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Lone Star Project
Lone Star Project
stated on April 29, 2010 in an e-mail blast.:
Says state's expected "increase in federal political clout is almost entirely due to the growth of the African American and Hispanic populations in Texas in virtually every region of the state."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 17, 2010
Allen Boyd
Allen Boyd
stated on April 23, 2010 in a TV ad:
Says that when he first ran for office in the late 1980s, "there were still folks who didn't have phone service. Soon I'd helped ensure that everyone in North Florida could access a dial tone."
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By Laura Figueroa • May 14, 2010
Karl Rove
Karl Rove
stated on March 9, 2010 in his autobiography:
"Rick Perry had planned to retire from the legislature until his best friend, David Weeks, and I talked him into switching parties and running for the GOP nomination for agriculture commissioner."
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By W. Gardner Selby • March 19, 2010
Linda Curtis
Linda Curtis
stated on March 4, 2010 in a Web post:
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's "concession speech came with less than 20 percent of the precincts having been counted."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 15, 2010
Kelly O'Donnell
Kelly O'Donnell
stated on January 19, 2010 in a segment on NBC's Today show:
In Massachusetts, Scott Brown's Republican affiliation is "not a secret, but clearly not on display."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 20, 2010
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on October 9, 2009 in an e-mail to reporters:
"Only 20 percent of Americans admit to being Republicans anymore."
Mostly True
By Ian Jannetta • October 16, 2009
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on May 5, 2009 in a Web ad.:
The Republican Party has "21 percent party ID and shrinking."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 6, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 19, 2008 in a TV interview:
"The race will tighten, just because that's what happens at the end of campaigns. They always have."
Mostly True
By Alexander Lane • December 1, 2008
Ralph Nader
Ralph Nader
stated on June 18, 2008 in an interview with "Democracy Now!," an independent radio program:
"The most recent Associated Press poll has Nader-Gonzalez at 6 percent, without any national coverage, against McCain and Obama."
Mostly True
By Alexander Lane • June 30, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 5, 2008 in an interview on the Today Show.:
"We've won twice as many states. We've won a greater share of the popular vote."
Mostly True
By Bill Adair • March 10, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 11, 2008 in an ABC/Politico interview:
"I have something in common with my husband. He never carried caucuses either. He lost all of the ones that I've lost."
Mostly True
By Adriel Bettelheim • February 13, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 1, 2008 in a flyer sent prior to Super Tuesday:
"8 years of the Clintons, major losses for Democrats across the nation."
Mostly True
By Adriel Bettelheim • February 11, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 10, 2008 in a campaign rally in Alexandria, Va.:
"The last six polls, including this week's Time magazine, show that I beat John McCain by six or seven points."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 11, 2008
Chris Dodd
Chris Dodd
stated on October 30, 2007 in a debate in Philadelphia:
"The fact of the matter is that my colleague from New York, Senator Clinton, there are 50 percent of the American public that say they're not going to vote for her."
Mostly True
By David DeCamp • January 2, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 2, 2007 in a speech by husband Bill Clinton at a Concord, N.H. rally.:
"In every single country, she had a majority of the vote -- or more of those who'd already made up their minds."
Mostly True
By Lissa August • September 10, 2007
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