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Latest Fact-Checks In Wisconsin

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Jim Sullivan
Jim Sullivan
stated on November 2, 2010 a campaign mailer
Says he "led the effort to build a new (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) engineering campus in Wauwatosa."
False
January 6, 2011
stated on November 19, 2010 a newsletter to Milwaukee residents
"More than 125 jobs have been created" at the Milwaukee Job Corps Center.
Mostly True
January 5, 2011
Jeff Stone
Jeff Stone
stated on December 15, 2010 a news conference with reporters
"I never proposed privatizing the (Milwaukee County) airport."
True
By Dave Umhoefer • January 4, 2011
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on December 15, 2010 an interview with a weekly newspaper
"I represent the fourth-poorest (congressional) district" in the nation.
False
January 3, 2011
Scott Fitzgerald
Scott Fitzgerald
stated on December 9, 2010 an interview with a newspaper editorial board
"We continue to see these isolated incidents of people trying to vote five, six times a day."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • December 23, 2010
Charlie Sykes
Charlie Sykes
stated on December 15, 2010 a comment made during his radio show
Says the University of Wisconsin football program is spending almost all of its Bowl Championship Series payout on a Rose Bowl junket for politically connected officials
Pants on Fire!
By Dave Umhoefer • December 21, 2010
Talgo Inc.
Talgo Inc.
stated on December 10, 2010 a statement from the company
The Milwaukee business community "did not speak about the facts" -- and in support of train manufacturer Talgo -- as the Milwaukee-Madison rail link was being killed.
True
By James B. Nelson • December 20, 2010
John McCain
John McCain
stated on December 14, 2010 a statement on the U.S. Senate floor
Earmarks requested in a federal spending bill included  "$277,000 for potato pest management in Wisconsin."
True
December 19, 2010
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on December 12, 2010 a television interview
Right-to-work states "have higher rates of income growth."
Half-True
December 17, 2010
Steve Kagen
Steve Kagen
stated on December 13, 2010 a newspaper article
"Already, the mayor of Green Bay is having ribbon-cutting after ribbon-cutting for economic development around the new VA center."
Pants on Fire!
By James B. Nelson • December 16, 2010
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on December 9, 2010 a news release
Governor-elect Scott Walker’s opposition to high-speed rail "killed 13,000 Wisconsin jobs"
Pants on Fire!
December 14, 2010
Herb Kohl
Herb Kohl
stated on December 3, 2010 a news release
"I have always been focused on reining in the deficit."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • December 13, 2010
Bryan Kennedy
Bryan Kennedy
stated on December 5, 2010 a TV interview
State employees in Wisconsin earn "about 8 percent less" than if they worked in the private sector.
False
December 12, 2010
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on December 9, 2010 a statement on campaign web site
Eliminating the state tax on health savings accounts will "make it easier for small business owners to provide health insurance to their employees."
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • December 10, 2010
Alberta Darling
Alberta Darling
stated on December 5, 2010 a television interview
When it comes to the state deficit, Wisconsin is "proportionally in as much trouble as the State of California."
Half-True
December 9, 2010
Jim Doyle
Jim Doyle
stated on November 30, 2010 a program at the Marquette University Law School
"It’s illegal for a state to say we’re simply going to cut off (union contract) negotiations. There’s a legal requirement that you are involved in good faith bargaining."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • December 7, 2010
Pro-Life Wisconsin
Pro-Life Wisconsin
stated on November 29, 2010 a news release
In Wisconsin, "6.2 percent of the population is black yet 24 percent of all state abortions are on African-Americans."
Half-True
December 6, 2010
Jeff Fitzgerald
Jeff Fitzgerald
stated on November 29, 2010 a news release
"In 2009, Jim Doyle and the Democrats rushed through a budget repair bill with billions in tax increases and held no public hearings."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • December 5, 2010
Lee Holloway
Lee Holloway
stated on November 17, 2010 an interview with a weekly newspaper
Says he got twice as much money from the sale of County Grounds land than Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker was willing to accept.
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • December 3, 2010
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on October 7, 2010 a news release
In Wisconsin, "deaths from domestic violence are at the highest in 10 years."
True
December 2, 2010
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