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Kevin Landrigan is a political reporter and columnist for the Nashua Telegraph and a contributor to PolitiFact 2012 New Hampshire.

Featured Statements

Marilinda Garcia
stated on December 11, 2013 in a tweet:

"I cut spending while serving in the state Legislature"

By Kevin Landrigan • January 14, 2014
Republican Governors Association
stated on October 16, 2012 in Republican Governor's Association says NH candidate for governor Maggie Hassan pays no taxes:

Says Maggie Hassan pays zero property taxes on her $500,000 home.

By Kevin Landrigan • October 29, 2012
Ovide Lamontagne
stated on September 27, 2012 in a debate at Rivier University:

Under Maggie Hassan's leadership, "we increased state spending in the middle of the great recession by 24 percent leading up to and following it."

By Kevin Landrigan • October 12, 2012
Mitt Romney
stated on August 15, 2011 in a town hall in Litchfield, N.H.:

Says that 500,000 federal workers -- one-fourth of the federal workforce -- make more than $100,000 a year.

By Kevin Landrigan • September 3, 2011
Jon Huntsman
stated on August 11, 2011 in the Republican debate in Ames, Iowa:

"We created a flat tax in the state of Utah."

By Louis Jacobson • August 12, 2011
Jon Huntsman
stated on July 4, 2011 in a house party in Belmont, N.H. :

Says that when he was governor of Utah, he worked with the state Legislature to create a flat tax that "cut income taxes by 30 percent."

By Louis Jacobson • July 28, 2011