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Ted Strickland
Ted Strickland
stated on July 26, 2011 an interview with Politico
"Josh Mandel used to be pro-choice, now he’s anti-choice. He used to be sympathetic towards gay and lesbians and now he’s [not]."
Half-True
By Joe Guillen • August 16, 2011
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on August 10, 2011 a news release
"Credit agency says Rep. Gibbs recklessly caused downgrade, higher interest rates."
False
By Tom Feran • August 15, 2011
Kevin DeWine
Kevin DeWine
stated on August 8, 2011 a news release
"President Obama and Democrats' spending addiction has driven our national debt to historic proportions, maxed out our national credit card and has now led to the Democrat Downgrade of our country's AAA credit rating."
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • August 12, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on July 28, 2011 an interview
On how money from a possible lease of the Ohio Turnpike would be used
Half Flip
By Reginald Fields • August 11, 2011
Marcia Fudge
Marcia Fudge
stated on July 13, 2011 a news conference on voting rights
Says that voter identification laws "keep poor people from voting, minorities from voting, the elderly from voting, students from voting."
Half-True
By Stephen Koff • August 10, 2011
Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
stated on July 14, 2011 a House of Representatives floor speech
"We’re only spending 2 percent of our GDP on our infrastructure, while China and India are spending 10 percent of their GDP reinvesting back into their country."  
Mostly True
By Sabrina Eaton • August 10, 2011
Tim Grendell
Tim Grendell
stated on June 28, 2011 a speech in the Ohio Senate
"You might be surprised to know that 137 billion gallons flows (into Lake Erie) every day. You might be surprised to know that only 86.3 billion gallons flow out. ... Leaving us a net surplus of approximately 50 billion gallons a day."
False
By Aaron Marshall • August 8, 2011
Kevin DeWine
Kevin DeWine
stated on August 22, 2011 a speech at a GOP dinner
Says Republican Sen. John McCain won more votes for president in Cuyahoga County in the 2008 general election than he did in seven states.
True
By Mark Naymik • August 5, 2011
Peggy Lehner
Peggy Lehner
stated on July 18, 2011 a radio interview
"There’s actually 600 abortions done after the 20th week of pregnancy every year in Ohio."
True
By Joe Guillen • August 4, 2011
Jon Husted
Jon Husted
stated on July 18, 2011 a tweet on Twitter
"#Business formation is still on the rise in Ohio! So far in 2011 we’ve assisted w/ 44,443 new business filings." 
Mostly True
By Mark Naymik • August 3, 2011
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on July 15, 2011 a speech in the House of Representatives
"Social Security didn’t cause the debt crisis. Social Security had nothing to do with the debt crisis."
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • August 2, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on July 17, 2011 an appearance on "Meet the Press"
"Believe it or not, consumer spending is up over the last eight months."  
True
By Reginald Fields • August 1, 2011
Ohio Democratic Party
Ohio Democratic Party
stated on July 25, 2011 a news release
Says Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel "supports allowing the United States to default on its obligations."
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Feran • July 28, 2011
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on July 25, 2011 an interview on MSNBC
"Thirty-four of the last 44 (debt ceiling increases) have been for less than a year. So, this notion that short-term is somehow the exception, it's actually the rule."
True
By Stephen Koff • July 27, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on July 12, 2011 an interview on Fox News
"We jumped 11 places since beginning this year in terms of being job-friendly."
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • July 21, 2011
Bill Johnson
Bill Johnson
stated on July 5, 2011 an online news story
On opposition to earmarks
No Flip
By Tom Feran • July 20, 2011
Kris Jordan
Kris Jordan
stated on June 15, 2011 a speech in the Ohio Senate
"Fracturing or horizontally fracturing the shale to open up larger pockets of natural gas ... has been used for over 60 years and, as of 2009, over 80,000 wells have been fracked in Ohio."
Half-True
By Joe Guillen • July 19, 2011
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on June 24, 2011 a radio interview
"Sherrod Brown was just voted two years in a row the most liberal senator in the United States of America" and is more liberal than Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Half-True
By Stephen Koff • July 18, 2011
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on July 5, 2011 a tweet on Twitter
"POTUS’ economists: ‘Stimulus’ Has Cost $278,000 per job."
False
By Sabrina Eaton • July 15, 2011
Kris Jordan
Kris Jordan
stated on June 15, 2011 a speech in the Ohio Senate
"State agencies have not identified one single instance where groundwater has been damaged due to hydraulic fracking."  
Mostly True
By Aaron Marshall • July 14, 2011
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