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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
Nina Turner
Nina Turner
stated on June 22, 2011 a speech in the Ohio Senate
"Voting in the wrong precinct led to over 14,000 registered voters statewide to lose their vote in 2008."
True
By Reginald Fields • July 4, 2011
Nina Perales
Nina Perales
stated on May 31, 2011 a press release.
Says a Republican-drawn map of proposed U.S. House districts for Texas "gerrymanders more than nine million Latinos in Texas to make sure that we have no more electoral opportunity than we did in 1991."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 22, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on June 13, 2011 an interview on Fox News
"The president came in and campaigned against me 12 times."
Mostly False
By Reginald Fields • June 17, 2011
Kathie Tovo
Kathie Tovo
stated on April 29, 2011 a TV ad.
Says the Austin City Council "may give $4 million a year to subsidize a race track."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 12, 2011
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on June 5, 2011 an interview with political commentator Roland Martin
By advocating new requirements for voters to show ID cards at the polls, Republicans "want to literally drag us all the way back to Jim Crow laws."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 9, 2011
Fred Risser
Fred Risser
stated on May 19, 2011 a debate on the Senate floor.
Says Wisconsin state Senate President Michael Elllis (R-Neenah) broke Senate rules during debate on a photo ID bill for voters.
False
By James B. Nelson • June 5, 2011
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on May 18, 2011 his radio program.
Says Rick Perry is "the guy that tracked" down Democratic legislators who fled Texas in 2003.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 28, 2011
Armond Budish
Armond Budish
stated on May 18, 2011 a news release
Says Republican-approved changes to "make it more difficult to participate in Ohio elections include reducing in-person early voting from 35 days to six."
True
By Mark Naymik • May 27, 2011
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