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stated on September 28, 2021 in an Instagram post

The audit of the 2020 presidential election in Maricopa County, Ariz., “cost the taxpayers $6 million.”

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stated on April 19, 2021 in Statement

Foxconn “is the largest taxpayer in Racine County.”

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Debbie Mucarsel-Powell

stated on September 17, 2020 in a campaign website

Says Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez “approved a 67% pay raise for himself and increased his own pension. He makes $250,000 a year, more than almost every big-city Mayor in the country. He also kept his taxpayer-funded Mercedes-Benz after slashing $400 million in government jobs and spending.”

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Debbie Mucarsel-Powell

stated on August 21, 2020 in an ad

After a bridge collapse killed six people, Carlos Gimenez extended a $130 million contract to the construction company, where one of his sons worked and for which another lobbied.

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Jeanette Kowalik

stated on June 14, 2020 in an appearance on WISN-TV's "UpFront"

"Our health department, our city and our county declared racism as a public health crisis last year.”

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stated on July 21, 2018 in a debate

"In December of 2017, the Prince William board of supervisors had a meeting ... (Corey Stewart) skipped that meeting to go campaign in Alabama for Roy Moore to be a U.S. senator … You haven't disavowed Roy Moore's name yet."

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stated on May 1, 2018 in an interview on The Capital Pressroom

Marc Molinaro "has cut taxes, his budget now is lower than it was six years ago" in Dutchess County

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stated on October 23, 2017 in a mailer advocating voter approval of Travis County bond propositions

"The Travis County propositions will not raise your taxes! If you are 65 or older, your property taxes are frozen."

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stated on June 5, 2017 in an interview

When he was Milwaukee County executive, "eight years in a row we pushed through budgets that did not increase the tax levy from the previous year."

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stated on May 21, 2017 in an interview

"When you look at all the state and local taxes we pay in Wisconsin, the wealthiest 1 percent pay the lowest overall tax rate."

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stated on May 18, 2017 in an interview

Says David Clarke reduced the number of Milwaukee County sheriff's deputies "from about 700 and something to 300 and something."

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stated on December 1, 2016 in an interview

Wisconsin has only one county, Dane, "that's hand counting the votes" in the 2016 presidential recount.

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Austin Board of Realtors PAC

stated on October 29, 2016 in a mailer spotted by an Austin voter

Says Gerald Daugherty is endorsed by the Austin American-Statesman.

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Gerald Daugherty

stated on October 17, 2016 in his campaign website

Says he’s "taken an 8% pay decrease in each of the nine years he has been in office."

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stated on March 26, 2016 in a list of rebuttals to criticism over the law

Despite the passage of HB2, "towns, cities and counties in North Carolina are still allowed to set stricter non-discrimination policies for their own employees if they choose."

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stated on March 28, 2016 in a speech in Clayton, N.C.

"We have not taken away any rights that have currently existed in any city in North Carolina" with the passage of HB2.

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stated on November 17, 2015 in a statement

Since 2008, Gwinnett County’s population has grown 15 percent, while the county government staff has increased only 1 percent.

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stated on November 22, 2015 in an interview

The Milwaukee County executive can sell the public "museum, the airport and the zoo" -- all on his own, without County Board approval

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stated on November 2, 2015 in a TV ad

Says he balanced the Milwaukee County budget "without raising taxes five years in a row."

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Glen Sturtevant

stated on October 2, 2015 in a TV ad

Dan Gecker voted to "double vehicle registration fees, costing (Chesterfield) county residents over $6 million annually."

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