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Latest Fact-Checks In Elections

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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!
By Tom Kertscher • 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
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on August 10, 2011 an interview:
Democrats failed to flip the Wisconsin state Senate because recall elections were in the "deepest red districts in the state."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • August 19, 2011
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on August 3, 2011 comments made to reporters while in Tampa:
The Republican National Convention "is a Super Bowl times four."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • August 12, 2011
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on August 9, 2011 a television interview:
"Two elections in a row (Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus) has screwed up counting the vote"  
Pants on Fire!
By Dave Umhoefer • August 11, 2011
Marcia Fudge
Marcia Fudge
stated on July 13, 2011 a news conference on voting rights:
Says that voter identification laws "keep poor people from voting, minorities from voting, the elderly from voting, students from voting."
Half-True
By Stephen Koff • August 10, 2011
Kevin DeWine
Kevin DeWine
stated on August 22, 2011 a speech at a GOP dinner:
Says Republican Sen. John McCain won more votes for president in Cuyahoga County in the 2008 general election than he did in seven states.
True
By Mark Naymik • August 5, 2011
Travis Rowley
Travis Rowley
stated on July 19, 2011 a commentary:
"The RI Board of Elections has heard official testimony from Providence residents who claim to have witnessed known illegal aliens voting in local elections."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 31, 2011
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on July 20, 2011 an interview on CNN:
Says that U.S. Rep. Allen West is "a constituent of mine."
True
By Katie Sanders • July 21, 2011
Brian Kemp
Brian Kemp
stated on June 20, 2011:
"The State Election Board has issued nearly $275,000 in fines to violators of absentee ballot laws."
True
By Eric Stirgus • July 19, 2011
New Hampshire Democratic Party
New Hampshire Democratic Party
stated on June 27, 2011 a statement by state Democratic chairman Ray Buckley in a call with reporters:
"Mitt Romney is the first Massachusetts politician to run for president and not win the New Hampshire primary in a generation."
Mostly True
By Jake Berry • July 10, 2011
Will Weatherford
Will Weatherford
stated on July 5, 2011 an interview with the "St. Petersburg Times" editorial board:
"Let’s say (Republicans) take away half of our delegates. They’re worth more than Iowa’s, New Hampshire’s and almost South Carolina’s combined."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • July 7, 2011
Bill Kristol
Bill Kristol
stated on July 3, 2011 an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
Forty percent of union members voted Republican in 2008.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 7, 2011
Roger Williams
Roger Williams
stated on June 28, 2011 at a campaign stop.:
Says U.S. House opponent Michael Williams does not live in and has never voted in the congressional district he’s seeking to represent.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 5, 2011
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