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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
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
George LeMieux
George LeMieux
stated on June 16, 2010 an interview on CNN and a posting on Twitter
The White House has "refused" international help in dealing with the oil spill.
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • June 16, 2010
James Carville
James Carville
stated on June 8, 2010 a fundraising letter
Alex Sink was "the first official who said that BP should pay $25 million for an ad campaign to promote Florida tourism."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • June 16, 2010
Florida First Initiative
Florida First Initiative
stated on June 9, 2010 a TV ad
Of hospitals in Rick Scott’s Columbia/HCA health care company, "A top executive said they even turned away a poor man and left him to die outside their door."
Mostly False
June 15, 2010
Allen West
Allen West
stated on April 26, 2010 a statement on his campaign website
"Currently we have some 40-45% of Americans who are not paying any taxes."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 28, 2010
House Natural Resources Committee Republicans
House Natural Resources Committee Republicans
stated on April 5, 2010 a news release posted on his website.
"Obama did not open new lands to offshore drilling – all of these areas were already open for drilling once Congress and President Bush lifted the moratorium in 2008. Instead, President Obama yesterday announced what areas he would CLOSE to offshore drilling."
Mostly False
By Catharine Richert • April 23, 2010
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on April 5, 2010 a town hall in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
"We actually have not required in this law that you carry health insurance."
Mostly False
By Carol Rosenberg, Louis Jacobson • April 22, 2010
Richard Land
Richard Land
stated on April 7, 2010 an interview with "Politico"
Rubio's "got more experience than Obama had."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • April 14, 2010
Paula Dockery
Paula Dockery
stated on April 3, 2010 an opinion column in the Lakeland Ledger
"Teachers will not be able to return to work after raising their children."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 6, 2010
Bill McCollum
Bill McCollum
stated on March 23, 2010 a press release.
Florida's legal challenge of the federal health care bill is "bipartisan."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • March 23, 2010
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on March 15, 2010 a campaign press release
Marco Rubio is a "Miami lobbyist."
Mostly False
By Carol Rosenberg • March 22, 2010
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 8, 2010 a news account of a speech
The Obama administration "spent more money on the Cash for Clunkers program than the space program."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 12, 2010
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on March 4, 2010 an interview with Fox News.
Charges on the Republican Party of Florida credit card were made with "my money."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • March 11, 2010
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on March 2, 2010 his State of the State address.
"Florida's new fingerprint identification system is improving our rate of solving cold cases by 300 percent."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • March 8, 2010
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on March 2, 2010 the State of the State address
Cover Florida "is available to any Floridian, offering basic coverage for about $150 a month, instead of the typical $600 a month."
Mostly False
By Bill Adair, John Frank • March 3, 2010
Maurice Ferre
Maurice Ferre
stated on January 14, 2010 An interview with Newsmax
"I left the city with $43 million in the bank." 
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 1, 2010
Alex Sink
Alex Sink
stated on February 16, 2010 a comment on her Facebook page.
"Bill McCollum said tax cuts don't work."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • February 25, 2010
Kendrick Meek
Kendrick Meek
stated on January 10, 2010 a television interview
"A number of the national publications have put this race in a tossup race between Democrats and Republicans. They don't know who's going to win this race."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • January 12, 2010
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