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John Ludlow
John Ludlow
stated on June 7, 2012 campaign website
Says "As Mayor of Wilsonville, I drove TriMet out of town and replaced their bloated transit system with our own local bus line that offers better service and has saved our businesses millions of dollars."
Mostly False
By Janie Har • June 7, 2012
Mike Schaufler
Mike Schaufler
stated on May 8, 2012 campaign mailer
Says Jeff Reardon cut elementary school music classes, art instruction, teaching positions, basketball and volleyball programs, and he voted to raise school lunch prices. 
Mostly False
By Janie Har • May 11, 2012
Oregon League of Conservation Voters
Oregon League of Conservation Voters
stated on May 8, 2012 a campaign mailer
Says "Schaufler was the only Democrat who voted to stop" the state’s health care reform plan.
Mostly False
By Ian K. Kullgren • May 10, 2012
Charlie Hales
Charlie Hales
stated on April 30, 2012 a debate
Says "I never billed a single hour of my time to the City of Portland in the last 10 years -- so, no revolving door."
Mostly False
By Janie Har • May 5, 2012
Amanda Fritz
Amanda Fritz
stated on April 12, 2012 a questionnaire
Says "my advocacy questioning contracting out in Parks … delayed and altered the renewal of the Brooks contract, and reduced the number of contracted employees in Parks from over 100 to fewer than 40."
Mostly False
By Janie Har • April 26, 2012
Ellen Rosenblum
Ellen Rosenblum
stated on April 11, 2012 a news story
Says Dwight Holton has never set foot in an Oregon courtroom.
Mostly False
By Janie Har • April 20, 2012
Ted Wheeler
Ted Wheeler
stated on April 3, 2012 campaign website
Says the treasurer’s office has "saved $37 million in management costs for the oversight of public investments."
Mostly False
By Janie Har • April 12, 2012
Lars Larson
Lars Larson
stated on March 20, 2012 an online post
"Every time the weight of that vehicle is reduced by a hundred pounds, your chances of dying are going to go up by about 5 percent. Peel three hundred pounds off – you’re 15 percent more likely to die in that car."
Mostly False
By Janie Har • March 29, 2012
Peter DeFazio
Peter DeFazio
stated on February 22, 2012 an online blog
Says only seven percent of 2009’s stimulus bill went toward transportation projects, yet they created over one-third of the bill’s total jobs.
Mostly False
By Janie Har • March 23, 2012
Jefferson Smith
Jefferson Smith
stated on November 21, 2011 an interview.
Says "we got a chance to pass what I think is Oregon's first human trafficking bill which has increased by 66 percent the calls to the human trafficking hotline."
Mostly False
By Ian K. Kullgren • March 22, 2012
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on January 10, 2012 campaign material
Rob Cornilles supports privatizing Medicare.
Mostly False
By Janie Har • January 24, 2012
Rob Cornilles
Rob Cornilles
stated on January 10, 2012 a debate
Rob Cornilles has disputed for two years a news story that said he said he would cut Social Security and Medicare programs before trimming the U.S. defense budget.
Mostly False
By Harry Esteve • January 14, 2012
Democratic Party of Oregon
Democratic Party of Oregon
stated on January 5, 2012 campaign material
Rob Cornilles is a Tea Party candidate.
Mostly False
By Janie Har • January 11, 2012
Oregon Transformation Project
Oregon Transformation Project
stated on November 15, 2011 online post
Oregon has the sixth highest combined death tax rate in the country.
Mostly False
By Janie Har • December 2, 2011
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on November 9, 2011 tweet and blogs
Obama creates new tax on Christmas trees, fees get passed on to consumers.
Mostly False
By Janie Har, Louis Jacobson • November 10, 2011
Sam Adams
Sam Adams
stated on August 12, 2011 in a speech
Says there's $4 billion in private investment along the streetcar. 
Mostly False
By Janie Har • October 22, 2011
Sam Adams
Sam Adams
stated on October 13, 2011 in a press conference
Says "There are now Occupy Wall Street camps in hundreds of cities across the United States."
Mostly False
By Janie Har • October 15, 2011
Brent Barton
Brent Barton
stated on August 13, 2011 a guest column
Says credit rating agencies realize that our instability stems in large part from Oregon’s kicker system.
Mostly False
By Janie Har • September 23, 2011
Matt Wand
Matt Wand
stated on August 28, 2011 guest column
Says "Every time the Legislature 'suspended' the kicker, most recently the corporate kicker in 2007, Salem spent every penny and failed to stabilize the state's revenues."
Mostly False
By Janie Har • September 10, 2011
Bruce Hanna
Bruce Hanna
stated on July 1, 2011 a statement during OPB's Think Out Loud
Says this House processed and approved as many bills as previous Legislatures.
Mostly False
By Janie Har • July 20, 2011
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