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Eugene Yu
Eugene Yu
stated on December 9, 2013 a website
Says "Harry Reid has a better voting attendance record than these three Congressmen!"
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • December 17, 2013
Revitalize Cobb
Revitalize Cobb
stated on November 22, 2013 a flier
The new Atlanta Braves stadium will require no tax increase for homeowners and provide $3 million annually for Cobb County schools.
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • December 16, 2013
Doctors for a Healthy Georgia
Doctors for a Healthy Georgia
stated on December 2, 2013 its website
"Defensive medicine costs Georgia up to $14 billion a year."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • December 11, 2013
Paul Broun
Paul Broun
stated on December 5, 2013 a video
"(U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston) voted to fund (Obamacare)."
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • December 10, 2013
Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
stated on November 19, 2013 a debate on the Senate floor
"The recidivism rate is nearly 29 percent and has been climbing steadily since detainees began being released from Guantanamo."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • December 2, 2013
Lynn Westmoreland
Lynn Westmoreland
stated on November 14, 2013 a tweet
"Only 536 Georgians are signed up for Obamacare while 400,000 in the state lost their health insurance."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • November 27, 2013
John Loud
John Loud
stated on November 19, 2013 newspaper article
"These 60 acres (the Atlanta Braves want to build a stadium on) have produced zero SPLOST money for parks and recreation, have produced zero money for education."      
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • November 26, 2013
Mike Plant
Mike Plant
stated on November 20, 2013 an interview
"No one in the country has ever built a brand new sports facility and created this kind of development at the same time."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • November 22, 2013
Allan Levene
Allan Levene
stated on November 2, 2013 an article
Says there’s no language in the U.S. Constitution that prevents someone from running for Congress simultaneously in multiple states.
True
By Eric Stirgus • November 20, 2013
Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
stated on November 7, 2013 a hearing
The U.S. Department of Defense spends $80 million a year on prostate cancer research, $25 million a year on ovarian cancer research and $150 million a year on breast cancer research.
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • November 19, 2013
Lynn Westmoreland
Lynn Westmoreland
stated on October 16, 2013 an article
"I have returned money every year since taking office."
True
By Eric Stirgus • November 15, 2013
Michael Mule'
Michael Mule'
stated on November 4, 2013 an interview
"Georgia has lost 14 percent of its jobs paying more than $50,000 a year and added 15 percent to its Medicaid rolls during the recovery."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • November 13, 2013
Charlotte Nash
Charlotte Nash
stated on October 22, 2013 an interview
Finance experts estimate that paying in cash for the $2.5 billion in projects funded by the sales tax saved Gwinnett County more than $1 billion in interest payments.
True
By Eric Stirgus • November 11, 2013
Branko Radulovacki
Branko Radulovacki
stated on October 14, 2013 an email
I am the only U.S. Senate candidate who spoke out against bombing Syria, and who challenged Georgia’s governor and insurance commissioner over obstruction to the Affordable Care Act.
False
By Janel Davis • November 5, 2013
Matt Rinker
Matt Rinker
stated on October 29, 2013 a flier
"Natalyn Archibong skipped (Atlanta) City Council meetings or was late 90% of the time. Then she voted herself a pay raise."
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • November 2, 2013
Edward Lindsey
Edward Lindsey
stated on October 29, 2013 a press release
Most voters prefer zombies to the current U.S. Congress.  
True
By Eric Stirgus • October 31, 2013
John Barge
John Barge
stated on October 17, 2013 a town hall meeting
"We have about six school districts that are in school 140 to 150 days this year."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • October 29, 2013
Nancy Jester
Nancy Jester
stated on October 10, 2013 a newspaper op-ed
Georgia "spends in the top 10 nationally on education, yet, most of our education metrics hover in the bottom five."
Half-True
By Janel Davis • October 25, 2013
Paul Broun
Paul Broun
stated on September 29, 2013 a newspaper op-ed
According to a federal report, Obamacare will increase the long-term federal deficit by $6.2 trillion.
Mostly False
By Janel Davis • October 22, 2013
Larry Elder
Larry Elder
stated on October 11, 2013 an interview
Says "74 percent of small-business people believe that Obamacare is a bad idea."  
False
By Eric Stirgus • October 21, 2013
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