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Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on June 12, 2015 in a press release:
A Texas law "will repatriate $1 billion of gold bullion from the Federal Reserve in New York to Texas."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 26, 2015
Jim Steineke
Jim Steineke
stated on June 18, 2015 in a tweet:
Wisconsin "was literally broke" when Republicans took office in January 2011. 
False
By James B. Nelson • June 26, 2015
Impact America Action
Impact America Action
stated on June 8, 2015 in an ad:
As governor, Maggie Hassan first proposed a $1 billion spending increase.
Half-True
By Clay Wirestone • June 25, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 18, 2015 in remarks to reporters:
On timing of announcement for president.
Full Flop
By Tom Kertscher • June 19, 2015
Hillary Davis
Hillary Davis
stated on May 6, 2015 in a hearing at the General Assembly :
"The profit [from automated traffic enforcement cameras] is going to the private corporations, not to the city or state."  
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 14, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on June 2, 2015 in a speech at Gov. Rick Scott's Economic Growth Summit in Orlando:
"In Florida, for eight years we cut taxes every year, totaling $19 billion."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • June 11, 2015
Mike Tate
Mike Tate
stated on May 28, 2015 in a speech:
A Republican budget proposal "would have Wisconsin have the weakest standards for who can be a teacher in the classroom in the country." 
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • June 11, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on June 2, 2015 in a speech at Gov. Rick Scott's Economic Growth Summit in Orlando:
"We reduced the government workforce by 13,000, 11 percent, during my eight years."
True
By Joshua Gillin • June 9, 2015
Patricia Morgan
Patricia Morgan
stated on May 27, 2015 in a news conference:
The Convention Center "was sold as a building that would never cost taxpayers a dime."  
Mostly True
By Mark Reynolds • June 7, 2015
Chris Taylor
Chris Taylor
stated on April 15, 2015 in a press release:
Says Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed state budget contained 110 pages of errors -- an unusually high number -- "and millions of dollars’ worth of mistakes" that were corrected with a follow-up document.
Mostly True
By James B. Nelson • June 1, 2015
Timothy Sheehy
Timothy Sheehy
stated on April 10, 2015 in an interview:
A 50-50 public-private split for paying for a new Milwaukee Bucks arena would "be much better -- in terms of the portion of the public financing -- than most of the other arena projects done around the country."  
True
By Tom Kertscher • May 29, 2015
Gina Hinojosa
Gina Hinojosa
stated on May 6, 2015 in an interview with Kiah Collier, Austin American-Statesman reporter:
Austin school district "teachers are the lowest paid of any urban" Texas district and the "lowest paid of any surrounding school district."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 27, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on May 20, 2015 in a meeting with business leaders in Portsmouth, N.H.:
Says he was known as "Veto Corleone" for cutting spending as Florida governor.
True
By Joshua Gillin • May 26, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on May 9, 2015 in a speech:
"For our next two years in my state, we will end with a structural surplus of $499 million."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • May 26, 2015
Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association
Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association
stated on May 13, 2015 in a radio ad:
"Accidents are down 50 percent and injury accidents are down 60 percent" in the rebuilt Marquette Interchange in Milwaukee.
True
By Dave Umhoefer • May 25, 2015
Alex McMurtrie Jr.
Alex McMurtrie Jr.
stated on May 7, 2015 in a campaign flyer.:
State legislators "quietly shifted $2 billion from education to road building" in 2013.
False
By Warren Fiske • May 18, 2015
Children's Defense Fund-Texas
Children's Defense Fund-Texas
stated on April 28, 2015 in a press release:
"In the last 24 months, 10 rural Texas hospitals have been forced to shut their doors because state leaders" chose not to expand Medicaid.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 15, 2015
Debbie Mayfield
Debbie Mayfield
stated on May 4, 2015 in a tweet:
"Florida sends $135 billion and D.C. returns $150 billion."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • May 14, 2015
Senate Democrats
Senate Democrats
stated on March 31, 2015 in interviews:
The state budget will include scholarship money for minority students as a concession to Senate Democrats for supporting the GOP-initiated transportation bill.  
True
By Nancy Badertscher • May 13, 2015
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on May 6, 2015 in an interview in Washington, D.C.:
"The families that are covered through the Low Income Pool is a different group of individuals than are covered by Obamacare."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • May 11, 2015
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