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Bruce Blakeman
Bruce Blakeman
stated on March 10, 2026 a social media post:
As Nassau County Executive, I hired 600 new law enforcement officers and made Nassau the safest county in America.
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 3, 2026
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 1, 2023 a Facebook video:
New York Attorney General Letitia James and Judge Arthur Engoron valued Mar-a-Lago at $18 million.
False
By Amy Sherman • October 6, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on September 28, 2021 an Instagram post:
The audit of the 2020 presidential election in Maricopa County, Ariz., “cost the taxpayers $6 million.”
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • September 30, 2021
Van Wanggaard
Van Wanggaard
stated on April 19, 2021 Statement:
Foxconn “is the largest taxpayer in Racine County.”
True
By Haley BeMiller • April 27, 2021
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell
stated on September 17, 2020 a campaign website:
Says Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez “approved a 67% pay raise for himself and increased his own pension. He makes $250,000 a year, more than almost every big-city Mayor in the country. He also kept his taxpayer-funded Mercedes-Benz after slashing $400 million in government jobs and spending.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • September 30, 2020
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell
stated on August 21, 2020 an ad:
After a bridge collapse killed six people, Carlos Gimenez extended a $130 million contract to the construction company, where one of his sons worked and for which another lobbied.
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • September 4, 2020
Jeanette Kowalik
Jeanette Kowalik
stated on June 14, 2020 an appearance on WISN-TV's "UpFront":
"Our health department, our city and our county declared racism as a public health crisis last year.”
True
By Lawrence Andrea • June 18, 2020
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on July 21, 2018 a debate:
"In December of 2017, the Prince William board of supervisors had a meeting ... (Corey Stewart) skipped that meeting to go campaign in Alabama for Roy Moore to be a U.S. senator … You haven't disavowed Roy Moore's name yet."
True
By Bill McCarthy • July 24, 2018
Edward Cox
Edward Cox
stated on May 1, 2018 an interview on The Capital Pressroom:
Marc Molinaro "has cut taxes, his budget now is lower than it was six years ago" in Dutchess County
Half-True
By Dan Clark • May 24, 2018
Travis Forward
Travis Forward
stated on October 23, 2017 a mailer advocating voter approval of Travis County bond propositions:
"The Travis County propositions will not raise your taxes! If you are 65 or older, your property taxes are frozen."  
False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 25, 2017
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 5, 2017 an interview:
When he was Milwaukee County executive, "eight years in a row we pushed through budgets that did not increase the tax levy from the previous year."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • June 30, 2017
Mike McCabe
Mike McCabe
stated on May 21, 2017 an interview:
"When you look at all the state and local taxes we pay in Wisconsin, the wealthiest 1 percent pay the lowest overall tax rate."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • June 2, 2017
Chris Abele
Chris Abele
stated on May 18, 2017 an interview:
Says David Clarke reduced the number of Milwaukee County sheriff's deputies "from about 700 and something to 300 and something."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • May 26, 2017
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on December 1, 2016 an interview:
Wisconsin has only one county, Dane, "that's hand counting the votes" in the 2016 presidential recount.  
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • December 9, 2016
Austin Board of Realtors PAC
Austin Board of Realtors PAC
stated on October 29, 2016 a mailer spotted by an Austin voter:
Says Gerald Daugherty is endorsed by the Austin American-Statesman.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 1, 2016
Gerald Daugherty
Gerald Daugherty
stated on October 17, 2016 his campaign website:
Says he’s "taken an 8% pay decrease in each of the nine years he has been in office."
Half-True
By Rachel Rice • October 24, 2016
Pat McCrory
Pat McCrory
stated on March 26, 2016 a list of rebuttals to criticism over the law:
Despite the passage of HB2, "towns, cities and counties in North Carolina are still allowed to set stricter non-discrimination policies for their own employees if they choose."
Half-True
By Will Doran • March 31, 2016
Pat McCrory
Pat McCrory
stated on March 28, 2016 a speech in Clayton, N.C.:
"We have not taken away any rights that have currently existed in any city in North Carolina" with the passage of HB2.
False
By Will Doran • March 30, 2016
Charlotte Nash
Charlotte Nash
stated on November 17, 2015 a statement:
Since 2008, Gwinnett County’s population has grown 15 percent, while the county government staff has increased only 1 percent.
True
By Nancy Badertscher • December 11, 2015
Chris Larson
Chris Larson
stated on November 22, 2015 an interview:
The Milwaukee County executive can sell the public "museum, the airport and the zoo" -- all on his own, without County Board approval  
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • December 3, 2015
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