Latest Fact-Checks In Elections

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Ben Ferguson
Ben Ferguson
stated on July 2, 2015 comments on CNN
Says Donald Trump has "given more money to Democratic candidates than Republican candidates."
Mostly False
By Will Cabaniss • July 9, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on April 27, 2015 an interview
Says the recall elections that aimed to remove him and other Republican officials from office "cost tens of millions of dollars to run."
Mostly False
May 4, 2015
Greater Wisconsin Committee
Greater Wisconsin Committee
stated on March 30, 2015 a radio ad
An April 7, 2015 referendum would take "the choice of chief justice" of the Wisconsin Supreme Court "away from the people."
Mostly False
April 3, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on March 23, 2015
"Today roughly half of born-again Christians aren’t voting. They’re staying home."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 30, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on March 24, 2015 an interview on the Kelly File
Says according to recent polls, no Republican candidate "is doing better against Hillary Clinton than myself."
Mostly False
By Katharina Fiedler, Lauren Carroll • March 25, 2015
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on March 8, 2015 comments on CBS' "Face the Nation"
"The State Department asked all secretaries of state to send their emails over." Hillary Clinton's "the only one who’s done it."  
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • March 8, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on November 11, 2014 an interview
In "the past four or five" presidential elections, "people who poll high at the beginning are not the people who end up being the nominees."
Mostly False
November 24, 2014
Brit Hume
Brit Hume
stated on November 10, 2014 an interview on Fox News
"It is senior citizens, not Hispanics, who are the fastest-growing demographic in this country."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • November 13, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 21, 2014 the CNN debate
Says Charlie Crist wants felons who "commit a heinous crime" such as "intentional permanent disfigurement of a child, you walk out of jail, you immediately get to vote."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 27, 2014
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on October 22, 2014 an Atlanta Journal-Constitution story
Georgia has elected more African-American leaders than any other state in the country.  
Mostly False
By April Hunt • October 27, 2014
Michelle Nunn
Michelle Nunn
stated on October 7, 2014 a U.S. Senate debate
The United States was not one of 16 countries where David Perdue said in his Pillowtex deposition that he created jobs.
Mostly False
By April Hunt • October 14, 2014
David Perdue
David Perdue
stated on October 7, 2014 a U.S. Senate debate
Michelle Nunn ranks agriculture issues as the 18th most important items facing Georgia.
Mostly False
By April Hunt • October 10, 2014
Michelle Nunn
Michelle Nunn
stated on September 13, 2014 a fundraiser invitation
Michelle Nunn "spent most of her childhood" in Perry, Ga.
Mostly False
By April Hunt • September 19, 2014
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 9, 2014 an interview on ABC
"We came out of the White House not only dead broke, but in debt."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • June 10, 2014
Defending Main Street
Defending Main Street
stated on April 17, 2014 a campaign ad in Idaho
Says the Club for Growth tries to defeat Republicans, and that its president called Nancy Pelosi "the person I respect the most in Washington."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • May 7, 2014
Heather McGhee
Heather McGhee
stated on April 2, 2014 an interview on MSNBC
"Less than 1 percent of 1 percent of the American population has given an amount over $200" to a federal political campaign.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • April 3, 2014
Ed Schultz
Ed Schultz
stated on March 24, 2014 a broadcast of "The Ed Show"
Health insurance and medical costs "are going down because of Obamacare."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 28, 2014
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on February 2, 2014 a special broadcast on Fox
Says he didn't tell viewers that the Obama campaign hid news about the motives behind the attack in Benghazi because Obama was running for re-election.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • February 4, 2014
Florida for All
Florida for All
stated on January 20, 2014
"Rick Scott’s Administration spent over $100,000 of taxpayer money during their first voter purge attempt in 2012."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • January 23, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on December 13, 2013 an interview
"Scott Walker raises nearly 70 percent of his money from out of state"
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • December 22, 2013
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