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Alex Sink
Alex Sink
stated on September 13, 2010 a campaign website:
"Florida ranks last in the ratio of employees to residents... And Florida is dead last in the nation in state employee payroll expenditures per resident."
True
By Amy Sherman • September 14, 2010
John Boccieri
John Boccieri
stated on August 18, 2010 an interview:
"I don’t understand what Republicans are doing against this. It was their idea. John McCain introduced cap and trade legislation three times."
True
By Sabrina Eaton • September 13, 2010
Larry Gonzales
Larry Gonzales
stated on August 31, 2010 an e-mail to supporters:
Says state Rep. Diana Maldonado of Round Rock uses Craigslist to hire campaign block walkers.
True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • September 10, 2010
Republican Party of Texas
Republican Party of Texas
stated on August 31, 2010 a tweet:
Says State Rep. Kristi Thibaut was an ACORN lobbyist.
True
By Ciara O'Rourke • September 9, 2010
Yvette McGee Brown
Yvette McGee Brown
stated on August 4, 2010 a speech at a candidates forum:
Ohio today has the "fewest number of state employees since the Reagan administration."
True
By Reginald Fields • September 6, 2010
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on September 2, 2010 a press release.:
Jennifer Carroll is the "first African-American Republican woman to be part of a statewide ticket in Florida."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • September 3, 2010
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on August 23, 2010 a campaign commercial:
Sharron Angle "would eliminate the Department of Education."
True
By Louis Jacobson • September 1, 2010
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on August 26, 2010 an interview:
Says a highway was closed in El Paso because of bullets flying across the border.
True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • September 1, 2010
Bud Chiles
Bud Chiles
stated on August 31, 2010 a campaign website:
"Florida is 49th in per capita spending on mental health care."
True
By Amy Sherman • August 31, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on August 24, 2010 a speech at the City Club of Cleveland:
Under the new health care law, "if a landscaper wants to buy a new lawnmower, or a restaurant needs a new ice-maker, they have to report that to the feds."
True
By Stephen Koff • August 31, 2010
Michael Thurmond
Michael Thurmond
stated on April 30, 2010 his campaign website:
Michael Thurmond "authored major legislation that has provided more than $250 million in tax relief to Georgia’s senior citizens and working families."
True
By Eric Stirgus • August 31, 2010
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on August 25, 2010 comments on his TV show:
"The federal government is now on track" for the second-largest budget deficit "in 65 years."
True
By Lukas Pleva • August 30, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on August 14, 2010 a speech:
Says most of Perry's chiefs of staff have been lobbyists.
True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms, Ciara O'Rourke • August 30, 2010
Kernan
Kernan "Kerry" King
stated on August 21, 2010 an interview on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers:
In Rhode Island "there are 150 different pension plans for public workers."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 30, 2010
Kenneth Block
Kenneth Block
stated on June 19, 2010 a TV and Internet commercial:
"(I) helped to invent a system that saved over a billion dollars on welfare."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 29, 2010
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on August 24, 2010 a speech:
"There is already a mosque four blocks away."
True
By Robert Farley • August 26, 2010
Kendrick Meek
Kendrick Meek
stated on August 24, 2010 his primary victory speech.:
Kendrick Meek claims he's the only candidate who said Sonia Sotomayor "will make an excellent Supreme Court justice."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • August 25, 2010
Jerry Patterson
Jerry Patterson
stated on August 9, 2010 a speech:
Says Barack Obama didn't keep his promise to have an immigration bill in his first year.
True
By Ciara O'Rourke • August 21, 2010
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
stated on August 10, 2010 a press release.:
"U.S. taxpayers are being forced to fund Feisal Abdul Rauf’s trip to the Middle East."
True
By Louis Jacobson • August 19, 2010
Kendrick Meek
Kendrick Meek
stated on August 11, 2010 a TV ad.:
"Warren Buffett called credit default swaps financial weapons of mass destruction. And Greene was the first individual to use them."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • August 18, 2010
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