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Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson
stated on August 17, 2012 an interview with Evan Smith on “Overheard,” premiered Sept. 6, 2012
"I am going to be on the ballot in all 50 states. There is no other third-party candidate that’s going to come close to achieving that."  
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 20, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on September 7, 2012 a television interview
Based on the August 2012 national jobs numbers, "for every person who got a job, nearly four people stopped looking for a job."
Mostly True
By James B. Nelson • September 19, 2012
NAACP
NAACP
stated on September 12, 2012 press release
"Since 2000, only 10 cases of in-person voter fraud have been proven nationally."
Mostly True
By Janel Davis • September 19, 2012
Brendan Doherty
Brendan Doherty
stated on September 12, 2012 in a news conference
"The Providence Economic Development Partnership . . .which you [Cicilline] chaired, loaned $103,000 in taxpayer funds to one of your campaign workers. The worker never paid back the loan."
Mostly True
By Tom Mooney • September 18, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on May 17, 2012 a private campaign fundraiser
"Fifty percent of kids coming out of school can't get a job."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers, Louis Jacobson • September 18, 2012
Paul Summers
Paul Summers
stated on September 2, 2012 in an op-ed article written for Tennessee newspapers.
Tennessee's appeals court judges "were selected by a handful of party officials in Nashville" before the system of "merit selection" was put into effect.
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By Tom Humphrey • September 14, 2012
Frank Guinta
Frank Guinta
stated on August 21, 2012 a television ad, “Future.”
$50,000. That's what every child owes today because Washington politicians have run up a huge spending tab and left our kids the bill."
Mostly True
By Jake Berry • September 12, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on September 9, 2012 an appearance on 'This Week.'
Says he and Mitt Romney "always said that we agree with the 2014 deadline" for leaving Afghanistan.
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By Molly Moorhead • September 11, 2012
Kal Penn
Kal Penn
stated on September 4, 2012 his Democratic National Convention speech
Says Obama doubled funding for the Pell Grant.
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • September 11, 2012
Herb Garrett
Herb Garrett
stated on August 3, 2012 a letter
Says Georgia will send more state money per child to state charter schools and that budget cuts are not applied to those charter schools.
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • September 11, 2012
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on September 9, 2012 an interview on "Meet the Press."
"We’re seeing now 30 straight months of private-sector job growth, 4.6 million jobs created."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 10, 2012
Upendra Chivukula
Upendra Chivukula
stated on August 31, 2012 an interview on NJToday
Says Republicans "have declared that they’re going to convert the Medicare program into a voucher program."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • September 10, 2012
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 2, 2012 a speech
"$500 billion of the extension of the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy goes to 120,000 families."  
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • September 9, 2012
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on September 5, 2012 a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
Says President Barack Obama "gives students the right to repay (federal) loans as a clear, fixed, low percentage of their income for up to 20 years."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • September 7, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 6, 2012 a convention speech
Says Romney called Russia our No. 1 enemy.
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • September 7, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 6, 2012 a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
"I've cut taxes for ... middle-class families, small businesses."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • September 7, 2012
Anthony Gemma
Anthony Gemma
stated on September 4, 2012 a candidates debate
Providence has "amongst the highest tax rate(s) in the entire country."
Mostly True
By Tom Mooney • September 7, 2012
George LeMieux
George LeMieux
stated on August 29, 2012 an op-ed in the Tampa Bay Times
Says Charlie Crist "was pro-life, pro-gun and vehemently anti-tax."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • September 6, 2012
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on September 5, 2012 a speech to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
"In the last 29 months, our economy has produced about 4.5 million private-sector jobs."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 6, 2012
Diana DeGette
Diana DeGette
stated on September 5, 2012 a Democratic National Convention speech
Women "receive only 77 cents for every dollar a man earns."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • September 6, 2012
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