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Patience Roggensack
Patience Roggensack
stated on February 6, 2013 a campaign TV ad
Says she heard more than 2,400 cases as a Wisconsin appeals court judge  
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • February 17, 2013
Chris Abele
Chris Abele
stated on January 18, 2013 an interview
The Milwaukee County Board’s staff grew from four workers to 38 over four decades and now costs taxpayers "a lot more," while the total county workforce was more than cut in half in the same period.
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • January 24, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 15, 2013 a speech
"Nearly a quarter of all adults in this state have some college credit without a degree."  
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • January 21, 2013
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on December 11, 2012 a letter to congressional leadership
Since the federal Violence Against Women Act was adopted in 1994, "cases of domestic violence have fallen by 67 percent."
Mostly True
January 13, 2013
Pardeep Kaleka
Pardeep Kaleka
stated on December 17, 2012 an online video
"Every day, 34 Americans are murdered with guns."
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January 9, 2013
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on December 4, 2012 a speech
"One out of every four students fails to earn a high school diploma. In our major cities across America, half of our kids don’t graduate."
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December 23, 2012
Sandy Pasch
Sandy Pasch
stated on December 29, 2012 a radio address
Democratic Party candidates for the state Assembly "actually received 200,000 more votes statewide" than their Republican counterparts in the 2012 election  
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • December 5, 2012
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on November 8, 2012 an interview
When it comes to income taxes, Wisconsin is "one of the best places in the country to be poor" but "top 4 or 5 worst" for middle-income earners.
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • November 14, 2012
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on October 15, 2012 a TV ad
Says U.S. Senate candidate Tammy Baldwin "proposed a $3.9 trillion tax increase -- a tax increase so extreme" that "even Nancy Pelosi voted against it."
Mostly True
November 2, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 16, 2012 debate comments
Says Barack Obama has pension investments that include Chinese firms, and "investments through a Caymans trust."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • October 17, 2012
Dan Sebring
Dan Sebring
stated on October 1, 2012 a radio ad
Says opponent U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore ‘is Wisconsin’s most absent member of Congress, missing nearly 17 percent of the House votes in the second quarter of 2012.’
Mostly True
By James B. Nelson • October 8, 2012
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on September 11, 2012 a campaign speech
Deficit spending ‘exploded during the Obama administration’ to $5.3 trillion over four years, compared to $2 trillion in eight years under President George W. Bush.  
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • September 28, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on September 7, 2012 a television interview
Based on the August 2012 national jobs numbers, "for every person who got a job, nearly four people stopped looking for a job."
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By James B. Nelson • September 19, 2012
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 2, 2012 a speech
"$500 billion of the extension of the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy goes to 120,000 families."  
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By Dave Umhoefer • September 9, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on August 27, 2012 an interview
Wealthy taxpayers, not middle-income earners, get "most of the deductions" in the tax code.
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • August 29, 2012
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on August 15, 2012 an interview
Says U.S. Senate rival Tammy Baldwin wants a "completely government-controlled" health care system that goes "far beyond 'Obamacare'" and is "a Medicare system for all."
Mostly True
August 26, 2012
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on August 3, 2012 a TV ad
Says U.S. Senate rival Eric Hovde "refused to pay his property taxes until he was taken to court."
Mostly True
August 10, 2012
Jeff Fitzgerald
Jeff Fitzgerald
stated on July 26, 2012 a news release
"In her nearly decade and (a) half in Congress, Tammy Baldwin has sponsored 105 bills. Only three have been enacted into law."
Mostly True
August 6, 2012
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on June 26, 2012 an interview
Says President Barack Obama promised a "pathway to citizenship" to undocumented immigrants and "didn't deliver jack squat on any of it."
Mostly True
July 18, 2012
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on May 30, 2012 a memo to the media
Says "Tommy Thompson's tax plan amounts to an average tax cut of almost $87,000 for the top 1 percent."
Mostly True
June 10, 2012
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