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Texas Right to Life
Texas Right to Life
stated on March 21, 2014 an email blast
"In 2005, Dan Branch tried to expand third-trimester abortions in Texas."
False
By Sue Owen • April 24, 2014
Bob Cole
Bob Cole
stated on March 31, 2014 morning radio show on KOKE-FM
Capital Metro originally said MetroRail's yearly operating costs would be "about $2.5 million. Last year ... it cost $13 million to operate."
Half-True
By Sue Owen • April 24, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on March 31, 2014 an online petition
"Greg Abbott said it would be a ‘waste’ to expand pre-k to all Texas children."
Mostly False
By Sue Owen, W. Gardner Selby • April 7, 2014
Mike Collier
Mike Collier
stated on March 18, 2014 a campaign email blast
"Glenn Hegar promised to eliminate the property tax."
False
By Sue Owen • April 3, 2014
CATPAC
CATPAC
stated on March 10, 2014 a campaign mail flier
"Ralph Hall has never voted to raise the debt ceiling."
False
By Sue Owen • March 31, 2014
Linda Koop
Linda Koop
stated on February 25, 2014 a campaign mail flier
Says Stefani Carter "repeatedly used her campaign contributors’ donations to rent margarita machines for our state house office."
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • March 21, 2014
Kesha Rogers
Kesha Rogers
stated on March 19, 2014 statements on her campaign website
Says President Barack Obama was responsible for "the assassination of at least four American citizens" in drone strikes.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • March 19, 2014
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on February 10, 2014 an opinion article in The (McAllen) Monitor
"As attorney general, I have prosecuted judges, district attorneys and other public officials across Texas who violated that (public) trust, who have been corrupted."
True
By Sue Owen • March 11, 2014
Ken Paxton
Ken Paxton
stated on January 24, 2014 a radio interview
Barry Smitherman "doesn’t have enough legal experience to apply for most of the jobs at the attorney general’s office."
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • February 26, 2014
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on January 20, 2014 a debate
On repealing the 17th Amendment
Full Flop
By Sue Owen • February 13, 2014
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on January 20, 2014 a debate
On repealing the 17th Amendment
Full Flop
By Sue Owen • February 13, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 3, 2014 a photo-quotation posted to Facebook
Says Michele Bachmann said "English was good enough for Jesus when he wrote the Bible."
Pants on Fire!
By Sue Owen • February 12, 2014
Hugh Fitzsimons
Hugh Fitzsimons
stated on January 19, 2014 a blog post on campaign website
Female buffalo lead the herd.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • February 11, 2014
Todd Staples
Todd Staples
stated on January 13, 2014 a campaign email blast
"Savings that I achieved" helped fund cameras on the border. "As a result, more than 21,500 arrests have been made and 46 tons of narcotics confiscated."
Half-True
By Sue Owen • February 6, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on January 28, 2014 a speech
"I never gave up custody of my children. I never lost custody of my children."  
Mostly True
By Sue Owen, W. Gardner Selby • January 30, 2014
Wayne Thorburn
Wayne Thorburn
stated on January 8, 2014 an opinion column in the Austin American-Statesman
Nearly 90% of Travis County government races will be settled by the time of the Democratic primary.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • January 30, 2014
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 7, 2014 a tweet
Texas added 6,600 miles of highway from 2001-2012, more than any other state.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • January 28, 2014
Robert Puente
Robert Puente
stated on September 20, 2013 a Texas Tribune Festival panel discussion
San Antonio has seen "67% growth" in water customers "in the last 25 years, 0% more water used."
False
By Sue Owen • January 17, 2014
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on January 10, 2014 a speech at a Texas Public Policy Foundation forum
Obama unilaterally announced he was delaying employer mandate "through a blog post by a mid-level bureaucrat at the Department of Treasury."
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • January 16, 2014
Eddie Lucio, Jr.
Eddie Lucio, Jr.
stated on November 18, 2013 remarks at Southern Obesity Summit
Nearly 40 percent of his McAllen-area constituents suffer from obesity.
True
By Sue Owen • January 7, 2014
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