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Ken Paxton
stated on October 25, 2018 in a TV ad:

Says Ken Paxton "shut down the world’s largest human trafficking marketplace."

By W. Gardner Selby • November 1, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on October 22, 2018 in a rally for Republican candidates in Houston:

Says Beto O’Rourke "voted to shield MS-13 gang members from deportation."

By W. Gardner Selby • October 25, 2018

Beto O'Rourke
stated on October 16, 2018 in a debate televised from San Antonio:

Says "only one other senator from either party over the last 25 years" has "a worse record on bipartisanship" than Ted Cruz.

By W. Gardner Selby • October 18, 2018

Alexander Strenger
stated on October 1, 2018 in response cited in an interactive voter guide:

Says 60 percent of Austin’s "waterways are found to be contaminated with fecal matter and deemed unsafe to swim."

By W. Gardner Selby • October 16, 2018

Beto O'Rourke
stated on September 29, 2018 in an Austin rally:

Says that in Texas, "you can be too gay to adopt" a foster child "who needs a loving home."

By W. Gardner Selby • October 4, 2018

Ted Cruz
stated on September 21, 2018 in a debate at Southern Methodist University:

Says Beto O’Rourke described police as "modern-day Jim Crow."

By W. Gardner Selby • September 25, 2018

Beto O'Rourke
stated on September 21, 2018 in a debate at Southern Methodist University:

Says he "did not try to leave the scene of the accident" that led to his arrest for driving while intoxicated.

By W. Gardner Selby • September 25, 2018

Texans Are
stated on September 12, 2018 in a TV ad:

Says Beto O’Rourke voted "against body armor for Texas sheriffs patrolling the border."

By W. Gardner Selby • September 13, 2018

Ken Paxton
stated on August 26, 2018 in an interview on Fox & Friends:

Says Texas has "had over 600,000 crimes committed by illegals since 2011. Over 1,200 homicides."

By W. Gardner Selby • September 7, 2018

Greg Abbott
stated on August 30, 2018 in a TV ad:

Says Texas "high school graduation rates are at all-time highs."

By W. Gardner Selby • September 7, 2018

Ted Cruz
stated on September 4, 2018 in a video:

Says Beto O’Rourke said he’s grateful that people are burning or desecrating the American flag.

By W. Gardner Selby • September 5, 2018

Ted Cruz
stated on August 28, 2018 in an online video ad:

Says Beto O’Rourke "voted against" Hurricane Harvey "tax relief."

By W. Gardner Selby • August 29, 2018

M.J. Hegar
stated on August 21, 2018 in an interview on Spectrum Cable's "Capital Tonight":

Says U.S. Rep. John Carter "hasn’t held a town hall in five years."

By W. Gardner Selby • August 29, 2018

Beto O'Rourke
stated on July 26, 2018 in an ad in the Houston Defender:

Says "black Americans have 10 times less wealth than white Americans."

By W. Gardner Selby • August 23, 2018

Silvestre Reyes
stated on May 22, 2012 in a TV ad:

Says Beto O’Rourke "has a criminal record that includes DWI and burglary arrests."

By W. Gardner Selby • August 22, 2018

Beto O'Rourke
stated on March 6, 2018 in an interview on HBO's "Real Time With Bill Maher":

"I don’t take a dime of PAC money."

By W. Gardner Selby • August 20, 2018

Donna Howard
stated on July 18, 2018 in a tweet:

Says Texas charter schools "get 100% state $/pupil funding while district schools (95% students) get about 1/3 funding from state w/ rest coming from local prop taxes (which is why those taxes are so high). Districts getting less b/c scarce $ going to charters."

By W. Gardner Selby • August 15, 2018

Will Hurd
stated on August 18, 2018 in an interview with Hearst News:

Says Democratic challenger Gina Ortiz Jones has raised "more money from Massachusetts than" from Texas.

By W. Gardner Selby • August 15, 2018

Greg Abbott
stated on August 7, 2018 in a since-deleted tweet:

Says Winston Churchill said, "The fascists of the future will call themselves anti-fascists."

By W. Gardner Selby • August 7, 2018

Ted Cruz
stated on August 3, 2018 in a video ad made public by the Texas Tribune:

Says Beto O’Rourke is "open to abolishing ICE."

By W. Gardner Selby • August 6, 2018

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