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Carlos Lopez-Cantera
Carlos Lopez-Cantera
stated on April 30, 2016 an interview on Fox 13
"I'm also the only lieutenant governor to not take a security detail."  
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • May 26, 2016
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on May 16, 2016 an interview
"The University of Wisconsin System budget is the biggest it has ever been."  
Mostly True
May 25, 2016
Celia Israel
Celia Israel
stated on May 13, 2016 a press release
"When adjusted for inflation, (Texas) per-student spending has remained relatively flat over the past 16 years. Despite that trend, Texas schools in 2017 will receive $381 less per student than they did in 2003."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 23, 2016
Vicki Saporta
Vicki Saporta
stated on May 9, 2016 an episode of "Full Frontal with Samantha Bee"
"There are more than twice as many (crisis pregnancy centers) as there are legitimate abortion providers in the United States."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 17, 2016
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on May 10, 2016 a news release
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has "2.8 students per faculty" member, "tied for second-lowest in its history since 1994."
Pants on Fire!
May 13, 2016
Chris Koster
Chris Koster
stated on April 14, 2016 a tweet
"Closing the tobacco loophole would save Missouri taxpayers $50,000,000"
True
By Andrew Kessel • May 6, 2016
LGBT Progress
LGBT Progress
stated on March 23, 2016 a tweet
North Carolina spent "almost as much as it spends on government rape crisis programs in a year" to convene a special session for HB2.
Mostly False
By Will Doran • April 1, 2016
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 26, 2016 a Tampa Bay Times interview
"Florida is investing record amounts of funding for HIV/AIDS prevention."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • March 31, 2016
Michael Roberson
Michael Roberson
stated on March 3, 2016 in a candidate forum on March 3, 2016
Nevada lawmakers "permanently cut taxes for over 95 percent of Nevada’s businesses."
False
By Riley Snyder • March 29, 2016
Danny Tarkanian
Danny Tarkanian
stated on February 9, 2016 an interview on Ralston Live
Nevada Republicans "didn’t do one single thing to cut spending" in 2015.
Mostly False
By Riley Snyder • March 22, 2016
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on March 8, 2016 his education plan
"North Carolina spends $855 less per student than it did before the Great Recession, and we have one of the lowest per pupil spending levels in the nation."
Mostly True
By Will Doran • March 21, 2016
Don Gaetz
Don Gaetz
stated on March 11, 2016 Florida Senate floor debate
"We were able to provide $428 million worth of property tax relief."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • March 17, 2016
Pat McCrory
Pat McCrory
stated on March 9, 2016 a post on his Facebook page
"Roy Cooper won't say how he will pay for ‘free’ college tuition."
Half-True
By Will Doran • March 14, 2016
Janet Adkins
Janet Adkins
stated on February 9, 2016 a House Appropriations Committee meeting
"There is great disparity, tremendous disparity, in the (capital) funding on a per-student basis between our traditional public schools and our charter public schools."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • February 22, 2016
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on February 13, 2016 the Republican debate in Charleston, S.C.
"When Jeb (Bush) was governor, his first four years as governor, his Medicaid program grew twice as fast as mine."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • February 15, 2016
American Future Fund
American Future Fund
stated on January 28, 2016 a campaign ad
"Kasich’s budget raised taxes by billions, hitting businesses hard and the middle class even harder."
False
By Nadia Pflaum • February 12, 2016
Tom Wolf
Tom Wolf
stated on February 9, 2016 his budget proposal address
If the General Assembly does not address the state's structural deficit, "more than 23,000 education professionals will be immediately yanked out of Pennsylvania schools."
Mostly False
By Anna Orso • February 12, 2016
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on January 29, 2016 comments on Fox News
Ohio’s credit rating is "as high as you can get, AA+."
False
By Nadia Pflaum • February 8, 2016
Katrina Shankland
Katrina Shankland
stated on January 29, 2016 a news release
"Faced with $1 million in campaign debt," Scott Walker "is unloading his campaign security costs onto the backs of Wisconsin taxpayers."  
Mostly False
February 5, 2016
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 20, 2016 a comment to a Tampa Bay Times reporter
"We've cut taxes 50 times and look what has happened to our revenues. They've grown."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • February 4, 2016
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