Latest Fact-Checks By Mark Naymik

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Kevin DeWine
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.
True
By Mark Naymik • August 5, 2011
Jon Husted
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." 
Mostly True
By Mark Naymik • August 3, 2011
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on July 7, 2011 in a television commercial:
Since President Obama took office, "2 million jobs. Gone."
Mostly True
By Mark Naymik • July 13, 2011
Jim DeMint
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."
False
By Mark Naymik • July 11, 2011
Ron Amstutz
Ron Amstutz
stated on May 28, 2011 in a newspaper column:
The budget currently being debated "significantly decreases the use of one-time resources."
True
By Mark Naymik • June 14, 2011
Armond Budish
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."
True
By Mark Naymik • May 27, 2011
Chris Redfern
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."
Mostly True
By Mark Naymik • May 17, 2011
Joe Biden
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."
Mostly True
By Mark Naymik • April 28, 2011
John Kasich
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."
Half-True
By Mark Naymik • March 23, 2011
John Kasich
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."
Mostly False
By Mark Naymik • February 25, 2011
Ohio Democratic Party
Ohio Democratic Party
stated on February 14, 2011 in a tweet on Twitter:
"FACT: the ‘special assistant’ in @johnkasich's office makes over three times more than an average #OH firefighter"
Mostly True
By Mark Naymik • February 24, 2011
William G. Batchelder
William G. Batchelder
stated on January 4, 2011 in an interview on WCPN 90.3 FM:
Says getting ex-cons to successfully return to society is important "so we are not always faced constantly with recidivism, which is a big problem in the penitentiary today – in the 70 to 80 percent range."
Pants on Fire!
By Mark Naymik • February 5, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on December 3, 2010 in a gathering with reporters:
"I think [a little] less than half of the people in our prisons are in there for less than a year.  ... We have people who are check kiters and don't pay child support and we are locking them up in the state pen."
True
By Mark Naymik • December 10, 2010
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on November 22, 2010 in his radio broadcast:
"This town (Wilmington, Ohio) hasn’t taken any money from the government. They don’t want any money from the government."
Pants on Fire!
By Mark Naymik • December 3, 2010
Armond Budish
Armond Budish
stated on November 17, 2010 in a news release:
"We (Democrats) have made steady progress creating jobs and improving our schools."
Half-True
By Mark Naymik • November 26, 2010
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on November 4, 2010 in a speech to lobbyists:
John Kasich says he won, despite "12 visits by a president, somewhere between $45 (million) and $50 million (spent against him,) 500 paid volunteers in here calling me every name in the book, former presidents, first ladies and God-knows-who-else."  
Half-True
By Mark Naymik • November 15, 2010
Ohio Republican Party
Ohio Republican Party
stated on October 18, 2010 in a campaign mailer:
Says Maryellen O’Shaughnessy "accepted campaign cash from indicted politician Jimmy Dimora."
False
By Mark Naymik • October 20, 2010
Lee Fisher
Lee Fisher
stated on October 8, 2010 in a debate :
"If you want to see the jobs that I've saved and created in this storm he helped create, go anywhere in Ohio."
Mostly True
By Mark Naymik • October 16, 2010
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on August 22, 2010 in a television campaign ad:
"You can’t raise taxes in Ohio. We are one of the highest taxed states in the country."
Half-True
By Mark Naymik • September 15, 2010
AFSCME
AFSCME
stated on August 9, 2010 in a television election ad:
"Jim Renacci supports a national sales tax of 23 percent."
Half-True
By Mark Naymik • August 19, 2010
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