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Nathan Deal is running for Georgia governor in 2010.

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Nathan Deal
stated on September 9, 2016 in education conference:

"We have almost 68,000 Georgia students who are required by law to attend a chronically failing school."

By Ariella Phillips • October 26, 2016
Nathan Deal
stated on June 3, 2015 in press conference:

"Since 2010, eight children in Georgia have died due to vehicular heatstroke."

By Nancy Badertscher • June 5, 2015
Nathan Deal
stated on January 14, 2015 in State of State:

This year’s state budget and my spending proposal for Fiscal Year 2016 represent an infusion of more than $1 billion in additional money for K-12 education.

By Nancy Badertscher • April 14, 2015
Nathan Deal
stated on February 12, 2015 in an interview:

Ninety-six percent of failing schools are spending above $8,400, the average annual per student expenditure, and 26 percent spend considerably more than that.

By Nancy Badertscher • February 17, 2015
Nathan Deal
stated on January 14, 2015 in the governor's State of the State address:

"Since I took office, over 319,000 new private sector jobs have been created in Georgia with nearly 93,000 of those coming in the past 12 months."

By April Hunt • February 3, 2015

Jason Carter
stated on June 9, 2014 in In an AJC article:

"There’s $30 billion in expansion funds that we’ve paid – it’s our money and Nathan Deal wants Washington to keep it."

By April Hunt • June 24, 2014
Nathan Deal
stated on April 9, 2014 in campaign web site:

Says restoring Georgia pre-k to a 180-day program was a "real result" of his leadership.

By Nancy Badertscher • April 11, 2014
Nathan Deal
stated on March 5, 2014 in campaign flyer:

A "real result" of his term is Georgia having "the lowest taxes per capita of any state."

By Nancy Badertscher • March 18, 2014
Georgia Gun Owners
stated on August 10, 2013 in a flier:

Says "Nathan Deal killed pro-gun bills in 2013."

By Eric Stirgus • October 1, 2013
Vincent Fort
stated on March 26, 2013 in a speech:

About 3 percent of Gov. Nathan Deal’s appointments have been African-American.

By Eric Stirgus • April 23, 2013

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