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Peter Barca
Peter Barca
stated on November 7, 2014 an interview
Republicans approved 12 times larger tax breaks for "people making over 350 grand" than for "the average middle-class person."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • November 14, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on October 14, 2014 an interview
The gender gap in his support is "not unique to me" and "there’s not a huge gap from where Republicans have been in presidential, gubernatorial and US Senate elections" in recent years.
Mostly True
By Craig Gilbert, Dave Umhoefer • October 31, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 28, 2014 a speech
Wisconsin Republicans "repealed a statewide fair pay law" that made "sure women are treated fairly on the job."
Mostly True
October 31, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on October 22, 2014 a campaign TV ad
Says his promise of 250,000 new private sector jobs was a "big goal."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • October 30, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on October 17, 2014 a speech
Figures for September 2014’s job growth in Wisconsin mark the "largest private-sector job creation we've had in the month of September in more than a decade"
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By James B. Nelson • October 29, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 20, 2014 remarks during a campaign stop
"More than 70,000" job openings are listed on a state jobs website.  
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By Dave Umhoefer • October 17, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on September 22, 2014 an interview
"We have 41,000 people right now on the waitlist for financial-based assistance for our tech colleges and universities," most of them for tech schools.
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • October 2, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on September 22, 2014 an interview
Under Scott Walker, "right now, we’re 46th in the country in terms of new businesses started."  
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September 29, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 18, 2014 a campaign TV ad
"Thanks to our reforms, the average family will have an extra $322 to spend."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • September 26, 2014
Mark Harris
Mark Harris
stated on September 2, 2014 an interview
Says Glenn Grothman pushed through state tax credits that when phased in, "someone that owns a factory that produces millions in income" will pay "less tax than their nephew would if he worked full time at Taco Bell for minimum wage."  
Mostly True
September 14, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 3, 2014 a press release
Says Mary Burke’s Madison school district "will be the only school district left in the state" to "ignore the (Act 10) law" in the 2015-16 school year.
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • September 10, 2014
Greater Wisconsin Committee
Greater Wisconsin Committee
stated on August 28, 2014 a TV ad
"Scott Walker cut school funding more per student than any governor in America."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • September 7, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on August 25, 2014 a campaign television ad
In the latest jobs numbers Wisconsin "ranked third in the Midwest."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer, James B. Nelson • August 31, 2014
Edward Flynn
Edward Flynn
stated on August 20, 2014 an interview
In 2012, there were nearly 12.2 million arrests and only 410 "uses of deadly force" by police in the United States.
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August 29, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on August 13, 2014 a TV ad
Says he "invested over $100 million in worker training."
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August 24, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on August 11, 2014 a news article
Wisconsin is "38th in the country in terms of proficiency standards" in student testing.
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August 22, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 21, 2014 a news article
Says his "Act 10 reforms" have "saved the taxpayers some $3 billion."
Mostly True
August 20, 2014
Duey Stroebel
Duey Stroebel
stated on July 30, 2014 an online video
Says GOP primary opponents Glenn Grothman and Joe Leibham cast a "compromise vote that cost $788 million" in higher electricity costs.
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • August 10, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 22, 2014 a campaign TV ad
"(Mary) Burke’s company," Trek Bicycles, "makes 99% of their bikes overseas."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • July 28, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 8, 2014 a campaign TV ad
"As Jim Doyle’s Commerce secretary, Mary Burke spent $12.5 million dollars to buy a vacant lot for a company that said it had no plans to create jobs in Wisconsin" and had laid off 800 workers.
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • July 10, 2014
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