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Leticia Van de Putte
Leticia Van de Putte
stated on 2010-06-25 a speech at the Texas Democratic Party convention:
Says Bill White's program to bring dropouts back to school was "so successful that almost every city in our state has replicated" it.
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • July 27, 2010
Americans for Job Security
Americans for Job Security
stated on 2010-07-09 an issue advocacy ad:
"Jane Norton supported the largest tax hike in Colorado history."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 26, 2010
Americans for Job Security
Americans for Job Security
stated on 2010-07-09 a television ad:
The "state bureaucracy" Jane Norton managed "grew by $43 million in just three years."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 26, 2010
Susana Martinez
Susana Martinez
stated on 2010-07-22 a campaign commercial:
In New Mexico, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Diane Denish "spent federal stimulus funds on campaign Christmas cards."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 26, 2010
Richard Cordray
Richard Cordray
stated on 2010-07-06 a statement posted to his website:
Says his office "has already recovered over $2 billion from Wall Street for the workers, retirees, and investors who were harmed."
Half-True
By Aaron Marshall • July 26, 2010
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on 2010-06-27 a speech at the Texas Democratic convention:
"We caught (the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality) lying to us about the results of air quality studies in the Barnett Shale."
Half-True
By Ciara O'Rourke • July 25, 2010
John Robitaille
John Robitaille
stated on 2010-07-11 a comment on Newsmakers:
Because of union rules, cooks helpers moved into DMV jobs they were not trained for
Half-True
By Cynthia Needham • July 25, 2010
Maurice Ferre
Maurice Ferre
stated on 2010-07-01 an editorial board meeting:
"I think it is unacceptable for the Chinese today to be larger in wind power and in solar panels and photovoltaic manufacturing than all of Europe put together -- forget the United States."
Half-True
By Trenton Daniel • July 23, 2010
Jeremy Kapstein
Jeremy Kapstein
stated on 2010-07-20 a comment on the Dan York Show:
The lieutenant governor has the power to be an "economic ambassador" and "negotiate" on economic development  
Half-True
By Cynthia Needham • July 23, 2010
George Will
George Will
stated on 2010-07-18 a roundtable discussion on ABC's This Week:
Democrats in the 1930s wanted President Franklin Roosevelt "to be more conservative."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 22, 2010
Georgia Association of Homes and Services for Children
Georgia Association of Homes and Services for Children
stated on 2010-07-15 a newsletter:
By 12th grade, "more than 3 out of 10 girls have been pregnant at least once."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • July 22, 2010
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on 2010-07-18 an interview on ABC's This Week:
"We're not engaged in nation-building" in Afghanistan.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 20, 2010
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on 2010-07-06 a TV campaign commercial:
"Illegal aliens are costing Georgia taxpayers over a billion dollars every year."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • July 16, 2010
David Axelrod
David Axelrod
stated on 2010-07-11 ABC's "This Week":
"We had 2 percent of the global market (for advanced batteries) when he (Obama) started. We now have 16 percent, headed to 40 percent by 2015."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • July 15, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on 2010-07-15 an op-ed in the Detroit News:
"Since February 2009, our economy has lost roughly 3 million private sector jobs while the federal government has grown by more than 400,000 jobs."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson, Sabrina Eaton • July 15, 2010
Jim McDermott
Jim McDermott
stated on 2010-07-13 an interview with MSNBC's Ed Schultz:
"Most" of the Bush tax cuts went to people "in the top 3 percent of this country."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 14, 2010
Leonidas Raptakis
Leonidas Raptakis
stated on 2010-06-23 announcing his campaign for secretary of state:
Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis wrongly takes credit for small-business program
Half-True
By Cynthia Needham • July 14, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on 2010-06-25 a speech at the Texas Democratic Party convention:
"In Rick Perry’s Texas, we import nurses ... from other countries."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • July 14, 2010
John Oxendine
John Oxendine
stated on 2010-07-11 a televised debate on Fox 5:
"To say a family has to buy a product from a private company is clearly beyond the delegated powers of the U.S. Constitution."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • July 13, 2010
Karen Handel
Karen Handel
stated on 2010-06-28 a campaign mailer:
"John Oxendine is under a state ethics investigation because he illegally funneled more than $120,000 to his campaign from shady insurance political action committees in Alabama."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • July 12, 2010
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