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Jay Nixon
stated on August 20, 2015 in comments at the Missouri State Fair:

"Almost nine out of every 10 pennies that would be spent" turning a 200-mile stretch of Interstate 70 into a toll road "would be from folks outside Missouri."

Mostly False

By Allison Graves • September 29, 2015

Jennifer Shilling
stated on September 16, 2015 in a tweet:

A "voucher school that closed after 9 days this year collected $5.4 million in taxpayer subsidies since first opening."

Mostly True

By James B. Nelson • September 25, 2015

Jay Nixon
stated on August 12, 2015 in a post on Twitter:

Missouri is "#1 in the nation for holding down tuition increases at public universities."

Mostly True

By Arthur Cook • September 24, 2015

Dale Kooyenga
stated on August 31, 2015 in a radio interview:

The University of Wisconsin System "is larger than any business in the state of Wisconsin."

Mostly True

By James B. Nelson • September 18, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on August 31, 2015 in comments on Twitter.:

"I cut state spending more than anybody (in the 2016 GOP field)."

Half-True

By Linda Qiu • September 9, 2015

Joe Pojman
stated on July 28, 2015 in addressing a rally outside the Texas Capitol:

"The State of Texas is funding … women’s health services at historically high levels; they just increased their level another $50 million for the next two years."

True

By W. Gardner Selby • September 4, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on August 18, 2015 in a speech:

Says he "turned down a Medicaid expansion under Obamacare," but because of actions he took, for the first time in Wisconsin's history "everyone living in poverty is covered under Medicaid."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • September 2, 2015

Gwen Moore
stated on August 26, 2015 in comments to reporters:

Says Scott Walker "brags a lot about having an independent agency investigate police shootings. Of course, he didn’t fund it."

Mostly False

By Tom Kertscher • September 1, 2015

Bobby Jindal
stated on August 30, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week":

"I'm the only (Republican) candidate that has actually reduced the size of government."

Half-True

By Linda Qiu • August 30, 2015

Americans for Prosperity
stated on August 11, 2015 in TV ad:

Gov. Maggie Hassan’s budget proposal "raises taxes on small businesses and increases taxes and fees by $100 million."

Mostly True

By Clay Wirestone • August 27, 2015

Hillary Clinton
stated on August 10, 2015 in a Twitter exchange:

"F: The grade given to Florida for college affordability under Jeb Bush's leadership."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • August 14, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on August 3, 2015 in a candidates forum:

Wisconsin’s "rainy day fund" is "165 times bigger than when we first took office."

True

By Tom Kertscher • August 7, 2015

John Cornyn
stated on August 3, 2015 in a tweet:

"In FY 2014 Planned Parenthood performed 327,653 abortions while receiving $528 million from taxpayers, in violation" of "the Hyde amendment."

Mostly False

By W. Gardner Selby • August 7, 2015

Hillary Clinton
stated on August 3, 2015 in a video:

Says Scott Walker's defunding of Planned Parenthood "left women across the state stranded with nowhere else to turn" for cancer screenings, breast exams and birth control.

Half-True

By Tom Kertscher • August 7, 2015

John Kasich
stated on August 6, 2015 in comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland:

"I took the state of Ohio from an $8 billion hole … to a $2 billion surplus."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • August 7, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on June 8, 2015 in an opinion piece:

"Our last budget committed the highest level of need-based financial aid in state history."

Mostly True

By Lucas Daprile • July 31, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on July 27, 2015 in an interview:

Says his political opponents "brought 100,000 protesters into our state."

False

By Tom Kertscher • July 30, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on July 25, 2015 in a speech:

Under Gov. Scott Walker, Wisconsin "projected a $1 billion (budget) surplus and it turns out to be a deficit of $2.2 billion."

Mostly False

By Tom Kertscher • July 28, 2015

Occupy Democrats
stated on March 15, 2015 in a Facebook post:

After actions by Gov. Scott Walker and Republicans, Wisconsin "is dead broke."

Pants on Fire!

By James B. Nelson • July 6, 2015

Donna Howard
stated on June 25, 2015 in a press release:

Texas has "the nation's highest rate and highest number of uninsured."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • July 1, 2015

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