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Richmond-Times Dispatch reporter

Michael Martz is a general assignment reporter at the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

Featured Statements

Sierra Club
stated on October 13, 2010 in a TV ad:

Robert Hurt supported a bill that helped the uranium industry after taking contributions from the industry and because his father had a stake in it.

By Michael Martz • November 1, 2010
Tom Perriello
stated on August 18, 2010 in a TV ad:

Says Robert Hurt "supports the tax loopholes that send American jobs overseas."

By Michael Martz • October 25, 2010
Robert Hurt
stated on September 27, 2010 in a TV ad:

Says Tom Perriello voted "to give tax breaks to foreign companies creating jobs in China."

By Michael Martz • October 25, 2010

The Voter Guide: Seven key distortions of the campaign

By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 28, 2010