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Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on July 14, 2010 a campaign commercial:
Russ Feingold "voted against the law that protected our lakes" and "was the only Great Lakes senator to vote no."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 19, 2010
Let's Get To Work
Let's Get To Work
stated on July 14, 2010 in a TV ad.:
Bill McCollum "diverted a state plane to his home 53 times. A state auditor called it: likely a misuse of state resources."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • July 16, 2010
Dave Aronberg
Dave Aronberg
stated on July 2, 2010 an e-mail to supporters.:
Dan Gelber's employment by BP's law firm "could disqualify him from representing Florida against BP as Attorney General."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • July 15, 2010
Ellyn Bogdanoff
Ellyn Bogdanoff
stated on July 13, 2010 a TV ad:
"I said no to higher taxes and fees."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 15, 2010
Vincent Fort
Vincent Fort
stated on July 6, 2010 mailer:
Says Democratic opponent is "too Republican to stand up for us."
Mostly False
By Jim Tharpe • July 14, 2010
George Will
George Will
stated on July 11, 2010 ABC's "This Week":
Says that President Obama said if Congress passed the economic stimulus bill, "we would have unemployment at 8 percent and no higher. And it went higher."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • July 13, 2010
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on June 30, 2010 a Facebook posting:
The U.S. "only ranks 25th worldwide on defense spending as a percentage of GDP."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 9, 2010
Boyd Richie
Boyd Richie
stated on June 16, 2010 an e-mail:
Says Rep. Ken Legler "voted against installing fire sprinklers and emergency power generators in nursing homes."
Mostly False
By Ciara O'Rourke • July 9, 2010
Mark Kirk
Mark Kirk
stated on July 8, 2010 a campaign ad:
"Alexi Giannoulias' top aide was a longtime BP lobbyist."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • July 8, 2010
David Segal
David Segal
stated on June 17, 2010 a statement on his campaign website:
"As Washington debates cracking down on the big Wall Street banks, I’ve passed legislation that does so."
Mostly False
By Cynthia Needham • July 7, 2010
Doug MacGinnitie
Doug MacGinnitie
stated on June 23, 2010 a campaign commercial:
"When you were casting your vote for Republicans, Brian Kemp was voting for Democrats."
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • July 7, 2010
Rob Teilhet
Rob Teilhet
stated on June 5, 2010 a candidate questionnaire:
Said he is the only Democratic candidate for state attorney general who has "represented the entire state of Georgia."
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • July 6, 2010
Jeff Weems
Jeff Weems
stated on June 26, 2010 a speech:
"I’m running against a groundhog. He saw his shadow on the primary day, and no one has seen him since."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 6, 2010
David Barton
David Barton
stated on June 12, 2010 an open letter:
"Powerful Houston Democrats Sylvia Garcia (Democrat county commissioner in Harris County) and Elyse Lanie(r) (wife of the former liberal Democrat mayor Bob Lanier) sponsored a Democrat fundraiser for Speaker (Joe) Straus with numerous Democrat officials and high-ranking union officials."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 5, 2010
Jeff Greene
Jeff Greene
stated on June 22, 2010 a U.S. Senate Democratic primary debate:
"We have that program where immigrants come here and they have to bring a million dollars in order to get a green card if they’re going to create jobs."
Mostly False
By Cristina Silva • June 29, 2010
Jeff Greene
Jeff Greene
stated on June 22, 2010 a Democratic U.S. Senate debate against Rep. Kendrick Meek:
"If there were not derivatives, there would be no bank loans at all today."
Mostly False
By Lukas Pleva • June 28, 2010
Kendrick Meek
Kendrick Meek
stated on June 22, 2010 a Democratic U.S. Senate debate:
Jeff Greene "is the king of the undercover Credit Default Swap that brought about the destruction of our economy that we have right now."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • June 22, 2010
Clay Cox
Clay Cox
stated on June 21, 2010 a campaign mailer.:
"For six years, I served our community as a conservative state legislator. In every one of those years, I helped balance the state's budget."
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • June 22, 2010
Orrin Hatch
Orrin Hatch
stated on June 16, 2010 an interview on the Fox Business network:
"We get 30 percent of our oil from the Gulf (of Mexico)."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 21, 2010
Ken Hodges
Ken Hodges
stated on June 11, 2010 a campaign flier:
"Rob Teilhet, Just another career politician."
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • June 21, 2010
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