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Latest Fact-Checks By Jim Tharpe

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Jim Marshall
Jim Marshall
stated on October 1, 2010 campaign video
Said he "opposed every budget Republican and Democrat."
Half-True
By Jim Tharpe • October 11, 2010
Republican Party of Georgia
Republican Party of Georgia
stated on September 7, 2010 GOP press release
"Barnes opposed the creation of the HOPE Scholarship and campaigned against Zell Miller on the issue."
Mostly False
By Jim Tharpe • September 20, 2010
Roy Barnes
Roy Barnes
stated on August 11, 2010 a television interview
Said he won the Democratic primary "without one ... negative TV spot."
Mostly True
By Jim Tharpe, Willoughby Mariano • August 17, 2010
Chris Carpenter
Chris Carpenter
stated on July 24, 2010 radio news story
"Nobody’s invited us" to the Obama events in Atlanta.
Pants on Fire!
By Jim Tharpe • July 30, 2010
Georgia politicians
Georgia politicians
stated on July 20, 2010 political campaign
Georgia is "the Saudi Arabia of pine trees."
Mostly False
By Jim Tharpe • July 25, 2010
Karen Handel
Karen Handel
stated on July 21, 2010 an interview on WSB-TV
GOP candidate for governor Nathan Deal "is a former Clinton Democrat."
Mostly False
By Jim Tharpe, Willoughby Mariano • July 23, 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
Gail Buckner
Gail Buckner
stated on June 27, 2010 political debate
"I have filed every disclosure that has ever been required."
True
By Jim Tharpe • July 5, 2010
Jeff Chapman
Jeff Chapman
stated on June 17, 2010 Jekyll Island gubernatorial debate
Georgia has "more illegal aliens than the state of Arizona."
True
By Jim Tharpe • June 25, 2010
Karen Handel
Karen Handel
stated on June 9, 2010 a newspaper article
Says she was never a  member of the Georgia Log Cabin Republicans.
Pants on Fire!
By Jim Tharpe • June 16, 2010
Roy Barnes
Roy Barnes
stated on February 12, 2010 a speech
Georgia could get money for schools by scraping "the gold off the gold dome" of the state Capitol.
Pants on Fire!
By Jim Tharpe • June 15, 2010
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on May 12, 2010 in a statement published in the Rome News Tribune.
"Handel endorsed gay adoption" in 2003 when she was running for chairwoman of the Fulton County Commission.
Mostly False
By Jim Tharpe • June 7, 2010
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