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Revitalize Cobb
Revitalize Cobb
stated on November 22, 2013 in a mailer:
The economic impact of new Atlanta Braves stadium includes 9,241 new jobs and $295 million in wages.
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • December 20, 2013
National Federation of the Blind
National Federation of the Blind
stated on October 31, 2013 in a news release:
Goodwill Industries International pays workers with disabilities wages as low as pennies per  hour.
Half-True
By Janel Davis • December 18, 2013
Eugene Yu
Eugene Yu
stated on December 9, 2013 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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
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