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Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 22, 2014 a speech:
"After years of 5.5 percent average tuition increases, we now have a two-year tuition freeze for the first time in the history of the UW System."  
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • January 23, 2014
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on January 15, 2014 a speech:
"During my administration, funding for education has increased by over $930 million."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • January 22, 2014
William Howell
William Howell
stated on January 5, 2014 an op-ed.:
In Virginia, "Medicaid has grown by 1,600 percent in the last 30 years."
True
By Sean Gorman • January 20, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on January 7, 2014 an interview:
Scott Walker's income "tax plan is a tax hike. It increases taxes for nearly 80% of the people in the state."
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • January 16, 2014
Marilinda Garcia
Marilinda Garcia
stated on December 11, 2013 a tweet:
"I cut spending while serving in the state Legislature"
Mostly True
By Kevin Landrigan • January 14, 2014
Kathleen Vinehout
Kathleen Vinehout
stated on December 5, 2013 a speech:
"If you make the average amount of people in Wisconsin, $50,000, you got $1.60 less a week in taxes" under the state income-tax cut, but "it didn’t show up in your paycheck."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • January 14, 2014
David Rible
David Rible
stated on November 30, 2013 an interview on NJTV's 'On the Record' with Michael Aron program:
"This governor has given us continual balanced budgets without raising taxes."
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • December 29, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on November 19, 2013 a book:
Protesters in La Crosse blocked an exit and surrounded a State Patrol car carrying the governor and were "beating on the windows and rocking the vehicle." When the car was "extricated" from the crowd, a truck blocked a second exit.  
False
By James B. Nelson • December 23, 2013
Kathleen Vinehout
Kathleen Vinehout
stated on December 5, 2013 a meeting:
Gov. Scott Walker bought "80 new, brand-new vehicles" for the state that "we probably don’t need."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • December 20, 2013
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on December 3, 2013 a post on her campaign website:
Greg Abbott defended more than $5 billion in public school funding cuts in fighting hundreds of school districts in court.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 18, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on November 27, 2013 an interview:
Even after collective bargaining reforms, most Wisconsin public employees "are still paying about 12 to 13 percent" of their health insurance premiums, while most state residents who work in the private sector "pay 20 to 25 percent."  
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • December 9, 2013
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on November 5, 2013 an interview:
"The state budget has actually grown by $4.6 billion under" Gov. Scott Walker’s actions.
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • November 24, 2013
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on November 6, 2013 an interview:
"You've seen where we're now going from a $700 million surplus to getting into the next biennium with almost a $750 million deficit."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • November 19, 2013
Kenneth Block
Kenneth Block
stated on November 8, 2013 an interview on Rhode Island Public Radio:
Rhode Island's unemployment insurance system "is the most expensive such system in the country."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 17, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on November 13, 2013 a book:
"The $3.6 billion deficit we inherited has turned into more than a half-billion-dollar surplus."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • November 15, 2013
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on November 10, 2013 an interview on ABC's "This Week":
"Given how expansive our program already was," expanding Medicaid in New Jersey due to Obamacare "was a relatively small expansion."
Mostly True
By Julie Kliegman • November 14, 2013
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on November 5, 2013 an interview on MSNBC:
Says Rick Scott "cut education by $1.3 billion" in his first year, then "in his second year he decreases funding by $300 million to our state universities."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • November 11, 2013
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on November 2, 2013 a response to a public school teacher:
"In fact, there’s more state funding for education today than any other time."
True
By Caryn Shinske • November 10, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on October 25, 2013 a press release:
With a bill bringing $100 million in property tax relief, "the typical Wisconsin homeowner will save approximately $680 over four years."
Pants on Fire!
By Dave Umhoefer • November 7, 2013
Janet Bewley
Janet Bewley
stated on October 24, 2013 a speech:
"The Legislature passed Gov. Walker’s so-called property tax relief bill," but the Republicans "are still raising your property taxes."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • November 6, 2013
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