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Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt “got 0 out of 24,000 votes in a late night (Los Angeles) ballot drop.”

By Caleb McCullough• June 8, 2026

Larry Pratt stated on December 15, 2013 in in comments on Fox's "Fox News Sunday":

A gun "background check is futile. Something like 42 (people during the) last year … were prosecuted for trying to buy a gun with a criminal record out of 11 million."

By Steve Contorno• December 15, 2013

Dominick Marino stated on June 06, 2011 in a column on PolitickerNJ.com:

"The firefighter and police officer pension system is not headed for bankruptcy, far from it. That’s because New Jersey first responders -- fire fighters and police officers -- have never missed making payments to the retirement system."

By Caryn Shinske• July 22, 2011

Loretta Weinberg stated on November 21, 2011 in a column on bluejersey.com:

"(Chris Christie) has not paid one dollar of state money into our pension system, and then states that the system is broke."

By Bill Wichert• December 2, 2011

Michael Doherty stated on May 24, 2011 in an opinion piece:

"The top 1 percent of income earners pay 40 percent of all state income taxes, and those at the bottom pay little or nothing."

By Caryn Shinske• June 29, 2011

Larry Pratt stated on May 06, 2014 in an interview on 'All in with Chris Hayes':

"20 percent of the time (smart guns) won't work."

By Katie Sanders• May 20, 2014

Chris Christie stated on July 12, 2011 in a radio ad:

Says the state budget "doubled property tax credits for seniors and middle class New Jerseyans" and had "no tax increases for any New Jersey family for the second year in a row."

By Erin O'Neill, Bill Wichert• July 24, 2011

Larry Pratt stated on December 15, 2016 in a radio interview.:

Says President Barack Obama "has not condemned" shootings targeting police.

By Warren Fiske• December 27, 2016

Marvin Pratt stated on November 02, 2010 in a TV interview:

Milwaukee’s problems include "52 percent black male unemployment."

By Tom Kertscher• November 17, 2010

Robert Menendez stated on June 08, 2012 in an interview on NJTV’s “On the Record”:

Says Joe Kyrillos "voted to raid the state's pension funds by $2.8 billion that is costing New Jersey taxpayers still today to the tune of nearly $15 billion dollars to repay that money."

By Erin O'Neill• June 17, 2012

Donald Trump stated on August 02, 2015 in an interview on ABC "This Week":

Under President Barack Obama, income levels and unemployment numbers "are worse now than just about ever" for African-Americans.

By Louis Jacobson• August 2, 2015

Vincent Prieto stated on June 17, 2012 in an interview on My9 News' “New Jersey Now”:

Says Gov. Chris Christie’s proposed budget is "the biggest spending budget in the history of the state of New Jersey. It is the largest in the nation at this point in time."

By Erin O'Neill• June 25, 2012

Chris Christie stated on August 01, 2011 in a news conference:

Says Democrats cut $35 million from the state budget for Information Technology improvements.

By Bill Wichert• August 4, 2011

Richard Irvin stated on February 20, 2022 in a tweet:

"In my first year in office, Aurora homicides went down by 40%."

By Analisa Trofimuk• March 6, 2022

Declan O'Scanlon stated on December 16, 2011 in an opinion piece in the Star-Ledger:

"Taxpayers earning $1 million pay an effective tax rate that is about four times what taxpayers earning $100,000 pay."

By Bill Wichert• January 4, 2012

Gwen Moore stated on December 15, 2010 in an interview with a weekly newspaper:

"I represent the fourth-poorest (congressional) district" in the nation.

By Tom Kertscher• January 3, 2011

Chris Christie stated on February 21, 2012 in his budget speech:

Says the proposed fiscal year 2013 budget "is still below the level of state spending when I took office."

By Bill Wichert• March 8, 2012

Dannel Malloy stated on July 23, 2012 in a radio interview:

Says Chris Christie "has refused to fund pensions by billions of dollars," and got legislative approval to begin "properly funding pensions" in 2018.

By Bill Wichert• July 29, 2012

Scott Walker stated on January 24, 2018 in a speech:

"We invested" in our transportation system "$24 billion over eight years. That’s $3 billion more than what former Governor Jim Doyle spent on transportation over the same period of time."

By Tom Kertscher• February 6, 2018

Mark S. Zaccaria stated on October 01, 2010 in a news release:

Says James Langevin voted to spend "$3 billion for a jet engine no one wants."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• October 10, 2010

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