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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."

By Steve Contorno • October 14, 2014
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."

By Steve Contorno • October 14, 2014
Thom Tillis
stated on September 30, 2014 in a campaign ad:

Says Sen. Kay Hagan "has missed half of the (Senate Armed Services) Committee's hearings in 2014."

By Steve Contorno • October 2, 2014
Jeanne Shaheen
stated on September 15, 2014 in a radio ad:

In 2012, "Wall Street" gave Scott Brown "more campaign contributions than any other candidate -- $5.3 million."

By Louis Jacobson • September 19, 2014
Greater Wisconsin Committee
stated on August 28, 2014 in a TV ad:

"Scott Walker cut school funding more per student than any governor in America."

By Tom Kertscher • September 7, 2014
Scott Walker
stated on August 25, 2014 in a campaign television ad:

In the latest jobs numbers Wisconsin "ranked third in the Midwest."

By James B. Nelson • August 31, 2014
Duey Stroebel
stated on July 30, 2014 in an online video:

Says GOP primary opponents Glenn Grothman and Joe Leibham cast a "compromise vote that cost $788 million" in higher electricity costs.

By Dave Umhoefer • August 10, 2014
Angel Taveras
stated on July 25, 2014 in a campaign video:

"Providence graduation rates are up."

By Karen Lee Ziner • July 16, 2014