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Vote NO on 8
Vote NO on 8
stated on October 18, 2010 a campaign mailer
"What is the maximum number of students allowed in your classroom? ... 30 or more!"  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 24, 2010
Lone Star First
Lone Star First
stated on September 28, 2010 a TV ad
Rick Perry thinks "injecting 11- and 12-year-old girls with a controversial drug (the HPV vaccine), without a parent's consent, is a good idea."
Pants on Fire!
October 1, 2010
Alex Sink
Alex Sink
stated on September 17, 2010 a TV ad
When Tallahassee politicians and bureaucrats tried to run our schools, "I've stood up to them to protect local control."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • September 30, 2010
Jeff Merkley
Jeff Merkley
stated on September 1, 2010 a press release
Says with the ongoing economic downturn, child abuse is on the rise.
Mostly True
By Michelle Cole • September 28, 2010
J.B. Van Hollen
J.B. Van Hollen
stated on March 18, 2010 written testimony to a Wisconsin Senate committee
"Over 22,000 unique Internet Protocol addresses -- in Wisconsin alone -- have downloaded child pornography."
Mostly True
September 15, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 18, 2010 a response to a question during an appearance in Columbus, Ohio.
Republicans "don't think it's a good idea" to make the child care tax credit "stronger."
Mostly False
By Lukas Pleva • August 27, 2010
Debbie Riddle
Debbie Riddle
stated on August 10, 2010 a television interview
"Over 81 percent of the babies that are born at LBJ Hospital right here in Houston are born of women who are not here legally."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms, W. Gardner Selby • August 23, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on August 9, 2010 an East Texas campaign stop.
Says Rick Perry's proposal on driver licenses and high school dropouts has been state law since 1989.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 20, 2010
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on August 10, 2010 a news release
A bill to aid state and local governments "is fully paid-for by closing costly corporate tax loopholes."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 13, 2010
Mark Dayton
Mark Dayton
stated on July 14, 2010 a campaign ad
"Tim Pawlenty has cut education funding in Minnesota. Classrooms are overcrowded. Districts have gone to four-day school weeks."
Half-True
By Erin Mershon • July 29, 2010
Carol Morgan
Carol Morgan
stated on June 25, 2010 a speech at the Texas Democratic convention
"We’re No. 1 in child hunger."
True
July 3, 2010
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on May 4, 2010 a candidate forum
"Fifty-three percent of teens in Central Falls are getting pregnant."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 25, 2010
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on May 18, 2010 an e-mail message
"Last year, (Bill McCollum) spent more than $2.2 million dollars to produce and air campaign-style TV ads where you were featured in almost every frame."
Mostly True
By Trenton Daniel • May 25, 2010
Rodney Ellis
Rodney Ellis
stated on May 14, 2010 an interview.
Says that in three legislative sessions, his proposals opening pre-kindergarten to all Texas 4-year-olds never got heard or voted out of committee.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 25, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on April 6, 2010 a press release
"The percent of students who enter high school and eventually earn a diploma or equivalent, or who remain in pursuit of a diploma or equivalent, is 90 percent."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 9, 2010
Jerry Patterson
Jerry Patterson
stated on April 27, 2010 a newspaper column
"We’re making more than ever off oil and gas right now, but it’s no secret that oil production in Texas peaked in the 1970s."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 2, 2010
Jerry Patterson
Jerry Patterson
stated on April 27, 2010 a newspaper column
Says Texas General Land Office "has earned the school children of Texas $451,932.89 on wind leases that haven't produced a watt of energy."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 30, 2010
Frederica Wilson
Frederica Wilson
stated on April 9, 2010 her campaign Web site.
Says she introduced a ban on "dirty dancing."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • April 9, 2010
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on February 12, 2010 a television ad
Says one in three Texas children drop out of high school.
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • February 25, 2010
Kinky Friedman
Kinky Friedman
stated on February 12, 2010 a response to League of Women Voters of Texas.
"The current (agriculture) commissioner allowed tainted beef to be sent to school cafeterias."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • February 19, 2010
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