outside of the confines of the countries that were initially affected."
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By Jon Greenberg • October 22, 2014
Scott Brown
Scott Brown
stated on October 21, 2014 in NH Senate debate:
Says Jeanne Shaheen has "voted with the president 99 percent of the time."
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By Jonathan Van Fleet • October 22, 2014
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on October 12, 2014 in an interview with Howard Kurtz:
"When I go on Letterman" the "ratings go up."
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By Katie Sanders • October 21, 2014
Ernest Almonte
Ernest Almonte
stated on October 5, 2014 in an interview on WLNE's "On the Record":
"I was speaking out on pension reform almost 17 years ago."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 20, 2014
Jim Webb
Jim Webb
stated on September 23, 2014 in a speech.:
In 1968 "the average corporate CEO made 20 times the average worker’s pay. Today that multiple is about 350."
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By Sean Gorman • October 19, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 20, 2014 in remarks during a campaign stop:
"More than 70,000" job openings are listed on a state jobs website.  
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By Dave Umhoefer, Tom Kertscher • October 17, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on September 17, 2014 in a TV ad:
"Weeks after accepting a quarter-million-dollar campaign contribution" from a hospital board chairman, Greg Abbott went to court against victims of a drug-taking neurosurgeon.
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By W. Gardner Selby • October 15, 2014
Alison Lundergan Grimes
Alison Lundergan Grimes
stated on October 13, 2014 in a debate:
Raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, "would help lift over a million Americans out of poverty."
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By Steve Contorno • October 14, 2014
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on October 13, 2014 in a debate:
Raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour "will destroy between half a million and one million jobs."
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By Steve Contorno • October 14, 2014
American LeadHERship PAC
American LeadHERship PAC
stated on October 8, 2014 in a TV commercial:
"As mayor, [Allan Fung] raised taxes three times."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 14, 2014
Michelle Nunn
Michelle Nunn
stated on October 7, 2014 in a U.S. Senate debate:
David Perdue did not support the 2014 farm bill that U.S. Sens. Isakson and Chambliss did.
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By April Hunt • October 13, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on October 10, 2014 in a gubernatorial debate:
If Florida had not taken the stimulus, it "would have led to the firing of 20,000 teachers."
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By Amy Sherman • October 10, 2014
Jeanne Shaheen
Jeanne Shaheen
stated on October 7, 2014 in an ad:
"In Massachusetts, Scott Brown pushed for a law to force women considering abortion -- force them -- to look at color photographs of developing fetuses."
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By Jonathan Van Fleet • October 10, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 2, 2014 in a speech at Northwestern University:
The cost of "health care is now the single-biggest factor driving down" the federal budget deficit.
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By Lauren Carroll • October 8, 2014
Kay Hagan
Kay Hagan
stated on October 7, 2014 in a debate :
"The Common Core was not put together by the Department of Education in Washington. It was put together by governors and by states."  
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By Bill Adair, Tom Kertscher • October 8, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on October 1, 2014 in a TV ad:
Says Rick Scott signed "laws requiring mandatory ultrasounds and restricting access to abortion even in cases of rape or incest."
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By Amy Sherman • October 7, 2014
Kay Hagan
Kay Hagan
stated on October 3, 2014 in a news release:
Says Thom Tillis "refuses to say what we should do to combat ISIS."
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By Bill Adair, Shaker Samman • October 7, 2014
National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
stated on September 8, 2014 in a mailer.:
Says Mark Warner "has supported restrictions on veterans’ second amendment rights."
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By Nancy Madsen • October 6, 2014
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