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Donald Trump
stated on October 19, 2016 the third presidential debate

In Chicago, which has the toughest gun laws in the United States, probably you could say by far, they have more gun violence than any other city.

Mostly False

By Matt Dietrich • November 3, 2016

Bruce Rauner
stated on September 19, 2016 a press conference

Even our attorney general who is a strong Democrat, she has said that we need causation in our workers’ comp system. That’s the No. 1 thing pushing our manufacturing jobs out of Illinois.

True

By Matt Dietrich • October 3, 2016

Tammy Duckworth
stated on August 18, 2016 in a speech

Mark Kirk’s claim of national security expertise is "based on his military record which he lied about at least 10 times."

Mostly True

By Matt Dietrich • September 15, 2016

Bruce Rauner
stated on August 17, 2016 a speech at the Illinois State Fair

Democrats "are cutting our school funding. Four times in the last 10 years before we came into office."

Mostly False

By Matt Dietrich • September 1, 2016

Kelly Cassidy
stated on May 31, 2016 a Facebook post

"Then, the Republican leader theatrically introduced new bills with stopgap budget language, declaring that we could stay until midnight and pass this compromise. Except under our constitution, a bill has to be read on 3 different days, so that's not possible."

Mostly False

By Matt Dietrich • August 4, 2016

Bruce Rauner
stated on June 1, 2016 a press conference

"We have lower family incomes in Illinois today than we had 17 years ago in Illinois ... because of the control of (House) Speaker (Michael) Madigan and his Democrats."

Half-True

By Matt Dietrich • July 13, 2016

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