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Jon Husted
Jon Husted
stated on August 15, 2012 an interview with reporters
A member of the redistricting commission proposed in Issue 2 "could accept a bribe from somebody" and "couldn’t be removed from this commission."
False
By Joe Guillen • October 11, 2012
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on September 13, 2012 a campaign commercial
"We need a Senator who shows up to work. Sherrod Brown missed over 350 official votes."
Mostly False
By Sabrina Eaton • October 10, 2012
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on September 29, 2012 a television interview
"We're up 123,000 jobs over the last year and three-quarters. We're actually, according to the Bureau of Labor statistics, down 500 ... auto jobs in Ohio."
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • October 5, 2012
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on September 8, 2012 a campaign commercial
"While Mandel's been busy traveling the country raising campaign money, he hasn't shown up for work."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • October 4, 2012
Ohio Republican Party
Ohio Republican Party
stated on September 11, 2012 an election flier
Says Ohio's Issue 2 will create a redistricting commission that will "have a blank check to spend our money."
False
By Joe Guillen • October 3, 2012
Mike DeWine
Mike DeWine
stated on August 31, 2012 a news conference
"Since the time of the Civil War, we've made a distinction in this country between the availability and the ability to access for people who were in the military, versus the rest of us, to vote." 
Half-True
By Aaron Marshall • October 1, 2012
Jon Husted
Jon Husted
stated on September 17, 2012 a news release
"Had the online change of address been in place in 2008 an estimated 130,000 voters who cast provisional ballots could have changed their address online and voted a regular ballot."
Mostly True
By Reginald Fields • September 28, 2012
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on September 8, 2012 a campaign commercial
Josh Mandel "is lying about his own record. The rating of Ohio's investment fund has NOT improved."
False
By Tom Feran • September 26, 2012
Republican Jewish Coalition
Republican Jewish Coalition
stated on September 24, 2012 an election flier
Barack Obama "refuses to acknowledge Jerusalem as the capital of Israel."
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • September 24, 2012
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on September 6, 2012 a news release
The national debt of $16 trillion, is "enough to buy both the Cleveland Indians and Cincinnati Reds 1,918 times."
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • September 21, 2012
Americans For Tax Reform
Americans For Tax Reform
stated on September 19, 2012 an election flier
"Since President Obama took office, over 88,000 Ohio workers have lost their jobs."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • September 20, 2012
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on September 4, 2012 a news release
"The president went on a stimulus-fueled spending binge that stuck every American man, woman and child with a $50,000 share of this $16 trillion debt."
False
By Tom Feran • September 19, 2012
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on September 4, 2012 a campaign email
Says  Sherrod Brown’s campaign attacked Josh Mandel’s military service
Mostly False
By Stephen Koff • September 17, 2012
Marcia Fudge
Marcia Fudge
stated on August 24, 2012 a news release
"In Cuyahoga County ... 56 percent of weekend voters in 2008 were African American while adult African Americans comprise 28 percent of the county population."
True
By Sabrina Eaton • September 14, 2012
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on September 6, 2012 a news release
"$16 trillion (the national debt) in $1 bills would cover the entire state of Ohio nearly 1.5 times."
True
By Tom Feran • September 12, 2012
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on August 27, 2012 a television interview
"We've got 7.2 percent unemployment (in Ohio), but when you include the folks who have stopped looking for work, it's actually over 10 percent."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • September 7, 2012
Ted Strickland
Ted Strickland
stated on August 27, 2012 a campaign speech
Says Mitt Romney’s tax plans would "give an additional $250,000 tax cut to millionaires and billionaires" while raising taxes on the middle class.
Half-True
By Tom Feran • September 5, 2012
Crossroads GPS
Crossroads GPS
stated on August 15, 2012 a campaign commercial
Says Sherrod Brown voted "for the $1.17 trillion health care law that adds a new tax on Ohio manufacturers."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • August 30, 2012
Florida Wildlife Federation
Florida Wildlife Federation
stated on August 28, 2012 a billboard message
Claims Ohio Gov. John Kasich says climate change is a problem.
True
By Reginald Fields • August 29, 2012
Teresa Fedor
Teresa Fedor
stated on August 15, 2012 a news conference
Says Republicans supported legislation on early voting and in-person voting in 2005.
True
By Aaron Marshall • August 28, 2012
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