Latest Fact-Checks By Jim Haddadin

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John Oliver
John Oliver
stated on August 17, 2014 in a segment on his show, Last Week Tonight:
Says Keene, N.H., requested a "military-grade armored personnel truck," citing their annual Pumpkin Festival as "a possible target" for terrorists.
True
By Jim Haddadin • August 20, 2014
Gary Lambert
Gary Lambert
stated on August 11, 2014 in a campaign mailer:
Says Marilinda Garcia supports "$150 billion in new taxes."
Pants on Fire!
By Jim Haddadin • August 15, 2014
Marilinda Garcia
Marilinda Garcia
stated on June 27, 2014 in in a campaign tweet:
Says U.S. Rep. Ann McLane Kuster used $293,000 of taxpayer money to send campaign mail.
Mostly False
By Jim Haddadin • August 4, 2014
Jim Rubens
Jim Rubens
stated on June 20, 2014 in a television forum:
Says Scott Brown voted with President Barack Obama 70 percent of the time in 2011.
Mostly True
By Jim Haddadin • June 25, 2014
Scott Brown
Scott Brown
stated on June 10, 2014 in a press release:
Says Jeanne Shaheen "voted for a measure that would have amounted to a new national energy tax."
Mostly False
By Jim Haddadin • June 18, 2014
Jim Rubens
Jim Rubens
stated on March 24, 2014 in in an interview at gun shop in Hudson, N.H.:
Says when armed civilians stop mass shootings with guns, an average of 2.5 people die; otherwise, an average of 18 people die.
False
By Jim Haddadin • June 6, 2014
New Hampshire Republican Party
New Hampshire Republican Party
stated on March 24, 2014 in a web video:
"Shaheen votes with Obama 99 percent of the time."
Mostly True
By Jim Haddadin • April 14, 2014
Scott Brown
Scott Brown
stated on March 18, 2014 in a meeting with Republicans in Portsmouth, N.H.:
"I was the most bipartisan senator in the United States Senate."
Mostly True
By Jim Haddadin • March 27, 2014
Ann McLane Kuster
Ann McLane Kuster
stated on February 20, 2014 in in a radio interview:
On delaying a health care mandate on business.
Half Flip
By Jim Haddadin • March 7, 2014
Senate Majority PAC
Senate Majority PAC
stated on January 8, 2014 in a campaign ad:
Says that as a U.S. senator, Scott Brown "delivered for Wall Street, saving big banks $19 billion in taxes."
Mostly False
By Jim Haddadin • February 11, 2014
Scott Brown
Scott Brown
stated on October 28, 2013 in speech to the Nashua Rotary Club :
"I’m ninth generation from New Hampshire."
Half-True
By Jim Haddadin • December 20, 2013
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on November 18, 2013 in comments on “The Mike Huckabee Show”:
"You've got more people wanting to go moose hunting in New Hampshire than want Obamacare."    
Half-True
By Jim Haddadin • November 22, 2013
Jim Rubens
Jim Rubens
stated on November 4, 2013 in an email:
"In Jeanne Shaheen, New Hampshire has a Senator who was the deciding vote to pass Obamacare."
Mostly False
By Jim Haddadin • November 19, 2013
Kelly Ayotte
Kelly Ayotte
stated on October 24, 2013 in a town hall meeting in Hudson, N.H.:
Under President George W. Bush, "we added $4.9 trillion to the debt. Under President Obama … we’ve added $6.5 trillion to the debt."
True
By Jim Haddadin • November 1, 2013
Jeanne Shaheen
Jeanne Shaheen
stated on October 9, 2013 in remarks from the Senate floor:
"Ninety six percent of employers in the Granite State are considered small businesses."
True
By Jim Haddadin • October 11, 2013
NH AFL-CIO
NH AFL-CIO
stated on September 27, 2013 in a tweet:
Says Maggie Hassan is the only female governor in the country.
False
By Jim Haddadin • September 27, 2013
Carol Shea-Porter
Carol Shea-Porter
stated on September 20, 2013 in a press release:
"According to the Congressional Budget Office, repealing Obamacare would increase the budget deficit."
Mostly True
By Jim Haddadin • September 25, 2013