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John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on October 31, 2011 a campaign speech
"They talk about this problem with binding arbitration. It doesn’t make a lot of sense to me to have somebody from Los Angeles fly into Zanesville and impose a wage settlement on you ... and then they’re on the plane back to Los Angeles."
Pants on Fire!
By Joe Guillen • November 3, 2011
Connie Mack
Connie Mack
stated on October 26, 2011 news reports
On whether he would run for U.S. Senate in 2012.
Full Flop
By Becky Bowers • October 27, 2011
New Jersey Democratic State Committee
New Jersey Democratic State Committee
stated on October 17, 2011 a political advertisement
"Since Mayor Kennedy O’Brien took office Sayreville has issued 22,081 building permits! Now O’Brien is holding secret meetings with big developers."  
Mostly False
By Caryn Shinske • October 26, 2011
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on September 14, 2011 an email to supporters
"About 57 percent of registered Democrats in the new (9th Congressional) district come from my old district."
Mostly True
By Sabrina Eaton • October 21, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on October 11, 2011 the Bloomberg/Washington Post Republican presidential debate.
Says Rick Perry co-chaired Al Gore’s campaign for president.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 12, 2011
Ruben Navarrette Jr.
Ruben Navarrette Jr.
stated on September 28, 2011 an opinion column.
"Every month, another 50,000 U.S.-born Hispanics turn 18 and become eligible to vote."  
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 7, 2011
Brian Newberry
Brian Newberry
stated on October 2, 2011 a television interview
"Legally, it doesn't make any difference" which state district you live in when running for Congress.
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 7, 2011
We Are Ohio
We Are Ohio
stated on September 13, 2011 a campaign commercial
Says that politicians who approved collective bargaining restrictions for public employees "exploited a loophole exempting themselves from Senate Bill 5."
Mostly False
By Joe Guillen • October 7, 2011
Chris Redfern
Chris Redfern
stated on September 15, 2011 a news conference
Says that to drive the length of the newly drawn 15th District "you’d find yourself on the road as long as it would take to drive from Columbus to Niagara Falls."
Mostly True
By Aaron Marshall • October 5, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on October 4, 2011
On running for the presidency in 2012
No Flip
By Caryn Shinske • October 4, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on September 24, 2011 a speech in Orlando at Presidency 5
"At nearly 19 million people, the population of Florida is larger than all the earlier primary and caucus states combined."
True
By Becky Bowers • September 27, 2011
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on September 12, 2011 an interview
Despite opposition from national Club for Growth, Club for Growth Wisconsin "has endorsed" him for U.S. Senate.
Pants on Fire!
September 26, 2011
Democratic Governors Association
Democratic Governors Association
stated on September 14, 2011 an online ad
Says Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker "is denying Democrats the right to vote."
Pants on Fire!
September 25, 2011
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on September 1, 2011 a television interview
"The majority last quarter of Sherrod Brown's campaign contributions came from outside of the state of Ohio."
False
By Stephen Koff • September 15, 2011
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on September 13, 2011 comments published in the New York Times
In the New York 9th District, "there is a large number of people who went to the polls tonight who didn't support the president to begin with and don't support Democrats -- and it's nothing more than that."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • September 14, 2011
We Are Ohio
We Are Ohio
stated on September 2, 2011 a campaign commercial
"Issue 2 makes it illegal for us to negotiate for enough firefighters to do the job."
Mostly True
By Joe Guillen • September 9, 2011
Debra Medina
Debra Medina
stated on January 14, 2010 the Republican gubernatorial debate in Denton
"Governor (Perry), you were a Democrat, having worked for Al Gore as his campaign manager..."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 7, 2011
Marcia Fudge
Marcia Fudge
stated on August 22, 2011 an e-mail to Democratic supporters
"H.B. 194, the Voter Suppression Bill, invalidates a vote where a voter properly marks the ballot in support of a particular candidate, but also writes in the name of that same candidate."
Mostly True
By Joe Guillen • September 2, 2011
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on August 18, 2011 a television interview
Public-employee unions spent $30 million in Wisconsin unsuccessfully trying to flip the state Senate to Democratic control.
False
By Dave Umhoefer • August 28, 2011
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on August 15, 2011
On serving out his gubernatorial term
Full Flop
By Warren Fiske • August 26, 2011
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