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Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on October 29, 2014 a campaign news release:
"25,000 businesses have been created since (Scott) Walker took office."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • November 3, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on October 22, 2014 a campaign TV ad:
Says his promise of 250,000 new private sector jobs was a "big goal."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • October 30, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on October 20, 2014 a campaign TV ad:
"My opponent supported policies that increased tuition by 18 percent."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 27, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 18, 2014 a TV ad:
Says opponent Mary Burke says she "supports Obamacare unequivocally and wants to expand it."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • September 23, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 14, 2014 a campaign news release:
Since I took office, "Wisconsin ranks 11th in the nation in total business establishment growth compared to 47th in the years Mary Burke was Commerce secretary."
True
By Dave Umhoefer • September 17, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 3, 2014 a press release:
Says Mary Burke’s Madison school district "will be the only school district left in the state" to "ignore the (Act 10) law" in the 2015-16 school year.
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • September 10, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 27, 2014 a campaign TV ad:
Mary Burke "wasted 12.5 million dollars on a vacant lot" in a move that "could cost taxpayers nearly $25 million."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • July 31, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 22, 2014 a campaign TV ad:
"(Mary) Burke’s company," Trek Bicycles, "makes 99% of their bikes overseas."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • July 28, 2014
Gary George
Gary George
stated on July 6, 2014 an interview:
"I created the school choice program."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • July 13, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 8, 2014 a campaign TV ad:
"As Jim Doyle’s Commerce secretary, Mary Burke spent $12.5 million dollars to buy a vacant lot for a company that said it had no plans to create jobs in Wisconsin" and had laid off 800 workers.
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • July 10, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 20, 2014 a campaign TV ad:
"When Jim Doyle was governor and Mary Burke was commerce secretary," Wisconsin saw "billions in middle-class tax hikes on nursing home beds, gas, phones and garbage."  
False
By Dave Umhoefer • June 26, 2014
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on May 30, 2014 a statement:
Under Gov. Scott Walker, "employer confidence now stands at 95 percent," compared to "only 10 percent" at the end of the "Gov. Jim Doyle-Mary Burke administration."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • June 15, 2014
Brett Hulsey
Brett Hulsey
stated on May 21, 2014 a letter:
Says opponent Mary Burke told reporters she would have "required workers to give up bargained-for healthcare and retirement benefits like Gov. Walker."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • May 29, 2014
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on March 17, 2014 a campaign TV ad:
Under Mary Burke’s leadership, Commerce Department business-incentive programs had "major shortcomings" and "40 percent of jobs...didn’t materialize."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • April 3, 2014
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on March 13, 2014 a website ad:
Says Mary Burke's "2007-'09 state budget had a tax hike of $1.8 billion -- costing every man, woman and child in the state an extra $310."  
False
By Tom Kertscher • March 16, 2014
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on February 10, 2014 a press release:
As state Commerce secretary, Mary Burke drafted, sponsored and promoted "budgets that raised taxes by billions, created high structural deficits and raided funds to finance huge spending hikes."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • February 19, 2014
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on February 4, 2014 a news release:
"The only time over the last 25 years when the state’s unemployment rate exceeded the U.S. average was when (Mary) Burke was commerce secretary."  
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • February 14, 2014
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on October 7, 2013 a web post:
Says Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke "has proven on the Madison Board of Education" that she supports raising taxes and spending.  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • October 10, 2013