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Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on March 31, 2014 an online video:
"Rick Scott wants to take us back to the days of insurance companies denying coverage for pre-existing conditions."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • April 4, 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."
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By Dave Umhoefer • April 3, 2014
Cokie Roberts
Cokie Roberts
stated on March 31, 2014 an interview on NPR's "Morning Edition":
"Two-thirds of the people who receive the minimum wage are female."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • April 2, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 31, 2014 an online ad:
"Since December 2010 Florida has created 540,000 new jobs."
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By Amy Sherman, Katie Sanders • April 2, 2014
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on April 2, 2014 a Senate floor speech:
The Koch brothers are "the richest people in the world. Individually, they're only fifth. Put them together they're the richest in the world."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 2, 2014
American Bridge 21st Century
American Bridge 21st Century
stated on March 18, 2014 an online video:
Says Rick Scott presided over cuts to the Bright Futures college scholarship program.
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By Amy Sherman • April 1, 2014
Steven Rattner
Steven Rattner
stated on March 30, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week":
"Manufacturing wages today in America on a per-hour basis are actually a bit lower than average wages in the economy as a whole."
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By Katie Sanders • March 30, 2014
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on December 26, 2013 a Facebook post:
"Nine out of the 10 poorest states are Red states."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 28, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on March 25, 2014 his campaign website:
"Rick Scott tried to slash school funding by $3.3 billion."
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By Joshua Gillin • March 27, 2014
Scott Brown
Scott Brown
stated on March 18, 2014 a meeting with Republicans in Portsmouth, N.H.:
"I was the most bipartisan senator in the United States Senate."
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By Jim Haddadin • March 27, 2014
John McCallum
John McCallum
stated on March 18, 2014 a video:
"A child born in America today will inherit $1.5 million in debt the moment they're placed in their mother's arms."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • March 26, 2014
Kathleen Sebelius
Kathleen Sebelius
stated on March 11, 2014 Atlanta press conference:
Says some Georgians can get health insurance for $105 a month.  
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus, Nancy Badertscher • March 25, 2014
Mark Begich
Mark Begich
stated on March 20, 2014 a TV ad:
Says he "forced Washington to open up the Arctic Ocean to oil drilling."
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By Julie Kliegman • March 24, 2014
Ilyse Hogue
Ilyse Hogue
stated on March 12, 2014 an interview on "The Daily Show":
"Medicare has spent $172 million on penis pumps in the last five years at $360 a pop."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • March 24, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on January 21, 2014 an interview:
"Our state economic development agency under Walker, WEDC, actually isn’t even using the funds that are appropriated to it."
Mostly True
By James B. Nelson • March 23, 2014
Linda Koop
Linda Koop
stated on February 25, 2014 a campaign mail flier:
Says Stefani Carter "repeatedly used her campaign contributors’ donations to rent margarita machines for our state house office."
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • March 21, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 16, 2014 a tweet:
"Florida ranks first in the nation for access to free prekindergarten."
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By Amy Sherman • March 20, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on March 10, 2014 a tweet:
Women "are still paid 82 cents for every dollar a man earns in Texas."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 20, 2014
Karl Rove
Karl Rove
stated on March 16, 2014 a panel discussion on "Fox News Sunday":
Russian annexation of Crimea "removes a million residents of the Ukraine that have provided the margin of victory for (Viktor) Yanukovych, the pro-Moscow prime minister in his last election."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 19, 2014
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on March 2, 2014:
Dan Patrick "called for increasing the gas tax and the state sales tax."
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By W. Gardner Selby • March 17, 2014
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