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Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on January 14, 2015 in State of the State address:
Since Gov. Nathan Deal office in 2011, the state’s rainy day fund has grown by 643 percent.
True
By Nancy Badertscher • January 27, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 13, 2015 in a speech:
On Common Core education standards
Half Flip
By Tom Kertscher • January 16, 2015
Kevin Flynn
Kevin Flynn
stated on November 25, 2014 in a website story:
"There’s nothing in the [RhodeMap RI] plan that takes away local government control and local zoning control."
Half-True
By Katie Mulvaney • January 16, 2015
Kevin Brady
Kevin Brady
stated on December 17, 2014 in a press release:
"Texas families have kept more than $10 billion in their family budgets since we successfully fought to restore Texas' sales tax deduction a decade ago."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 23, 2014
Wallace Hall
Wallace Hall
stated on December 6, 2014 in a speech:
Texas House Speaker Joe Straus said, ‘I do not care if Wallace Hall swings from a tree.’
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • December 17, 2014
Allen Peake
Allen Peake
stated on December 3, 2014 in a press conference at the Georgia State Capitol:
Unlike marijuana, medical cannabis oil cannot get you high.
True
By April Hunt • December 9, 2014
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on November 14, 2014 in a newspaper interview:
Rhode Island's legislature is "the strongest in the country."
True
By Katie Mulvaney • November 30, 2014
Greta Van Susteren
Greta Van Susteren
stated on November 9, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week":
New Jersey has had "seven credit downgrades" since Chris Christie became governor.
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • November 9, 2014
Chris Taylor
Chris Taylor
stated on October 24, 2014 in an interview:
Attorney general candidate Brad Schimel "is in cahoots with Wisconsin Right to Life to make abortion a crime in Wisconsin."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • October 31, 2014
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on October 7, 2014 in debate:
Jason Carter never passed a bill in his tenure in the state Senate.  
Mostly True
By April Hunt, Nancy Badertscher • October 24, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2014 in a speech in Princeton, Ind.:
"The states that have raised the minimum wage (this year) have had faster job growth than the states that haven’t raised the minimum wage."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 9, 2014
Thom Tillis
Thom Tillis
stated on October 7, 2014 in a debate:
In North Carolina, "now we're near the national average" for unemployment.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 8, 2014
Matt Mackowiak
Matt Mackowiak
stated on September 8, 2014 in an opinion column:
In Texas public schools, "we spend an average of $12,000 per pupil per year."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 12, 2014
Greater Wisconsin Committee
Greater Wisconsin Committee
stated on August 28, 2014 in a TV ad:
"Scott Walker cut school funding more per student than any governor in America."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer, Tom Kertscher • September 7, 2014
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on August 20, 2014 in a tweet.:
Pinnacle Overlook in Southwest Virginia is "closer to eight other state capitals than to Richmond."  
Mostly True
By Nancy Madsen, Sean Gorman • September 1, 2014
Rob Astorino
Rob Astorino
stated on July 25, 2014 in an interview on "Fox & Friends":
The state of New York is the "worst in the nation in economic recovery."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 28, 2014
Joe Leibham
Joe Leibham
stated on July 19, 2014 in a news release:
Says Common Core is a federal mandate.
False
By Tom Kertscher • July 25, 2014
Fresh Start PA
Fresh Start PA
stated on July 15, 2014 in a campaign ad:
Under Gov. Tom Corbett, "Pennsylvania ranks 49th in job creation."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 22, 2014
Roberto Alonzo
Roberto Alonzo
stated on July 16, 2014 in a press release:
"Latinos now make up the majority population in Texas."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 17, 2014
Joe Zepecki
Joe Zepecki
stated on June 23, 2014 in an interview:
The Wisconsin unemployment rate was higher than the U.S. rate during only three months when Mary Burke was state commerce secretary.
False
By Tom Kertscher • July 6, 2014
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