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Reporter, The Plain Dealer

Mark Naymik is a columnist at The Plain Dealer. He previously was a politics writer, covering city, county and state politics since 2001. Before joining the Plain Dealer, he worked for alternative weekly newspapers in Cleveland and Philadelphia.

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Kevin DeWine
stated on August 22, 2011 in a speech at a GOP dinner:

Says Republican Sen. John McCain won more votes for president in Cuyahoga County in the 2008 general election than he did in seven states.

By Mark Naymik • August 5, 2011
Jon Husted
stated on July 18, 2011 in a tweet on Twitter:

"#Business formation is still on the rise in Ohio! So far in 2011 we’ve assisted w/ 44,443 new business filings."

By Mark Naymik • August 3, 2011
Republican National Committee
stated on July 7, 2011 in a television commercial:

Since President Obama took office, "2 million jobs. Gone."

By Mark Naymik • July 13, 2011
Jim DeMint
stated on June 27, 2011 in a news release:

Says U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown is responsible for "over $14 trillion in debt."

By Mark Naymik • July 11, 2011
Ron Amstutz
stated on May 28, 2011 in a newspaper column:

The budget currently being debated "significantly decreases the use of one-time resources."

By Mark Naymik • June 14, 2011
Armond Budish
stated on May 18, 2011 in a news release:

Says Republican-approved changes to "make it more difficult to participate in Ohio elections include reducing in-person early voting from 35 days to six."

By Mark Naymik • May 27, 2011
Chris Redfern
stated on May 4, 2011 in a radio interview:

"The Ohio Democratic Party has raised $1.1 million since the November election. A very small percentage of that has come from organized labor."

By Mark Naymik • May 17, 2011
Joe Biden
stated on April 19, 2011 in a speech in Cleveland:

"We have created more jobs in this last year than the Bush administration (did) in eight years."

By Mark Naymik • April 28, 2011
John Kasich
stated on March 8, 2011 in his State of the State speech:

Ohio Director of Job Creation "Mark Kvamme just clawed back about $900,000 from companies that made promises and they didn't keep them."

By Mark Naymik • March 23, 2011
John Kasich
stated on February 21, 2011 in a CNN interview:

"President Obama came to Ohio 12 times to try to defeat me and guess what? He didn't win."

By Mark Naymik • February 25, 2011