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Latest Fact-Checks In Candidate Biography

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Robert Dold
Robert Dold
stated on October 26, 2010 a campaign commercial:
Dan Seals has been running for office "since before there were, like, iPods."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 27, 2010
Edwin Pacheco
Edwin Pacheco
stated on October 4, 2010 a press release from the Rhode Island Democratic Party:
Says Christopher Little has "a history of working against environmental protection by defending the worst types of corporate polluters"
False
By John Hill • October 19, 2010
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on October 3, 2010 a campaign commercial:
Arkansas Democratic congressional candidate Chad Causey "was a Washington, D.C. bureaucrat."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 6, 2010
We Love USA PAC
We Love USA PAC
stated on September 24, 2010 a website:
Ron Klein "sponsored an amendment that specifically allows price gouging."
False
By Amy Sherman • October 5, 2010
Back to Basics
Back to Basics
stated on September 8, 2010 a TV ad:
"Perry pushed for a law that lets insurance companies raise homeowners’ rates without having to justify the increase."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • October 3, 2010
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on September 25, 2010 a TV ad.:
Says Daniel Webster thinks wives should submit to their husbands.
False
By Aaron Sharockman • September 28, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on July 25, 2010 an e-mail:
After Hurricane Katrina, "Dallas and San Antonio took in 5,000 to 10,000 refugees each, but (Bill) White brought in 250,000 and put them up in his 'buddies' empty apartment buildings and let the federal government pay their rents for over two years. They did not return to New Orleans, most of them are on welfare."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • September 19, 2010
Chet Edwards
Chet Edwards
stated on September 6, 2010 a TV ad.:
Says opponent Bill Flores helped run a company that laid off over 3,000 workers and paid off executives with millions.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 15, 2010
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on September 8, 2010 a campaign TV ad:
Russ Feingold "has not worked anywhere outside of politics."
False
By Tom Kertscher • September 14, 2010
John Thrasher
John Thrasher
stated on September 10, 2010 comments at the Republican Party of Florida's annual meeting.:
"We will be the first party to elect a bald guy to governor."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • September 13, 2010
Joseph Fernandez
Joseph Fernandez
stated on August 25, 2010 a candidate mailing:
I "kicked crooked cops and government officials off the public pension rolls."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 10, 2010
Florida First Initiative
Florida First Initiative
stated on August 17, 2010 in a TV ad.:
"Reporters have uncovered another Scott company accused of criminal acts. But Scott won't come clean."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • August 20, 2010
John Robitaille
John Robitaille
stated on August 12, 2010 a campaign news release:
"Mr. Caprio is a career politician who has never worked in the private sector."
False
By Cynthia Needham • August 20, 2010
Committee to Protect Florida
Committee to Protect Florida
stated on August 2, 2010 in a mailer:
Kathryn Starkey "joined forces with liberal Democrats on a historic sales tax hike."
False
By Jodie Tillman • August 13, 2010
Jeff Greene
Jeff Greene
stated on July 31, 2010 a campaign mail piece.:
"Kendrick Meek was named one of the two most corrupt Democrats in Congress by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • August 3, 2010
Kendrick Meek
Kendrick Meek
stated on July 26, 2010 a television ad:
"Warren Buffett called (Jeff) Greene's scheme 'financial weapons of mass destruction.' "
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 30, 2010
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on June 28, 2010 a statement on Cicilline's website:
He has "ushered in $3 billion in new investment."
False
By Cynthia Needham • July 16, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on June 25, 2010 a speech:
"In Rick Perry's Texas, the governor threatens to leave, to secede from the greatest country in the" world.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 7, 2010
John Faulk
John Faulk
stated on June 12, 2010 a speech:
Says Houston’s 18th congressional district has been "gentrified" and is home to "more Anglos than African Americans."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 30, 2010
Donna Campbell
Donna Campbell
stated on June 12, 2010 a speech:
U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett is "the most liberal man in the United States Congress."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 20, 2010
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