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Peter Barca
Peter Barca
stated on January 10, 2017 a news conference
Wisconsin’s middle class is the "most diminished" in the United States.   
False
By Jonathan Anderson • January 20, 2017
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on December 8, 2016 an appearance on Fox News
"In the last decade, 73% of new jobs (in Wisconsin) have come from Madison."  
False
By Eric Litke • January 19, 2017
Michael Long
Michael Long
stated on October 14, 2016 an interview on Capital Tonight
Because of its higher minimum wage, New York State is "already showing signs of various companies picking up and leaving."
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • December 23, 2016
Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown
stated on December 14, 2016 a speech
"California is growing a hell of a lot faster than Texas."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • December 19, 2016
Heather McGhee
Heather McGhee
stated on December 4, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press"
"Less than half" of jobs at the Carrier manufacturing plant in Indiana "are actually staying."
Half-True
By Allison Graves • December 4, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 4, 2016 a rally in Atkinson, N.H.
"Nearly one in four people in their prime working years are not working."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • November 7, 2016
Mark Assini
Mark Assini
stated on October 18, 2016 a debate on WROC
"The photonics bill that was sponsored in Congress and written, was written by Congressman Tom Reed, not Congresswoman Louise Slaughter."
False
By Dan Clark • November 4, 2016
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on October 31, 2016 remarks in Cocoa Beach, Fla.
"One in five American households have nobody under the same roof that's got a job."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 3, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 22, 2016 a rally outside Cleveland
Says Ohio’s I-X Center "used to be a great plant," but "thousands of people of worked here, and they left" when their jobs were moved overseas.
False
By Nadia Pflaum • October 31, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 10, 2016 a rally in Detroit
"Back in the Great Recession, when millions of  jobs across America hung in the balance, Donald Trump said rescuing the auto industry didn’t really matter very much. He said, and I quote again, ‘Let it go.’ "  
Pants on Fire!
By Lauren Carroll • October 18, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 27, 2016 a campaign event in Fla.
Says Hillary Clinton "promised, running for the Senate years ago, 200,000 jobs for upstate New York. ... Not only didn't they come, but they lost so many jobs."
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • October 7, 2016
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on September 26, 2016 a TV ad
Says Ron Johnson "helped companies ship jobs overseas."
False
October 5, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 the 2016 Vice Presidential debate
Says that during President Barack Obama’s tenure, the United States has created "15 million new jobs."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 5, 2016
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on September 19, 2016 a press conference
Even our attorney general who is a strong Democrat, she has said that we need causation in our workers’ comp system. That’s the No. 1 thing pushing our manufacturing jobs out of Illinois.
True
By Matt Dietrich • October 3, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 24, 2016 a speech
Says Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine "want to shut down shale, and shut down natural gas."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 26, 2016
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on September 23, 2016 a speech in Buffalo
"Most private sector jobs in the history of Buffalo exist in Buffalo today"
True
By Dan Clark • September 24, 2016
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on September 17, 2016 an email
"Over the past eight years, black youth unemployment is up."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 21, 2016
Robert Duffy
Robert Duffy
stated on August 19, 2016 an op-ed in the Rochester Business Journal
If upstate New York split from downstate "the economic indicators of upstate New York would be among the lowest in the country."
Mostly True
By Dan Clark • September 16, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on August 22, 2016 a tweet
Says she "would bring 186,740 new jobs to Wisconsin" and "Donald Trump would cost Wisconsin 61,050 jobs."
Half-True
September 16, 2016
Jim Barksdale
Jim Barksdale
stated on September 15, 2016 On his campaign website
In Georgia, women earn 82 cents for every dollar earned by men.  
Half-True
By Jim Tharpe • September 16, 2016
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