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Ed FitzGerald
Ed FitzGerald
stated on April 19, 2013 an email announcing his gubernatorial campaign kickoff
"Ohioans want an end to pay-to-play politics."
False
By Henry J. Gomez • May 2, 2013
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on April 24, 2013 a news release reacting to FitzGerald's run for governor
Accuses Ed FitzGerald of "pay-to-play and corruption politics."
Pants on Fire!
By Henry J. Gomez • April 30, 2013
Ohio Oil and Gas Association
Ohio Oil and Gas Association
stated on April 10, 2013 a TV/internet ad
"Nearly 40,000 new jobs have been created in the last year due to the new wells . . . right here in Ohio."
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Feran • April 29, 2013
Marcia Fudge
Marcia Fudge
stated on April 9, 2013 a Facebook posting
"Women in Ohio earn on average 77 cents for every dollar earned by a man."
Mostly True
By Sabrina Eaton • April 24, 2013
Ohio Public Defender's Office
Ohio Public Defender's Office
stated on April 12, 2013 a newspaper interview
"The sex-offender registry has been around for a long time, and the research that's out there says that it has no positive impact on the public safety."
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • April 22, 2013
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on April 9, 2013 remarks at Politico breakfastt
"The Social Security disability fund is going belly up in 2016."
True
By Stephen Koff • April 15, 2013
Michele Walsh
Michele Walsh
stated on April 4, 2013 a radio discussion
"Within the three miles surrounding the University Circle area, infant mortality exceeds some Third World countries."
True
By Tom Feran • April 12, 2013
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on March 21, 2013 a television interview
"Right now, Texas doesn’t have an income tax and Oklahoma’s lowering their income tax rates, and guess what their severance tax is? Sky high."
True
By Robert Higgs • April 8, 2013
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on March 20, 2013 an interview televised March 22 on “State of Ohio”
Says that his transportation budget and Ohio Turnpike plan "would make sure we have lower tolls than we’ve had through the history of the turnpike."
Pants on Fire!
By Henry J. Gomez • April 8, 2013
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 28, 2013 blog posts
Forty aides who serve President Barack Obama "owe $333,485 in back taxes."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • April 3, 2013
Progress Ohio
Progress Ohio
stated on March 26, 2013 a fundraising email
"It is legal in Ohio to fire an employee or evict a tenant just for being gay."
True
By Tom Feran • April 2, 2013
Bill Seitz
Bill Seitz
stated on March 13, 2013 testimony before a House committee
Says that Secretary of State Jon Husted and former secretary Jennifer Brunner both have supported a provision in Senate Bill 47 that would limit the days organizers have to collect signatures for initiative and referendum petitions.
Half-True
By Brandon Blackwell • April 1, 2013
Jim Jordan
Jim Jordan
stated on March 19, 2013 a congressional hearing
The national debt is "larger than our entire annual economy."
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead, Sabrina Eaton, W. Gardner Selby • March 28, 2013
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on March 21, 2013 a speech on the Senate floor
"Our debt now is about $140,000 per household."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • March 27, 2013
Steve LaTourette
Steve LaTourette
stated on March 17, 2013 an interview on “Fox News Sunday”
"Quite frankly, it was during the Bush years of spending, multiplied now by the Obama years that we have this mess."
Mostly True
By Sabrina Eaton • March 26, 2013
William G. Batchelder
William G. Batchelder
stated on March 17, 2013
On support of Gov. John Kasich’s drilling tax plan
Full Flop
By Tom Feran • March 25, 2013
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on March 15, 2013 a tweet
"Under Gov. Kasich, Ohio wages have increased by $10.3 billion."
True
By Tom Feran • March 21, 2013
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on March 4, 2013 a news release
Wall Street megabanks that received bailouts in 2009 now get taxpayer-funded advantages not available to community banks in Ohio.
Half-True
By Tom Feran • March 20, 2013
Jim Renacci
Jim Renacci
stated on February 15, 2013 a commentary
"Raising taxes on investment income has actually lowered the revenue received from the tax, while cutting capital gains tax rates has increased revenue."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • March 14, 2013
Bob Bennett
Bob Bennett
stated on March 4, 2013 a news release
Ohio Republicans made significant gains during [Chris McNulty’s] time at the ORP, including the extremely successful re-election of President Bush in Ohio."
Mostly True
By Henry J. Gomez • March 13, 2013
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