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Jack Conway
Jack Conway
stated on October 15, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
Rand Paul wants "to end all federal faith-based initiatives, and even end the deduction for religious charities."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 19, 2010
Lee Fisher
Lee Fisher
stated on October 8, 2010 in a debate :
"If you want to see the jobs that I've saved and created in this storm he helped create, go anywhere in Ohio."
Mostly True
By Mark Naymik • October 16, 2010
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on October 8, 2010 in a debate:
Says he's so bipartisan that "12 of my bills were signed into law by Democratic President Bill Clinton."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • October 16, 2010
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on October 7, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
"Sharron Angle voted to protect sex offenders."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 15, 2010
stated on October 12, 2010 in a campaign TV ad:
Says Scott Walker "eliminated his own office of economic development in the middle of this recession."
Mostly True
By James B. Nelson • October 15, 2010
Casey Cagle
Casey Cagle
stated on September 5, 2010 in a speech:
Georgia lawmakers balanced the budget without raising taxes on residents.
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By Eric Stirgus • October 15, 2010
Betty Sutton
Betty Sutton
stated on September 21, 2010 in a television campaign ad:
Says Tom Ganley has been "sued over 400 times, for fraud, discrimination and more," and "a judge called Tom Ganley's business practices "deceptive and unconscionable."
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • October 15, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on October 5, 2010 in a news story:
Says Rick Perry told students he couldn't attend a gubernatorial forum due to scheduling conflicts, then on forum day "tweeted that he'd just been running with his dog."
Mostly True
By Ciara O'Rourke • October 14, 2010
Christine O'Donnell
Christine O'Donnell
stated on October 11, 2010 in a campaign video:
"One man (New Castle, Del., County Executive, Chris Coons) thought property taxes should be hiked almost 50 percent."
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By Robert Farley • October 13, 2010
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on October 4, 2010 in a news conference:
"(Strickland) raised taxes last year to the tune of $840 million."
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By Reginald Fields • October 13, 2010
Armond Budish
Armond Budish
stated on September 22, 2010 in a news conference:
 "Never once did they (House Republicans) actually cut spending or reduce the state budget. Even when they cut taxes in 2005, they increased spending.  They never paid for their tax cuts."  
Mostly True
By Aaron Marshall • October 12, 2010
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on October 10, 2010 in a TV ad.:
Says Rick Scott gave a deposition in which he invoked the Fifth Amendment 75 times about his dealings as head of Columbia/HCA hospital chain
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • October 12, 2010
Leah Vukmir
Leah Vukmir
stated on October 9, 2010 in a campaign brochure distributed door-to-door:
"For the first time in history, Wisconsin has more government jobs than manufacturing jobs."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • October 11, 2010
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 6, 2010 in an ABC News U.S. Senate debate.:
"The years that I was speaker, the Florida House consistently offered leaner budgets than the governor offered."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • October 8, 2010
Jack Conway
Jack Conway
stated on September 28, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
Rand Paul "wants us to pay $2,000 just to get Medicare."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 8, 2010
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on October 6, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
Dan Webster "would force victims of rape and incest to bear their attacker's child."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman, Louis Jacobson • October 7, 2010
Chris Dudley
Chris Dudley
stated on September 30, 2010 in the KGW/The Oregonian debate:
Says Oregon ranks 43rd in education.
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By Ian K. Kullgren • October 7, 2010
Back to Basics
Back to Basics
stated on October 5, 2010 in a newspaper ad:
Says "the Texas unemployment rate has even grown more than the nation's as a whole."
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • October 7, 2010
Commonsense Ten
Commonsense Ten
stated on September 15, 2010 in a TV ad:
 Says Roy Blunt "secretly inserts language to benefit tobacco giant Philip Morris" into a national security bill while "Blunt's girlfriend and son are lobbyists for the cigarette company, and just days earlier, 26 Philip Morris executives wrote checks to Blunt totaling $23,000."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • October 5, 2010
Alex Sink
Alex Sink
stated on September 17, 2010 in a TV ad:
When Tallahassee politicians and bureaucrats tried to run our schools, "I've stood up to them to protect local control."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • September 30, 2010
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