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Betty Sutton
Betty Sutton
stated on September 21, 2010 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."
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By Tom Feran • October 15, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on October 5, 2010 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."
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By Ciara O'Rourke • October 14, 2010
Christine O'Donnell
Christine O'Donnell
stated on October 11, 2010 a campaign video:
"One man (New Castle, Del., County Executive, Chris Coons) thought property taxes should be hiked almost 50 percent."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • October 13, 2010
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on October 4, 2010 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 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."  
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By Aaron Marshall • October 12, 2010
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on October 10, 2010 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
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By Aaron Sharockman • October 12, 2010
Leah Vukmir
Leah Vukmir
stated on October 9, 2010 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 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 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 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 the KGW/The Oregonian debate:
Says Oregon ranks 43rd in education.
Mostly True
By Ian K. Kullgren • October 7, 2010
Back to Basics
Back to Basics
stated on October 5, 2010 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 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 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
Jim Huffman
Jim Huffman
stated on September 2, 2010 a press release:
"Twice as much (federal) money is going back to Hawaii, Virginia and Alaska than is coming home to Oregon."
Mostly True
By Janie Har • September 30, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on September 27, 2010 an e-mail:
Texas has "a higher unemployment rate than neighboring states."
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By Ciara O'Rourke • September 30, 2010
Jeff Merkley
Jeff Merkley
stated on September 1, 2010 a press release:
Says with the ongoing economic downturn, child abuse is on the rise.
Mostly True
By Michelle Cole • September 28, 2010
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on September 14, 2010 an appearance at The Plain Dealer:
On Lee Fisher’s watch, "almost nine out of 10" jobs that Ohio lost were lost to other states, "not to other countries."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • September 27, 2010
Peter Kilmartin
Peter Kilmartin
stated on September 20, 2010 a statement on his campaign website:
Kilmartin has helped pass laws to "create a witness protection program."
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By Cynthia Needham • September 26, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 20, 2010 a televised town hall:
"Our tax rates are lower now than they were under Ronald Reagan. They're much lower than they were under Dwight Eisenhower."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 22, 2010
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