Fact Check Posts – Politifact

Dennis Richardson
stated on October 10, 2014 in a campaign debate:

"Women and men both are making less when you adjust for inflation than when" John Kitzhaber was first elected governor.

By Dana Tims • October 30, 2014

John Kitzhaber
stated on October 20, 2014 in a campaign debate:

"Ninety-five percent of Oregonians now have health insurance coverage, tens of thousands for the very first time."

By Dana Tims • October 20, 2014

Lars Larson
stated on October 2, 2014 in an email:

"TSA WILL ACCEPT DRIVERS PRIV CARDS FOR ID AT THE AIRPORT"

By Dana Tims • October 7, 2014

Bloggers
stated on September 18, 2014 in a chain email:

Was Martha Kanter "dispatched to Corvallis with $17 million in stimulus money" to save Craig Robinson’s job?

By Dana Tims • September 23, 2014

Shemia Fagan
stated on August 15, 2014 in an Oregon Voters' Pamphlet statement:

"I sponsored the new Buy American law"

By Dana Tims • September 12, 2014

Jeff Merkley
stated on August 7, 2014 in a roundtable discussion with senior citizens:

"Social Security has never contributed one cent to the deficit. Not one cent."

By Dana Tims • September 8, 2014

Anthony Johnson
stated on August 20, 2014 in a political debate:

"We’ve seen highway fatalities actually decrease in Colorado" since marijuana use was legalized.

By Dana Tims • August 22, 2014

Freedom Partners
stated on August 6, 2014 in a television ad:

Sen. Jeff Merkley "voted six times for more debt."

By Dana Tims • August 15, 2014

Dennis Richardson
stated on July 18, 2014 in a campaign debate:

"It's been 17 years that we've had unemployment higher than the national average in Oregon."

By Dana Tims • August 4, 2014

George Will
stated on July 27, 2014 in a syndicated column:

Oregon’s "three largest employers, and 13 of the top 25, are health care providers."

By Dana Tims • July 31, 2014

Dennis Richardson
stated on July 18, 2014 in a campaign debate:

"We are 49th in the nation for our graduation rate"

By Dana Tims • July 23, 2014

New Approach Oregon
stated on June 26, 2014 in a Facebook post:

76 percent of doctors support the use of medical marijuana

By Dana Tims • July 22, 2014

Monica Wehby
stated on July 9, 2014 in an economic issues statement:

The 2011 Rebuild America Jobs Act "would have cost the average American family $1,000 a year while making no significant impact to fix our infrastructure and roads."

By Dana Tims • July 11, 2014

Jeff Merkley
stated on July 9, 2014 in an economic issues statement:

"I co-sponsored the Rebuild America Jobs Act" for transportation and infrastructure.

By Dana Tims • July 11, 2014

John Kitzhaber
stated on May 15, 2014 in a website statement:

"Since the governor took office, Oregon’s unemployment rate has dropped to its lowest point in three years."

By Dana Tims • July 2, 2014

James Buchal
stated on June 16, 2014 in a campaign website statement:

"The government -- not the armed forces -- is stockpiling hundreds of millions of rounds of ammunition for domestic use."

By Dana Tims • June 27, 2014

Monica Wehby
stated on May 15, 2014 in a campaign website statement:

The U.N. Arms Treaty "infringes upon our right to keep and bear arms."

By Dana Tims • June 20, 2014

Oregon Department of Agriculture
stated on June 12, 2014 in a news release:

"Oregon school districts are directing 24 percent of their food budgets to purchase local foods. That’s the highest percentage in the country."

By Dana Tims • June 18, 2014

Earl Blumenauer
stated on May 15, 2014 in a website statement:

"Marijuana is less addictive than both alcohol and tobacco."

By Dana Tims • June 4, 2014

Jeff Merkley
stated on May 28, 2014 in an interview:

"400,000 Oregonians have gained access to health care" through the Affordable Care Act.

By Dana Tims • May 30, 2014

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