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Paul Vallas
Paul Vallas
stated on November 14, 2018 a press release:
Says Susana Mendoza’s assertion that she fought efforts to hike vehicle sticker prices when she was Chicago’s city clerk "is absurd … Mendoza pushed a draconian sticker penalty program."
Half-True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • November 18, 2018
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on May 11, 2018 a policy forum:
"There’s more union jobs growing in Texas, which is a right-to-work state, than in Illinois, and factory workers make more money in Texas than they do in Illinois."
Half-True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • May 24, 2018
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on January 3, 2018 an interview with the editorial board of the Herald-News of Joliet:
"The Legionella bacteria is in most water systems in Illinois."
Half-True
By Brett Chase • January 16, 2018
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on October 20, 2017 a press conference:
"To be clear, all my investments are in a trust that I don’t control."
Half-True
By Matt Dietrich • October 27, 2017
Karen Lewis
Karen Lewis
stated on September 4, 2017 a blog post:
The new Illinois school funding formula "created a tax shelter for the wealthy and a voucher program…"
Half-True
By Matt Dietrich • September 12, 2017
Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel
stated on July 31, 2017 a press conference:
"Every one of the financial bad management practices that I inherited, every one of them, have either been eliminated or cut significantly."
Half-True
By Matt Dietrich • August 14, 2017
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on February 1, 2017 a interview on Morning Joe :
Says President Barack Obama’s nominees met a standard of 60 votes, "a standard that was met by Elena Kagan as well as Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama's choices."
Half-True
By Kevin Hoffman • February 10, 2017
Aaron DeGroot
Aaron DeGroot
stated on December 2, 2016 a tweet :
Says Kate Cloonen "needs that extra $68,000" lawmaker salary on top of the "$8.5 million in state contracts for her construction company."
Half-True
By Marc Filippino • January 6, 2017
Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel
stated on November 15, 2016 Interview with Bill Kurtis :
[Chicago is the] only city in the United States, you get a B average in high school, community college is free.
Half-True
By Anna Bruzgulis • December 28, 2016
Barney Frank
Barney Frank
stated on September 28, 2016 a fundraising email supporting Illinois' 10th House District Democratic nominee Brad Schneider :
"Paul Ryan’s already spent millions to try and permanently derail Brad (Schneider)’s progressive, energized campaign." 
Half-True
By Marc Filippino • October 27, 2016
Brad Schneider
Brad Schneider
stated on September 16, 2016 a campaign tweet:
Says Republican U.S. Rep. Bob Dold "continues to side with his Republican leadership and the NRA in blocking consideration of a bill that would keep firearms out of the hands of people on the terrorist watch list."
Half-True
By Anna Bruzgulis • October 18, 2016
Leslie Geissler Munger
Leslie Geissler Munger
stated on September 15, 2016 a Chicago Sun-Times editorial board debate :
"My opponent… was on both the city of Chicago payroll and the state of Illinois payroll simultaneously, taking full salary, funding her full pension benefits both as a city worker and as a state worker for 10 years."
Half-True
By Kevin Hoffman • September 22, 2016
Luis Gutierrez
Luis Gutierrez
stated on May 12, 2016 in a speech:
"Every single strawberry that is served to Members of Congress will have passed through the rough hands of an undocumented immigrant."
Half-True
By Taylor Leighton • July 22, 2016
Bruce Rauner
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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