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Barack Obama
stated on November 9, 2014 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
stated on November 5, 2014 interviews:

I spent only $36.29 on my campaign for governor.

True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 9, 2014

Bill Clinton
stated on October 24, 2014 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
stated on November 2, 2014 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
stated on October 29, 2014 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
stated on October 26, 2014 a TV debate:

"We have the third-lowest minimum wage … of developed countries."

True

By Alex Kuffner • November 1, 2014

Jeanne Shaheen
stated on October 21, 2014 a debate:

Says Scott Brown "voted to reward" companies "to ship jobs overseas."

Half-True

By Jonathan Van Fleet • October 31, 2014

Mary Burke
stated on October 28, 2014 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
stated on October 22, 2014 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
stated on October 17, 2014 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
stated on October 19, 2014 a television commercial:

Seth Magaziner "plans to spend billions more of your money."

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 29, 2014

Mary Burke
stated on October 24, 2014 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
stated on October 9, 2014 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
stated on September 20, 2014 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
stated on October 15, 2014 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
stated on October 3, 2014 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
stated on October 13, 2014 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
stated on October 14, 2014 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

Republican Party of Florida
stated on October 8, 2014 a TV ad:

Says Charlie Crist "is embroiled in a fraud case for steering taxpayer money to a de facto Ponzi scheme."

False

By Amy Sherman • October 13, 2014

Michelle Obama
stated on October 7, 2014 a speech:

"The unemployment rate for young people is down from a 10.6 percent high in 2009 to 2.6 percent today."

False

By Tom Kertscher • October 12, 2014

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