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Latest Fact-Checks In Candidate Biography

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Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 27, 2015 in an interview:
"I unsealed my records" at Marquette University. 
False
By Tom Kertscher • March 12, 2015
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on February 27, 2015 in a web ad:
"At this particular point in time, looking at the field, there’s only one individual that’s ever had the uniform of his country on—and that’s me."
Half-True
By Alex Wilts, W. Gardner Selby • March 4, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 26, 2015 in an interview:
More than any Republican governor in the 2014 elections, "I took a higher percentage of the Republican vote"and "yet I also carried independents by 12 points."  
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • March 4, 2015
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 7, 2015 in a meme supposedly quoting Sheila Jackson Lee:
Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas said: ‘Hey, all you wrinkly, white-aged has-beens: It’s time for you to die and let the next generation have your spot on the planet.’
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • February 24, 2015
Cokie Roberts
Cokie Roberts
stated on January 25, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week":
Democrats have "lost more than 900 state legislators" since Barack Obama has been president.  
True
By Katie Sanders • January 25, 2015
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on January 25, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":
"You cannot build a little guy up by tearing a big guy down -- Abraham Lincoln said it."  
Pants on Fire!
By Lauren Carroll • January 25, 2015
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 9, 2015 in Texas Public Policy Foundation policy orientation:
"I belong to the AFL-CIO."  
True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 13, 2015
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on December 7, 2014 in an interview on Meet the Press:
"My wife is going to be the first Hispanic first lady in the history of Texas."
True
By Dylan Baddour • December 22, 2014
Mike Martinez
Mike Martinez
stated on November 11, 2014 in an interview for a news story:
Austin mayoral candidate Steve Adler has "never been active in anything that has to do with City Hall."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • November 20, 2014
Mike Martinez
Mike Martinez
stated on November 12, 2014 in a press conference:
Austin mayoral candidate "Steve Adler admitted his law firm worked with Koch Industries for nearly a decade."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 14, 2014
Breitbart
Breitbart
stated on November 8, 2014 in a story:
Loretta Lynch, the new nominee for attorney general, "was a member of Bill Clinton's defense team during the 1992 Whitewater corruption probe."
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Sharockman • November 10, 2014
Dave Brat
Dave Brat
stated on October 15, 2014 in a speech.:
"I’ll be the only economist in the (U.S.) House."
True
By Sean Gorman • November 9, 2014
Allan Fung
Allan Fung
stated on October 9, 2014 in a TV commercial:
Gina Raimondo "paid 70 million in taxpayer dollars to millionaire hedge fund managers."
Mostly False
By Alex Kuffner • October 31, 2014
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on October 7, 2014 in in television commercial:
"I fought 38 Studios from the beginning."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 30, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 29, 2014 in a meme on social media:
Says Sen. Elizabeth Warren "lives in a $5.4 million mansion."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 29, 2014
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on October 20, 2014 in a TV ad.:
Ed Gillespie’s "firm even lobbied for five foreign governments, including a dictator now awaiting trial for war crimes."
Half-True
By Nancy Madsen • October 24, 2014
Allan Fung
Allan Fung
stated on October 21, 2014 in a Providence Journal-WPRI-12 debate:
"Governor Carcieri has not been campaigning with me."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 24, 2014
Ernest Almonte
Ernest Almonte
stated on October 5, 2014 in an interview on WLNE's "On the Record":
"I was speaking out on pension reform almost 17 years ago."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 20, 2014
Local 799 of the International Assoc. of Fire Fighters
Local 799 of the International Assoc. of Fire Fighters
stated on October 8, 2014 in in a mailer:
"Elorza wants to teach our public school children about the ‘non-existence of God.’"
Pants on Fire!
By Alex Kuffner • October 19, 2014
Peter Kilmartin
Peter Kilmartin
stated on October 2, 2014 in an interview on Rhode Island Public Radio:
"In the past three years, we have prosecuted or brought more cases on access to public records than in the previous 12 years combined."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 18, 2014
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