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Anna Kooiman
Anna Kooiman
stated on November 6, 2014 in a segment on "Fox & Friends":
"There would be tens of thousands of jobs created" if President Barack Obama approved the Keystone XL pipeline.
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • November 11, 2014
Bob Seger
Bob Seger
stated on October 12, 2014 in an interview:
The proposed mine in northern Wisconsin would be built without any government oversight, and will be nine miles long.
False
By James B. Nelson • November 10, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 9, 2014 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":
"We've created more jobs in the United States than every other advanced economy combined since I came into office."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • November 9, 2014
Robert Healey
Robert Healey
stated on November 5, 2014 in interviews:
I spent only $36.29 on my campaign for governor.
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 9, 2014
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on October 24, 2014 in a speech:
"One-hundred times as many people worked their way from poverty into the American middle class" during his presidency compared to Ronald Reagan's presidency.   
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • November 7, 2014
Ben Cardin
Ben Cardin
stated on November 2, 2014 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
"Every time we've increased the minimum wage, we've seen a growth in jobs."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • November 6, 2014
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on October 29, 2014 in a campaign news release:
"25,000 businesses have been created since (Scott) Walker took office."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • November 3, 2014
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on October 26, 2014 in a TV debate:
"We have the third-lowest minimum wage … of developed countries."
True
By Alex Kuffner • November 1, 2014
Jeanne Shaheen
Jeanne Shaheen
stated on October 21, 2014 in a debate:
Says Scott Brown "voted to reward" companies "to ship jobs overseas."
Half-True
By Jonathan Van Fleet • October 31, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on October 28, 2014 in a speech:
"The nation as a whole has created jobs at a rate that is two times the rate that we have created jobs here in Wisconsin under Gov. Walker."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • October 30, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on October 22, 2014 in a campaign TV ad:
Says his promise of 250,000 new private sector jobs was a "big goal."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • October 30, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on October 17, 2014 in a speech:
Figures for September 2014’s job growth in Wisconsin mark the "largest private-sector job creation we've had in the month of September in more than a decade"
Mostly True
By James B. Nelson • October 29, 2014
Ernest Almonte
Ernest Almonte
stated on October 19, 2014 in a television commercial:
Seth Magaziner "plans to spend billions more of your money."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 29, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on October 24, 2014 in a speech:
Says Scott Walker "gave $6 million in tax breaks to a corporation and told them that they can keep that money even if they lay off half their workforce."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • October 28, 2014
Republican State Leadership Committee
Republican State Leadership Committee
stated on October 9, 2014 in a radio ad:
"95 percent of job creators say Wisconsin is headed in the right direction."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • October 24, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 20, 2014 in remarks during a campaign stop:
"More than 70,000" job openings are listed on a state jobs website.  
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer, Tom Kertscher • October 17, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 15, 2014 in a gubernatorial debate in Davie:
Says Charlie Crist "voted against minimum wage when he was in the Senate."
False
By Joshua Gillin • October 16, 2014
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on October 3, 2014 in a direct mail flier:
"Under the administration of Gov. Scott Walker, northern Wisconsin’s mining economy is moving forward and more people are getting good, high-paying jobs."
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • October 16, 2014
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on October 13, 2014 in a debate:
Raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour "will destroy between half a million and one million jobs."
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • October 14, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on October 14, 2014 in a campaign ad:
Says Rick Scott changed his promise from 700,000 jobs created "on top of what normal growth would be" to just 700,000 jobs.
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 14, 2014
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