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Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on April 16, 2014 a press release
"David Dewhurst currently owes more than $1 million to vendors for services provided to his 2012 U.S. Senate campaign."
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By W. Gardner Selby • April 18, 2014
Michelle Nunn
Michelle Nunn
stated on April 10, 2014 statements
"On average, women make 77 cents for every dollar men make."
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By Eric Stirgus • April 18, 2014
Georgia Department of Public Health
Georgia Department of Public Health
stated on April 7, 2014 department blog post
"Georgia has the nation's fifth largest Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Supplemental Nutrition program, serving more than 270,000 mothers, babies and children every day."
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By Nancy Badertscher • April 15, 2014
New Hampshire Republican Party
New Hampshire Republican Party
stated on March 24, 2014 a web video
"Shaheen votes with Obama 99 percent of the time."
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By Jim Haddadin • April 14, 2014
Karen Handel
Karen Handel
stated on April 7, 2014 an email
Seventy-two percent of Georgians did not have a chance to finish college.
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By Eric Stirgus • April 14, 2014
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on April 4, 2014 a radio interview
When Republicans last controlled the presidency and Congress, "the number of people on food stamps (and) the number of people in low-income housing went through the roof."  
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April 10, 2014
Genevieve Wood
Genevieve Wood
stated on April 8, 2014 comments on CNN
"Young women today in metropolitan areas" who are childless and single are out-earning childless, single young males.
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By Aaron Sharockman • April 9, 2014
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on April 2, 2014 a tweet
Charlie Crist "raised taxes in 2009 and won't rule out raising taxes again."
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By Amy Sherman • April 8, 2014
Alisha Thomas Morgan
Alisha Thomas Morgan
stated on March 20, 2014 a speech
"In order to pass the CRCT in Georgia, you simply have to get half of the answers correct."
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By Eric Stirgus • April 8, 2014
Linda Finn
Linda Finn
stated on March 18, 2014 a speech during a rally at the Rhode Island state house
"By a two-to-one margin, Rhode Islanders want to ban assault weapons and we have a very small percentage of gun owners in this state, less than 13 percent."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 6, 2014
Andy Duyck
Andy Duyck
stated on April 4, 2014 a public presentation
"We’ve dedicated more money from (Washington County’s) transportation budget to bike and ped projects under my watch than at any time in the history of Washington County."
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By Dana Tims • April 4, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on March 31, 2014 an online video
"Rick Scott wants to take us back to the days of insurance companies denying coverage for pre-existing conditions."
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By Amy Sherman • April 4, 2014
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on March 17, 2014 a campaign TV ad
Under Mary Burke’s leadership, Commerce Department business-incentive programs had "major shortcomings" and "40 percent of jobs...didn’t materialize."
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By Dave Umhoefer • April 3, 2014
Cokie Roberts
Cokie Roberts
stated on March 31, 2014 an interview on NPR's "Morning Edition"
"Two-thirds of the people who receive the minimum wage are female."
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By Katie Sanders • April 2, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 31, 2014 an online ad
"Since December 2010 Florida has created 540,000 new jobs."
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By Amy Sherman, Katie Sanders • April 2, 2014
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on April 2, 2014 a Senate floor speech
The Koch brothers are "the richest people in the world. Individually, they're only fifth. Put them together they're the richest in the world."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 2, 2014
American Bridge 21st Century
American Bridge 21st Century
stated on March 18, 2014 an online video
Says Rick Scott presided over cuts to the Bright Futures college scholarship program.
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By Amy Sherman • April 1, 2014
Steven Rattner
Steven Rattner
stated on March 30, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"
"Manufacturing wages today in America on a per-hour basis are actually a bit lower than average wages in the economy as a whole."
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By Katie Sanders • March 30, 2014
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on December 26, 2013 a Facebook post
"Nine out of the 10 poorest states are Red states."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 28, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on March 25, 2014 his campaign website
"Rick Scott tried to slash school funding by $3.3 billion."
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By Joshua Gillin • March 27, 2014
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