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Levar Stoney
stated on May 17, 2016 a radio interview.

Virginia’s banning of felons from voting is a "Jim Crow-era law."

False

By Warren Fiske • June 6, 2016

Nikki Haley
stated on May 17, 2016 a forum.

"More people today are leaving Virginia than moving in."

Mostly True

By Warren Fiske • May 31, 2016

Randy Forbes
stated on May 13, 2016 a campaign flier

Says Virginia Republican "Scott Taylor has been convicted in at least four different courts across the country, at times failing to even appear, and having a warrant issued for his arrest."

Half-True

By Warren Fiske • May 23, 2016

Mamie Locke
stated on May 8, 2016 an interview.

"The United States has a low voter turnout rate."

True

By Warren Fiske • May 16, 2016

Ken Cuccinelli
stated on May 2, 2016 a radio interview.

Half of illegal immigrants "come on legal visas and then overstay."

Mostly True

By Sean Gorman, Warren Fiske • May 16, 2016

Terry McAuliffe
stated on April 22, 2016 a speech.

Before April 22, "we have restored the rights of more than 18,000 individuals, which is more than the past seven governors combined in their four-year terms."

True

By Warren Fiske • May 9, 2016

Kirk Cox
stated on April 20, 2016 a floor speech.

"In two years, Gov. McAuliffe has vetoed more bills that the previous three governors issued in each of their four-year terms."

True

By Warren Fiske • May 2, 2016

Bob Goodlatte
stated on April 18, 2016 a website post.

"Before taking executive action on immigration, President Obama stated 22 times that he does not have the authority to change immigration laws on his own."

Mostly True

By Warren Fiske • April 25, 2016

Don Beyer
stated on April 12, 2016 a radio interview.

"But for immigrants, we would have a contracting population..."

Mostly False

By Warren Fiske • April 18, 2016

Mira Signer
stated on April 28, 2016 a conference.

States with "the highest gun ownership rates also have the highest suicide rates."

True

By Warren Fiske • April 11, 2016

John Whitbeck
stated on March 28, 2016 an email

Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland "voted to uphold" D.C.’s ban on handguns.

False

By Warren Fiske • April 4, 2016

Mark Herring
stated on March 10, 2016 a letter

"Every (U.S. Supreme Court) nominee since 1875 has received a nomination hearing."

Mostly False

By Sean Gorman, Warren Fiske • March 20, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on February 23, 2016 a campaign speech

The U.S. "doesn’t make television sets anymore."

True

By Linda Qiu, Warren Fiske • March 14, 2016

Corey Lewandowski
stated on February 15, 2016 a radio interview.

"Mr. Trump is self-financing his campaign, so we don’t have any donors."

False

By Warren Fiske • February 22, 2016

Terry McAuliffe
stated on February 3, 2016 a TV interview.

"Under Virginia law, if you are a non-federally licensed (gun) dealer, you cannot get a background check even if you want one."

Mostly False

By Warren Fiske • February 15, 2016

John O'Bannon
stated on February 1, 2016 a constituent survey

Says "some Planned Parenthood chapters have been selling the body parts of aborted fetuses for profit."

False

By Warren Fiske • February 8, 2016

Ed Gillespie
stated on January 13, 2016 a Facebook post.

"More businesses are closing than opening in Virginia today."

False

By Warren Fiske • February 1, 2016

Tarina Keene
stated on January 13, 2016 a news conference

More than 100,000 women in Texas "have attempted to self-induce abortion in the past year alone."

False

By Warren Fiske • January 19, 2016

Terry McAuliffe
stated on December 17, 2015 a speech.

"We are taking Virginia’s investment in public education to the highest level in the commonwealth’s history."

Mostly False

By Warren Fiske • January 11, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on December 17, 2015 a radio interview.

Forty percent of illegal immigrants are "people coming legally on visas and overstaying their visas."

Mostly True

By Warren Fiske • December 28, 2015

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